Diary of Events… A guide to all the forthcoming events in and around our area


APRIL 10 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 21 Cookworthy Museum, Fore Street, Kingsbridge, Museum Family Day, with children’s activities, craft demon- strations, refreshments. 22 Loddiswell Congregational Church Good Friday service 10.30am 22-25 Easter Egg Hunt, Overbecks, Salcombe. 22-25 Cambrian Easter Gala at South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 23 Art Exhibition and Sale, St Lawrence’s Church, Bigbury, 11am-5pm, entrance £1 to include light refreshments (free to Friends), In aid of Friends of St Lawrence’s. 23-25 Easter Weekend at Pennywell Farm. Enjoy Pennywell’s Easter fun weekend with lots of activities for all the family. Plus meet all the Easter animals. 24 Loddiswell Congregational Church Easter Service with Communion 10.30am 25 Coffee morning in aid of Church Funds, East Prawle Community Hall 10.30am-12 noon. Raffles, cake stall, bring and buy. 25-30 Dartmouth Art Society Spring Exhibition of Paintings in the Flavel Church, Dartmouth. Free admission. 29-1 May BMAD Bike Festival, a must do event for all. Paignton Green is transformed into an exciting festival. 29-1 May Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink. Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle Courtyard will play host to the South West’s largest Food and Drink festival.


29-2 May Barbican Inter- national Jazz and Blues Festival, Plymouth Barbican. 30-3 May Modbury Fair Week. 30-1 May Brixham Pirate and Shanty Festival 30-2 May A Day out with Thomas, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 30 - 8 May 10am-5pm Harbour House, Kingsbridge. 3 Media Mix, an exhibition of painting, textiles and printmaking.


MAY 1 International Festival of Worm Charming, Blackawton. Register by 11am. 1 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 3 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford 7.30pm , Tony Oreshko Trio 6-8 Dart Music Festival 6-8 St George’s Church, Modbury, 10am-4pm A Wedding Exhibition, entrance free but donations to Modbury May Fair. 7 Kingsbridge Community Garden plant sale. 10am-4pm, vegetable plants, herbs, bedding plants and perennials for sale, also home made cakes and jam, refreshments. Admission free, contact Liz Willars 01548 857603. 7 Whacky Races, East Allington, event starts at 10am. 7-8 Orchids for your Garden, free talks, advice and hardy orchids for sale at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd, Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233, www.orchids.uk.com 8 Britannia Choral society, Dartmouth, concert at St Saviour’s Church, 2.30pm Programme Sacred and Profane - a programme of religious and secular choral music, including works by Brahms, Bruckner, Faure, Seiber and Elgar. Tickets £8


(students £4) from Dartmouth TIC or on the door. 9-15 Newton Abbot Festival 17 8pm The Ken West Final, Inter Parish Quiz 2011, The Watermark, Erme Court, Ivybridge 19-21 Devon County Show 21 Loddiswell Congregational Church Summer Fayre, 2.00pm 21 Stokenham Garden Society Plant Sale in the parish hall, 10am 21 A spring fair will take place in the courtyard at Homefield Farm, Sherford 11.30am- 4.30pm. Lots of good quality plants, annuals, perennials, climbers and shrubs for sale at sensible prices. Light lunches and teas available, garden open, in aid of St Martin’s Church. Call 01548 531618 for more details. 22 Lukesland Gardens Plant Sale in aid of Shelterbox. Normal entry applies. www.lukesland.co.uk 24 8pm The Main Final, Inter Parish Quiz, The Watermark, Erme Court, Ivybridge. 25 KEDFAS - Julian Halsby will be presenting “The Butterfly on the Lagoon” about Whistler in Venice 1879- 1914 at Kingsbridge Community College 7.30 for 7.45 pm non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 844243 26 KEDFAS - Julian Halsby will be presenting “The Butterfly on the Lagoon” about Whistler in Venice 1879- 1914 at The Reel Cinema, Kingsbridge 10.15 for 10.30am non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 857626. 27 onwards Dartmouth Galleries week - most of Dartmouth’s galleries will hold new exhibitions with private views on Friday 27 May from 6pm. 27-30 Totnes and Dartington Open Studios - 30 artists’ studios open, 10am-4pm 28 Gnaton Hall 2-5pm open garden and family dog show. Gnaton Hall, Yealmpton, by kind permission of The Hon. George and Mrs Lopes, 5 acres including woodland, lawned terraces, water and bog garden, walled garden, roses, magnolias, etc. 1 mile south of Yealmpton on the Newton Ferrers road, adults £4, under 16 free, Refreshments, plant stall and dog show. Dogs allowed, car park, limited wheelchair access. 28-29 Orchid Doctor weekend, bring your plants for free advice and repotting at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd., Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233 www.orchids.uk.com 28-30 West Country Branch Line Weekend and Cider Festival, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 28-4 June Brixham Heritage Festival 29 Prawle Fair, 2pm East Prawle Village Green. Traditional fun filled fair for all the family, live music, refreshments, stalls, events, rides and village pub, free entry, small charge for parking. 29 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 29-30 Big Bug Hunt, Overbecks, Salcombe. 30 10.30am-4pm Ivybridge Spring in the Park, Filham Park, Ivybridge - attractions include dog micro-chipping, advice on looking after and training your dog, free dog health checks, promotion of the fishing lake and


environmental activities, children’s entertainment, stalls, refreshments, etc. 30 Ivybridge Cricket Club official opening, Filham Park, Ivybridge.


JUNE 4 Stanborough Chorus - A summer concert featuring Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast by Coleridge-Taylor at Malborough Village Hall, contact May Crimp 01548 842361 5 Stoke Gabriel Carnival Week 7 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at The Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Fret and Fiddle 9-12 Salcombe Festival 11-12 1950s and 1960s weekend. South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 12 Orchids for your Home, beginners free workshop at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd., Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233, www.orchids.uk.com 16-19 Kingsbridge Charter Medieval Festival to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the Granting of the Town Charter. Flower festival at St Edmunds, medieval entertainment, local artists and craftspeople, music and dancing, plenty of food and drink. 16-19 Kingsbridge Flower Festival, St Edmond’s Church, Kingsbridge. 17 7.30pm St Edmund’s Church, Kingsbridge - Charter Anniversary Celebrations Festival Concert with Daughters of Elvin. 17 National Trust South Hams Centre Grand summer fair, Kingsbridge Market Hall, Fore Street, 10am-2pm free entry. Contact 01548 562017. 17-19 Teignmouth Folk Festival 18-19 Mad Inventors Days, Overbecks, Salcombe. 18 Medieval Fayre throughout the day and evening, Kingsbridge 18 EST Donkey Sanctuary Summer Fair, Filham, Ivybridge 18 Bridge Ceremony 10am, Ivy Bridge, Harford Road, Ivybridge. Re-enactment by local primary school children of the Battle of the Bridge between the parishes of Ivybridge and Ermington, also gate dressing. 18 The Antique Six Jazz evening, Charleton Village Hall, 8-11pm, in aid of National Coastwatch Prawle Point. Contact 01548 531885 18-26 South Brent Carnival week 18-19 Slapton Village Gardens 2-5pm - a variety of village gardens and courtyards each with its own distinctive style of planting. Details and locations shown on tickets on sale in the car park on the days. £4.00 for a tour of all gardens, under 16 free. Cream teas and plant stall. Also Arts and Crafts exhibition. Parking in field in village centre. In aid of Red Cross, Slapton church and village hall. Slapton is half-mile from the A379 Dartmouth to Kingsbridge road and is signposted from the middle of Slapton Sands. 19 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 24-26 Kingsbridge Music Festival 25-26 Orchid Doctor weekend, bring your plants for free advice and repotting at Orchid Paradise, Burnham Nurseries Ltd., Forches Cross, Newton Abbot, 01626 352233 www.orchids.uk.com 26 Loddiswell Congregational Church Open Air Songs of Praise on Loddiswell Courtledge with Plymouth


Salvation Army Band 6.00pm 26 Westerncombe, South Pool, Kingsbridge 1-5pm, by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Richard Murray, 3 acres of beautifully reconstructed garden and lawn sloping down to the boat quay and the estuary. Many new and unusual plants, orchard, terraced walkways amongst shrubs and herbaceous plants. Suitable outdoor footwear advisible, car park, cream teas and refreshments, no wheelchair access, no dogs. Admission £4.00 children under 16 free. 29 KEDFAS - Professor G H Bell will present “Early Victorian Seascapes and Landscapes” the artistry of H B Carter & Son, at Kingsbridge Community College 7.30 for 7.45 pm non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 844243 29 - July 10 - Brixham Festival of the Sea at All Saints “Abide with Me” Parish Church. Colourful display of Brixham’s fishing heritage. Art exhibition, many events. Contact 01803 853882. 30 KEDFAS - Professor G H Bell will present “Early Victorian Seascapes and Landscapes” the artistry of H B Carter & Son, at The Reel Cinema, Kingsbridge 10.15 for 10.30am non members warmly invited to attend for a donation of £8.00 per head. Contact 01548 857626.


Ivybridge Garden Association Summer Show, Methodist Church Hall, Ivybridge 9-10 World War I weekend, Overbecks, Salcombe. 9-10 1940s weekend, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 9-10 Brixham Hapnin’ 10 Opening for the NGS, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth, 11 - 5 pm. 10-15 Merlin Rocket Week, Salcombe 16 Churchstow Family Dog Show 2.30pm 16-23 Kingsbridge Fair Week 22-30 Stokenham Art and Craft Exhibition, Parish Hall, 10-6pm daily, except 30 when it closes at 4.00pm 24-25 Big Bug Hunt, Overbecks, Salcombe. 27 Yealmpton Show 29-5 August Sidmouth Folk Week 30 Marldon Apple Pie Fair 30-7 August Plymouth Regatta 31 Totnes Show 31 Chivelstone Church Fete, South Allington House. Traditional fete with cream teas, bouncy castle, bbq, etc. 2.30pm-5.00pm Contact 01548 511272


AUGUST 1-13 (except Sunday 7) Dartmouth Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition of Paintings in the Flavel Church, Dartmouth. Theme ‘Seasons’ local artists original works will be available to purchase. Admission free. 2 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm. Antique Six Jazz Band 2-6 Dartmouth Shakespeare


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JULY 2 Lions Fun Day, Ivybridge 2 Propagation Workshop, Overbecks, Salcombe 2-10 Newton Abbot carnival week 3 NGS - Afternoon Treasure Tour, Overbecks, Salcombe 5 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Louise Parker Quartet 8-18 Ways with Words Literature Festival, Dartington 9


Week 5-7 Torbay Steam Fair, Brixham 6 Kingston Fair 2pm in the Dolphin Car Park. Grand draw, lots of stalls, games, refreshments, history society exhibition in the church, live music. 6-7 Pirates at Overbecks, Salcombe 6 Lemonfest, Newton Abbot 6-14 Paignton Regatta 7-12 Salcombe Yacht Club Regatta 13 Loddiswell Congregational Church Jumble Sale 2.00pm 13-14 South Hams Vintage Machinery Club - two day working vintage rally, Sorley Cross, Kingsbridge, open 11am each day. 14 Propagation Workshop, Overbecks, Salcombe 14-20 Salcombe Town Regatta 14-21 Totnes Carnival 16-17 British Fireworks Championships, Plymouth 19-21 Plymouth’s Flavour Fest 19-24 Torbay Sailing Week 20 Celebrate Start Bay, Slapton Village Hall and Field Centre 20 Cornwood Show 20 Stokenham Garden Society Summer Show, Stokenham parish hall 2.30pm 20 Evening with wine, Ash Tree Farm, Ash Cross, Dartmouth 7-10pm 23 Orange Race, Totnes 24 Cream Tea, Chivelstone Community Hall 3-6pm,in aid of National Coastwatch, Prawle Point, contact 01548 531885 25-27 Dartmouth Regatta 26-29 Rails and Ales, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 27


West Alvington Horticultural Society Annual Show, Malborough village hall 27-29 Hope Cove Weekend 29 Aveton Gifford Classic Car Show, on the playing fields, 11am-4pm. Contact 01548 550523.


SEPTEMBER 2-11 Totnes Festival 3 Kingsbridge Show, Borough Farm, East Allington. www.kingsbridgeshow.co.uk 3-18 Devon Open Studios 6 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Spats Langham’s Hot Finger. 6 Hedgerow Harvest, 10- 4.30pm, Overbecks, Salcombe. 7 Newton Abbot Cheese & Onion Fayre 9-11 IvyLive Music Festival, Filham Park, Ivybridge 10 Malborough with South Huish Horticultural Society Annual Show at Malborough village hall. 10 Heritage Open Day, Overbecks, Salcombe 10-11 Heritage Transport Gala, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 13 Widecombe Fair 14-17 Kingsbridge Amateur Theatrical Society perform Agatha Christies “The Hollow” at Malborough Village Hall, Malborough, tickets from KIC or on the door, curtain up 7.30pm 17 Vintage Bus Day, Kingsbridge 17 Salcombe Museum Society autumn meeting, 7 for 7.30pm at Salcombe Church, Speakers: Stephen Green on Admiral Horatio Nelson. Interval for refreshment, Nigel Kelland on the raising of the great ship Mary Rose. 23-26 South Devon Walking Festival 24 NGS - Afternoon Garden Treasure Tour, Overbecks, Salcombe 25 Loddiswell Congregational Church Harvest Thanksgiving Service 10.30am 27-2 October Cookworthy Museum, Fore Street,


Kingsbridge, Museum on the Quay, exhibition at Harbour House, The Embankment, Kingsbridge


OCTOBER 1-2 Dartmouth Fishing Festival 4 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Frog Island Jazz Band. 8-9 Autumn Festival, Avon Mill Garden Centre, Loddiswell - a celebration of all things autumnal, with apple pressing, pumpkins, willow weaving, crafts, food tastings, children’s rides and more. 9 BMX Open Championships at Paignton 13-15 Stanborough Chorus Festival of Vocal Music at St Edmund’s Church, Kingsbridge - 13 Plymouth Gilbert & Sullivan Society, 8pm; 14 Brixham Orpheus Male Voice Choir, 7.30pm; 15 The Stanborough Chorus, 7.30pm. Contact May Crimp 01548 842361 14 onwards Dartmouth Galleries Week. Most of Dartmouth’s Galleries will hold new exhibitions with private views on Friday 14 October from 6pm. 21-24 Dartmouth Food Festival 22 Loddiswell Congregational Church Jumble Sale 2.00pm 22-25 Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine, Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Co. 28 After Dark, 6.30-9.00, Overbecks, Salcombe 29-30 Half price weekend, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 31 Cookworthy Museum, Fore Street, Kingsbridge, museum closes but Heritage Resource Centre remains open.


NOVEMBER 1 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm Roger Marks’ Cornish Armada Jazz Band. 4 Fireworks display, Ivybridge Rugby Club, Exeter Road, Ivybridge. 5 Diesel Gala, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 11 11am Armistice Day Remembrance Service, Ivybridge War Memorial 13 11am Remembrance Parade, Ivybridge War Memorial 17 Plymouth Christmas Lights Switch on. 18 Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge, Christmas Fair, Market Hall, Kingsbridge. 26 South Brent Winter Carnival


DECEMBER 2-3 Candlelit Dartmouth, Lantern procession, Santa arriving by boat, Christmas markets and late night shopping. www. candlelitdartmouth.co.uk 2 from 5pm Ivybridge Town Centre Festive Bonanza, parade, switch on of lights, street entertainment, craft markets, etc. 3 Stanborough Chorus - A Christmas Concert 7.30pm, Venue tbc 3 morning Ivybridge Town Centre Festive entertainment and craft markets 3-4 Santa by Steam, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh 6 Kingsbridge Jazz Club at the Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 7.30pm, Billy Thompson ‘Gypsy Style’ 6 Totnes Christmas Festival Evening 10 Deck The Walls, Overbecks, Salcombe 10 Kingsbridge Celebrates Christmas 10 10am-4pm EST Donkey Sanctuary Christmas Fair,


Filham Ivybridge 10-11 Santa by Steam, South Devon Railway 13 Totnes Christmas Festival Evening 13 Dartmouth Fatstock Show 16 Stanborough Chorus, A service in celebration of Christmas at Buckfast Abbey, 7.30pm 17 Loddiswell Congregational Church Informal Carols 2-4pm 17-18 Santa by Steam, South Devon Railway 20 Totnes Christmas Festival Evening 20-23 Santa by Steam, South Devon Railway 24 Stanborough Chorus St Edmund’s Church, Kingsbridge, Carols for All 4.30-5.30pm 25 Loddiswell Congregational Church Christmas morning service 10.30am 28-2 Jan Mince Pie Specials, South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh


Every day from March - June 2011 Cellars, Noss Mayo, nr Plymouth, by kind permission of the Blair family. Woodland garden, which is best in Spring time for camellias and azaleas. Also a display of textiles in the garden room. Entrance fee; donations to British Red Cross. Limited wheelchair access. Dogs welcome on leads. From St Peter’s Church in Noss Mayo, right at the bottom of the hill, follow Passage Wood Road behind the Ship Inn alongside the river. Turn left at the fork in the road - N.T. woods. A quarter of a mile along unmade road, first house on left. Car park is on the coastal path. Dogs allowed and wheelchair access. 3 April - 12 June - Lukesland Gardens, Ivybridge, Spring openings, Sundays, Wednesdays, Bank Holidays including Good Friday, 2-6pm Home made cakes, free parking, children’s trail, dogs welcome on a lead. More details at www.lukesland,co.uk or 01752 691749.


4 April - 31 October - Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge open, new displays include Kingsbridge Fair Week and Town Twinning; a/v on farming yesterday and today; display of Old Grammar School memorabilia.


16 October - 13 November Lukesland Gardens, Ivybridge - Autumn season openings, Sundays and Wednesdays. Sundays from 17 July - early September, cream teas served 3-5pm St George’s Church, Modbury, all welcome. Tuesdays Elizabethan Charity Market starts in Totnes on 3 May until last Tuesday September held by the Totnes Elizabethan Society, Civic Hall forecourt 9am-3pm. During July - judging for South West in Bloom and Local Garden competition. During December Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company will be running Santa Special steam trains. First Wednesday every month - charity coffee morning. The Korniloff Rest and Retirement Home, Warren Road, Bigbury- on-sea.


First and third Saturday every month - Farmers Market, Kingsbridge.


Second Saturday every month - Farmers Market, Dartmouth. Last Saturday every month - Farmers Market, Totnes.


Details correct at time of printing. However dates and venues may be subject to change.


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