dartmouth

Dartmouth Farmers Market

Don’t you just love browsing food markets? All that lovely fresh, local produce, sampling your way around the stalls and returning home with a bag brimming with goodies. Well here’s an opportunity to do just that in the gorgeous river side town of Dartmouth, and help support local businesses, in the town centre at the Old Market Square.

Totnes

Totnes Market

The Market Square has been home to the bustling weekly markets for hundreds of years, and today you can still stumble across this gem of a shopping experience every Friday and Saturday 9-4pm. There’s also a Sunday Food and Craft Market, held in the Market Square every third Sunday of the month from 10am to 3pm.

Ashburton Arts Centre

Orchestra concert

Enjoy the Dartmouth Orchestra’s selection of classical music including Mozart’s elegant overture to his opera ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ composed for the coronation of King Leopold I; Haydn’s final London symphony no. 104, and soar into the sky with Vaughan Williams’s ethereal ‘The Lark Ascending’, featuring renowned local soloist, Mary Eade on violin.

The Flavel, Dartmouth

BRNC Band Spring Concert

Step aboard as we whizz around the Around The World In 80 Minutes with the Concert Band of Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. This epic voyage of adventure will circumnavigate the globe, journeying across the continents including Europe the Middle East, the Far East, Australasia, and onto the Americas and the Caribbean, to name but a few.

Dartmouth – Totnes (River)

Head of Dart SUP Challenge

The Head of the Dart SUP Challenge is an annual event in April and sees more than 250 paddlers taking part, making it the largest SUP event in the UK. Each year, paddlers come together to complete the 14km course along the River Dart taking in the beautiful Devon countryside running between Dartmouth and Totnes, alternating directions every year.

Brixham

Brixham Pirate Festival

One of Britain’s biggest and best Pirate Festivals! It began in 2007 when members of the community decided to create an event to liven up one of the quietist bank holidays of the year. Since then, the festival has grown into one of the biggest pirate gatherings in the world, and attracts people from all four corners to partake in a weekend of Piratical merriment!

Salcombe

Salcombe Crab Fest

Crabfest is not just an excellent opportunity for seafood lovers to crack open some fine-tasting crabs. It has become a vibrant showcase for the local fishing, food, drink and tourism industries at the heart of our unique area. Come and enjoy hands-on cookery demonstrations, crab picking masterclasses, crab pot making, live music, kids activities, & more!

Westpoint, Exeter

Devon County Show

The annual Devon County Show from the Agricultural Association is full with spectacular animals, vintage tractor parades, masterclasses, workshops, local provider showcases, things for the kids, show competitons, and more!

Dartmouth

Dart Music Festival

The Dart Music Festival brings some great music into Dartmouth and provides a boost to the economy of the town after the long winter months. As one of Dartmouth and the South West’s most popular music events, you can enjoy 3 special days with over 100 performances in more than 20 venues around town.

Paignton

English Riviera Airshow

English Riviera Airshow is set to return this year for another full weekend of action packed displays and great activities. The two day show takes place on Paignton Green with the Bay providing a stunning natural amphitheatre for viewing the air displays and the perfect location for a large coastal airshow event.

Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge Fair Week

Kingsbridge Fair Week is a week of events in July, including live music, fireworks, a carnival and many more events for all ages, with a parade at the end of the week. In the fabulous summer sunshine, every year this wonderful week is enjoyed by many of all ages.

Blackpool Sands Beach

Tunes on the Sands

It’s a brand new festival, set on the beautiful golden Blackpool Sands in Devon, just 5 miles from Dartmouth With a back drop of scenic forests and hills, this will be a truly unique event where you can enjoy an ice cold beverage with the ocean only a stone’s throw away.

Great Court Farm, Berry Pomeroy

Totnes & District Show

The team at the Totnes & District Show looks forward to welcoming you for another fun-filled family day out. Join them on the last Sunday in July for an action-packed experience with something for everyone, you’ll be spoilt for choice!

Plymouth

Firework Championships

Plymouth became the favoured location as it was felt to provide a natural amphitheatre where large scale pyrotechnics could be used safely and watched from a variety of points around the harbour and Sound. As the Hoe is the focal point for watching the Championships, entertainment is provided here throughout both evenings with a fun fair, with thrill rides and live music. 

Dartmouth

Dartmouth Royal Regatta

Dartmouth is a stunning town in South Devon and a magnificent backdrop to the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta that takes place every August. The Port is steeped in history, as is the event: it is one of the oldest in the country and the earliest recorded Regatta was in 1822 with 2019 seeing the 175th Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta take place. With something for everyone to do and enjoy; it is little wonder we are the second largest Regatta in the UK…

Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge Show

Kingsbridge Show remains a fantastic day out for all the family and will return in 2022 offering classes in Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Homecraft, Young Farmers, Horticulture, Floral Art and Domestic pets. In addition to this there are over hundreds of Trade Stands, Craft stands, local food and drinks stands, Children’s Pets Corner, Donkey rides, Vintage and Modern Tractors, Live Music and more.

Torquay

Agatha Christie Festival

Celebrate Agatha Christie in the place of her birth on the English Riviera. Step into the area’s outstanding literary and geological heritage. Join us for a week of cultural talks, walks, films, workshops and performances, plus an exciting fringe programme.

Kingsbridge

Vintage Bus Runing Day

The Kingsbridge Running Day on Saturday 16th September with a full network of routes and passenger-carrying services so enjoyed by enthusiasts, holidaymakers and locals over the years. it will be centred on Kingsbridge Bus Station on the Quay, operating services from 10.00 until 17.30. The bus station is at the heart of this vibrant market town with good public transport links from Plymouth and Totnes (for Exeter) and is a short drive south of the A38.

Various Locations – English Riviera

England’s Seafood FEAST

Welcome to the return of England’s Seafood FEAST – enjoy the freshest local seafood in the world! From 30th September to 15th October 2023 you can enjoy the return of England’s Seafood FEAST. 2023 highlights will include: seafood specials throughout the Feast from fine dining to street food, seafood celebration suppers, guest chef events and a range of different activities including Behind the Scene Tours of our world-famous Brixham Fish Market.

Dartmouth

Dartmouth Food Festival

Dartmouth’s favourite ‘foodie’ event was described in The Telegraph as a ‘heady mix of celebrity chefs, parties, food markets, tasting shacks and demonstrations’, the festival is now a landmark event on the culinary calendar. What gives us extra stand out is the fact that we’re a free festival. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come along and take part without being charged an entry fee.

Dartmouth

Train of Lights

The Dartmouth Steam Railway & Riverboat Company’s annual Train of Lights runs from Kingswear Station, along a magical festive route to Paignton and back again. Enjoyed by thousands every year, this unique event is not to be missed. Perfect for all members of the family, enjoy the festive magic of Christmas along one of Dartmouth’s magnificent local steam trains and make unforgettable festive memories.