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Saturday 29th June

  1. Music – Martin Carthy – arguably the finest and possibly the most influential interpreter of English traditional music in the country – Hazlewood House, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge, TQ7 4EB, 8:00pm, £16
  2. Music – Thomas Ford & The Die Hards – blues shouter, guitar picker and harmonica player mixing delta blues traditions with nu-blues songwriting, appearing hear with his band The Die Hards – Barrel House, 59a High Street, Totnes, TQ9 5PB, 8:00pm, £7
  3. Music – Old Gaffers – popular local shanty crew from Kingsbridge – Victoria Inn, Fore Street, Salcombe, TQ8 8BU, 8:00pm
  4. Music – High Society – popular local six-piece jazz band on a charity river cruise to Dartmouth and back raising money for Children’s Hospice, ticket includes supper and a drink – Steamer Quay, Totnes, TQ9 5AL, 8:00pm, £20
  5. Music – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – clearly still hoping you might come up and see him some time and still gigging after all these years, here appearing as part of the Plymouth Festival of Sail – The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DE, 5:45pm
  6. Music – Opium – self-proclaimed hi-energy covers duo incorporating rock and pop from the late 70's to the present day – The Quay, 1-3 Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PG, 9:30pm, Free
  7. Music – Switch – female fronted four-piece performing rock and pop from past to present – Creeks End Inn, Squares’ Quay, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1HN, 9:00pm, Free
  8. Music – Bad Knees Blues Band – four-piece promising ‘kicking’ Blues and R&B – The Exeter Inn, Church Street, Modbury, PL21 0QR, 9:00pm, Free
  9. Music – Secondnature – Totnes-based rock/pop covers four-piece, supported by Forge – The Avon Inn, Avonwick, South Brent, TQ10 9NB, 7:00pm, Free
  10. Music – Hot Candy – billed as a funky pop rock band with sassy female vocals – South Brent Village Hall, Station Approach, South Brent, TQ10 9AQ, 8:00pm, Free
  11. Music – Pitchbend – female-fronted four-piece promising a high energy mix of rhythm and blues, soul and rock – The Coach House, Church Street, Paignton, TQ3 3AH, 9:30pm, Free
  12. Music – Conspiracy – classic rock and pop covers – The Lime Tree, Dartmouth Road, Paignton, TQ4 5AA, 9:30pm, Free
  13. Music – The Usual Suspects – Torquay-based foursome playing covers of the likes of Blondie, The Who and Lenny Kravitz – Broadhempston Village Fete, Headlands Playing Field, Broadhempston, TQ9 6BD, 2:00pm
  14. Music – v8 – hi powered three-piece playing uber energy covers both ancient and modern – The Lord Louis, Glen Road, Plympton, PL7 2DE, 9:00pm, Free
  15. Music – Retrospect – four-piece covers band from Plymouth – The Boringdon Arms, Boringdon Terrace, Turnchapel, Plymstock, PL9 9TQ, 9:00pm, Free
  16. Music – Mighty Sasquatch – loud guitars, pumping bass, crashing drums and massive vocals cover rock and grunge from the last two decades – Apple & Parrot, 17 The Strand, Torquay, TQ1 2AA, 10:00pm, Free
  17. Music – Blue Angel – Plymouth-based 5-piece blues/rock band – The Revenue Inn, 32 Marlborough Street, Plymouth, PL1 4AH, 9:00pm, Free
  18. Music – Fluke – sounds from the 60’s and 70’s – The Woodside, 12 Gasking Street, Plymouth, PL4 8DQ, 9:00pm, Free
  19. Music – Blackbird – acoustic covers duo from Plymouth boasting a repertoire of more than 50 songs – Boomerang Sports Bar, 1 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, PL4 6JG, 9:00pm, Free
  20. Music – StOp SToP! – cosmopolitan hard rock trio now domiciled in Taunton – The Junction, 6 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, PL4 6LA, 9:00pm, Free
  21. Music – Phil Lewis – solo rock/pop electric/acoustic covers – The Notte Inn, 60 Notte Street, Plymouth, PL1 2AG, 9:00pm, Free
  22. Music – Aftershock – 6-piece covers from the 60’s to the present day – Cherry Tree, 291 Ham Drive, Plymouth, PL2 3NH, 9:00pm, Free
  23. Music – Less Is More – three-piece mixing original material with blues/rock covers – Millbridge Inn, 23 Molesworth Road, Plymouth, PL1 5LZ, 9:00pm, Free
  24. Music – The Weekend – guitar based post punk, New Wave cover combo from Torquay – Molloy’s, 20 Fore Street, St Marychurch, TQ1 4LY, 9:15pm, Free
  25. Music – BarraCoodas – classic and contemporary rock and punk covers from the late 60’s through to the present day – The Union Inn, 6 East Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1AF, 9:00pm, Free
  26. Music – Firekind – rock three-piece from Newton Abbot boasting guitarist Jas Morris known in a previous incarnation as Rude Tiger – Highweek Inn, 10 Highweek Village, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1QA, 9:00pm, Free
  27. Music – A Total Stranger – pop/rock solo act – The Burrator Inn, Princetown Road, Dousland, PL20 6NP, 9:00pm, Free
  28. Theatre – Titanic Stories – first performance by Totnes Youth Theatre exploring the catastrophic loss of the floating palace – Totnes Library, The Mansion, Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RP, 6:00pm, Adults £2.50, Child £1
  29. Theatre – Oxygen – a new play produced by Dreadnought South West Association to champion women’s voices and stories – TR2, 12 Neptune Park, Cattedown, Plymouth, PL4 0SJ, 7:45pm, £9-£13
  30. Musical – Annie Get Your Gun – Toads revival of the seminal musical featuring such favourites as Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better, Doin’ What Comes Naturally, They Say It’s Wonderful and There’s No Business Like Show Business – Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, Torquay, TQ2 5EZ, 2:30pm & 7:30pm, £20.90
  31. Talk – Germaine Greer: The Disappearing Woman – with each stage of their lives, as they become successively wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, Ms Greer argues women become less visible – The Flavel Arts Centre, Flavel Place, Dartmouth, TQ6 9ND – 7:30pm, £14.50
  32. Talk – Journey across the Himalayas – an illustrated lecture about the Kingdom and Principalities of the Himalayas from Ladakh to Tibet, given by Zara Fleming, NADFAS lecturer, art consultant and curator – Stoke Fleming Village Hall, Dartmouth Road, Stoke Fleming, TQ6 0QT, 7:30pm, £12
  33. Berry Pomeroy Summer Fete – arts & crafts show, games, stalls, prize draw, coconut shy, dancing, children’s sports, ‘the most colourful children’s outfit’ competition, along with live music from The Folk Orchestra of Torbay, and raising money for the upkeep of the church – The Manor House, Berry Pomeroy, TQ9 6NJ, 2:30pm
  34. Sport – Paignton Open for Double Headed Dinghies – known by the acronym ‘PODD’ and with entries capped at 120 boats, there are three races today and three tomorrow – Paignton Sailing Club, South Quay, The Harbour, Paignton, TQ4 6DT
  35. South Brent Summer Carnival – with floats from around South Devon and beyond, majorettes, band and walking entries, 6:15pm
  36. Ashburton Carnival – Carnival Fete – barbeque, bouncy castle, stalls, assault course and family fun – The Recreational Ground, The Green, St Andrews Close, Ashburton, TQ13 7EQ, 2:00pm
  37. West Alvington Church Fete – entertainment, stalls and afternoon family fun – Bowringsleigh, West Alvington, TQ7 3LL, 2:00pm

Sunday 30th June

  1. Music – Wizz Jones – born just months before the start of the Second World War, performing since the early ‘50’s, and undeniably one of the finest guitarists this country has produced, cited by the likes of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and John Renbourn as an important early influence – Folk on the Moor, Westward Inn, Lee Mill, PL21 9EE, 7:45pm, £10
  2. Music – The Martin Dale Quartet – acclaimed jazz saxophonist Dale described by the Western Morning News as “the maestro sax player of Devon” – Millbridge Inn, 23 Molesworth Road, Plymouth, PL1 5LZ, 6:00pm, Free
  3. Music – Ronnie Jones Quartet – jazz foursome led by drummer, percussionist, army press officer and former researcher for Richard and Judy Jones – Bay Horse Inn, 8 Cistern Street, Totnes, TQ9 5SP, 8:00pm
  4. Music – The Twiddlers Thumbs – two singer/songwriters playing contemporary folk, blues and rock'n'roll interspersed with a good mix of fun and frivolity – The Vestry, 13 Queen Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2AQ, 3:00pm, Free
  5. Music – James Cann – performs rock covers – The Coach House, Church Street, Paignton, TQ3 3AH, 5:00pm till 7:00pm, Free
  6. Music – Opium – self-proclaimed hi-energy covers duo incorporating rock and pop from the late 70's to the present day – Hop’n’grapes, Lower Union Lane, Torquay, TQ2 5PR, 4:00pm, Free
  7. Music – A Total Stranger – pop/rock solo act – Crown & Anchor, 10 The Barbican, Plymouth, PL1 2LS, 4:00pm, Free
  8. Music – Benny Guitar Carr – funky rockin’ blues band frontman on his ownsome – The Sloop Inn, Bantham, TQ7 3AJ, 1:00pm till 3:00pm, Free
  9. Music - “Sunday Sessions” – live music and open for tapas & sangria – Bayards Cove Inn, 27 Lower Street, Dartmouth, TQ6 9AN, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
  10. Music – Jim Low & Kathie Johnston – guitarist Low joins Johnston on bass in performing an eclectic mix of acoustic covers of the likes of Clapton, The Eagles and The Kinks – Ernie Lister Bar, Quayside Hotel, King Street, Brixham, TQ5 9TJ, 9:00pm, Free
  11. Music – Simon Gee – solo covering the likes of Metallica, Eagles, Killers and Bon Jovi – Grosvenor Hotel, Belgrave Road, Torquay, TQ2 5HG, 8:30pm, Free
  12. Cruise – Estuary & Coast – sail the length of the estuary on the Rivermaid towards the harbour mouth past the remains of Fort Charles, Salcombe Castle, North & South Sands, Starhole Bay and towards Prawle Point – Kingsbridge Quay (opposite Squares Quay Car Park), Kingsbridge, TQ7 1HS, 10:50am, Adult £10.50, Child £6
  13. Guided Tour of Old Forde House – built in the shape of the letter ‘E’ and dating from 1610, the house saw a number of prominent visitors during the 17th century, including Charles 1 in 1625, Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax in 1646, and William of Orange in 1688. All will have admired the finely carved panelling, the oaken staircase and the massive oak doors and, above all, the magnificent ceilings – Old Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4XX, 2:00pm, £3.50
  14. Sport – Paignton Open for Double Headed Dinghies – known by the acronym ‘PODD’ and with entries capped at 120 boats, the final three races are held today – Paignton Sailing Club, South Quay, The Harbour, Paignton, TQ4 6DT
  15. Dartington Producers Market – local Devon food and Saison Tasting in Farm Foods – The Shop at Dartington, Shinners Bridge, Dartington, TQ9 6TQ, 10:00am till 4:00pm, Free
  16. Car Boot Sale – fantastic bargains may or may not be found – The Racecourse, Newton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3AF, gates open 7:00am, Free
  17. Car Boot Sale – raising funds for the Chillington Community Association – Quay Car Park, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1HN, 9:00am till noon

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