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Feb 2025
The Carrivick SistersSaturday 22 February 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Devon twins Laura and Charlotte have together become one of the UK’s top young bluegrass and folk acts, as well as gaining a great international reputation.
Not Only But Also The Blues: Rameagle / Furzeham Blues Initiative (FBI)
Monday 24 February 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Our monthly session of blues-inspired music featuring great artists from the UK’s deep south west.
Another great line up of two of the best blues-inspired acts in the South West, curated here on the last Monday of every month by local bass player Mary Caffrey.
Nigel Price with the Liquid Spirit Trio
Tuesday 25 February 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Nigel is probably the top jazz guitarist in the UK right now, with Tom Ball (piano), Kev Sanders (bass) and Gary Evans (drums)
Attila the Stockbroker: Tory free tour
Thursday 27 February 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Attila’s current solo performance comprises fiery, satirical, political and personal spoken word, dub poetry, acoustic songs and early music punk on ancient instruments. He really doesn’t sound like anything else. He’s very prolific and his material is very, very up to date.
Passepartout Duo – Circo Pobre
Friday 28 February 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This is a very intriguing visit from two musicians from Italy. They write: “The centerpiece of Circo Pobre is the Chromaplane, a new electronic instrument we’ve created over the past year. With a pickup coil in each hand, we trace shapes above the instrument’s flat surface to unveil its hidden landscape of oscillators buzzing in the electromagnetic field…”
Mar 2025
Film: 2073 (15) This is not fiction. This is not a documentary. This is a warning.Wednesday 5 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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It’s the year 2073, the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free & hopeful existence. A “a dazzlingly creative work” (The Guardian) from Asif Kapadia, best known for his documentaries about racing driver Ayrton Senna, singer Amy Winehouse and footballer Diego Maradona. A live Q&A with Asif will follow the screening.
The Dave Hankin Big Band
Friday 7 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Unforgettable music from the likes of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, Nelson Riddle and vocal swing from The Rat Pack. Audiences of all ages will be thrilled by the sound of this amazing big band.
Chube
Saturday 8 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This unique quartet’s music reaches a broad audience, including adventurous rock listeners. Jazz, rock and electronics. Chube is a young Fusion band based in Cardiff, South Wales led by Ben Creighton Griffiths on Electric Harp and Keys. It features Ashley John Long and Cameron Saint on Basses, and Jon Bradford-Jones on Drums.
Dartmoor Strings: Young Performers’ Platform
Sunday 9 March 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This string orchestra for 10-18 year olds from all over the South West, is performing music by Holst, Smetana, Queen and Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Violins & Cello
Various chamber groups will play pieces including some Saint-Saens, Traditional Danish folk, etc…
Mishra Duo
Sunday 9 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Eclectic moods, from meditative raag-inspired improvisations to high-energy celtic dance tune. Mishra is a global folk duo from the UK gathering international recognition, which “draws together roots in UK traditional music with continent-spanning musical textures into a multi-limbed virtuoso performance.
Talk: The Two Moors Pine Marten Project by Devon Wildlife Trust
Thursday 13 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Shy, curious and playful. The pine marten is a stealthy, acrobatic hunter that relies on the cover of woods and trees for its foraging missions. It was once a fundamental part of our woodlands, but it is now critically endangered in England and Wales and completely extinct on the south west peninsula. As a result, we have lost a beautiful, fascinating wild creature that plays a key role in our woodland natural processes. Until now…
Chasing Crockern: Dartmoor Folk Tales Reimagined
Friday 14 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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On a stormy night on Dartmoor, a midwife is woken by a strange-looking man whose wife needs urgent help. Driving at breakneck speed through lanes that become increasingly unfamiliar, she arrives at a mysterious old cottage where things are not quite what they seem. As mist rolls over ancient granite, tors move and rivers speak, the midwife realises that this midnight call for help has had some unexpected consequences…
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: The God of Hellfire himself
Saturday 15 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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A UK rock legend since the late 1960s, Arthur Brown and his band will be doing one of their incendiary performances right here in Ashburton!
Iago Banet: The Galician king of acoustic guitar
Thursday 20 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Banet released his third studio album in March 2023 and, in it, he takes the acoustic guitar to its limits. The album features new levels of skill, complexity and versatility, fusing styles, including gypsy jazz, blues rock, country, dixieland, swing, pop and folk. Iago’s technique and approach to performance have captivated crowds across the UK and Spain. A one-man-band on acoustic guitar. “A master of the guitar” Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3
Phil Beer in Concert
Saturday 29 March 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west country’s award-winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands.
“A Phil Beer gig is one spent in the company of a true craftsman, a master musician and consummate performer” Spiral Earth
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