Devon County Council

Use the links below to see what is happening in Devon over the year.

February	March	April	May	June	July
August	September	October	November	December

Extraordinary Events in Devon

• Blackawton Worm Charming Festival, Blackawton - 4 May 2008
• Potwalloping Festival, Westward Ho! -  24 - 26 May 2008
• Hunting of the Earl of Rone, Combe Martin – 23-26 May 2008
• Pixie Day, Ottery St Mary - 21 June 2008
• Marldon Apple Pie Fair, Totnes – 26 July 2008
• Hot Pennies Day, Honiton - 22 July 2008
• Widecombe Fair - 9 September 2008
• Tavistock’s Goosey Fair – 8 October 2008
• Flaming Tar Barrels, Ottery St Mary - 5 November 2008
• Turning the Devils Stone, Shebbear -5 November 2008
• The Lych (or Lich) Way ' the Walk of the Dead' across Dartmoor (anytime - but you have to walk it at night)       

2008 – is International Year of Planet Earth

Calendar of Events

February

11-23 - Animated Exeter
18-19 - Stone Carving and Lettering On the Square by the Museum, Barnstaple, 11am - 4 pm each day
21 -22 – Painting with the Earth, On the Square by the Museum, Barnstaple, 11am - 4 pm each day
29 February -16 March - Vibraphonic Festival Exeter

March

29 February -16 March - Vibraphonic Festival Exeter
1 -Be Naturally Active in Devon Fun Day at Exmouth and Lympstone
14-16 - Devon will be exhibiting at the National Outdoors Show
16 - North Devon Discovery Day
25 - Abolition of Slavery Commemoration, Exeter

April

11 - 13 April - Exeter Festival of South West England Food and Drink
12 - Annual Meeting of Devon archaeologist Society @ County Hall
12 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyer-Tantalising Tassels and Cords
19 - Primrose Day
26 April - 5 May - Ivybridge Walking Festival 2008

May

1 – Be Naturally Active Fun Day, Exmouth and Lympstone
1 - 9 May -North Devon Walking/Cycling Festival
4 - Great West Run, Exeter
4 - Blackawton Worm Charming Festival
10 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Weavers Mailbox
10 - Exe Estuary Forum
15 - Devon Maritime Forum
15-17 -Devon County Show
16 – 18 - Dart Music Festival 2008
22 – 30 – Exmouth Summer Festival  
23-26 Hunting of the Earl of Rone, Combe Martin
24 – 25 – A Grand Western Weekend, IWA National Trailboat Festival at the Grand Western Canal
24-26 - Westward Ho! Potwalloping Festival
28 - Family Geology Day, part of the International Year of Planet Earth Celebrations
29 May -1 June - Appledore Visual Arts Festival

June

1-30 - North Devon Festival
7 -15 June - Ilfracombe Victorian Week
13 -15 - Lynton and Lynmouth Music Festival
13-29 - Exeter Summer Festival
14 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Knitting with Beads
14-22 June (Cycle Sunday – 22 June) - National Cycle Week
15 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Knitting With Beads
21 - Pixie Day, Ottery St. Mary
21 - Family Finds Day at the Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton
25 - Devon Youth Music Day at WestPoint

July

11-20 - Way with Words Festival, Dartington
12 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Guild Outing to House of Hemp
12 - 20 - National Archaeology Week
13-14 - Killerton Open Air Concerts
25 July - 2 August - Budleigh Salterton Festival
26 - Mid Devon Show
30 - Yealmpton Show
31 - Totnes Show

August

3-5 - Splosh Marine Arts Festival
6 - North Devon Show
7 - Honiton Show
1-8 - Sidmouth Folk Week
8-10 – Dartmoor Folk Festival, South Zeal
11-17 - Bideford Folk Festival
14 - Okehampton Show
23 - UNESCO International Day for the Remebrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September

5 - 7 - Ilfracombe Folk Festival
11-14 - Heritage Open Days
13 - Fish Stocks festival
13 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Needle Felting
14 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Needle Felting

October

8 -Tavistock’s Goosey Fair
11 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Sharing our Work & Evaluation Day
27 - 31 - Devon Hedge Week

November

5 - Tar Barrels at Ottery St. Mary
8 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Members’ Sales Day
tbc - Exeter Autumn Festival
tbc -  Exeter Christmas Lights Switch On

December

12 - Jurassic Coast Annual Forum
13 - Devon Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers-Morning Craft Activity and Shared Christmas Lunch