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Local Events
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15 March 2008 |
South West Regional Embroiderers Festival Day.
Ariel Centre, Totnes. Tel: 01803 552672 or 01626 365236 for details. |
May to
September 2008 |
Elizabethan Charity Market. Every Tuesday Morning from May to end September, Totnes Elizabethan
Society holds a small charity market. Some stallholders wear Elizabethan
costume. A craft market is run at the same time. Both markets are held on
the Civic Hall Forecourt, 9am to 3pm. |
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10 to 13 May 2008 |
National Mills Weekend
www.spabmills.org.uk Totnes Town Mill will be open on 12th May
only 9.30am-5.00pm. |
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23 to 26 May 2008 |
Totnes
Open Studios Arts Trail. Local artists open their studios and homes
for the visiting public to view and buy their art works. Tel: 01803
864426 |
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31 May 2008 |
Canoe Races at The Maltsters Arms, Tuckenhay. Starts 12.15pm. Contact Phil Sheardown for
more details of the races and how to enter your team.
Tel: 01803 865301
www.canoeadventures.co.uk |
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11, 12, 13 July 2008 |
A Festival of Belly Dance presented by South
West Raqs '08. A weekend of belly dance instruction in Totnes.
www.bellydance-southwest.com. Tel: 07813 918374
EVENT POSTPONED |
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11 to 20 July 2008 |
Ways With Words
Festival at Dartington. A major event in the national literary calendar,
held in the stunning surrounds of the Dartington Hall Estate. Tel: 01803
87373
www.wayswithwords.co.uk |
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26 July to 30 August 2008 |
Dartington
International Summer School. Musicians and composers from all over the
world flock to Dartington for the opportunity to immerse themselves in
their art. Inspirational courses and concerts. Course brochure available
January 2008.
Tel: 01803 867068
www.dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk |
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31 July 2008 |
Totnes Agricultural Show. Tel: 01548 821070.
2008 marks the 90th anniversary of this traditional show, probably the largest one day show of its kind in the South West. Over 170 classes of sheep cattle, horses, rabbits, poultry, rural
skills. 150 trade stands, craft marquee. Children's
entertainment. Showground opens about 8.30am
www.totnesshow.com
. Tickets in advance to personal visitors from Totnes Information
Centre or at the gate on the day. |
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10 to 17August 2008 |
Totnes Carnival including Children's Fancy Dress, 5-a-Side Football,
Picnic in the Park and Bingo. The Grand Procession on Saturday 16th August
usually starts from Follaton House (South Hams District Council Offices)
about 6pm. Tel:
01803 863168 |
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19 August 2008 |
The Orange Race. Tel: 01803 863168. In a series of races, contestants chase
oranges down Totnes High Street and Fore Street. |
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5 to 14 September 2008 |
Totnes Festival.
The third annual event, held to celebrate the unique heritage and
culture of Totnes. Venues throughout town play host to local, national
and international artists and practitioners from a wide variety of
disciplines: music, arts and crafts, performance, literature,
complementary therapies, to name just a few.
www.totnesfestival.com |
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5 to 7 September 2008 |
National Morris
Ring Event. An extra-ordinary event in the Morris Calendar. Twenty
or more Morris and other dance sides will come together to dance in a
mass display and also at various venues around town over a two day
celebration. Tel: 07912539009
www.dartingtonmorrismen.org.uk |
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11 to 14 September 2008 |
Heritage Open Days.
A celebration of England's architecture and culture. Historic
Totnes properties
including Totnes Museum, The Guildhall, Totnes Castle (Saturday only) and Devonshire Collection of
Period Costume (for Bogan House only, not the Collection) usually offer free admission at some point during the
three day event. Book your place to see the fascinating 'decorated plaster ceilings' of Totnes
or to attend the talk by Kate Ellis 'Murder in the South Hams'. Bookings are taken at the Information Centre from
August.
Places are limited. For more information
see the Heritage Open Day site or contact the Information Centre |
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6 to 21 September 2008 |
Devon Open Studios: arts trails in the South
Hams district and beyond.
www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk. |
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26 September - 5 October 2008 |
South Devon Walking Festival
www.southdevonwalkingfestival.co.uk |
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9, 16 and 23 December 2008 |
Totnes Christmas
Festival. The first festive evenings in the South Hams and the
best. Entertainment, shopping, food and lots of fun from about 6pm each
evening. Confirm dates and
time with Totnes Information Centre. Tel: 01803 863168
www.totnesinformation.co.uk |
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The Tourist Information Centre also collates a monthly
'What's On' listing
which is posted on this site and is available to send out by email only on request to
enquire@totnesinformation.co.uk.
This listing changes throughout the month, as events are notified to us, but is
usually only posted onto the site at the beginning of the month. Sorry,
we are unable to offer a monthly subscription service and we can't send this
information out by post. We will respond to individual enquiries as soon as we
can. Please let us know if you want an event added to this list.
Nearby Major Events in 2008
Throughout the year some of the most spectacular events in the country take place
within half an hour's drive of Totnes. However, do check event dates and timings with the
organisers or the local Tourist Information Centre before making a
special journey.
We will update this page as more events information becomes available during the
year, so please keep coming back to check.
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Dartmoor National
Park and South
Devon AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) organise programmes of
events and guided walks throughout the year. Some of these events, but not all,
need to be booked in advance. See their respective websites for details. Click
on their names above to follow a link to their sites.
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