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Public transport to events: you can find out if it's possible to get public transport to an event in Totnes or surrounding towns and villages by contacting Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 www.traveline.info. Please note: not all villages are served by public transport and evening or Sunday services by bus are either non-existent or very restricted, particularly in winter. Bus and train timetables are free to pick up from the Information Centre. Every Friday: Pannier and Antique/Flea Market (01803 526214) on Civic Square/in Civic Hall 01803 861234 – For market info ask for Car Parks Services Every Saturday: Pannier market on Civic Square 01803 861234 – Info from Car Parks Services Last Saturday of the month: Farmers market. Totnes Civic Hall 9am-1pm. Check with South Hams District Council 01803 861234 as dates may change. Every Friday evening: Live Music at the Willow Restaurant, Totnes. 01803 862605. Every Tuesday May- September Elizabethan Charity Market, Civic Square, Totnes 9.00am-3.00pm Guided Dartmoor walks throughout the month – pick up a Dartmoor Visitor or phone 01822 890414. www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk AONB Coast and Countryside Events – programme of walks, talks and events organised throughout the year. For further events contact 01803 861384 or pick up brochure from the TIC. www.southdevonaonb.org.uk Torbay Coast and Countryside Events - programme of walks, talks and events organised throughout the year. For further events contact 01803 606035 or pick up brochure from the TIC. www.countryside-trust.org.uk RSPB South West Wildlife Events Diary. Listings of walks, talks, cruises and other wildlife events. www.rspb.org.uk or pick up leaflet from the TIC. Devon Wildlife Trust Events. Events and activities in Devon. www.devonwildlifetrust.org or pick up leaflet in TIC. Every second Thursday of the month: Totnes Museum Society Lecture at the Methodist Church Hall, Fore St. 7.30pm. All welcome: members £1, non-members £2 Every Thursday Social Dancing with Henry and Jeannie at The Livermead House Hotel, Torquay. Thurs 2pm-4.30pm £3.50 and Thurs 8pm-11pm £4. Tel: 01803 325905 Every Thursday Learn To Dance. At St. Lukes Church Hall, Laburnham Road, Milber. Newton Abbot at 7pm. Also at Dartmouth Golf and Country on Mondays. Ring Dennis for more information on 01803 299791 Usually 1st Saturday of the month dance at…dj:Robert. Music style: disco, club, Latin, jazzy, world. £5. 8.45 – 11.45. Further info and future dates: www.dance-at.co.uk 01364 643100 Second Monday of the month Amnesty International local group meeting. Meet in members home, Bridgetown. 01803 868169 or 01626 865916. Fourth Thursday of the month South Devon Humanists meeting. 7.30pm, usually at Birdwood House, Totnes. 01803 864156 www.devonhumanist.org.uk 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month Dances of Universal Peace. In the Angel Hall at Bowden House, Ashprington Road, Totnes at 7:30pm. Led by Nick Prater. For further information contact 01803 849001 or email nick@prater.totalserve.co.uk £5 per session or donations. Bring warm slippers! www.bowdenhouse.co.uk
September 2008 3rd September Totnes Ladies Probus – St Johns Church Bridgetown. Speaker: Ron Vincent – ‘The World’s Second Oldest Profession’. 10am, visitors welcome. 4th September Totnes and District Inner-Faith Forum - Inside Out. Notes of a Quaker Prison Minister. Speaker: Monica Hazell. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Ticklemore Street, Totnes. 7.30-9.30pm. Info: 01803 553344 or 01803 762158. 5th - 14th September 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 5th September Mostly Mozart – The Pressenda Ensemble directed by Malcolm Latchem. At St Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes at 7:30pm. Tickets: £10 (£5 children) available from Divertimento Entertainments, Ashbrook, Newton Road, Totnes TQ9 5BB Tel: 01803 863677 enquiries@divertimento.uk.com or available on the door. 5th September Dance Party with Live Band – Siga la Salsa at Royal Seven Stars Hotel. 8-11.30pm. Tickets £8 available from Royal Seven Stars Hotel, Mike – 01803 864071, John – 01803 866257 or on the door. 5th September Club Italiano. A talk on the Corni di Canzo mountain region of Lombardy by Valerio Romoli at Bogan House, High Street, Totnes at 7:30pm for 8pm. £3 admission (includes first drink). Please bring along something to eat: Anything from antipasti to zucchini. For further information please contact Molly on 01803 868206. 5th September Poets Picnic at Cockington Court Tea Rooms, Cockington, Torquay. Helen Ashley, Roy Cameron, Becky Gethin with Patricia Oxley. Tickets available from Cockington Court Tea Rooms £6 to include picnic tea. Telephone 01803 60951. 5th September The Two Busketeers – Jazz Guitar Duo. At The Willow Vegetarian Restaurant, Totnes at 7:30pm. Booking recommended. Contact 01803 862605. 5-7th September Westcountry Storytelling Festival, Dartington Hall Estate, Totnes, Devon. Weekend tickets and day tickets available. Information and booking: info@weststoryfest.co.uk www.weststoryfest.co.uk 01803 863790, WSF, Rm 14, Foxhole, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EB 5th, 6th (am only), 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th (am only) September Movie Memories, Screen Life in Totnes – An exhibition of Voices and Images recalling the cinematograph venues in Totnes, culminating in the Romany Cinema – sited from 1951-1964, in the building which is now Totnes Library. Venue: Totnes Library, 9.30am-5pm. 6th September Totnes Early Music Society presents Consortium5 – ensemble of 5 former students of The Royal Academy of Music who will be playing Elizabethan & Jacobean music by Byrd, Scheidt, Holborne & Dowland. At St. Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes. Part of Totnes Arts Festival. Tickets: £10 or £5 students & juniors from Totnes Bookshop, Dartington Box Office (01803 867070) or at the door. More detail on: www.totnesaerlymusic.org.uk 6th September Totnes Dangerous Dads – Blackberry picking. Meet at St. Johns Church car park in Bridgetown at 1pm. Free. For more information and to book contact Ian 01803 840990, dangerousdads@btinternet.com, www.dangerousdads.org 6th September Hearts First Bike Rides. South West Randonnee. In aid of the British Heart Foundation. For further information call: 0800 652 5817, email sweatevents@bhf.org.uk or visit www.bhf.org.uk/swr 6th September Trad Jazz Cruise. Cruise the River Dart on the Cardiff Castle from Totnes with Teign Valley Stompers Dixieland Jazz. 7.00-10.00pm. Tickets £22.50, buffet supper with glass of wine, cash bar. Ticket hotline 01364 643433/01803 762409. Tickets also available from: Roly’s Fudge Shop, 52 Fore Street, Totnes, Totnes Pet and Garden, 41 Fore Street, Totnes, The Post Office (Narrows) 101 High Street, Totnes. 6th September Rainbows Ballroom, Latin &Sequence Dancing with Dancing Duo Henry & Jeannie at Exeter Corn Exchange. Entry £6 on the door. 7.45 – 11.15. Full bar available. For more information phone 01803 325905 or check website: www.dancingduo.co.uk 6th September Totnes Folk Club invite you to their Folk Dance at 8pm to 11:30pm with Eileen Nightingale and Ivor Hyde’s Band at Totnes Civic Hall. Admission £4, Members £3.50. Everyone welcome. Refreshments available. 6th September Lol Coxhill and Dave Holland. Improvisational London based saxophonist and Totnes’ own talented pianist and composer present a rare chance to hear the Johnny Rondo duo together. 8pm at St John’s Church, Bridgetown, Totnes. Tickets £8 (£5) from Totnes Information Centre or call 07734 839823. Visit www.totnesfestival.com 6th September Moor Poets – September Poetry Workshop. Poems of Mystery and Imagination by Susan Taylor and Simon Williams. 11am-5pm at Scoriton Village Hall, Scoriton near Buckfastleigh. £10-£20, by donation. Please book in advance with Jennie Osborne at jenniedancing@googlemail.com or on 01803 840541. 6th-14th September Devon Open Studios, Venue No 38. Velwell V. A variety of visions by five artists at Velwell. 10:30am-4:30pm. 6th-14th September Devon Open Studios. Photography and Relief Prints by Spencer and Barbara Childs. At 9, Alexandra Terrace, Totnes TQ9 5QF. 10:30am-4:30pm. 6th-14th September Have you always wanted to see inside an artist’s studio? Now is your chance. Visit Jean Deval in Studio 1, The Wakefield Studios, Station Road, Totnes. 10.30-4.30pm daily. Part of Devon Open Studios, Venue No 48 on Art Trail Map 3. 6th-21st September Devon Open Studios 2008. The County’s largest open studio event. Work by over 350 Devon artists and makers. Visit www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk for details of the trails and downloadable PDFs. 7th September Compagnie Giulia Yet I Love where so I goat Steiner School Hall, Dartington,7.30pm. Tickets £7.50 ( under 12s £6.50) available on the door or phone 01803 864674 to reserve a ticket. Part of Totnes Festival. 7th September Brand New 2008 Summer Show ‘That’ll Be The Day’ at Princess Theatre, Torquay. 7.30pm. Tickets £16.50 & £18.50. Personal visitors can book at Totnes Information Centre (no additional fee). 7th September Pete Canter Quartet Modern style jazz by thus Exeter based group. Admission: £6 at Plymouth Jazz Club. Frogmore avenue, Eggbuckland, Plymouth, PL6 5XH Admission: £5 adult, £2.50 child. £14 family (2 adults 3 children). Under 4’s free 7th September Robert Bly and Gioia Timpanelli – Poetry and Storytelling. At The Great Hall, Dartington at 8pm. Tickets £17.50, Concessions £10, Arts Society £7.50, Young People and Students £7. Box Office 01803 847070. Part of The Westcountry Storytelling Festival. 7th September Pete Canter Quartet at Plymouth Jazz Club at 8pm. For further information contact 01752 847611 or visit www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk 7th September Dartington Morris Men – A massed display of 200 Morris Men will dance at the Civic Square, Totnes at 11.45am. To celebrate 40 years of The Dartington Morris Men. 8th September Transition Town Totnes presents ‘The Turning of the Tide’ An evening of inspired storytelling in association with Totnes Festival, featuring Ashley Ramsden. At the Ariel Centre, KEVICC, Totnes. Cost: £4 (£3 concs/Totnes Pounds). For more information contact 01803 863595 or visit www.totnes.transitionnetwork.org 8th-13th September The Mansion, Totnes. Exhibition ‘Improving our public space’. Public Art and More Workshops: business workshop on Tues 9th 5.30-7.30, community workshop Thurs 11th 5.30-7.30. Bookings and further information 01803 862857/868805 www.sitespecifictotnes.co.uk 10th-13th September Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta. Host port is Falmouth. See www.falmouthtallships.co.uk for details. Tel: 01872 224355. 10th September Exploring Green Lanes – A walk with Valerie Belsey, local author and Highway historian. Meet at Totnes Library (Please wear sturdy footwear). 4-6pm. Tickets essential as places are limited. Ticket: Adult £3, Under 16s £1. 10th September The Wedding. An evening of murder, intrigue and mystery at The Bay Horse Inn, Totnes – Marquee in the top garden. Performed by The Candlelight Theatre Company. Become a detective for an evening, spot the clues and work out whodunit! Tickets £22.50 to include drinks reception and two-course Wedding Breakfast buffet. Please book in advance. Dress for a Wedding. For detail phone 01803 862088 or check the Festival Programme. 11th September The Farringdon Society of Arts’ Production of The Burial at Thebes By Seamus Heaney after Sophocles. At The Great Hall, Dartington at 8pm. (Show last 1hr 30 mins – no interval) Tickets £10, (£9 concessions, £5 child). Box Office 01803 847070. www.fsadevon.co.uk 11th September Totnes Folk Song Club at The Dartmouth Inn, The Plains, Totnes at 8pm. Singers and Musicians Night. Admission £3, £2 for performers. For more information contact Anne and Steve Gill on 01803 290427 or Andy Clarke on 01803 732312. 11th September Totnes Dangerous Dads – Apple juice and cider making. 1pm-4pm. Free. For more information and to book contact Ian 01803 840990, dangerousdads@btinternet.com, www.dangerousdads.org 11th -14th September 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 (to see Bogan House only, not the Collection) usually offer free admission at some point during the three day event. Book to see the fascinating 'decorated plaster ceilings' of Totnes or the talk by author Kate Ellis 'Murder in the South Hams'. Bookings taken at the Information Centre from mid August. Places are limited. Part of the Totnes Festival. For more information see the Heritage Open Day site or contact the Information Centre 12th September Friends of Totnes Library, Pavement book sale. 9.30-5.00pm. 12th September Totnes Astrology. The Saturn-Uranus Oppositions, 2008-09 and the Eclipses of 2008. At 6 Plymouth Road, Totnes at 7:30pm. £8. For further information contact David Matthews on 01803 867145. 12th September Purcell To Piazzolla. The Pressenda Ensemble Directed by Malcom Latchem. At St John’s Church, Bridgetown, Totnes at 7:30pm. Tickets: £10 (£5 children) available from Divertimento Entertainments or on the door. Divertimento Entertainments, Ashbrook, Newton Road, Totnes TQ9 5BB Tel: 01803 863677 enquiries@divertimento.uk.com 12th September Transition Town Totnes presents: Anything is Possible – Inspiring Stories from founder of the Ecovillage movement. A talk by Albert Bates. At The Methodist Church, Totnes at 8pm. Admission £4 (or 3 Totnes pounds). For more information phone Lou or Noni on 01803 867358 or visit www.totnes.transitionnetwork.org 12th September Martin Holland – Trumpet with Guitar treatments. At The Willow Vegetarian Restaurant, Totnes at 7:30pm. Booking recommended. Contact 01803 862605. 12th-14th September 3rd Annual Beer Festival with Cider at The Bay Horse Inn, Totnes. Live music: Friday 12th – The Bonneville Barons, Saturday 13th The Morris Boys. More info on 01803 862088. 13th September James Boyd and Maggie Cole at The Great Hall at 8:15pm. Tickets £12.50, Concessions £11, Arts Society £10.50, Young People and Students £5. Box Office 01803 847070. 13th September The Big Qi Festival – The fifth Totnes festival of Chinese arts. At The Totnes Pavilion Leisure Centre. 10am-5pm. Entrance fee: £4, accompanied children under 14 are free, OAPs, students, unwaged, disabled are half price. Workshops £3, Talks free, Childrens workshops free. Shiatsu/Tui Na massage by donation. Booking: www.thebigqifestival.com or pay on the door. Enquiries: 0845 257 2142. 13th September Body Resonance. An exploration of the five elements using transformative power of Yoga and Voice with Lorraine Chamberlain & Gavin Frank. At Steiner School Hall, Dartington, Totnes. 10.30am-4.30pm. £35. No vocal or yogic experience needed. Please book with deposit of £15.Call Larraine on 01803 867363 or Gavin on 01803 866138 www.listentothevoice.co.uk 13th September Songs of Sarah – A fun workshop of Jewish Women’s Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Jewish-Spanish and English. Led by Ami Lee. At The Methodist Church Hall, Fore Street, Totnes at 10:45am-1pm. Cost £7/£6 students, benefits, elders. For further information contact Ami on 01364 643085 or email amijo@onetel.com 13th-14th September South Devon Railway Heritage Transport Gala at Buckfastleigh Station. Real Ale at Staverton Station (travel by train), Classic and Vintage Cars, Commercial and Military Vehicles, Motorcycles, Traditional Fairground, Station Museum, Miniature Railway, Lee Moor Tramway Museum (from Mid-Day), Garden Railway (Sunday from Mid-Day), Free Bus Rides, Book, Gift & Model Railway Shop, Refreshment Rooms. Train Fare (including Admission to the Displays) £9.30 Adults, £5.60 Children, Admission to the Displays £3 Adults, £1.50 Children. More info on 0845 345 1427. 14th September Moor Poets – Uncharted. Moor Poets celebrate the release of Uncharted, a new CD recording 20 of the finest voices of Dartmoor Poetry today. 7:30pm at Bogan House, High Street, Totnes. Free event for Totnes festival. 14th September Animals in Distress Fun Dog Show kindly sponsored by the Herald Express. Registration from 12 midday, Judging starts at 2pm. £1 per entry. At the Rescue Centre, Ipplepen. Have your dog microchipped for only £15. BBQ, Stalls, Refreshments. 15th September Have your say! Devon and Cornwall Police. Come along and discuss any policing issues, questions are welcome. At The Clifton Room, The Guildhall, Dartmouth Town Council, Victoria Road, Dartmouth at 7:30pm. This meeting will cover Dartmouth, Kingswear, Totnes and South Brent areas. 15th-21st September The Agatha Christie Festival. Agatha Christie Films, Christie Cream Tea and Tour, Talks, Book Sale and much more. For further information contact one of the Torbay TICs on 01803 211211. 16th- 28th September Wild Open Space, Lester Halhed & Mark Abdey at Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge. 10am-5pm Mon-Sat. Admission free. More info 01548 854708 www.harbourhouse.org.uk 17th September Totnes Ladies Probus – St Johns Church Bridgetown. Speaker: Bill Taylor (High Court Judge) – ‘Things I make my money from’. 10am, visitors welcome. 18th September Transition Town Totnes presents: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. A talk by Roberto Perez. At The Methodist Church, Totnes at 8pm. Admission: £5 (or 4 Totnes pounds). For more details contact Lou or Noni on 01803 867358 or visit www.totnes.transitionnetwork.org 18th September DJ Divine & Boogie Nights in association with Dartmouth Festival of Tantra & Healing Arts invites you to 'A Taste of Tantra' at The Ballroom, Royal Seven Stars Hotel, Totnes. An introductory workshop for singles and couples. An evening of tantra and dance. £8 advance tickets or £10 on the door (dance only £5 after 9.30pm). More info: 01803 832524 or 07989426080, post@dartmouthfestival.com, www.dartmouthfestical.com 18th & 21st September St Mary the Virgin, Churston Ferrers – Celebration of Harvest with Flowers and Bells. At Agatha Christie’s Parish Church. 10am-4pm. All welcome at our Sunday Services, 9.30 Family Eucharist, 4.30 Service of celebration for 80 years since restoration of the bells. Light refreshments and stalls. Ample free car parking. 19th September Ta Filia – Greek music and song. At The Willow Vegetarian, Totnes at 7:30pm. Booking recommended. Contact 01803 862605. 19th-21st September Thirteen Moons – Autumn Festival on Dartmoor for Women. Hosted at Lower Merripit Farm by Carolyn Hillyer. Tickets include three evening dinners and craft workshop materials. £155 with camping (4 nights. Thurs-Sun). £185 with inside accommodation (3 nights Fri-Sun). Tickets available from Seventh Wave Music, Lower Merripit Farm, Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon PL20 6TJ. Tel: 01822 880301 email: info@seventhwavemusic.co.uk or visit www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk 21st September Solace supporting the Alchemy of Grief, Workshops with Carmella B’Hahn, Raising the Phoenix, Powerful tools to help self and others transform, Bowden House, Totnes, 9.45am - 4.30pm, Cost: £45, bring lunch to share, booking & further information: send £10 deposit (returnable-less £2 admin fee- up to 2 weeks before workshop) to: Carmella B@Hahn, Solace, Bowden House, Totnes, Devon TQ9 7PW, Tel. 01803 867005 www.SolaceAlchemy.com 21st September Garden Open at Mothecombe nr Holbeton. 2-5pm. In aid of Help for Heroes. Homemade teas. 21st September Panama Jazz Kings at Plymouth Jazz Club at 8pm. For further information contact 01752 847611 or visit www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk 21st September On the theme of relationship – with wilderness Facilitator Hetti Dysch. A Nature Awareness one-day workshop. 11am-5pm. £35 (Special introductory price) Places limited to 12. The workshop will take place in private Woodland near the coastal region of Torcross. Bring food to share. Contact 07738 235179. 22nd-27th September Press Gang Printmakers celebrating 10 Years of Printmaking at Birdwood House, Totnes.10am-5pm. Original Prints, Paintings and Mixed Media. Admission free. More info: Mike Glanville 01548 856014, www.pressgangprintmakers.org.uk 24th September Courses for adults – Dartington. Wild Words – Creative Writing and Poetry. Start 24.9.08. 5 sessions. Venue: SPARC, The Old Chicken House. Time: 10:00-13:00. Tutor: Lucy Lepchani. Cost: £55 (free if no means tested benefits). For more enquiries and booking please contact: WEA, Bradnich Court, Castle Street, Exeter EX4 3PL. Tel: 01392 490970. Cheques payable to WEA. 26th September Café Society – Jazz, Latin, Blues at The Willow Vegetarian Restaurant at 7:30pm. Booking recommended. Contact 01803 862605. 26th September – 5th October South Devon Walking Festival. South Devon’s second walking festival organised by South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a 10 day festival packed full with over 40 walks all lead by local experts. Details of the exciting programme, sponsors, special accommodation deals and booking details can all be seen at www.southdevonwalkingfestival.co.uk 26th –28th September Abbfest – Abbotskerswell Beer and Food Festival in Isacc’s Field, next to Fermoys Garden Centre. www.abbfest.org. 27th & 28th September Celebrating Women Filmmakers at the Palace Theatre, Paignton. Films being shown. Tickets available from Torquay TIC on 01803 211211, The Palace Theatre Box Office on 01803 665800 and also from www.icff.co.uk 28th September Tartit – The four men and five women of Ensemble Tartit (meaning ‘Union’) are Tuareg, hailing from the Timbuktu region of Mali. At The Great Hall, Dartington at 8pm. Tickets: £16, Concessions £15, Young People and Students £7. Box Office 01803 847070. 30th September Barrel House Totnes. 7pm. Satish Kumar will speak to South Hams Friends of the Earth meeting about waste, consumerism and the spiritual dilemmas of modern society. Tickets £5 inc. a year’s membership of South Hams FOE. Tickets from Barrel House or Ian Blackwell on 01803 840990. Limited numbers so book early. |
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