It may have been a chilly night, but former Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley soon warmed to his task as he opened this year’s Sidmouth International Jazz & Blues Festival on Thursday May 23 in emphatic style.
This year’s “A Celebration of the Sidmouth Folk Festival” had already seen some superb performances, and last Wednesday’s evening concert at the Blackmore Gardens kept the bar set very high indeed. Sonically it was a show of great contrasts – a support act playing traditional folk with minimal instrumentation followed by a contemporary folk-rock headliner using a vast array of electronic and acoustic equipment to embellish his act. And, surprisingly, the radically different styles gelled rather well.
The Blockheads hit Exmouth with their rhythm stick at this year’s Festival.
There’s an impressive folk concert coming up at East Budleigh’s Salem Chapel.
A celebrated Victorian artist’s masterpiece will be returning home to Budleigh Salterton for the third time this summer.
Some companies make natural partners for the Exmouth Business Award categories that they sponsor.
Clinton Devon Estates prides itself in being a 21st century rural estate and property business valuing ‘responsible stewardship and sustainable development’.
Two veteran bluesmen are appearing in Topsham next month, for what’s described as a night of ‘outstanding’ acoustic blues.
The Exmouth Amateur One-act Festival is back.
