On Our Radar

Community and culture highlights curated by the Exeter Observer team

Mindful Market illustration

SUNDAY 31 MAY 2026

Mindful Market

Vintage items, handmade gifts and baked goods from local traders with wellbeing activities including yoga, crafts and hula-hooping.

THE BIRDHOUSE

Exeter Pride 2019 in Exeter High Street, photo by Naomi Parkinson

SATURDAY 9 MAY 2026

Exeter Pride 2026

Exeter Pride returns for a celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity and visibility with a parade, music, cabaret, marketplace and more.

EXETER CITY CENTRE

The Dreaming Thresh & Bray Friday 22 May 2026 Exeter Phoenix

FRIDAY 22 MAY 2026

The Dreaming

Debut show from theatre company Thresh & Bray explores the convergence of personal experience, ancestral threads and nature.

EXETER PHOENIX

Fore Street Flea market

SUNDAY 17 MAY 2026

Fore Street Flea 10th anniversary

Market returns for 2026 season with stalls selling vintage items, jewellery, crafts, clothing, records, food and drink.

FORE STREET

Our Land documentary film poster crop

SATURDAY 25 APRIL TO THURSDAY 14 MAY 2026

Our Land

Documentary exploring the right to roam campaign for access to the countryside.

EXETER PHOENIX

First Folio frontispiece from Folger Shakespeare Library

WEDNESDAY 22 TO SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2026

South West Shakespeare Festival

Inaugural festival programme features performances, exhibitions and film screenings.

EXETER CITY CENTRE

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