Arts & Culture

Stories about Arts & Culture

Exeter Cultural Strategy 2026-31 baseline report image

Clueless Exeter cultural strategy fails to address challenges facing city’s “increasingly untenable” creative sector

Survey inviting feedback on city council word salad arrives two years late, following second UK City of Culture bid failure, with delivery plan outsourced to secretive, unelected sub-committee.

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Budleigh Music Festival venue St Peters Church

THURSDAY 25 JUNE TO SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026

Budleigh Music Festival

Annual event returns with classical concerts, musical workshops and a tribute to Hilary Mantel.

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON

Exeter Custom House

FRIDAY 26 TO SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2026

The Considerate Society

Six artist and community-led gatherings convened by Art Work Exeter to examine civic life and more.

EXETER QUAY

Exeter City of Literature book market

SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2026

The Book Market 2026

Exeter City of Literature event with author talks, food and drink and independent booksellers from across Devon.

EXETER QUAY

Exeter Comedy Festival signs outside The Bootlegger

WEDNESDAY 3 TO SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2026

Exeter Comedy Festival 2026

Festival returns for third year with four days of comedy featuring Nish Kumar, Josh Widdecombe, Josie Long, Bridget Christie, Mike Wozniak and many 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

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