Arts & Culture

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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

Exeter UK City Of Culture bid fails again

An Exeter City Council bid to become 2029 UK City Of Culture has failed, as have rival bids by Plymouth and Bristol.

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

Cenerentola and Ramiro illustration

SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2026

La Cenerentola

Exeter Opera Group performs Rossini’s variation on Cinderella with a twist.

ST NICHOLAS PRIORY

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