Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (19-21 August).

THEATRE

The Dreamboys 
Friday, 7.45pm, Exeter Corn Exchange
The Dreamboys are back and hotter than ever with a brand new show and UK tour. Over 18s only. Tickets  £23.50.
https://sites.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange/

Music

Mr Woodnote with Lil Rhys and Eva Lazarus
Friday, 8pm, Exeter Phoenix
Notorious street performers, Mr. Woodnote, Lil Rhys & Eva Lazarus are bringing their unique brand of funky business to Exeter. £8 (£6) standing. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Beautiful Days Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Escot, Ottery St Mary
Beautiful Days is the Levellers' family music festival with six stages, site art, a huge children’s area, comedy, theatre, family camping, licensed real ale bars from Otter Brewery and a great choice of food and craft stalls.  www.beautifuldays.org

Live Music
Friday, various venues, Exeter
Mount Radford, St Leonard’s: Oddsox, 9pm, free.
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Marnie, 7pm, free.
Heat of Oak, Pinhoe: Turnette Doone, 9pm, free.

All Jazzed Up
Saturday, 3pm, Exmouth Pavilion Gardens
You may recognise them from Exmouth Musical Theatre Company's And All that Jazz concert a few years ago. Well All Jazzed Up haven't stopped since. This A-List line up aim to get your toes tapping and hips rotating with arrangement of hits made famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davies Jr, Michael Buble, Jamie Cullum and Robbie Williams. Free.

Live Music
Saturday, various venues
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Peter James Millson, 7pm, free.
The Bowling Green, Blackboy Road, Exeter: Goliath, 9.30pm, free.
The Huntsman Inn, Ide: Pete Burrows, 8pm, free
The Twisted Oak, Ide: The Dappers, 8.30pm, free.
The Malsters Arms, Woodbury: Basher Tate, 9pm, free.
The Wings Bar, Exmouth: Pendulum 5, 9pm, free.
Black Horse Inn, Sidmouth: The Culprits, 9pm, free.
Blacksmiths Arms, Plymtree: Simple Chaos, 9pm free.
The Lansdowne, Dawlish: The Blu Funk Allstars, 9pm, free.
Oberon’s Bar, Teignmouth: Benny Guitar Carr, 9pm, free.

The Magic of Motown Reach Out 2016 Tour
Saturday, 7pm, Princess Theatre, Torquay
Join the party as this scintillating show celebrates its 10th birthday. The unstoppable Magic of Motown thrills its millionth music fan this year, embarking on a super-sensational nationwide tour that also honours the 50th anniversary. www.atgtickets.com/torquay

Live Music
Sunday, various venues
The Famous Old Barrel, Exmouth: Famous Old Barrel Jukebox, 8.30pm, free.
The Strand Inn, Exmouth: Extractor, 4.30pm, free.
First & Last Inn, Exmouth: Booster, 6pm, free.
Bicton Inn, Exmouth: Nigel Challis, 5pm, free.
The Cove, Teignmouth: Seaside Rockers, 4pm, free.

EVENTS

Discover the Exeter Book
Saturday, 12.30pm, Exeter Cathedral Library & Archives (West Wing)
Your opportunity to experience the oldest book of English literature in existence. Written in about 970AD, the Exeter Book is the oldest of only four surviving books of Anglo-Saxon literature anywhere in the world. 12.30-3pm.  £3 on the door.

Killerton Farmers' Market
Saturday, 10.30am, Killerton, Broadclyst, near Exeter
Tempt your taste buds and support local producers at Killerton's monthly farmers' market.  Third Saturday of the month. 10.30am-2.30pm. http://bit.ly/1KkDxZb

Horseracing
Saturday, noon, Newton Abbot Racecourse
A great day out for the whole family! Racing starts at 2pm with gates opening at noon; last race 5.30pm.  www.newtonabbotracing.com

Dog Show
Sunday, 12.15pm Double Locks, Canalside, Exeter
The popular annual dog show returns - registration on the day (11:30am) with all the usual categories. Live music from 2pm.  Barbecue all day with Scooby snacks available too! Remember this is fun not Crufts!  From noon. http://www.doublelocks.com

Pirates & Mermaids
From Sunday, Powderham Castle, Kenton
Captain Jack and his pocketwatch crew bring the summer themes to a close before they all set sail come and see if they have managed to catch a mermaid! Themed sessions take place at specified times. http://www.powderham.co.uk/events

Dolls House & Miniature Fair
Sunday, 10am, Westpoint Arena, Exeter
Experience the exquisite world of Dolls House Miniatures at our public fair where you will find exhibits, displays and demonstrations by some of the leading craftspeople in this field. 10am-4pm. www.wendysworldfairs.co.uk

EXHIBITIONS

Flower Power: Botanical illustrations from India
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter
An exhibition of beautiful early 19th-century illustrations of Indian flora exploring the plants’ usage in traditional Ayurvedic and modern medicine. Part of Naturally Inspired: RAMM’s season of botanicals, gardens and landscapes. The exhibition runs until 11 September. http://www.rammuseum.org.uk

Fashion to dye for
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter
Killerton's latest exhibition 'Fashion to dye for', will be opening its doors to invite people into the wardrobe to discover how colours, dyes and design shaped fashion history. From a 50's red silk gown (said to have belonged to Princess Margaret), to a 70's blue denim jacket and flares and a young boys red dress - colour can reveal much about the wearer. The collection brings to life how colour can reveal much about the wearer and also looks into the origins, status and function of colour in fashion. The exhibition is open daily until Sunday 30 October. Normal admission fees apply. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton

Laura Reeves: Bouquets
Exeter Phoenix
Laura Reeves employs a process of collecting, researching and reviving histories from the recent past, creating idiosyncratic archival materials that aim to give them new relevance, drawing them out into the present. The exhibition runs until 3 September. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk