Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 September).

THEATRE

Blown Away
Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott Theatre
A windy day, a brand new kite, for Penguin Blue a maiden flight… Meet Penguin Blue and friends as they go on an acrobatic Antarctic adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites.  Packed full of spectacular circus, magical puppetry and catchy songs this joyous new stage adaptation of Rob Biddulph’s award-winning children’s book is fun for all the family. Tickets £13. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Eggs by Rachel Besser
Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter
24 playlets. 31 characters. 6 actors. Rachel Besser’s new play Eggs is a fast-paced mosaic of modern parenthood, family life and the disturbing effect it can have on the child. https://cygnettheatre.co.uk

MUSIC

Wax The Van Terrace Party
Friday, 6pm, Exeter Phoenix
Wax The Van resident DJ Spider eases you into the weekend with a fine selection of soul and disco tunes. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Live Music
Friday, various venues, Exeter
John Gandys, Gandy Street: Stillyano, 9pm, free.
The Clifton Inn, Newtown: The Wendellas, 9pm, free.

Daylight to Darkknight
Saturday, 2pm, Exeter Phoenix
Daylight to Darkknights returns, with music on the terrace from 2pm-10pm, before moving into the bar from 10pm-2am. A monster line up will be playing all sorts of bassline, house, minimal and techno from the likes of Will Rae, Mad Pattern, Disco Dave, Connor HC, James Hunt, Notzz, Gavin Quiet, Dizzit, Rivum and Kelly Jay. 2pm - 2am, £3 (free before 10pm), over 18s only after 9pm. www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

Pale Angels + Fairweather Band
Saturday, 8pm, Exeter Cavern, Quen Street, Exeter
Exeter indie rock trio Hometown release party for their debut album, Meow. Pale Angels are a Transcontiental band, who release a new album later this year. Tickets £4. http://www.wegottickets.com/exetercavern/event/371176

Live Music
Saturday, various venues, Exeter
The Bishop Blaize, Commercial Road: Upside Down, 9.15pm, free.
The King’s Arms, Cowick Street: DeciBelle, 9pm, free.
Venezia, Exeter Quay: Steve Jenner, 7pm, free.
Heart of Oak, Pinhoe: New Heroes, 9.30pm.

St Thomas/West Exe Jazz Band
Sunday, 12.30pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
This weekend sees 40 years of the West Exe, formerly St Thomas, Jazz Band. During that time they have given well over 400 performances in many venues. To celebrate we are presenting a concert in which the current band and many performers from the total of over 500 members will be taking part. Tickets:£12 Standard, £10 conc. www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Live Music
Sunday, various venues
The Famous Old Barrel, Exmouth: The Artful Codger, 8.30pm, free.
Buccaneers Bar, Crediton: The Great Crediton Jam Night, 7pm, free.
The Bank, Exmouth: Blue Arse Fly, 3pm, free.
First & Last Inn, Exmouth: Eventine, 6.30pm, free.
The Ship Inn, Teignmouth: The SwapHogs, 6pm, free.
The Railway Inn, Newton Abbot: Bad Knees Blues Band, 4pm, free.

EVENTS

Hospiscare Summer Fete *** CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER ***
Saturday, 1pm, Exeter
Good old fashioned fun including Hospiscare Choir, birds of prey, frog racing (not real frogs!), a broad range of arts and crafts, a grand prize draw and lots more. The event is organised by the staff nurses. 

It's A Knockout
Saturday, Topsham Rugby Club, Exeter Road, Exeter
Specially designed and unique challenges will again be exhilarating for participants and entertain anyone watching with lots of thrills, spills, water and foamy bubbles. Teams are awarded points for their performance as well as the amount of money raised for FORCE from sponsorship. The action gets underway at 11am and prizes will be awarded when all the games are over at around 4pm.   

Exeter Green Fair
Saturday, 10am, Cathedral Green, Exeter
The Exeter Green Fair is an opportunity to for local charities, organisations and companies to get together and hopefully build enthusiasm in the people of Exeter, to make a difference in the way they live and treat our local community and planet as a whole. 10am-4pm.

Colyton Carnival Week
From Sunday, Colyton
Colyton’s annual carnival week promises a fun filled programme of events. Car Treasure Hunt, Arts and Craft Show, Bingo, Whist Drive, Bowls Tournament. The highlight is Petticoat Lane Street Market followed by the Illuminated Parade Winding its way through the streets of Colyton. http://colyton.co.uk/event/colyton-illuminated-carnival-2/

Inside Outside Craft Market
Sunday, 12.30pm, Transit Shed, Exeter Quay
Lots and lots of lovely arts, crafts and gifts all hand made by local makers. Face painting, spinning/weaving demonstrations, Devon Fudge, charity bookstall and live music by two of Exeter's best and favourite street musicians.Browse and enjoy the serendipity of our lovely quayside. 12.30pm-5pm.

Nourish Festival of Food, Craft and Music
Friday & Saturday, Bovey Tracey
Bovey Tracey's festival of music, craft and food returns for its third year. Saturday will see Fore Street full of great produce from all over the South West, plus mouth-watering street food of every description and craft events at both Devon Guild of Craftsmen and elsewhere. And once again the festival will feature a series of amazing concerts, on the evenings of 1st, 2nd and 3rd September, as well as lunchtime on Saturday. Find out more at www.nourishfestival.org

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

The Beauty of Light on Dartmoor
Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown
An exhibition by international award winning photographer and film maker Jonathan Scott. Jonathan has travelled the world and has had his work featured by the likes of National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, Google, the BBC, ITN and many more.  The exhibition is running from 26 August 2016 until 5 March 2017.

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