Save the Date!
Exeter’s Quayside Shanty Festival will return on Saturday 5 July, subject to funding.
Join us for a celebration of sea shanties on Exeter’s historic quayside.
Expect another fantastic day and evening of folk songs of the sea, performed by some colourful characters and suitable for all the family
Ticket Prices: Free
what’s on
Check out our programme
Quay Words presents Anthony Joseph: Precious and Impossible
Wed 12th Mar 2025
Featuring exclusive new work, ‘Precious and Impossible’ gathers together over three decades of poetry from… Read More
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Quay Words presents Julia Copus & Fathima Zahra: Poetry in Conversation
Wed 9th Apr 2025
Literature Works welcomes back their Quay Words Autumn 2024 writer-in-residence Fathima Zahra to the Exeter… Read More
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Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival
Fri 6th Jun 2025
Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history. Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and… Read More
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Quayside Shanty Festival 2025
Sat 5th Jul 2025
Exeter’s Quayside Shanty Festival will return on Saturday 5 July, subject to funding. Join… Read More
Learn More
Summer at the Quayside
Tue 29th Jul 2025
The Transit Shed will again be home to a jam-packed programme of fun and quirky… Read More
Learn More
Quay Words presents Anthony Joseph: Precious and Impossible
Wed 12th Mar 2025
Featuring exclusive new work, ‘Precious and Impossible’ gathers together over three decades of poetry from… Read More
Learn More
Quay Words presents Julia Copus & Fathima Zahra: Poetry in Conversation
Wed 9th Apr 2025
Literature Works welcomes back their Quay Words Autumn 2024 writer-in-residence Fathima Zahra to the Exeter… Read More
Learn More
Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival
Fri 6th Jun 2025
Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history. Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and… Read More
Learn More
Quayside Shanty Festival 2025
Sat 5th Jul 2025
Exeter’s Quayside Shanty Festival will return on Saturday 5 July, subject to funding. Join… Read More
Learn More
Summer at the Quayside
Tue 29th Jul 2025
The Transit Shed will again be home to a jam-packed programme of fun and quirky… Read More
Learn More
Quay Words presents Anthony Joseph: Precious and Impossible
Wed 12th Mar 2025
Featuring exclusive new work, ‘Precious and Impossible’ gathers together over three decades of poetry from… Read More
Learn More
Quay Words presents Julia Copus & Fathima Zahra: Poetry in Conversation
Wed 9th Apr 2025
Literature Works welcomes back their Quay Words Autumn 2024 writer-in-residence Fathima Zahra to the Exeter… Read More
Learn More
Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival
Fri 6th Jun 2025
Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history. Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and… Read More
Learn More
Quayside Shanty Festival 2025
Sat 5th Jul 2025
Exeter’s Quayside Shanty Festival will return on Saturday 5 July, subject to funding. Join… Read More
Learn More
Summer at the Quayside
Tue 29th Jul 2025
The Transit Shed will again be home to a jam-packed programme of fun and quirky… Read More
Learn More
Quay Words presents Anthony Joseph: Precious and Impossible
Wed 12th Mar 2025
Featuring exclusive new work, ‘Precious and Impossible’ gathers together over three decades of poetry from… Read More
Learn More
Quay Words presents Julia Copus & Fathima Zahra: Poetry in Conversation
Wed 9th Apr 2025
Literature Works welcomes back their Quay Words Autumn 2024 writer-in-residence Fathima Zahra to the Exeter… Read More
Learn More
Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival
Fri 6th Jun 2025
Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history. Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and… Read More
Learn More
Quayside Shanty Festival 2025
Sat 5th Jul 2025
Exeter’s Quayside Shanty Festival will return on Saturday 5 July, subject to funding. Join… Read More
Learn More
Summer at the Quayside
Tue 29th Jul 2025
The Transit Shed will again be home to a jam-packed programme of fun and quirky… Read More
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