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Quayside Shanty Festival 2025
Sat 13th Sep 2025
Exeter’s Quayside Shanty Festival returns on Saturday 13 September. Expect another fantastic day and evening of folk songs of the sea, performed by some colourful characters and suitable for all the family. We can’t wait to see you there for more seafarin’ shenanigans on and around Exeter’s Heritage…

Sat 20th Sep 2025 11:00 am
As part of Heritage Open Days, this talk gives a lively introduction to Exeter’s maritime history. Archive…
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Come and learn the basics of how to take a short folktale, myth or legend and turn it…
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‘TOGETHER’ is the latest series of POP-UP RESTAURANT events happening this October at The Custom House on Exeter…
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