What's On

Threads combines dance, voice, film, sound, writing and personal stories to explore our changing relationships to fabrics over time.

Artist and filmmaker Boris Thompson-Roylance spent a year filming pre-christian ceremonies, pagan practices and traditions across the country alongside his work documenting displacement and forced migration, focusing on the Bibby Stockholm Barge.

Explore the shadowy history of folk horror and its connection to ancient customs. Followed by Q&A.

A live celebration of Nic Jones’ music, performed by BBC Folk Award winner Sam Carter.

Oxford Professor Tim Coulson will take us on a 13.8-billion-year journey, exploring what science has revealed about what had to happen for us to exist.

Divergent Promotions presents a double headline show with legendary California G-punk pioneers Hed PE and Florida alt rock group COLD.

The story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. Expect raucous laughter, tear-stained cheeks, and a little smattering of drum n bass.

Pressure finds us in the tense 72 hours before D-Day and brings a fresh perspective to the history altering decisions and the unexpected impact the environment can place on moments of world history.

The Cycle of Love is the extraordinary true story of a 23-year-old street artist from Delhi who sets off with a handful of paint brushes and a second-hand bicycle on a 6,000 mile journey across Europe and Asia to find Lotta, the woman who captured his heart during her visit to India.

Join Exeter Seed Bank for a seed packing workshop, find out about their latest projects over a drink and a chat whilst packing seeds As always, there will be seeds to take away and distribute for the next harvest.

Expect music from Hamilton, Grease, Dirty Dancing, High School Musical, Wicked & Mama Mia to The Greatest Showman, Frozen & Six.

The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, pubs and parties… To celebrate youth culture’s involvement within the British rave scene we have married two very iconic films that chronicle this euphoria and escapist counter culture with a nostalgic lens. 

We are delighted to announce that Kaleidoscopic Minds: Festival of Neurodiversity is returning for 2026. An event designed by, and for, neurodivergent people and their families.

Step inside A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy – a funny and fearless dark comedy where fantasy tangles with reality. With sharks, cardboard cut-outs and a rap about Devon, acclaimed autistic artists Cian Binchy and Anna Constable invite you into a world that’s playful, surprising and quietly profound.

The Exeter Film Collective Writing Group is a peer led writers support group for those looking to further their work.

Have you got a wild side? Batty has. She dreams of running barefoot, wild swimming, lighting fires and talking to trees. In fact she’s starting to wonder if she might be a witch…

A chance to listen to published poets read from their work and perhaps read two or three of your own. Hosted by Chrissy Banks & Matt Bryden.

The Amazons are on the move. New single ‘Blood on the Bone’ is out now, and the Reading rock five-piece have announced a UK headline tour this September – with a new lineup which redefines their sound.

Want to vocalise your bare bones vision? Maybe you would like to hear people read your script out loud? New to this and have a curiosity about making something from scratch? Start here!

Irish alternative-folk six-piece Madra Salach released their debut EP It’s a Hell of an Age in January 2026, which broke into the Top 10 of the UK Official Independent Albums Chart.

Unicorn Comedy brings you an amazing line-up of the best comedians from the South West, all delivering exciting new material