Arts, Crafts & Music
North Devon Festival
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The annual North Devon Festival is a celebration of the rich and diverse cultural life of North Devon. It includes not only top quality arts and entertainment, but also many events associated with the people and the place. |
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Art and local crafts
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The Appledore Visual Arts Festival consists of the Appledore Art Trail, many workshops, poetry, ceramic events and educational projects. The Burton Museum & Art Gallery is situated on Kingsley Road, Bideford. For information telephone 01237 471455. Ceramic day courses where you can produce plates and jugs to your own design in an equipped studio, are run by Shirley Bacon at the Waterside Gallery, Instow. All materials are suppied and children's courses are available. Ring 01271 861095 to book. |
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Hartland
Hartland boasts the Darville Gallery antiques shop and two potteries.
Hartland
Pottery, run by Clive Pearson, produces stoneware such as mugs, bowls
and oven to tableware. Visitors can see the throwing of pots on the wheel,
and pottery courses are available. For more information contact The Forge,
North Street, Hartland or telephone 01237 441693. Springfield
Pottery is run by Philip and Frannie Leach. They produce earthenware
pottery, handmade from local clays. Visit Springfield Pottery at 88 Springfield,
Hartland or telephone Tel 01237 441506. At
Easter, in the Summer and Autumn, the Hartland
Arts & Crafts Society holds a
Craft Fayre in the Parish Hall.
Local author and professional cabinet maker David Charlesworth offers fine furniture making courses at Harton Manor, Hartland. For information telephone 01237 441288. Millthorne Chairs hand make Windsor chairs in beech, ash and elm. Bob Seymour, the proprietor, can be contacted at 10 Fore Street, Hartland.
Music
Hartland's annual music festival, One Week in Summer, takes place in late July. Concerts are held in St Nectan's Church in Stoke and sometimes at Hartland Abbey. The Jazz Concert is usually excellent. Hartland's musical groups include the Brass Band, Chamber Orchestra and Male Voice Choir. The Brass Band performs on Hartland Quay on Sunday evenings in the summer, and in the Square in Hartland after the Carnival and at Christmas. The Chamber Orchestra gives concerts in Hartland and Stoke Church.
The famous Bude Jazz Festival takes place each year in late August. The music ranges from blues and ragtime to mainstream and bop, with an especially rich choice of old style New Orleans and classic jazz. There are usually about 20 different jazz venues, most within easy walking distance of each other.
Page last updated: 24 July 2004