Ashburton Arts Centre

Robert West Band & Jackdaw Road

Tales, legends, myths, anecdotes, intimate memories and stories gleaned from a life spent travelling by internationally-acclaimed French/Norwegian storyteller Abbi Patrix

Update, 24 June: We heard this morning that Zaid and Raji arrived in the UK this morning, and will be joining us in Ashburton on Wed 2 July.

100% certified pure industrial grade rock-n-roll dynamite, crafting stone-cold killer cuts out of klezmer, Balkan, funk, jazz, metal and hip-hop

Exploring the core elements of Tango on the piano, in melody & accompaniment in this 3 hour session with one of the world's top experts

Maximum space for dancing to Ruth Rozelaar on bandoneon with this month's special guest Mark Wyman

Mix together the styles of Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, and Stevie Ray Vaughan and you have the recipe for contempo-jazz US guitarist B.D. Lenz.

with house band Jesse Molins (guitar), Jim Rintoul (double bass) & Joshua Rose (drums)

Melodies rooted in jazz, taking in a wider love for soul, folk, and latin music

A celebration of the great jazz violinist Stuff Smith with some top UK jazz musicians

Katie Duck is a mover and maker from Amsterdam. This one hour performance involves live music, film, sound, movement and text

What is a Hausmusik? An informal event where the audience decides what’s played from a selection of chamber music, and the musicians will sight-read it together for the first time.

What is a Hausmusik? An informal event where the audience decides what’s played from a selection of chamber music, and the musicians will sight-read it together for the first time.

Richard Gonski, moderator Introducing the musicians, & selections from the programme.

Hear short selections from the week

This concert features music by: Bach, Shostakovich, Knussen

What is a Nachtmusik? NEW for 2025, this is a concert performed in the dark, close to nature in a magical Dartmoor location.

This Concert features music by Bach, Shostakovich, Knussen

This Concert features music by Bach, Shostakovich, Knussen

This Concert features highlights from the Festival

Sam Richards, piano, Marcus Vergette double bass, Steve Day, percussion

Guitarist Harry Diplock brings together some of the UK's most exciting musicians to capture a modern take on the world of acoustic jazz.

[This is now happening on Sat 23 August] Multi award-winning Tim Edey has been recognised as: BBC Musician of the year BBC ALBA/Scotland, Best Traditional musician 2020, and BBC Radio Two Musician of the year 2012 (BBC R2 FOLK AWARDS)