Ashburton Arts Centre

Ashburton Arts Centre is in a lovely 1835 Grade 2-listed old church. The main hall is a flexible space seating up to 200, with fabulous acoustics for live music. Tickets for most events are available in advance below. If you're looking for something that's not here, please email us at boxoffice@ashburtonarts.org.uk

Around 6pm on the day of an event, the online ticket sales close, and it says here “Not Currently Available”. There are usually still some tickets available on the door, or by emailing the box office address above. It's usually a busy time – we'll reply if we can.

The Methodist congregation moved out in 2015, and sold the building at public auction on 19 July 2017. Ashburton Arts was the successful bidder using funds donated and loaned by people and businesses in the local community to whom we're extremely grateful.

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The Carrivick Sisters

Devon twins Laura and Charlotte have together become one of the UK's top young bluegrass and folk acts, as well as gaining a great international reputation.

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 22nd February, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

Not Only But Also The Blues: Rameagle / Furzeham Blues Initiative (FBI)

Our monthly focus on blues and blues-inspired music feraturing some of the best of the bands around the South West

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Monday 24th February, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

Nigel Price with the Liquid Spirit Trio

Nigel is probably the top jazz guitarist in the UK right now, with Tom Ball (piano), Kev Sanders (bass) and Gary Evans (drums)

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Tuesday 25th February, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Jazz/latin

Attila the Stockbroker: Tory Free Tour

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Thursday 27th February, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Other

Passepartout Duo – Circo Pobre

Emphatically experimental, from Verona, Italy

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Friday 28th February, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - General

Tango Milonga: Afternoon Tango with Live Music for Dancing

Maximum space for dancing to Ruth Rozelaar on bandoneon, and Greg Vorster on cello

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Sunday 2nd March, 2025
N Door time: 2:00pm, Start time: 2:00pm
. All ages
C Other

Film: 2073 (15)

This is not fiction. This is not a documentary. This is a warning. Live Q&A/discussion afterwards with director Asif Kapadia and George Monbiot

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Wednesday 5th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. Film: 15
C Film

The Dave Hankin Big Band

Unforgettable music from the likes of  Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, Nelson Riddle  and vocal swing from The Rat Pack. Audiences of all ages will be thrilled by the sound of this amazing big band.

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Friday 7th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Jazz/latin

Chube

This unique quartet's music reaches a broad audience, including adventurous rock listeners. Jazz, rock and electronics

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 8th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Jazz/latin

Dartmoor Strings: Young Performers’ Platform

Music by Holst, Smetana, Queen and Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins & Cello, Saint-Saens, trad folk

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Sunday 9th March, 2025
N Door time: 1:45pm, Start time: 2:00pm
. All ages
C Music - Classical

Mishra Duo

Eclectic moods, from meditative raag-inspired improvisations to high-energy celtic dance tunes

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Sunday 9th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

Talk: The Two Moors Pine Marten Project by Devon Wildlife Trust

Pine Martens Bounce Back – talk, pics and film clips about the reintroduction of Pine Martens to Dartmoor and Exmoor

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Thursday 13th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Other

Chasing Crockern: Dartmoor Folk Tales Reimagined

Storytellers Sara Hurley and Lisa Schneidau tell of ancient creation myths and medieval legends, folktales, and everyday adventures in a show that blurs the boundaries between folklore and reality.

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Friday 14th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. Age restrictions are shown in the Event information and/or Ticket types
C Theatre

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The God of Hellfire himself

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 15th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Other

Iago Banet: The Galician king of acoustic guitar

As a teenager, he found a classical guitar at home and from that moment guitar became his passion

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Thursday 20th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

Lyric Chamber Orchestra, Spring Concert

Top Devon-based string ensemble playing works by Elgar, Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Walton

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Sunday 23rd March, 2025
N Door time: 2:30pm, Start time: 3:00pm
. All ages
C Music - Classical

Kêmbang: songs & tunes from a magical band combining influences from English & Indonesian folk music

“Freak folk” created by weaving tocreates a unique sound by weaving together melodies reminiscent of English folk music and traditional Javanese musicgether melodies reminiscent of English folk music and traditional Javanese music

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Sunday 23rd March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

Phil Beer in Concert

“A Phil Beer gig is one spent in the company of a true craftsman, a master musician and consummate performer” Spiral Earth

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 29th March, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

Charlie Dore and Julian Littman: Songs for the Curious

Perennial favourite known for Pilot of the Airwaves, and many more great songs, returns to the Arts Centre

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Thursday 10th April, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - General

MAYDAY Morris Workshop

In this workshop centred on dance as protest

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 3rd May, 2025
N Door time: 10:45am, Start time: 11:00am
. All ages
C Other

Molly No Mates Morris Workshop

For anyone who would like to give Morris a go...

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 3rd May, 2025
N Door time: 12:15pm, Start time: 12:30pm
. All ages
C Other

Lore and Land III Artist’s Round Table

hosted by Dartmoor storyteller Lisa Schneidau followed by the screening of ‘Dartmoor Calling’

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 3rd May, 2025
N Door time: 1:30pm, Start time: 2:00pm
. All ages
C Other

Martha Tilston

“She has probably the purest voice I have heard and at times it sent shivers up and down my spine” BBC

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Friday 23rd May, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm
. All ages
C Music - Folk/blues/world

OPEN TO ALL - Who really holds the power on Dartmoor?

DARTMOOR A conversation with Kate Ashbrook, Matthew Kelly, Guy Shrubsole and Lewis Winks

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 24th May, 2025
N Door time: 9:15am, Start time: 9:30am
. All ages
C Other

ROCK IDOLS – DARTMOOR’S EXTRAORDINARY TORS:

Wyl Menmuir in conversation with Alex Murdin and Sophie Pierce

0 ASHBURTON: Arts Centre
P Saturday 24th May, 2025
N Door time: 10:45am, Start time: 11:00am
. All ages
C Other

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