Ashburton Arts Centre
| 0 | West Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7DT |
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| > | www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/ |
Forthcoming events
The Inner Sea - Film
“Really beautiful…masterfully woven. A restraint that surfaces with the ache of an artist, and the control required to not be in control.” Dr. James DeMasi
Online sales closed - tickets available at the venue
| P | Wednesday 13th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Tannahill Weavers
Firmly established as one of the premier groups on the concert stage; from reflective ballads to foot-stomping reels and jigs, the variety and range of the material they perform is matched only by their enthusiasm and lively Celtic spirits.
| P | Thursday 14th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Friday 15th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Introductory Javanese Gamelan Workshop
An afternoon workshop 2-5pm with no previous musical experience necessary / Part of Tinners Moon Festival 2026
| P | Saturday 16th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 1:45pm, start time: 2:00pm |
| P | Saturday 16th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Soulful Singing and Mantra Workshop
African, sacred, uplifting and fun day workshop led by the unique and inspiring, Mahasukha.
Cancelled
| P | Sunday 17th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 10:15am, start time: 10:30am |
Martha Tilston
“She has probably the purest voice I have heard and at times it sent shivers up and down my spine” BBC
| P | Monday 18th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Lalkhori - folk choir from Georgia
Lalkhori are a young, mixed ensemble, from the Svaneti region of the rugged North Caucasus mountains of Georgia. They perform unique and beautiful, UNESCO listed polyphonic songs of Georgia.
| P | Tuesday 19th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Jazz Club: Emile Hinton Trio
Jazz Club: Join Emile and his trio, with special guests/ Part of Tinners Moon Festival 2026
| P | Wednesday 20th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Swing from Paris
Inspired by the music of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s: from the cafés and cabarets of Montmartre to Artie Shaw, Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
| P | Thursday 21st May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Talk: Sharon Blackie – Ripening
Drawing on mythology, folklore and psychology, Blackie reclaims the old tales as guides to courage, confidence and personal renewal.
| P | Friday 22nd May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 6:30pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Living Room Theatre: The Uncertainty Principle - a play by Simon Stephens
This intimate 80 minute, two actors, comedy is for curious people, exploring connection and chaos theory through truths, dares and plenty of lies.
| P | Saturday 23rd May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Exeter Opera: Rossini La Cenerentola
Exeter Opera Group will perform Rossini’s La Cenerentola - a variation on Cinderella
| P | Sunday 24th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 2:45pm, start time: 3:00pm |
Chris McGlade: Forgiveness
A fiercely powerful and critically-acclaimed show about a brutally shocking story
| P | Sunday 24th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Not Only But Also The Blues: Vince Lee & Sophie Lord / Xtra Tacos
Five of the top blues players in the south west – this'll be a great night!
| P | Monday 25th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
David Celia & Co
From the outskirts of Toronto, Canada, David Celia is an innovative singer/songwriter and astonishing guitar player, known for his spontaneously driven live performances.
| P | Tuesday 26th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Wednesday 27th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Fowl (Hugh Nankivell and Graham Browning)
Hugh and Graham became Fowl during lockdown when they wrote and recorded Humankindweed, an album full of sense, nonsense, wordplay, music with words, and words with music
| P | Thursday 28th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Beatrice the Amazing Astronaut – a magical musical adventure for the whole family
Virtuoso concert pianist Beatrice Nicholas presents this unique show, suitable for all ages & perfect for kids at primary school.
| P | Friday 29th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 1:45pm, start time: 2:00pm |
BEATRICE – solo piano recital
BEATRICE performs popular piano classics, African American classical composers and her own classical-jazz fusions.
| P | Friday 29th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Saturday 30th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time varies - see details below |
Los Suplentes: Emiliano Faryna (guitar) and Hugo Satorre (Bandoneon)
This looks like being an exquiste evening of music from two amazing musicians, playing tango on guitar and bandoneon
| P | Saturday 30th May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Tango Milonga for Dancing with Los Suplentes Duo (bandoneon/guitar) and Ruth Rozelaar (bandoneon)
Come and enjoy a unique TANGO experience, in the company of bandoneon maestro Hugo Satorre & Emiliano Faryna, both from Argentina
| P | Sunday 31st May, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 1:30pm, start time: 1:30pm |
Katie Spencer
“Katie’s guitar playing has echoes of my dear friend the late great Bert Jansch. Like a musical weaver she threads her poetic lyrics through the guitar's strings and produces little tapestries of song” Ralph McTell
| P | Wednesday 3rd June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Under The Surface
This extraordinary Dutch band has performed around the world – they came here in 2024 and were amazing! Highly recommended.
| P | Thursday 4th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
The very Final Farewell Tour from two absolute legends of British music
| P | Friday 5th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Friday 5th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:30pm, start time: 8:00pm |
| P | Sunday 7th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 2:45pm, start time: 3:00pm |
Sarah Harris Quartet - with Will Butterworth, piano; Marcus Vergette, bass and Ronnie Jones, drums
Sarah has recently arrived in the South West and has been impressing audiences at several recent gigs, and our monthly jazz jam session.
| P | Friday 19th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
If Trees Could Talk: Artists and their Relationships to Trees
What are roles that trees play in artists' practice? Why trees? How do artists interpret the provocation, “If Trees Could Talk"?
| P | Tuesday 23rd June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Zaid Hilal: Palestinian singer-musician-composer-producer
A welcome return from this purveyor of spellbinding Palestinian contemporary folk-pop
| P | Saturday 27th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Lyric String Trio
Top SW chamber musicians playing music by Mozart and Beethoven in our studio upstairs
| P | Sunday 28th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 2:45pm, start time: 3:00pm |
If Trees Could Talk: Arts-led Social Change
What are mechanisms of the arts that enable and accelerate change? Why does it work? What are the political arguments for arts-led processes?
| P | Tuesday 30th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
If Trees Could Talk: Trees Within Us and the MicroBiome
'Creative health' and 'Green social prescribing' are popular buzzwords, but capacity and funding are limited. Can we change the reality? What should we be asking?
| P | Wednesday 8th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
If Trees Could Talk: Entrepreneurs, Creative and Green
How are creatives changing our relationship to the environment through commerce? How are they making space in our economy for their work and messages?
| P | Tuesday 14th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
If Trees Could Talk: The Future of the Forests
Stories have framed how we see forests for millennia. Are our modern myths, coloured now by political interests and the commercial interests of both industry and NGOs the right stories for a changing, challenging and unknowable future?
| P | Wednesday 15th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Friday 31st July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Joe Martin - Alone in Valentine
Taking inspiration from the golden years of Americana and branding it with his own unique stamp.
| P | Thursday 17th September, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Saturday 19th September, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Friday 16th October, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |