Ashburton Arts Centre
| 0 | West Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7DT |
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| > | www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/ |
Forthcoming events
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 |
How Not To Save The World, with Anthea Lawson and Anthea Simmons
Are you worried about the state of the world but not sure what to do about it? Do you think that people trying to change the world sometimes get in their own way?
| P | Thursday 16th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Saturday 18th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
ACMF 2026: Meet the Musicians (Ashburton Arts Centre)
Richard Gonski (Conductor, Torbay Symphony Orch.) introduces the musicians, & this year’s music.
| P | Sunday 19th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 3:45pm, start time: 4:00pm |
| P | Tuesday 21st July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 4:30pm, start time: 5:00pm |
| P | Wednesday 22nd July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Sunday 26th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 4:45pm, start time: 5:00pm |
indeceltic: Anna Tanvir and Maninder
This dynamic Irish-Indian duo, Indeceltic, takes their listeners on a soul-stirring journey, traversing musical landscapes from India through Europe to Ireland.
| P | Tuesday 28th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Script-in-Hand Theatre: If I Had Known it was the Last Time…
A dramatic presentation of stories and poems written by young Palestinians, adapted from wearenotnumbers.org to which all proceeds will go
| P | Wednesday 29th July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Harry Diplock and Sol Grimshaw – guitar duo
At the forefront of Django Reinhardt style guitar in London and inspired by music from around the world, the duo has a sound that is distinctly original.
| P | Thursday 30th 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 |
The Tarka Ensemble (clarinet and strings)
Featuring Lola Frisby Williams in Samuel Coleridge Taylor's Clarinet Quintet, and more…
| P | Saturday 8th August, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 2:30pm, start time: 3:00pm |
| P | Sunday 6th September, 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 | Sunday 20th September, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Sean Taylor
Songs of love, desire, heartbreak and social commentary. “Superbly Tailored songs” Daily Mirror;
“Articulate, compelling…brilliant'” Mojo
| P | Thursday 24th September, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Thursday 1st October, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Nicolas Meier World Group
An amazing guitarist (who spent several years in Jeff Beck's band) leads this virtuoso trio, whose music is influenced by many global traditions
| P | Sunday 4th October, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Friday 9th October, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Big Gilson & Blues Dynamite
Brazilian blues guitarist from Rio de Janeiro, Big Gilson, returns to the UK for his Back2Blues tour with his UK Blues Dynamite band
| P | Sunday 11th October, 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 |
Martyn Joseph
“Stunning, heartfelt music” Bob Harris BBC Radio 2; “Relevant, challenging and vital” Songlines; “Folk Legend” Gary Davies BBC Radio 2
| P | Thursday 5th November, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
| P | Thursday 19th November, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Toby Shaer, Archie Moss, Jack Warnock
These 3 musicians are each respected soloists, here bringing together English, Irish and European traditional music with fresh arrangements, powerful musicianship and heartfelt song.
| P | Saturday 21st November, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |