Ashburton Arts Centre
| 0 | West Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7DT |
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| > | www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/ |
Forthcoming events
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 |
The Barbarellas and the Bell Ringers of St Andrew's celebrate 75 years of Dartmoor National Park
A rare performance by the Ashburton campanologists plus a great a capella group from York
| P | Wednesday 10th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Firebirds: Daria Kulesh & Marina Osman
“The very best of the best included an amazing set from The Firebirds (Daria Kulesh and Marina Osman)… the call for an encore was so insistent it couldn’t be ignored” Tony Birch, FATEA Magazine
| P | Thursday 11th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
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 |
Emma Miller: 'I Want to Be the Anchor' UK tour
With a spellbinding voice and poignant lyricism, Emma's music featured in the recent Traitors UK TV series…
| P | Saturday 20th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Birth of the Cool Live - Miles Davis Centenary Tribute
Nine of Devon’s finest musicians present an evening celebrating the music of Miles Davis
| P | Sunday 21st June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Charlotte Glasson Band: Yellow Moon
A new project from Charlotte Glasson inspired by Zakir Hussain's 1986 album, making music with John McLaughlin & Jan Garbarek
| P | Sunday 21st June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Around the World with the Violin
Amelia Goodall, Violin (Bristol Ensemble, Ambrosian Strings) Mirek Salmon, Accordion (Moscow Drug Club, Tango Calor)
| P | Monday 22nd 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 |
Low Wave | The Juliettes
Part of Everywhere at Once - the festival that's happening all over the UK this weekend
| P | Friday 26th 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 |
Shindig: a night of PostModern Jukebox classics
Songs you know played like you never heard them before, inspired by the global phenomenon that is Scott Bradley’s PMJ
| P | Sunday 28th June, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
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 |
Moor Poets presents: An Open Mic Poetry evening • special guest, Fiona Benson
An evening celebrating poetry, featuring some of Devon's poets reading their work.
| P | Thursday 2nd July, 2026 |
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| N | Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm |
Ash Arts Jazz Jam Session
An excellent monthly jazz hang, where pro musicians mix with those who are on their way, and everyone has a good time.
| P | Monday 6th July, 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 |
Gentle, Angry Women: Film and Discussion with Director, Barbara Santi
One march changed history. The Next will change their lives,
| P | Thursday 9th 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 | Sunday 20th 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 |
| 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 |