Ashburton Arts Centre

0 West Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7DT
> www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/

Forthcoming events

Exeter Jazz Orchestra

Exeter-based Big Band: from golden age swing to more contemporary funk & latin
P Wednesday 22nd October, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

The Occasional Sextet: Spontaneous Soundscapes

Blended melodies & sound sculptures, imaginative explorations…
P Sunday 26th October, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Not Only But Also The Blues: Delta Variant & Big Mouth Blues Band

Delta Variant | Big Mouth Blues Band feature in this month's Not Only But Also The Blues
P Monday 27th October, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Spafford Campbell

Music that folds in elements of jazz, post-rock and chamber classical music while raiding the folk music toolbox. Call it what you want: post-folk. Trad-noir. Folk nihilism.
P Tuesday 28th October, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

One Foot In the Dark: Divija Melally & Saili Katebe

Double bill: ‘The Skeleton is White’ (dance) & duet ‘Six Degrees from Home’ (dance & spoken word): honest explorations by two artists from the global majority of what it means to navigate through life, questions and unknowns
P Wednesday 29th October, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Samhain Ritual Celtic Circus Cabaret

Aerialists, fire acts, burlesque – fusing the ritualistic & ridiculous
P Friday 31st October, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Tune Storm

Halloween Ball
P Saturday 1st November, 2025
N Door time: 7:30pm, Start time: 8:00pm

Soulful Singing and Mantra with Mahasukha

African, sacred, uplifting and fun day workshop led by the unique and inspiring, Mahasukha.
P Sunday 2nd November, 2025
N Door time: 10:15am, Start time: 10:30am

The Torside Trio - flute, clarinet and piano

Jade Gall, flute; Sarah Dean, clarinet; Carol Galton, piano
P Sunday 2nd November, 2025
N Door time: 2:30pm, Start time: 3:00pm

Eddie Gripper Trio with Terry Quinney (sax)

Swinging through the Great American Songbook!
P Sunday 2nd November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Tamsin Elliot Trio

Tamsin is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and film-maker with roots in the traditional dance tunes of the British Isles.
P Friday 7th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

P Sunday 9th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Iona Lane

“Lyrics and musical arrangements crackle with wide-eyed curiosity.” Jude Rogers, The Guardian
P Tuesday 11th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Willow Hill

American country duo with a big sound and a big presence
P Wednesday 12th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Opa Rosa

A feast from the east indeed: “Music that is pulsing, heart-racing and, quite simply, glorious.”
P Friday 14th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

The Inn Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's Dreams, Charms and Phantoms

Shakespearean scenes featuring ghosts, prophecies, omens, fairies, potions, magic, witchcraft…
P Saturday 15th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Bruce Adams with the Martin Dale Quartet

A night of swinging bravado, showmanship and humour from two of the UK's top jazz soloists and a great band.
P Wednesday 19th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

No One Is Listening (A Ghost Story) by Vic Llewelyn

A thrilling tale of Ghosts, Memory loss, and feeling the fear.
P Friday 21st November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

P Saturday 22nd November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

P Friday 28th November, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

Fifi La Mer: Let us take you to Paris

An immersive experience of French music, featuring iconic works from artists like Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Django Reinhardt, and Serge Gainsbourg…
P Sunday 30th November, 2025
N Door time: 2:30pm, Start time: 3:00pm

Greg Coulson Band

A singer-songwriter and dynamic performer who blends soul and classic rock with the groove of blues, funk and jazz.
P Friday 5th December, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm

Kangaroo Moon

This 5-piece band weaves many strands from world, rock, folk and dance music, with acoustic and electronic influences into a funky, psychedelic, heart-lifting wall of sound.
P Thursday 11th December, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm

Tim Edey

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)
P Monday 15th December, 2025
N Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm

Hedera (folk quintet)

“If I was still booking gigs and festivals… I just saw a band who would be high on my A-list” - Ian Anderson
P Tuesday 13th January, 2026
N Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm

SykesMartin (Miranda Sykes & Hannah Martin)

A collaboration between two of British folk's finest voices: Miranda Sykes (Show of Hands) and Hannah Martin (Edgelarks, Gigspanner Big Band)
P Thursday 19th February, 2026
N Door time: 7:00pm, start time: 7:30pm

Nick Harper

Part of his ‘58 Fordwych Rd UK Tour’ of the UK and Ireland
P Saturday 16th May, 2026
N Door time: 7:00pm, Start time: 7:30pm

P Saturday 6th June, 2026
N Door time: 7:30pm, Start time: 8:00pm