Event Calendar

Based in Devizes and working our way out from there, Devizine’s event calendar is chockful of great things to do in the Wiltshire & the South West.

It’s updated daily, scroll through; you may have missed something since your last visit, or spot something you like in the future that you need to book tickets for.

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Free Rugbytots taster session @ Devizes Leisure Centre

There are ongoing Free Sessions of RugbyTots at the leisure centre, check here for info

May 2018

Ges Wilson, Recent Works @ Wine Street Gallery, Devizes

(26th May) Si Griffiths – Adventures in Reality @ Black Swan Arts, Frome

steaknight — Thursday Steak Night is back @ The Moonrakers, Devizes – steak under a tenner, every Thursday hereafter!

(-8th June) Exhibition: Chris Dunn -Paisley Rabbit and the Treehouse Contest @ Pound Arts, Corsham

Thurs 24th

Devizes Town Council Roadshow @ the Shambles – 10am-1PM

Ocelot Comedy Club @ The Vic, Swindon

Shappi Khorsandi, Mistress and Misfit @ Swindon Arts Centre

Grumpy Old Women – To The Rescue @ Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

Fri 25th

Tony Christie @ Cheese & Grain

Back Water Roll @ The Cellar Bar, Devizes

Legend: The Music of Bob Marley @ Melksham Assembly Hall

Gladstonebury Festival May Bank Holiday Chippenham

Sheer Music Present – Grace Petrie @ Village Pump, Trowbridge

HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Herefordshire

Angie Belchers Comedy Depot @ Zion, Bristol

The Illegal Eagles @ Wyvern Theatre

Geraldine and Alice: The Sitcom Experience Dinner Show @ Wyvern Theatre

Morgan & West: Time-Travelling Magicians @ Swindon Arts Centre

Salisbury Live 2018 – Hot Rocks

Sat 26th

Lacock Scarecrow Trail

Drew Bryant Live @ Vinyl Realm, Devizes

Beyond The STORM Live at The Southgate Inn, Devizes

George Wilding Live at The Crown, Devizes

Rock Against Cancer @ The Kings Arms, All Cannings, Nr Devizes

Coate Water Family Fun Weekend 2018

The Shambles @ The Talbot Inn, Calne

Sugar Motown @ London Rd Inn, Calne

People Like Us @ Brookhouse Farm, Swindon

Hybrid Hero at The Artisan, Frome

Owl Fest 2018: Music & Cider Fest @ The Owl, Bromham

Jay Foreman: Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children @ Swindon Arts Centre

Danzone: The Chance To Dance @ Wyvern Theatre

Gouldy and Caff (aka Sound Affects) at Somerset Arms, Semington

King King @ Cheese & Grain

Sun 27th

THE COUNTRY ROADSHOW – DEVIZES CMC

Kirsty Clinch @ Southgate Devizes, from 6PM

Rural Arts Touring: Chalk About @ the Pound, Corsham

People Like Us @ the Bath Brew House

Train to Skaville @ Westbury RFC

Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope @ Swindon Arts Centre

BalletBoyz: Fourteen Days @ Wyvern Theatre

Mon 28th

Devizes Folk Club @ The Lamb

Tamsin Quin Live at The Black Swan Devizes

Tues 29th

hillworthpk — Seeds are being planted and plans formulated for Plant in the Park – annual event where Hillworth Park help children (and adults of all ages!) develop a life long love of gardening.

This is a free, family friendly HALF TERM event!!

Wed 30th

The Big Gig 2018 @ Paulton

Half-Term Family Theatre: Romeo & Juliet by The HandleBards @ Pound Arts, Corsham

Curry Night @ Woodbridge Inn, Pewsey

Thurs 31st

Getting Started in the Music Industry Workshop @ pound Arts, Corsham

Wuthering Heights: The Music of Kate Bush @ Melksham Assembly Rooms

Devizes Arts Festival: An Audience with Ann Widdecombe @ Corn Exchange

JUNE 2018

Fri 1st

Devizes Arts Festival: Paul Sinha – Shout Out to My Ex @ Corn Exchange

Bad Manners @ Cheese & Grain, Frome

Legend – The Music of Bob Marley @ Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

Sat 2nd

organfest — FREE EVENT!
SOUTHERN COUNTIES ORGAN FESTIVAL 2018
Saturday and Sunday 2nd and 3rd June.
We are pleased to present for your enjoyment a selection of Fair, Dance, Street and hand-turned mechanical organs on the beautiful Large Green in Devizes.
With examples from famous makers to home- built examples, we have something for everyone.
And if you fancy having a go at hand turning a street organ the owners will be happy to show you how.
Parking is on site, on grass with public facilities, restaurants and pubs close by.
Why not spend an enjoyable day listening to and getting up close with something not seen every day?
Our charity this year is the Wilts and Dorset Air Ambulance.
We look forward to seeing you!

Devizes Farmers Market

Devizes Arts Festival: David Goode – Organ Recital @ St Johns

White Horse Opera Top of the Ops @ Easterton Village Hall

Phil Cooper live at Vinyl Realm

The Brown Dog Band Live at The Southgate Inn, Devizes

The Hoot – Acoustic Music Night @ The Owl, Bromham

UK Guns N Roses at Trowbridge Civic Centre

Sound Affects Live @ The Cornerhouse, Frome

Matt Forde @ Neeld, Chippenham

Bath Festival of Nature

Frome’s Summer Reggae Party @ The Cheese & Grain

Let’s Rock Bristol 2018

Sun 3rd

Lacock Car Boot Sale

Devizes Arts Festival: Jemima Foxtrot – FREE FRINGE – Poetry and Songs @ Devizes Books

Devizes Arts Festival: FREE FRINGE – Laura Greaves @ Black Swan

Devizes Arts Festival: Trio HLK with Evelyn Glennie @ Corn Exchange

Chippenham’s Soap Box Derby 2018

Horrible Histories – More Best of Barmy Britain @ Neeld Community and Arts Centre, Chippenham

Mon 4th

Devizes Arts Festival: Bath Bach Choir : Choral Concert @ St Marys

Devizes Folk Club @ The Lamb

Kirsty Clinch @ The café, Trowbridge Civic Hall from 7:30PM

Tues 5th

Devizes Arts Festival: Olivia Gomez and Ben Pinnow : Lunchtime Recital @ St Andrews

The Vaults Charity Quiz Night, Devizes

Wed 6th

Free Lecture: Compassion in Crisis @ Wiltshire Museum, Devizes

Devizes Arts Festival: Victoria Glendinning @ Bear Hotel

Roots Sessions – Blues Reviewed @ Cheese & Grain

Thurs 7th

Devizes Arts Festival: Elias String Quartet – After Beethoven… @ Town Hall

Frome Food Feast

The Watering Trough #1 – Compact Pussycat & Radio Silence @ The Pig & Fiddle, Bath

Fri 8th

Roughcut Rebels @ The Lamb, Devizes

Devizes Arts Festival: Lucinda Hawksley : Tea with the Dickens @ Town Hall

Devizes Arts Festival – Black is the Color of My Voice @ Merchants Suite

Resonance by Shapeshifter @ Pound Arts, Corsham

Lost in Vagueness @ 23 Bath St, Frome

The Skids @ Cheese & Grain

Sat 9th

MILES & MARGARET – RAGGED OLD FLAG CMC, CALNE

Caen Hill Flight Fest @ The Caen Hill Café, Devizes: Lottie Jenkins, Burbank and James Duggan – £20 (includes hog roast)

Tamsin Quin live at The Southgate, Devizes

Devizes Arts Festival – Explorer Dome : Disgusting Digestion & The Wonder of Space @ Southbroom School

Rock’in Colerne

Britpop Night at the Vic, Swindon

Roots Sessions – Chris Jagger Trio @ Cheese & Grain

Download Festival @ Donnington Park with Guns & Roses

Sun 10th

IAN CAL FORD & HIS ACOUSTIC PREACHERS – DEVIZES CMC

Devizes Arts Festival – Debussy: A Passionate Life @ Town Hall

Devizes Arts Festival – The Mantic Muddlers FREE FRINGE @ Three Crowns

Car Boot Sale @ Bromham

Lacock Fun Run

Family Fun Cupcake Day @ Beversbrook, Calne

Open Farm Sunday at Temple Farm, Marlborough

Mon 11th

Devizes Arts Festival – Café Sci : The Seven Deadly Things we’re doing to trash the planet – & the one nobody wants to talk about… Human Population @ One Spice

Devizes Folk Club @ The Lamb

Tues 12th

Devizes Arts Festival -Matinee Movie: Brief Encounter @ Palace Cinema

Devizes Arts Festival – Posting Letters to the Moon: Lucy Fleming & Simon Williams @ Town Hall

Wed 13th

Devizes Arts Festival – Dirty Dusting @ Corn Exchange

Roots Sessions – Ben Cipolla Band @ Cheese & Grain

Thurs 14th

Devizes Arts Festival- Lovehard: Murdered By Murder @ Merchants Suite

Devizes Arts Festival – Embassy Brass Quintet @ St Marys

Fri 15th

(-16th) Pop Up Beer Garden & Open Weekend @ Stealth Brewery, Melksham

Devizes Arts Festival – Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione @ Town Hall

Beth Nielsen Chapman @ Cheese & Grain

Sat 16th

Devizes Arts Festival – The Gaulois Brothers FREE FRINGE @ Pizza Express

Devizes Arts Festival – Toyah & her Full Electric Band @ Corn Exchange

Teddy Bear Trail 2018 – Saturday & Sunday – Bromham

Kington Langley SCARECROW Festival

Jamie R Hawkins live at Vinyl Realm, Devizes

Its Complicated Live at the Southgate, Devizes

Jazz Wrann & The Ruby Welts @ Woodbridge Inn, Pewsey

Roots Sessions – FOS Brothers @ Cheese & Grain

Atomic Kitten @ Cheese & Grain

Sun 17th

Devizes Arts Festival – Flamenco Thief FREE FRINGE @ Merchants Suite

Devizes Film Festival @ Merchants Suite FREE FRINGE

Music: Rachael McShane & The Cartographers (Blue Sky Festival) @ Pound Arts, Corsham

Mon 18th

Devizes Folk Club @ The Lamb

Tues 19th

Wed 20th

Charity Quiz Night @ Devizes Conservative Club

Roots Sessions – Dexter Selboy & The Shonky Trio @ Cheese & Grain

Thurs 21st

THE BLUES BAND- 40 Years and Back for More @ Neeld, Chippenham

Fri 22nd

George Michael Tribute & Binomial 80s cover band @ The Exchange, Devizes

Bon Jovi Experience @ Trowbridge Civic Centre

Echo & The Bunnymen + The Jesus & Mary Chain + Peter Hook & The Light @ St Phillips Gate, Bristol

Frome Missing Links Ceildh @ Cheese & Grain

Sat 23rd

Devizes Wellbeing Day @ The Green, Devizes

Fret n Keyz Live at The Southgate Inn, Devizes

All Roads Lead to Frome @ Cheese & Grain

Never 42 – with support from Tom Wright @ Trowbridge Civic Centre

Erin Bardwell Collective supporting Roddy Radiation @ The Vic, Swindon

The Festival of Light Comes to MECCA Swindo n

UB40 @ St Phillips Gate, Bristol

Tamsin Quin @ The Crown Inn, Lechlade

Sun 24th

THE ROSELLYS – DEVIZES CMC

Swingout Swindon: Sunday Afternoon Workshop and Dance @ Moose Hall, Swindon

Mon 25th

Devizes Folk Club @ The Lamb

(25th-30th June) Flashdance @ Bristol Hippodrome

Schemotherapy 2: 40 Rave-o-lutions Around The Sun, Bristol

Tues 26th

Wed 27th

Twiggy Owl MDF Kit Craft Workshop @ The Cross Keys, Rowde

Public Image LTD @ Cheese & Grain

Thurs 28th

Celebrating Art In the Garden @ Urchfont Manor

Fri 29th

(-30th June) TITCO and the Full Tone Orchestra Present: TITCO Does Queen

Ladies Night @ The Cross Keys, Rowde

The Magic of Motown Show @ Salisbury City Hall

Minety Festival @ Malmesbury

Wonder Fields Festival 2018 @ Exeter

Sat 30th

Wadworth Cycling Sportive

Tim Madden & The Struggle Live at The Southgate Inn, Devizes

Devizes Scooter Club – Suited & Booted @ The Cons Club

Channel One’s Summer BBQ @ Lakota, Bristol

Littlemen @ Pound Arts, Corsham

Martin Kemp – Back To The 80’s Party @ Cheese & Grain

MantonFest

LavingtonFest

JULY 2018

Sun 1st

Boot Hill Allstars & The Back Wood Redeemers at The Three Horseshoes , Bradford on Avon

Keynsham Music Festival

Keynsham Music Festival 2018

Mon 2nd

Devizes Folk Club @ The Lamb

Dreamcatcher Workshop @ Avebury

Tues 3rd

Wed 4th

Roots Sessions – Al O’Kane Band / Ben Hutcheson @ Cheese & Grain

Thurs 5th

(-8th July) Blissfields Festival, Winchester

Fri 6th

(-8th July) Chippenham Comedy Festival – On the Road: with Robin Ince, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Andrew O’Neill, Caroline Mabey, Simon Donald , Jo Caufield and Danny Buckler.

Jive Talkin’ Bee-Gees Tribute @ Neeld, Chippenham

Danny & The Champions Of The World at The Victoria, Swindon

Aston Merrygold @ Cheese & Grain