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  • Award-Winning Circus Cortex BizZzar Comes to Devizes This July

    Award-Winning Circus Cortex BizZzar Comes to Devizes This July

    Get ready for an unforgettable family day out as Circus Cortex BizZzar brings its award-winning Big Top spectacular to Devizes from 9โ€“12 July 2026….. Performing at The Green, Southbroom Road, Devizes, SN10 1LL, this thrilling production promises four days of world-class live entertainment for all ages. Featuring an exceptional cast of international performers, Circus Cortex… Read more

  • Who are you most looking forward to seeing at CrownFest?

    Who are you most looking forward to seeing at CrownFest?

    CrownFest at The Crown in Bishops Cannings is making a fantastic comeback this July with a stellar lineup, particularly supporting local acts, begging the question, who are you most looking forward to seeing there? It’s not as easy an answer as it might sound, and hey, I’m not intending to answer it myself; I’ve got… Read more

  • โ€œDon’t Drive to Stonehengeโ€ Advises English Heritage!

    โ€œDon’t Drive to Stonehengeโ€ Advises English Heritage!

    Summer Solstice in Wiltshire; it’s a crowd-puller, but even forty years after the Battle of the Beanfield and decades of attempted commercialisation, it remains a tourism the authorities clearly don’t appreciateโ€ฆ.. Wiltshire Police and English Heritage have ganged up on social media to warn revellers not to drive to Stonehenge or Avebury for this year’s… Read more

  • Nothing Seems as Sweet as the Start; NRWO as Devizes Arts Festival’s Finale

    Nothing Seems as Sweet as the Start; NRWO as Devizes Arts Festival’s Finale

    All Images: ยฉGail Foster If last Saturday’s Celtic punk band quipped if the Devizes Corn Exchange was a bingo hall, and Milton Jones jested โ€œit’s great to be here, in the past,โ€ it took a band with roots to the town to introduce Devizes Arts Festival to a next generation, and, predictably, Nothing Rhymes with… Read more

  • Sketch and Explore: The Art of Embracing Imperfection

    Sketch and Explore: The Art of Embracing Imperfection

    by Maddie Blake On Wednesday 10th of June at Devizes Arts Festival, we had the pleasure of a โ€˜Sketch and Exploreโ€™ workshop lead by Karen George, a contemporary artist. Karen is based near Bath, in the UK, and specialises in semi-abstract and contemporary painting of landscape and seascapes in acrylic and mixed media. This informal… Read more

  • Milton Jones; Deadpan in Devizes

    Milton Jones; Deadpan in Devizes

    Mock the Weekโ€™s recurring panellist and Radio 4 comedian Milton Jones stood on the stage of Devizes Corn Exchange on Friday, with the setter, โ€œitโ€™s great to be here, in the past!โ€ And thereafter, everything which came from his mouth was utterly hilarious. Thank you Devizes Arts Festival, a fine chortling choice; Iโ€™m still chuckling… Read more