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  • Chippenhamโ€™s Fringe Feb Festival is Back!

    An exciting variety of arts and performance events are being offered to Chippenham residents from Friday 11th-13th February. The line-up for this yearโ€™s Fringe Feb festival includes live comedy, dance, theatre and music performances along with a host of interactive fun and entertainment for the whole family to enjoy. There will be events popping up across Chippenham throughout the weekend, from on Read more

  • Introducing, Chai For All

    Introducing, Chai For All

    Introducing Bristol jazzy Yiddish folk ensemble, Chai For All, whoโ€™ve got me reminiscing about how, pre-internet, we used to find new musical genres, much least, we tried! Remember when record shops presented products alphabetically yet had separate sections for the more, shall we say, unusual genres? You know, for the peculiar customers?! Masses of rock Read more

  • Rock n Roll Lives; in Melksham!

    Rock n Roll Lives; in Melksham!

    Found myself in the Sham last night, hail hailing rock n roll at the Assembly Hall, something Iโ€™ve been meaning to witness for ages; and Iโ€™m pleased to report, they do it with bells onโ€ฆโ€ฆ Passing through Swindonโ€™s GWR works prior to the Steam Museum, I perchance to natter to an aged engineer prepping a Read more

  • Bit of a Shindig; The Most Luxurious Festival in The West?

    Glamping and other plush extras add to the allure of a modern-day festival, but how far are you willing to go to make your festie experience that bit more luxurious? Established dance festival Shindig, which takes place 26th-29th May in the glorious grounds of the Dillington Estate in Somerset, boasts the only festival in the Read more

  • Mobius Loop Launch Anti-Hunt Song

    Mobius Loop Launch Anti-Hunt Song

    Nationwide hunt saboteurs and animal rights activists have inspired those gypsy-folk misfits, Mobius Loop to create this righteous tune, the Foxtrot Tally Hoedown; and we love it here at Devizine.…. I love it because despite social and political injustices linger, as it ever did, rarely does the mainstream music industry reflect this, whereas topical songs Read more

  • Bath Reggae Festival Ticketholders Still Await Refund

    Ticketholders for the hugely publicised Bath Reggae Festival still awaiting a refund after the festival was cancelled in August last year are getting understandably disgruntled, as the organisers are reportedly unresponsive to emails and messages….   Like many others, I jumped on this when first announced in November 2020. With a real community feel to their Read more