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  • Devizine Launchpad! Hosting Emerging Talent Area at DOCA Festival of Discovery

    Devizine Launchpad! Hosting Emerging Talent Area at DOCA Festival of Discovery

    Young, talented, I tick neither box, but I am delighted to tell you Devizine has assembled the very best of emerging musical talent from across Wiltshire, and weโ€™re showcasing them at Albion Place on Sidmouth Street, Devizes, for DOCAโ€™s Festival of Discovery on the 17th&18th of October. From 11:30am until 5:30pm we will squeeze in… Read more

  • Loser to Loser; George Wildingโ€™s New Single

    Loser to Loser; George Wildingโ€™s New Single

    Second single of 2026 from local legend George Wilding, Loser to Loser is a grower which carries a delightful punchโ€ฆif any type of punch could be deemed delightful, this is probably it! Thereโ€™s something breezily contented indie-pop about Georgeโ€™s recent releases with more commercial viability, rather than the often whimsically lost or dejected characters of… Read more

  • New Ladies-Only Club Opens In The Market Place.

    New Ladies-Only Club Opens In The Market Place.

    A ladies-only club, four gloriously eccentric rooms and a barista in a bowler hat: The Dressing House is anything but ordinary. Devizine contributor Charlotte Howard bought a ticket to its second soft launch to find out what was going on behind the doors….. Iโ€™d been dying to know what was happening at 40 Market Place… Read more

  • World Food Day Ends Devizes Food & Drink Festival

    World Food Day Ends Devizes Food & Drink Festival

    Yummy, yummy, yummy, I got love in my tummy! Another great year for Devizes Food & Drink Festival ended on Sunday with the World Food Day at the Corn Exchange. A hugely popular free event which annually sees queues heading out of the Market Place of hungry Devizions prepared to sample small dishes of a… Read more

  • 3 Daft Monkeys at The Barge on HoneyStreet

    3 Daft Monkeys at The Barge on HoneyStreet

    Witnessed amazing fireworks for Confetti Battle in Devizes, and I hopped eastwards to that sacred hippy haven in the Pewsey Vale, The Barge at HoneyStreet; what better place for equinox? For while there’s always a hedonistic happening here, this particular autumn occasion was unmissable; 3 Daft Monkeys were heading from Cornwall for their final night… Read more

  • Booking In Ballyhoo at Wiltshire Recycling Centres

    Booking In Ballyhoo at Wiltshire Recycling Centres

    As youโ€™re probably aware, because thereโ€™s been lots of people kicking up a scene, Wiltshire Councilโ€™s recycling centre booking system being trialled at Devizes, Lower Compton, Melksham, Purton, Salisbury and Stanton St Quintin has been running for a fortnight. Iโ€™ve got accumulated stuff, a wife subtly hinting, and not much to do on a Sunday… Read more