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  • Living Together at The Wharf

    Monday 21st – Saturday 26th October sees the next Wharf Theatre production, Living Together, by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Mervyn Harrowven.   When the Norman Conquests (named after the plays leading character, assistant librarian Norman, as opposed to the Kings William and Harold!) burst onto the theatre-going public in the early 1970s, they were… Read more

  • Numb Tongues, Kings and Dukes

    Numb Tongues, Kings and Dukes

    If you like your soul and blues with an authentic vintage feel, look no further than this new Bristol group, The King Dukes….    If Bristol wasn’t the birthplace of a “new cool” through electronic blues in the nineties, with the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead, it certainly led the way. I have to… Read more

  • PREVIEW – Melksham Craft Beer & Cider Festival @ Rachel Fowler Centre, Melksham – Friday 4th & Saturday 5th October 2019

    Andy Fawthrop Whilst it’s not strictly in Devizes, it’s an easy enough bus-ride away to The Sham to merit a mention in your esteemed entertainment guide. (Quite the contrary, we cover the Sham too Andy; Ed!)   If you like music, beer (and/ or cider) and pizza, then you need to get yourself across to… Read more

  • Bier, Bier, Bier and Seend Oktoberfest

    Bier, Bier, Bier and Seend Oktoberfest

    Dust off your Lederhosen and dirndls, tune your alpenhorns, Seend Community Centre annually hosts an Oktoberfest to make King Ludwig envious. It’s next week volks, Saturday 5th October. They invite you to “join us for another fabulous night of fun and entertainment, in true Bavarian style.” Traditional games include Holz Sägen (Log Sawing) Kuh Melken… Read more

  • Devizes Food & Drink Festival opens with the Street Food & Artisan Market

    Devizes Food & Drink Festival opens with the Street Food & Artisan Market

    Parking in the Market Place today yes I did, parked my butt on a Muck & Dunder Chair and took in a great Devizes Food & Drink Festival Street Food & Artisan Market, thank you! Yo-ho-ho, an unpredictable drizzle didnâ stop th’ Devizes Food & Drink Festival settin’ thar grand Street Food & Artisan Market… Read more

  • The New Society of Devizes

    The New Society of Devizes

    If you drop into the old Tourist Information centre in the Market Place these days, you’ll get much more than a leaflet on the Caen Hill Locks. The owner, Steve, greeted the better half and I by the stairs, outgoing but with a shattered expression. The word on the street is out, in an unmissable… Read more