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  • Food Fight!

    On the eve of The Devizes Food Festival announcing their schedule, I contemplate what attributes taste, be it class, culture or trendsโ€ฆ..   You know, we chat and cover a lot of musical genres here, some are picky about what they like, but I think food is even more subjective. After all these years, for Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“Vince Bell โ€“ 7th July 2019 @ The White Bear, Devizes

    REVIEW โ€“Vince Bell โ€“ 7th July 2019 @ The White Bear, Devizes

    VB @ the WB! Andy Fawthrop   OK so itโ€™s the day after the (wonderful!) Devizes Beer Festival and youโ€™ve worked your way through the hangover. Youโ€™re starting to feel normal again, but the sun is still shining, the world is still a beautiful place, and you really donโ€™t want to start thinking about Monday Read more

  • Devizes First Scooter Rally; A Historic Weekend

    Devizes First Scooter Rally; A Historic Weekend

    Chatting to Gouldy of the Daybreakers, due to play Minety Festival the following day, we mutually complimented the setup at The Devizes Scooter Rally. Pleased for his input, as there was always a risk, being this is my first scooter rally, that any review would be comparable to a festival. Prior to the event, I Read more

  • Big Yellow Bus Project Comes to Swindon

    Big Yellow Bus Project Comes to Swindon

    In 2017 truck driver Gerry Watkins raised four grand to buy a double-decker bus which he converted it into a homeless shelter in Cirencester. The project was hailed a success and received media support, and live music fundraisers. With the Cirencester bus now fully refurbished with bed compartments containing timber-framed bunk beds, eating and kitchen Read more

  • Female of the Species, Back for 2019!

    Female of the Species, Back for 2019!

    Even if they are deadlier than the male, Devzine still loves The Female of the Species. Separate they are dynamic performers, each assigned to the crรจme of local bands, but when they get together itโ€™s like the Spice Girls were librarians. Weโ€™ve covered their Melksham Assembly Hall annual fundraising gigs in the past, now they Read more

  • Daydreamers Run Away to a Fairy Tale Scene

    Daydreamers Run Away to a Fairy Tale Scene

    The new single from Daydream Runaways is out on Thursday; I get a sneaky listen to itโ€ฆ.. Beginning of May and we had nothing but praise for debut single, Light the Spark, from indie-pop four-piece, Daydream Runaways. Since, theyโ€™ve enjoyed home gigs at Devizesโ€™ Southgate, and Calneโ€™s Talbot Inn, ventured further afield, supporting Aidan Simpson Read more