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  • DOCA Change Carnival Date

    DOCA Change Carnival Date

    DOCA (Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts) closed its AGM with some exciting news. Loz Samuels Artistic Director said, “after much consideration our Board of Trustees have decided to move some of the dates of our annual program. They are small changes but we believe it will enable many more people to become involved in our events.… Read more

  • Teenage Country Sensation Emily Lockett coming to Devizes

      Arriving at seventeen is a crossroads between childhood and adulthood where most of us dangle in limbo, at a loss to where the path will lead. At the same age I didn’t know what was what, Stoke-on-Trent’s singer/songwriter Emily Lockett is busy working on her second EP, to feature three tracks already recorded; “Nice… Read more

  • A Night At The Opera!

      The White Horse Opera’s Magic Flute, Reviewed by Andy Fawthrop   No – not a night with the Marx Brothers or a Queen concert, but an actual night at the opera! And in Devizes too – well it was Lavington School actually (no passport required) – to see the wonderful White Horse Opera’s 2018… Read more

  • A Chat with Steve Maggiora

    You know what I reckon? Devizes is in for a treat next Friday 12th, courtesy of the Cellar Bar, when Orange County multi-talented musician Steve Maggiora visits for an exclusive trio gig with Jon Amor and Mark Barrett. I reckon, no, I now know this because I’m listening, as I write, to his emotional rock… Read more

  • Groundhogs & Del Bromham Review

    by Andy Fawthrop The local joke runs that “nothineverhappensinDevizes” but recently it’s become increasingly difficult to decide where one should spend one’s time and hard-earned pennies in this town on a Saturday night. There’s usually music of one sort or another in several venues around the town. Last night was a bit easier – simply because… Read more

  • Gimme me Some Tickets!

    “We’ve got a two-hour set and every single song is one which everyone knows. You can’t beat the classics,” James, Frontman of Gimme Some Lovin’ reassures me, ahead of their appearance at Devizes Scooter Club. The 1970s and 80s were not kind to Carmarthenshire’s largest town, Llanelli. Dependant on the coal mines for tin production,… Read more