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  • Have Your Say on Forestry Englandโ€™s Future Plans for West Woods and Collingbourne Woodland

    Have Your Say on Forestry Englandโ€™s Future Plans for West Woods and Collingbourne Woodland

    The newly drafted forest plan for West Woods and Collingbourne is open for public consultation until Monday 7 October. The plan outlines how each woodland will be managed over the next 10 years to provide sustainably grown timber for the nation, promote public access for informal recreation, and improve habitats for wildlifeโ€ฆ. The main aim for West Woods,… Read more

  • Devizes International Blues Festival in January

    Benefits of having a Mayor who runs a blues club! Devizes blues fans get a late but great Christmas present when Mayor Ian Hopkins brings us this peach, a Devizes International Blues Festival on Saturday January 18th at the Corn Exchange; this news should warm you up! “This is the biggest show I have everย put… Read more

  • The Juggernaut Delivers Back at The Southgate

    The Juggernaut Delivers Back at The Southgate

    If there’s been welcomed stand-ins for the monthly Jon Amor Trio residency at the Southgate in Devizes recently, Ruzz Evans and Eddie Martin, Jon โ€œthe juggernautโ€ returned from a break to deliver ten or more bulky pallets of sublime unadulterated blues to our own Sunday juke-jointโ€ฆthat’s how you do it, Devizes style! Do we need… Read more

  • Deadlight Dance New EP Chapter & Verse

    Deadlight Dance New EP Chapter & Verse

    Marlborough gothic duo Deadlight Dance are due to release an EP of new material. Itโ€™s called Chapter & Verse and itโ€™ll be out on Ray Records on 13th September 2024โ€ฆโ€ฆ Nick Fletcher and Tim Emery, aka, Deadlight Dance, stripped back a collection of their favourite new wave-goth classics and recorded them at the 12th century… Read more

  • Personal Recommendations For Swindon Shuffle

    Supporters of local live music know, least they should do by now, that Swindon is the place to head this following weekend, 12th-15th September, because it’s that time of year when Swindon gets shufflingโ€ฆ. Yep, The Swindon Shuffle is the town’s longest running ever-growing music festival, taking place over multiple venues and it’s free save… Read more

  • Tickets for Calne Music & Arts Festival on Sale Now

    Running from the 4th to 13th October, The Calne Music & Arts Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, and tickets for the varied events are on sale nowโ€ฆ. Arts Festival President Carole Browne said, โ€œin the year that we celebrate our 50th anniversary, our Patron, Dame Judith Weir, who was composer in residence at the 1975… Read more