5 Best Things to Do in Exeter This Weekend (14 to 15 November)
Your guide to this weekend in Exeter
It is beginning to look like Christmas this weekend with festive markets and festivals popping up in and around the city. If you’re not quite ready to launch into Christmas yet, there is plenty of other fun stuff going on in the city. Here is out top five picks for this weekend - enjoy!
1. CHRISTMAS EXETER CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS MARKET (13 November to 13 December)
The Christmas season has begun! Expect more than 100 twinkling chalets selling local gifts and global street food, alongside seasonal entertainment and festive bars. Opening hours are Monday to Wednesday, 10am to 7pm; Thursday to Saturday, 10am to 9pm; and Sunday, 11am to 5pm.
2. CHRISTMAS FOOD FESTIVAL (14 and 15 November)
Head to Darts Farm for a weekend of festive tastings and Christmas gifting. Expect more than 40 artisan producers, including Cow & Cacao, Waterhouse Fayre, Brindisa, Ticklemore Dairy and Salcombe Gin, from 10am to 4pm on both days.
3. MUSIC GENERAL LEVY (14 November)
One of the most recognisable voices in drum and bass, MC Levy has brought his trademark energy to dancefloors for more than three decades. He has featured on countless studio tracks with leading DJs and is best known for the joyful hit Incredible, his 1994 collaboration with M-Beat, which reached number eight in the UK singles chart after its remix. Catch him at Exeter Phoenix at 7.30pm.
4. SHOPPING ANTIQUE, HOME & VINTAGE FAIR (14 and 15 November)
Antiques, vintage treasures, homeware, collectables and unique gifts are all on offer at this fair at Westpoint Exeter, with on-site catering serving lunch, refreshments and snacks throughout. Opening times are Saturday, 8.30am to 5pm, and Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
5. WICKER (14 November)
Head to Exeter Picturehouse for the 2.30pm screening of Wicker, a romantic fantasy comedy-drama starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård. On the outskirts of a seaside village lives a fisherwoman: smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. Fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbours, she commissions a husband made of wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, the unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.