Search

06 Sept 2025

5 fun things to do this weekend in Exeter

5 fun things to do this weekend in Exeter: festivals, art, cinema, dancing, and music

5 fun things to do this weekend in Exeter

Here our are top 5 picks of things to do this weekend in and around Exeter.

FESTIVAL

On now until 25 August

GONE WILD FESTIVAL 

Bear Grylls' family-friendly festival at Powderham Castle offers a full day of outdoor adventures. As night falls, live bands take the stage. This year's line-up includes James, The Feeling, Sam Ryder, and Ocean Colour Scene.

Gone Wild Festival

ART

On now until 14 September

COLOUR STORIES 

The Velarde Gallery in Kingsbridge is showcasing an exhibition featuring vibrant artworks in paint, print, clay, and stainless steel, all presented in striking and beautiful colour palettes.

Velarde Gallery

MUSIC

24 August

THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN

This live concert at Torquay’s Princess Theatre will showcase all the Motown classics, with the band performing hits from legends like Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson, and many more.

atgtickets.com

FILM

24 and 25 August

KNEECAP

Of the 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland and three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue.

Exeter Picture House 

DANCE

24 August

TERRACE DJ’S

Fancy throwing some shapes under the stars this Saturday? Exeter Phoenix will have a night of soul and disco from their DJ set out on the terrace.

Exeter Phoenix 

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.