5 fun things to do this weekend in Exeter

Here's our top 5 picks of what to do this weekend in and around Exeter. 

GARDENING

14 September

A GARDEN DESIGNER’S JOURNEY TO CHELSEA

Charismatic TV personality and garden design expert Manoj Malde will be visiting RHS Rosemoor to talk about ‘A Garden Designer’s Journey to Chelsea’. Listen to the back story of the first garden Manoj created at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and hear about the whole process of design, submission, all the way through to the installation, judging and press day. 

RHS Rosemoor

COMEDY

15 September

MARK WATSON

Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star and multiple award-winner - now also famous as one-third of YouTube cult sensation No More Jockeys - returns.

Exeter Corn Exchange

ART

EXETER CONTEMPORARY OPEN

ON NOW UNTIL 2 November

The annual exhibition forms a major highlight of the South West’s cultural calendar and is a vital springboard for the careers of emerging contemporary artists. This year’s shortlist showcases the work of fifteen contemporary visual artists who work across painting, sculpture, photography and video.

Exeter Phoenix

FILM

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

14 September

Michael Keaton returns to the titular role in the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice, with Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara reprising their roles alongside new cast members Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe.

Exeter Picturehouse

FESTIVAL

AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL

On now until 15 September 

The Agatha Christie Festival returns to Torbay! Fans of crime fiction can take part in the Agatha Christie sea swim, go on the AB Sea Murders boat trip, hop on the Dartmouth Steam Railway for Murder on the Riviera Express, or get involved in a murder mystery at Paignton Zoo.

agathachristiefestival.com