Events in East Devon
For a quiet corner of the country there is a great deal on. Sidmouth alone carries a folk festival, a jazz festival, a science festival, a regatta plus an illuminated carnival. Beyond it, Dorset adds agricultural shows, food festivals plus one of the strangest traditions in Britain.
We keep a guide to every month, written locally rather than lifted from a listings site.
The ones to plan around
- Donkey Week plus Sidmouth Sea Fest, May
- Sidmouth International Jazz & Blues Festival, May
- SidyFest plus Camp Bestival, July
- Sidmouth Folk Festival, opening August
- Sidmouth Regatta & Air Show, closing August
- The Melplash Agricultural Show at Bridport, August
- Sidmouth & East Devon Walking Festival, September
- The Illuminated Carnival, September
- Sidmouth Science Festival, ten days in October
- Ottery St Mary tar barrels, 5 November
Dates move year to year, so check with the organiser before you travel. Our monthly guides carry the detail as it is confirmed.
Read the guides
While you are here
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Festivals, carnivals plus the tar barrels, from the years we remembered the camera.
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Three miles from Sidmouth, so the festivals are twenty minutes on the bus.