Events coming up soon in and around Crediton

THURSDAY 10

10am to 4pm - Crediton Museum, Searle Street, Crediton and Area in 21 Objects Exhibition, and Wednesdays and Fridays, 10am to 4pm and 11am to 2pm on Saturdays, to end of October, lots for children to do as well as for adults to look at.

10am to 5pm - to September 13, Affordable Art Exhibition at Killerton House, Work by members of Newton St Cyres Art Club on display and for sale in the Engine Room, EX5 3LE

2pm to 3pm – Crediton Courier drop–in, Crediton Library.

7pm - Chuckles in the Church for Wondrous Women, Stand Up Comedy Night, part proceeds to North Devon Against Domestic Abuse, £10, St Cyr and St Julitta Church, Newton St Cyres, www.maggieirving.com

7.30pm - A second chance to see the powerful new 50-minute film ‘National Emergency Briefing’ bringing together leading expert insights on the climate and nature crisis, followed by a short discussion with a panel, Boniface Centre, free admission and parking, all welcome.

7.30pm - An evening with Rhys, The Nightchurch Pianist, Crediton Parish Church, supporting the Amber Foundation, tickets £14.25.

FRIDAY 11

7.30pm - Author Event, Marion Gibson, Welcome to Witchland: Recovering the Stories of Britain’s Civil War Witches, The Boniface Centre, book online at bit.ly/flaevents or in person at Crediton Library.

7.30pm - Eyes down for Sandford Parish Hall Meat Bingo, doors open 6.30pm, Sandford Parish Hall, for hall funds.

SATURDAY 12

10am to 4pm - Shobrooke Harvest, Parish Church, music, cafe and bar, plants and produce, bric-a-brac, cake stall, dog show, raffle and auction.

10am to 4pm - and 13th, Aid Art for Gaza exhibition, Crediton Arts Centre.

1pm to midnight - Thorfest, festival of live music, local food, ales and cider and a celebration of the village and wider community. Thorverton Village Hall.

SUNDAY 13

9.30am to 12 noon - Raddon Hill Fun Horse Ride, Creedy Barton Farm, £20 adults, £15 Under 16, book with Angie on 07414 920614.

10.30am - Crediton Running Network’s annual 10-kilometre race, Crediton Crunch, start and finishing at Queen Elizabeth’s School’s Barnfield campus, sign up here: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event/crediton-crunch-10k-2026-2026?elid=Y

11.30am - St Swithun’s Church, Sandford, Teddy Bear Abseiling and Picnic, bring a teddy, bring a picnic, proceeds in aid of Devon Historic Churches Trust.

MONDAY 14

7.30pm - Crediton Area History and Museum Society talk by Paul Rendell, Curious Dartmoor, looking at strange and unusual places on Dartmoor, Boniface Centre, £1 members, £5 non-members, includes refreshments.

WEDNESDAY 16

10am to 12 noon - Crediton and District U3A, talk by Ashley Jones, Dracula: the Man behind the Myth, free, includes refreshments, open to all, Boniface Centre.

FRIDAY 18

7pm - The Bookery welcomes bestselling historian Dr Ian Mortimer celebrating the publication of his new book Through the Windows of an Ordinary House: A History of England. Ian will be joined in conversation by Catherine Courtenay, Editor of Devon Life magazine. Tickets £6 from the Bookshop or at www.thebookery.org.uk

SATURDAY 19

9am - Crediton RFC U16s Take On 190-Mile Marathon, Crediton Town Square, raising funds for a 2027 Tour, donations welcome, cheer rowers and cyclists on.

10am to 1pm – Crediton Farmers’ Market, Town Square.

11am to 4pm - Newton St Cyres Parish Hall Centenary Celebration, a Heritage Open Day event, talks, cream tea, film, Sandford Sings, displays, history, Parish Hall, free, donations welcome.

12.30pm - Soup and Pudding to raise money for Devon Historic Churches Sampford Courtenay Village Hall, £7.50, pre-book only: [email protected] or 07811 324154.

SUNDAY 20

Cheriton Fitzpaine Ploughing Match, Netherexe Barton, Thorverton EX5 4DZ

11am to 4.15pm - Heritage Open Day, All Saints Church, Eggesford Barton and Eggesford Garden (the former garden centre), local history and artefacts at the church, refreshments and book sales at the church (proceeds in aid of the church), free entrance to all venues.

MONDAY 21

7.30pm - Bow and District Garden Club, wildlife talk “Otters – Coming to a River Near You” by renowned wildlife photographer Stephen Powles, Bow Village Hall.

TUESDAY 22

7pm - Winkleigh Morris taster session, Winkleigh Community Centre. All welcome to go along and have a go with a friendly group of dancers & musicians. No previous experience necessary. More details: www.winkleighmorris.org.uk or ring Colin on 01363 877216.

WEDNESDAY 23

Meat Bingo at Crediton Football Clubhouse organised by Crediton ELF Fundraising Group.

THURSDAY 24

6pm - The Bookery welcomes bestselling author, artist and medievalist Amy Jeffs discussing her remarkable new book Arthur: A New Life. Amy will be joined in conversation by Mark Norman. Tickets £6 from the Bookshop or at www.thebookery.org.uk

FRIDAY 25

7.30pm - Exeter Opera Group presents Samson Et Dalila, Opera by C. Saint-Saens, Crediton Arts Centre, tickets £15 via: www.ticketsource.co.uk/creditonartscentre

SATURDAY 26

11am to 2pm - The Big Green Fair in the Square, Crediton Town Square, presented by Sustainable Crediton.

SUNDAY 27

10am - meet for Newton St Cyres YFC Tractor Run at 11am in memory of Nathan James Saunders, Rudge Rew Farm, Morchard Bishop, EX17 6NG.

WEDNESDAY 30

6.45pm - Doors open for Crediton Friends of Force are holding a Meat Bingo at Crediton Football Club, eyes down 7.30pm, bar, raffle.

If you have a forthcoming event, email [email protected]