Events coming up soon in and around Crediton

THURSDAY 25

10am – “Jam Babies”, free creative play and music sessions for preschool children with their carers, at the Bookery in partnership with the Turning Tides Project.

10am to 2pm - Pre-loved Table Top Clothes Sale, Spreyton Village Hall, refreshments, stalls available, £3.50 includes a hot drink.

10am to 3.30pm - Coldridge Cafe, Coldridge Village Hall, tea, coffee, cake, lunches, takeaway service.

11am and 2pm - Church Tours, Coldridge Parish Church, book by email: [email protected]

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

3pm Lapford Over 60’s, The Ark, Talk by Chris with his owls.

4pm to 8.30pm - 1st Bow Scouts Open Event, Give Scouting a Go, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, Burston Meadow (EX17 6LA), for details email: [email protected]

7pm - Doors open for Films for Crediton, Booksmart (15), film starts 7.30pm, Crediton Arts Centre, £5 at the door or in advance from www.creditonartscentre.org , bar, tea, coffee, puddings.

SATURDAY 27

10am to 12 noon - Coffee Morning, cakes, preserves, books for sale, St Matthew’s Church, Cheriton Fitzpaine.

10am to 1pm - Table Top Sale with coffee and pancake, Victory Hall, Lapford, £5 a table, book on 07565768386, hosted by Lapford Victory Hall.

11am to 2pm - Big Green Fair, Town Square, Crediton, music, crafts, games, cakes, soup, honey, bicycles, advice, stalls, organised by Sustainable Crediton.

1pm to 5pm - Makers Market and Craft Workshop, Memorial Hall, Morchard Bishop.

4pm to 7pm - Crediton Methodist Church will be open for prayer and a pre-view of Harvest.

7pm - Doors open for 2nd Festival of Short Films in Zeal Monachorum Village Hall, entrance £5, free popcorn, choc ices and drinks on sale, book by September 23, 01363 82606, 07729086623, [email protected], website www.zmvh.uk.

7.30pm - Exmouth Shanty Men at Whitestone Parish Hall (EX4 2JS). Tickets £10 from ticketsource.co.uk/whitestone-entertainments. Bring your own refreshments.

8pm - Richard and Stu’s Big Night Out, The Lamb Inn, Sandford, £7 at door, £5 in advance, in aid of Keep the Lamb Inn Sandford.

SUNDAY 28

2pm to 4pm - Winkleigh Morris Taster Event, Lapford Victory Hall, For more information: www.winkleighmorris.org.uk or ring Colin, on 01363 877216.

MONDAY 29

10am to 5pm - Anne Parsons invites everyone to a drop-in gathering to raise much needed funds for Hospiscare. Coffee and cakes will be service throughout at 5 Waresfoot Drive, Crediton.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 2

10am – “Jam Babies”, free creative play and music sessions for preschool children with their carers, at the Bookery in partnership with the Turning Tides Project.

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

7pm - Award-winning authors Professor Dame Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay in conversation at The Bookery. Tickets at £5 and £20 (inclusive of a £2 book discount) for a book and ticket available at the bookshop or via The Bookery website thebookery.org.uk.

FRIDAY 3

7.15pm - for 7.30pm, Spreyton Harvest Supper, Spreyton Village Hall, entertainment, magician, tickets £12.50, under 12’s £8, raffle, book by October 1, 07713 591691 or [email protected]

SATURDAY 4

9.30am to 12.30pm - Crediton ELF Fundraising Group annual Big Breakfast, Copplestone Community Room.

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

4pm - Pet Service, Crediton Parish Church. Take your pet (or a photo of your pet) to this short service and blessing in the churchyard. Followed by refreshments. The service will be in church if the weather is inclement.

6pm to 9pm - Great Crediton Firewalk, Crediton Town Square, watch people walk on fire, some places still available, entry is £25 via: eventbrite.co.uk, the link is also on: www.creditonlions or simply Google: secondgreatcreditonfirewalk.

7.30pm - Harbottle and Jonas, folk musicians, Crediton Arts Centre, tickets £15/£12

SUNDAY 5

7.15pm - Crediton Parish Church Harvest Supper after Evensong, Boniface Centre, Crediton. Tickets £12, £5 for U16s, book on 01363 772536 or email: [email protected]

7.30pm - Charity Quiz Night, The Lamb Inn, Sandford, in aid of Sandford Millennium Green.

WEDNESDAY 8

6.45pm - Doors open for 7.30pm, Hayne House Hot Jazz performing in Crediton Parish Church, Tickets £20, including food from Baobab.

THURSDAY 9

10am – “Jam Babies”, free creative play and music sessions for preschool children with their carers, at the Bookery in partnership with the Turning Tides Project.

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

FRIDAY 10

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

SATURDAY 11

11am to 12.30pm - Alexandra Dawe, author of The Stitchwort Curse will lead a spectacular Halloween themed craft making workshop for children and book signing. Tickets are free but should be prebooked at the Bookery or at www.thebookery.org.uk

2.30pm - Crediton Town Band Chris Taylor Memorial Concert, Crediton Parish Church, admission free but donations to Royal Devon Hospitals Charity, refreshments afterwards in the Boniface Centre.

SUNDAY 12

6pm - Harvest Songs of Praise, in aid of the UNICEF Yemen Famine Appeal, St Lawrence Chapel, Crediton.

WEDNESDAY 15

12 noon to 1.30pm - Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School Senior Citizen Harvest Lunch, Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School, £4 per lunch, two courses and entertainment, [email protected]

SATURDAY 18

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

7pm - Crediton Foodbank Quiz, Crediton Congregational Church.

Disco Spectacular, Sandford Parish Hall with LurvGroove, in aid of Sandford School PTA, bar, tickets from Crediton Card Centre, Sandford Stores or at tinyurl.com/LurvGroove

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