THURSDAY OCTOBER 2

10am to 4pm - and Fridays and Wednesdays and 11am to 2pm on Saturdays, to October 25, Crediton Museum Exhibition: The Home Front: Crediton in World War Two, Admission free, donations welcomed. See http://creditonhistory.org.uk/whats-on/2025/homefront.aspx

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.

12 noon - History and Politics Book Club at The Bookery, discussion will be centred around Fintan O'Toole's ‘We don't know ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland since 1958’.

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.

TUESDAY 7

7.30pm - The Folklore Library and Archive present The National Folklore Survey for England, Boniface Centre, meet and learn about the first major survey of English beliefs and identity for decades, free event, refreshments available, book a place online at bit.ly/flaevents or by email to [email protected]

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

2pm to 5pm - South West Lindy Hoppers 1940’s Vintage Charity Tea Dance, VJ 60th anniversary, Fine Whines vintage duo leading singing from the 30’s to the 80’s, Lindy Hop Performance and lesson, North Tawton Town Hall, £8 in advance, £10 at the door, to include tea and cakes, Lindy Hop Lesson, entertainment, dress theme 1940’s or 50’s, tickets from North Tawton Post Office, in aid of North Tawton RBL and in memory of Alf Bolt, book in advance on 07821 721043.

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

WEDNESDAY 15

10am to 12 noon - Crediton and District U3a, a talk by James Taylor, Horatio Nelson: A Complex Character, £2 entry includes refreshments, open to members and non-members.

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]

THURSDAY 16

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.

7.30pm - Race Night, Cheriton Fitzpaine Parish Hall, £10, includes choice of curry from The Ring of Bells, £5 without food, tickets from the Community Shop.

FRIDAY 17

7pm - Join local folklorist Mark Norman and author Tracey Norman for an atmospheric evening of folklore, witchcraft, and storytelling featuring their books Britain’s Folklore Year and Devon’s Forgotten Witches 1860–1910 at The Lamb Inn, Sandford. Tickets £5 from the Bookshop or at: www.thebookery.org.uk

SATURDAY 18

10am to 4pm - Butterfly Conservation Devon Branch Open Day, Boniface Centre, Crediton, doors open 9.30am, speakers, tea, coffee available, bring own lunch, a day of community, curiosity and conservation.

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

2.15pm - Registration in Stockleigh Pomeroy Village Hall for 2.30pm Raddon Hills Walk, five mile walk on Raddon Hills between Thorverton and Shobrooke on public and private footpaths, Exeter Friends of Hospiscare and The Friends of Stockleigh Pomeroy Church, church open, refreshments, dogs on leads welcome, info on 01363 779706.

7pm - Crediton Foodbank Quiz, Crediton Congregational Church.

8pm to 11.30pm - 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].