Events coming up soon in and around Crediton

THURSDAY 6

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.

6pm - Bonfire lit at The Waie Inn, display by British Champions Sonic Fireworks, fireworks 7.30pm, £5 per person, pay on arrival, refreshments available outside.

FRIDAY 7

10.30am to 12.30pm - Coffee Morning, Elmfield House, Fordton, Crediton, books, cakes, jams, chutneys, Christmas cards and gifts, raffle, Crediton Friends of FORCE, admission £4 includes drink and cake.

12.30pm to 2pm - Soup and Stories returns to the Bookery with varied themes in a warm space for community and conversation. Free of charge, open to all, no booking required.

4pm to 8pm - Fall for All, quiet sensory bonfire night event, Turning Tides Project’s community space off Four Mills Lane. Open mic with local performers; a firework-inspired sensory trail; sensory bags; drinks and hot food including smores, jacket potatoes and chili. Dogs welcome. No fireworks.

7pm - Gates open for Fireworks and Bonfire, Drakes Farm and Cafe, Higher Fingle Farm, EX6 6NP, Cheriton and Tedburn YFC, fireworks at 7.45pm, bar, barbecue, £5 per person, under 10s free.

7.30pm - Americana gig, trio Jaywalkers at Crediton Arts Centre. Tickets £15 for adults, £12 for concessions. Book online: ticketsource.co.uk/creditonartscentre.

SATURDAY 8

10am to 12 noon - Jumble Sale, in aid of Bow School Pool, Bow School Hall, refreshments available, take cash.

11am to 2pm - (and 15th) Second-Hand History Book Sale at Crediton Museum, 11am to 2pm. Donations, please, to support your local museum and history society.

11am - Author Stephanie Austin will be signing copies and reading passages from her latest book How To Get Murdered in Devon at The Bookery. Tickets are free and available at The Bookery or at: www.thebookery.org.uk

12 noon to 3pm - Soup and Puds Lunch, Cheriton Fitzpaine Parish Hall, £6 per person, tickets at the door or from the Community Shop, many stalls, in aid of Save the Children.

6pm - Copplestone Lighting Up The Parish, torch lit procession gathers at Copplestone School and leaves school led by morris dancers at 6..30pm, 6.30pm gates open at Copplestone Farm Shop, 7.15pm bonfire lit followed by firework display, bar, food, £5 per adult, £3 child, under 3’s free, £15 per family (two adults and up to three children), cash only.

SUNDAY 9

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

10am - Remembrance Civic Service, Crediton Parish Church.

10.45am - Remembrance Parade and Laying of Wreaths, Crediton and Hamlets War Memorial, Union Road, parade them proceeding down Market Street to Town Square.

2.30pm to 4.30pm - Wren Music Presents Shore to Shore, songs from Devon and Newfoundland, Jim Payne, Marilyn Tucker and Paul Wilson, Crediton Library, £10, tickets at the door and online.

MONDAY 10

7pm - Doors open for 7.30pm talk, 1,000 years of history: highlights from Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives with reference to Crediton, Crediton Area History and Museum Society, admission £2 for members, £5 for non-members, tea, coffee and biscuits included on admission, Boniface Centre.

TUESDAY 11

10.50am - Gather for Armistice Day Ceremony, Crediton Town and Hamlets War Memorial, Union Road, Crediton, speech before 11am Two Minutes Silence. All welcome.

WEDNESDAY 12

7pm - Sustainable Crediton film, The Line We Crossed, Crediton Arts Centre, entry by donation, suggested £4, followed by discussion.

THURSDAY 13

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 - Join environmental campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole and writer, medievalist and naturalist Michael J Warren discussing his new book The Cuckoo’s Lea: The Forgotten History of Birds and Place. Tickets at £5 from the Bookshop or at www.thebookery.org.uk

FRIDAY 14

10.30am - Talk, Reforesting Devon, by Sir Harry Studholme, Thorverton Memorial Hall, The Devonshire Association Industrial Archaeology Section, £3 for Devonshire Association members, £5 for non-members, no booking required, lunch reservations can be made directly with The Thorverton Arms.

12.30pm to 2pm - Soup and Stories returns to the Bookery with varied themes in a warm space for community and conversation. Free of charge, open to all, no booking required.

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

7.30pm - Rosalie, One-woman play, Crediton Arts Centre, tickets £13/£11 from Crediton Arts Centre on 01363 773260 or via Ticketsource, concessions for under 18’s, full-time students and unemployed.

SATURDAY 15

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

11am to 4pm - Sandford Craft Fair, Sandford Parish Hall.

11am to 2pm - Second-Hand History Book Sale at Crediton Museum, 11am to 2pm. Donations, please, to support your local museum and history society.

12 noon to 7pm - Crediton Conversation Cafe Day of Wellness, Crediton Congregational Church, drumming, art, macrame, magic show, face painting, exhibition, concert with Ukrainian Singers, food.

7pm - Doors open for free concert by Seraph, Colebrooke Church, 7.30pm start, refreshments served during interval, donations welcome.

7pm - Doors open for Bingo, The Old Town Hall, Crediton, eyes down 7.30pm, in aid of CODS, over 18’s only, bar, refreshments, books £6, flyer music round £3, cash and card payments.

WEDNESDAY 19

10am to 12 noon - Crediton U3A, talk by Alex Liger, Working with the Military: Television presenters under stress, Boniface Centre, £2 includes refreshments, open to all.

7pm - Film Night at The Bookery, a double bill of locally made films shot on location on Dartmoor and in East Budleigh with Philip Reeve and Jeff Sleeman. Tickets at £5 from the Bookshop or at www.thebookery.org.uk

THURSDAY 20

Small Business Saturday tour comes to Crediton.

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 21 NOVEMBER

10.30am to 12 noon - Going for a Sing, Boniface Centre.

12.30pm to 2pm - Soup and Stories returns to the Bookery with varied themes in a warm space for community and conversation. Free of charge, open to all, no booking required.

4.30pm to 8.30pm - RHS Glow, RHS Garden Rosemoor, until December 30. New features, redesigned Winter Garden, light installations. Festive shopping and seasonal treats. Prices for members £8.25 for adults, £4.50 for children. Non-member prices £13.50 for adults, £7.25 for children. Under-fives go free. Book online: rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor/whats-on/rosemoor-glow.

6.30pm - Doors open for Bingo, Morchard Bishop Football Club, eyes down 7.45pm, Memorial Hall.

7.30pm - Red Dirt Band, Crediton Arts Centre, tickets £10/£8.

SATURDAY 22

10am to 2pm St Nicholas Fair, Boniface Centre, stalls, refreshments, tomobola, toys, gifts, ELF stall.

Repair Cafe, Elephant on the Green.

6.45pm - Voices for Gaza, music, hear Palestinian stories, sample Palestinian food, bring cash for donations, Boniface Centre.

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