The jazz festival umbrella parade
For the first time, the annual jazz festival in Lyme Regis will be extended to a Jazz, Blues and Beer Festival in 2012. The festival will be held from Friday, May 25th to Sunday, May 27th in the Marine Theatre, Royal Lion Hotel, Pilot Boat Inn and Masonic Hall.
The festival will be officially opened by the Mayor of Lyme Regis in a ceremony with live music at Cobb Gate at 4:00pm on Friday 25th. The annual Jazz Festival Umbrella Parade will take place at 10:30am on Saturday 26th.
There will also be on offer specially-brewed, jazz-theme beers from The Mighty Hop Brewery, Town Mill Brewery and the Art Brew on offer during the Saturday and Sunday at the Marine Theatre.
Holiday cottages in Lyme Regis
Fun at the Fossil Festival
The fabulous Fossil Festival in Lyme Regis is great fun for all of the family and a great opportunity to learn about the formation of our planet and The Jurassic Coast in particular.
There will be a Grand Marquee with free entry full of hands-on activities for all ages. There are also related music and theatrical productions and fossil walks and talks. You can visit the Travelling Pliosaur Cinema and take a simulated flight along the Jurassic Coast.
Dozens of scientists from the Natural History Museum will be on hand to chat with visitors, and the British Antarctic Survey will be back too, with all the kit they use to keep warm in the frozen South!
Holiday cottages available around Lyme Bay from 4th May.
Bridport Music
Record Store Day sees independently owned record shops join forces with artists to celebrate music. Record Store Day came into being in 2007 when over 700 independent stores in the USA came together to celebrate their unique culture. The UK followed suit and 2012 will see the fourth celebration of the UK’s unique independent sector.
At Bridport Music in South Street, Bridport, there will be free cakes plus live acoustic performances from ukulele group the Bucky Don’ts, Peter Millson, Jinder, Gravity Drive, Lucy 9mm, Declan Duffy, Teenage Wasteland, Marshall Stapleton and Mitch.
The South Street shop will open at 8.30am and have a host of local musicians giving instore performances throughout the day on Saturday April 21st.
Discover Exeter with the help of a guide
Red Coat Guided Tours are the perfect way to explore Exeter, one of the oldest cities in England. A variety of tours are available, each one focussing on a different aspect of Exeter’s history.
The tours operate throughout the year except Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and they are free. No booking is required, simply choose a tour, meet your Red Coat Guide and spend 90 minutes discovering the city. Tours begin outside the Royal Clarence Hotel in Cathedral Yard, or from the Quay House Visitor Centre.
All tours are 90 minutes long, except ‘Exeter’s City Wall’ and ‘Exeter’s Canal and Boat Trip’ which last two hours, ‘Introducing Exeter’ which lasts one hour and the ‘Custom House Tour’, which lasts 30 minutes.
Bridport’s ‘From Page to Screen’ is the UK’s only film festival celebrating the art of adapting books into film. This year the festival is curated by Francine Stock, novelist, critic and presenter of Radio Four’s Film Programme.
The festival gives new and classic adaptations a fascinating context with discussions and workshops with authors, screenwriters, directors and film academics.
The film festival runs from 11th – 15th April, 2012.
