The Raising Spirit Festival is a brand new music event coming to Dorset 18-20 June 2021. We caught up with festival organisers to discover the
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Bristol Drive-in Cinema, September 2020
This September, Bristol Airport will be transformed into a giant drive-in cinema by @TheDriveIn. At the moment, details are a little light, but the event
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Drive-in and outdoor cinema in Bournemouth, Dorset & Southampton
This August and September, a host of classic and contemporary movies are being screened outdoors in Dorset and Hampshire. Drive-in cinemas are popping up at
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Summer screenings – open-air cinema in Devon and Cornwall
Summer 2020 is going to be different, with many annual events being cancelled or postponed. However, for film lovers, there are a host of pop-up
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Greenway House: Agatha Christie’s Devon Retreat
Greenway House occupies a stunning position above the River Dart. Set in luscious gardens complete with Torbay palms and a boathouse on the estuary, it’s
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Land’s End to John O’Groats – The Women’s End2End relay
This April sees the start of the Women’s End2End hiking relay organised by the Love Her Wild community. It will stretch the length of the
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Don’t Walk Down There – Spooky Tales from the West Country
Welcome travellers to a special Westcountry Weekender blog where we catch up with Nick, creator of the Don’t Walk Down There video web series, exploring
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Events in Bristol: January 2020
Bristol is the perfect place to be this January if you want to beat the winter blues and try something new. We’ve taken a look at the events, shows, exhibitions and festivals coming to Bristol this month and picked a selection of our favourites.
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RAMM Lates: a night at Exeter’s Museum
Last Friday, Exeter’s RAMM museum hosted the first RAMM Lates. It was an evening of music, performance, storytelling and culture and we were thrilled to
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Westcountry Wasps: Devon & Cornwall’s inclusive rugby team
We’re no strangers to muddy boots at Westcountry Weekender, but it’s been a little while since we ran around a rugby pitch. Thankfully we’re in
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Wallace and Gromit trail in Bristol
This summer there was a new Wallace and Gromit trail in Bristol. The Grand Appeal sculpture trail, starring Wallace, Gromit and The Wrong Trousers’ baddie Feathers McGraw,
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Flying high at Exmouth Kite Festival
The Exmouth Kite Festival is an annual celebration of kites in the seaside town of Exmouth. Besides a few failed childhood attempts at kite-flying, we’ve
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