Pete Atkin in Exeter

I'm promoting a gig by the legendary Pete Atkin downstairs at the Mermaid, Exeter on September 24th. Email vanished.venues@gmail.com for details or tickets

AWE 2025

From June 9 to 15th I'm organising an exhibition of Folklore, Art & Crafts, Poems & Zines, and Exeter Rock Memories, entitled 'Gathered from Coincidence'  for Art Week Exeter - located in the Maketank Unit, 5 Paris Street.

The artist/maker group includes The Folk Preservation Society (Amerie & Harry from Teignmouth), Clare Heaton – artist/soft sculptor, Jez Winship – photographer/writer, Whitney-Anne Baker – artist, Ruth Carpenter – artist, Siobhan Martin - artist, Lori Diggle - artist/writer, Sue Freestone - artist, Sam Harrison – artist, Steve Brown – exhibition curator/artist, Nomi McCleod - artist, Anne Griffiths - artist; and FPS maker members - Dartmoor Leather, Hedgerow & Dandelion, Earthcult, Off The Hoof, DMRinDevon, Rima Staines, Crazy Tiger, Victoria Clarke, Suzi Crockford, Sculptworks.

The exhibition includes includes many kinds of art and crafts, and there is a strong Folkloric strand running through pieces exhibited by Teignmouth’s Folk Preservation Society and its maker/members. This strand follows through into some of the other artists’ work, which includes imagery, soft sculpture, textiles and photography. In addition, the exhibition includes poetry, zines & artist books, and a reprise of Exeter’s Vanished Rock Venues. In short, there is something for everyone!

Playing Live

In January 2025 Pete and I played a couple of short sets, as 'The Cancelled Thursdays', and with 'The Stalactites', for the Cave social at the Alice Cross Centre.