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Things to do in and around Exeter: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.

Top story Christmas at Powderham 2026: light walk from 29 November, £11 adult Powderham's Christmas light walk opens on Sunday 29 November and runs to 30 December. Tickets £11 adult, £8.80 child, grotto £11.95, parking £5.50 a car. · 7 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 21 Feb Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi RAMM · From £6
  2. On now to 17 Oct Little Shop of Horrors Exeter Northcott Theatre · From £21.50
  3. On now to 31 Oct Pumpkin Fest at Darts Farm Darts Farm · From £5
  4. On now to 31 Oct Halloween Spook-Fest at Crealy Crealy Theme Park and Resort · From £20
  5. On now to 17 Oct The Gondoliers Barnfield Theatre · From £12
  6. 16 to 31 Oct Exeter Cathedral Photography Exhibition Exeter Cathedral
  7. 16 to 25 Oct An Audience with a Ghost Hunter St Nicholas Priory
  8. Fri 16 Oct Too Much Too Young: the story of 2Tone and beyond 8pm · Exeter Corn Exchange · From £28.50
  9. Sat 17 Oct Exeter Riverside parkrun 9am · Exeter Quay and River Valley Park · Free
  10. Sat 17 Oct Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 7.30pm · Exeter Corn Exchange · From £26.50
  11. Sat 17 Oct Sam Campbell: Kid Giblet 7.30pm · The Great Hall · From £31
  12. Sun 18 Oct Trafalgar Day Service 11.45am · Exeter Cathedral · Free

More stories

Halloween Exeter Halloween 2026: pumpkins, ghost hunts and a free ghost walk Halloween in Exeter is Saturday 31 October. Darts Farm Pumpkin Fest is £5, Crealy Spook-Fest from £20, plus priory ghost hunts and a free Red Coat ghost walk. · 7 min read Christmas Exeter ice rink 2026: opens 20 November at Northernhay Gardens Exeter's undercover real ice rink opens at Northernhay Gardens on Friday 20 November and runs to 3 January. Opening weekend skating £15.50 adult, £12.50 child. · 4 min read Community St Sidwell's Exeter: Fungi Supper 4 Nov, Free BSL Café St Sidwell's Community Centre has a fungi talk and supper on 4 November, £10 to £20; its 15 October seed night is off the list. Free BSL café weekly. · 6 min read Charity Light Beam Appeal: £835,000 for Tattoo-Free Radiotherapy The Light Beam Appeal needs £835,000 for tattoo-free radiotherapy cameras at the RD&E, used by 1,800 patients a year. What it buys and how to give. · 3 min read Events What's On in Exeter: ghost hunts, half term and fireworks night Free Cathedral Autumn Fair 13-14 October, priory ghost hunts from the 16th, Pumpkin Fest daily in half term, and both fireworks displays on Saturday 7 November. · 17 min read Remembrance Exeter Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November, cathedral 4pm Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Devon's county service is at Exeter Cathedral at 4pm, no booking; the city service is at the Northernhay war memorial. · 3 min read Christmas Santa's grotto in Exeter 2026: four to book, one free Where to meet Santa in Exeter for Christmas 2026: Winter Wonderland from 28 November, Crealy from £14, Darts Farm at £15 and Princesshay's free sleigh. · 4 min read Christmas Exeter Cathedral Christmas 2026: carols, services, tickets Exeter Cathedral's Christmas 2026: the free Lord Mayor's carol service on 7 December, free Grandisson carols 23 and 24 December, Midnight Mass and concerts. · 4 min read Christmas Exeter Christmas Market 2026: 13 Nov to 13 Dec, times set The Cathedral Green market opens 10am Friday 13 November and closes 5pm Sunday 13 December. Full daily hours, and why other listings show last year's dates. · 4 min read Exeter Exeter fireworks 2026: Westpoint on sale, both Sat 7 Nov Westpoint fireworks 2026 is Sat 7 Nov: 300 drones, advance tickets only, gates close 7pm. Topsham RFC is the same night, £10 adult, £6 child, no parking. · 13 min read Christmas Exeter panto 2026: Sleeping Beauty 27 Nov, Pinocchio £18.50 Sleeping Beauty opens at the Northcott on 27 November from £21.50; Pinocchio runs at the Corn Exchange from 12 December, now £18.50 to £28.50 a seat. · 5 min read Heritage Heritage Open Days Exeter 2026: What Ran, 11 to 20 Sept Heritage Open Days 2026 in Exeter has finished: 24 free events ran 11 to 20 September and Passages tours went in minutes. The full list, kept for 2027. · 7 min read