The Dartmoor Tors Festival has been conceived by Sophie Pierce and Alex Murdin, who have lived on Dartmoor for over 25 years. It will explore and celebrate the culture of Dartmoor and our emotional connection with wild, ancient places. We aim to present diverse cultural, social and political responses to the natural world – all through the lens of Dartmoor as a place. There will be talks and conversations, walks, and performances, and the whole thing will kick off with a Dartmoor Feast at historic St Lawrence’s Chapel in Ashburton.
The Festival is being put on in partnership with Ashburton Arts Centre and Field System Gallery, and has the support of Dartmoor National Park.
All events are ticketed separately. For the Friday and Saturday events taking place in Ashburton, as well as the Sunday event with Beltane Border, find tickets HERE. For these events there are three prices to suit all pockets. Please pay what you can to support the artists and the Arts Centre, and if you want to attend lots of events, then the bottom price makes the Festival quite affordable. If, for example, you want to attend all five daytime events on Saturday, you can effectively buy yourself a day ticket for £35 by choosing to purchase each event at the cheapest price.
The other events on the Monday and during the following week can be booked by following the links at the bottom of the relevant page on our website.
Alex Murdin is an artist and curator who has lived on Dartmoor for over 25 years making art for public places across the UK as ruralrecreation.org.uk Inspired by the moor’s granite landscape, he makes art to reconnect human and non-human worlds lithicality.space
Sophie Pierce is a writer and former BBC journalist. She is the author of The Green Hill, a memoir about love, loss and the Devon landscape, and co-author, with Matt Newbury, of 5 wild swimming guides sophiepierce.co.uk.
Featured photo and home page photography by Emma Stoner