Gwenno
PERFORMANCE: Gwenno Saunders Saturday 2nd May, 19:30, Ashburton Arts Centre “Spacey, strange and richly melodic” – The Guardian Celebrating the ancient Celtic connections between Devon, …
Field System May Day Revels – Craven & Stone Club
PERFORMANCE: Field System presents May Day Revels – Film and Folk Friday May 1st, 19:30, Ashburton Arts Centre Field System presents an evening of May …
Gudula’s Gathering
PERFORMANCE: Well dressing and procession – a new May ritual for Ashburton Sunday May 3rd, 16:00, outside Ashburton Arts – FREE – All welcome – …
Tor Tales
PERRFORMANCE: Tor Tales – a story journey across Dartmoor with magical storyteller Sara Hurley Sunday May 3rd, 11:00 – 12:15, Ashburton Arts Centre This land …
Peter Randall-Page – a life in stone
TALK: Peter Randall-Page – in conversation about his sculpture and a life in stone Saturday 2nd May, 11:00, Ashburton Arts Centre Peter Randall-Page RA in …
Wild inks from Dartmoor – Forage and Print
WORKSHOP: Wild inks from Dartmoor – Forage and Print – learn about natural inks with Princetown Press, innovative artists working in a studio at the …
A Dartmoor Conversation – 6000 years of people and places
TALK: A Dartmoor Conversation – 6000 years of people and places with Chris Chapman and Alan Endacott Friday May 1st , 15:30-16:30, Ashburton Arts …
Field System Morris May Day Mayhem
PERFORMANCE: Field System presents – A celebration of Beltane with Grimspound Border Morris and Newton Bushel Morris Saturday May 2nd, 16:00, outside Ashburton Arts Centre …
Field System – I dreamed another’s dream…
EXHIBITION: I dreamed another’s dream…. Private View: Friday 1st May, 17:00 – 19:00, Field System Gallery This free exhibition brings together new work from Lally …
Cole Stacey
PERFORMANCE: Cole Stacey – Dartmoor folk music from the heart Thursday 30th May, 19:30, Ashburton Arts Centre “A magnificent sound” – BBC Radio 5 Live …
Tales of the Tors
WALK: Tales of the Tors with Paul Rendell Thursday 7th May, 09:30 – 12:00, Haytor Join Dartmoor Guide Paul Rendell on exploration of five spectacular …
Wheel of the Year Workshop – The Fires of Beltane
WORKSHOP: Wheel of the Year – The Fires of Beltane, learning about the Pagan calendar with Rebecca Beattie Saturday 2nd May, 12:15 – 14:15, The …
The Dewerstone – a mindful walk
WALK: The Dewerstone – mindfulness with Hannah Durdin and Helen Bruce Friday 1st May, 11:00 – 14:00, Cadover Bridge Car Park, FREE BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL A …
Sunset at Shoveldown – Astronomy and Ancient Stones
WALK: Sunset at Shoveldown – Astronomy and Ancient Stones with archeoastronomer Carolyn Kennett and guide Paul Rendell Sunday 3rd May, 19:15 – 21:30, Batsworthy Corner …
Traces of our ancestors – 12,000 years of Dartmoor archaeology
TALK: Traces of our ancestors: 12,000 years of Dartmoor archaeology with Dr Lee Bray Saturday 2nd May, 12:30, Ashburton Arts Centre The history of human …
Lines of Granite
WALK: Lines of Granite – a drawing walk to Bench Tor with Kay Pearson Friday 1st May, 09:30 – 12:30, Venford Reservoir Sometimes to walk …
Into the Crucible
WALK: Into the Crucible – with artist Garry Fabian Miller and writer Fiona Williams Sunday May 3rd, 10:00 – 13:00, Dunstone Down How do places …
Enchanted Landscapes – Wistmans Wood and Crockern Tor
WALK: Enchanted Landscapes: Wistmans Wood and Crockern Tor – stories from the heart of the moor with Lisa Schneidau and Sara Hurley, led by Gillian …
Edward Bray’s Druidical Stones – Bardic Runes and Poetic Dedications
WALK: Edward Bray’s Druidical Stones: Bardic Runes and Poetic Dedications with Simon Dell Saturday 2nd May 2026, 2pm, Two Bridges The Reverend Bray’s inscribed stones …
Dawn and Stones
WALK: Dawn and Stones – a Processional Walk to Drizzlecombe with archaeoastronomer Carolyn Kennett Monday 4th May, 04:15 – 06:30, Gutter Tor Join archaeoastronomer Carolyn …
Moon and Stone – Ghosts and Legends at Drizzlecombe
WALK: Moon and Stone – Ghosts and Legends at Drizzlecombe with Paul Rendell Friday 1st, May, 19:30 – 21:30, Gutter Tor Join Dartmoor Guide Paul …
The Ancient Sites of Merrivale & their Landscape Settings
WALK: The Ancient Sites of Merrivale & their Landscape Settings with shamans Peter Knight and Sue Wallace-Knight Sunday 3rd May, 13:00, Merrivale Dartmoor is well-known …
Dartmoor Elements – Walking with Words
WALK: Dartmoor Elements – Walking with Words, poetry and performance with MED Theatre Saturday 2nd May, 10:00 – 12:15, Dartmeet Become immersed with the MED …
Celebrating Beltane Walk
WALK: Celebrating Beltane with Dartmoor’s Daughter Friday 1st May, 09:00 – 13:00, Dunnabridge Up to a thousand people once crossed Dartmoor on foot, horseback, and …
Field System – Black Dogs and Wisht Hounds
WALK: Field System presents Black Dogs and Wisht Hounds around Hound Tor with storyteller Helen Bruce Saturday 2nd May, 11:00 – 14:00, Hound Tor Join …
Sumer Is Icumen In – Beltane at Ringmoor Down
WALK: Sumer Is Icumen In: Beltane at Ringmoor Down – a stroll through prehistory with archaeoastronomer Carolyn Kennett and Dartmoor guide Paul Rendell Monday 4th …
The Dawn Chorus on Dartmoor
WALK: The Dawn Chorus on Dartmoor – listen to the music of the trees with sound artist Tony Whitehead Saturday May 2nd, 05:00, New Bridge …
Nature Recovery on Dartmoor – Is it too late?
TALK: Nature recovery on Dartmoor: is it too late? with Richard Drysdale (Dartmoor National Park) , Tracy May (Dartmoor Commoners Council), Lisa Schneidau (Dartmoor Nature …
Words from the Wild – Poetry and Place
TALK: Words from the wild: poetry and place – conversations and readings with poets Jane Lovell and Mark Haworth Booth Sunday 3rd May, 11:00, Ashburton …
Beavers, Boar and More – Getting Real about Rewilding
TALK: Beavers, Boar and More – Getting Real about Rewilding with conservationist Derek Gow and writer Chantal Lyons Sunday 3rd May 09:30, Ashburton Arts Centre …
Liturgies of the Wild – Reshaping our Stories
TALK: Liturgies of the Wild: Reshaping our Stories, mythologist Martin Shaw in conversation with writer Lucy Cooper Sunday 3rd May, 14:00, Ashburton Arts Centre Martin …
Love, Loss and Landscape – the Wild and the Ancient
TALK: Love, loss and landscape: the wild and the ancient with writers Fiona Robertson and Sophie Pierce, chaired by Kirsteen McNish Saturday 2nd May, 14:00, …
Bewitched by Dartmoor – Natural Magic and Modern Paganism
TALK: Bewitched by Dartmoor – Natural Magic and Modern Paganism, Rebecca Beattie in conversation with Sarah Ransome Saturday 2nd May 09:30, Ashburton Arts Centre What …