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What's On in Torquay

2009

Scare Show and Dinner at Kent's Caverns from July 1st - August 31st.  See these famous caves in a new light f you dare!!

Cockington Proms in the Park July 12th

Riviera Classic Car Show 26th July-Paignton Seafront

Torbay Lifeboat Week July 20th - 26th.

Torbay Week 21st July - 26th

Marldon Apple Fair July 25th

Torbay Steam Fair - 31st July - 2nd August

Paignton Regatta 9th-17th August - Paignton

Paignton Children's Week August 17th - 23rd

Brixham Regatta - 13th-18th August - Brixham

Torbay Marathon - August 23rd

Nigeria Elephant Week, Paignton Zoo between August 24th - 31st.

August 25th - Fireworks off Corbyn Head - a front row seat can be had at The Grand!

RED ARROWS August 26th.  See it all from a comfortable spot at The Grand.

Cowes-Torquay-Cowes Powerboat race  August 28th - 30th

Dartmouth Regatta & Fireworks 27th-29th August - Dartmouth

Agatha Christie Festival - September 14th - 20th

Macbeth at Kent's Caverns.  October 28th - 31st.

And There's More!

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A young Agatha Christie

The Agatha Christie Festival

The  Festival celebrates the most popular author of all time returns to the English Riviera for its 5th year in 2009.
Each year there are murder mystery dinner dances, tea dances, river and sea cruises, talks, seminars, plays and film screenings, as well as a classic car treasure hunt. Agatha Christie is inextricably associated with the area, having grown up in Torquay and later purchasing Greenway on the banks of the River Dart as her holiday home. The towns and surrounding countryside are scattered with landmarks familiar from her novels and influential in her life.

Anthony Gormley sculptures off the Crosby shore

Turner Prize winner Anthony Gormley in Torquay

 Field for the British Isles by Antony Gormley  27 June – 23 August, Torre Abbey (by The Grand Hotel) 
Antony Gormley's Field for the British Isles will be the centrepiece of a year of contemporary art in the ancient setting of Torre Abbey in Torquay. Famous for his giant sculpture, Angel of the North, Gormley's Turner Prize-winning Field series is a startling and arresting sight: 40,000 of unglazed, fired, small clay figures, standing closely together, all staring towards the viewer. The figures will fill much of the Abbey's huge Spanish Barn and the exhibition will be open to the public free of charge.

The Proms at Cockington

Cockington Proms in the Park

Music is the high note of the day at Cockington Country Park on July 12th.  Gates open at 3pm with the Half Quartet with Live Sax at 3.30pm; at 5pm it's Gypsy Fire; The Westward Symphony Orchestra and Keedie Babb plays out at 7pm.  Advance tickets available from the website or by calling 01803 606035.