Devon hosts dozens of festivals every year, spread right across the county and every genre you can think of. Whether you're after a world-class folk weekend, a free seafood feast or a full-scale music festival, here's how the Devon festival calendar breaks down.
Music festivals in Devon
From Beautiful Days on the Escot estate to GoldCoast Oceanfest on the beach at Croyde, Devon's music festivals make the most of their settings. Smaller towns run brilliant weekends too, like the free Dart Music Festival in Dartmouth.
Food and drink festivals
Food is Devon's strongest suit. Flavour Fest in Plymouth, the Dartmouth Food Festival, England's Seafood FEAST in Brixham and a long list of town food fairs mean there's always somewhere to eat your way around the county.
Folk, literature and the arts
The seaside towns hold their own on culture: Sidmouth Folk Festival is a global draw, while the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Appledore Book Festival and the International Agatha Christie Festival keep Devon's literary reputation strong.
Across the county
Devon's festivals reach every corner — Exeter and Plymouth in the cities, Torquay and the English Riviera, the surf coast around Croyde and Barnstaple in the north, and the South Hams towns of Totnes, Dartmouth and Salcombe. Wherever you are, there's usually something on nearby.