October Half Term
Dartmouth Food Festival, 20th to 24th October
With over 80 exhibitors, celebrity chef demonstrations, a live music event in the Market Square, Children’s Day and an evening with Mitch & Friends, Dartmouth Food Festival 2010 promises something for everyone.
Coinciding with the first weekend of the busy October Half Term, Dartmouth Food Festival runs from 20-24 October 2010, with events taking place in Market Square, on South Embankment and, new for 2010, in Avenue Gardens. Visit the new official Dartmouth Food Festival website for further details
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Spooky & Fun Halloween Week at Woodlands park 23rd to 31st October 2010
Woodlands has a unique Halloween experience for all the family. Gruesome Ghost Train! New Phantom Pirates Maze with Captain Skeleton Scary but always fun there are free pumpkins with a carving workshop. Find the Haunted House Trick and Treat tickets, make creative masks, skeletons, cauldrons & spooky stuff in the workshop. Boldly travel on the Ghost Train past witches & chilling clowns to the Grim Graveyard. For the bravest is the Phantom Pirates Maze with Captain Skeleton and his beastly buddies. Saturday 31st brings the extra fun of Halloween Day. Dressed in your best Halloween costume you could win weirdly Woodlands prizes and join the Lantern Lit procession to the haunted lake to hear Woodlands own ghost story.
October Half Term at Pennywell (25th – 31st October)
Pumpkins, Piglets and Half Term Fun at Pennywell
October Half Term is fast approaching and Pennywell has lots of fun planned to make the week special for all the family. There’s nothing dark or spooky here as we focus on the treats rather than the tricks and celebrate Jollyween, Pennywell’s upbeat alternative to Halloween. Every child will have the opportunity to create a ‘Happy Pumpkin Face’ to take home with pumpkin carving taking place throughout the day. All your favourite Pennywell activities like ferret racing, piggy cuddles and bottle feeding will carry on in addition to special seasonal activities like pumpkin mask making, apple bobbing and seed planting. It all adds up to a day of fun, whatever the weather.
Additional entertainment will be provided by Nutty Noah on 25, 28 and 29th Oct with Ben Cornish on 26 and 27th Oct. There will also be two falconry displays every day either outside or in the Pennywell theatre depending on the weather. All the Pennywell animals will be hoping for their last cuddle of the season and there are plenty of the world famous Pennywell Miniature Piglets to get acquainted with. Run Rabbit Go Carts are for all children over eight and all the family will be given tickets to ride on the Rainbow Railway, Tractor and Trailer and the Red Rocket. The really great news is that everything is included in the admission price! Further information is on the website:
more information where you can also find out about and book your tickets for the Pennywell Christmas Nativity Plays.
Dartmouth Galleries Week - 22nd to 29th October 2010.
The Town's Art Galleries are opening their autumn exhibitions this week and welcome all to come along and browse the fine work on show.