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The oldest purpose-built custom house in England, hosting a variety of arts and cultural events and activities.
Ahoy! ⚓ Dive into #MaritimeCraftsDay this Sat 5 July (11am–4pm) at East Quay, Exeter 🌊
🛠️ Meet boatbuilders
⛵ Explore historic vessels
🪢 Try knot-tying
🎶 Enjoy live music & local bites
A free, hands-on day for all ages! 🧭🛶 #ExeterEvents
More info: exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/mariti...
On Wednesday evening #QuayWords welcomes author Philip Marsden to the Exeter Custom House.
He will be giving an illustrated talk on his latest book, Under a Metal Sky: A Journey through Minerals, Greed and Wonder.
Find out more and book:
quaywords.org.uk/events/under...
#JuneBoom
Tomorrow evening (Thursday), our Cultural Partners at Art Work Exeter are hosting a film screening of TerraForma here, followed by a conversation.
Find out more about the film:
exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/art-wo...
The popular Heritage Harbour Festival sails back into Exeter’s stunning waterfront this Sunday.
We’re thrilled to welcome back The Liberty Sisters, who will be bringing vintage charm and toe-tapping tunes to the quayside from 12:15–1:00pm & 2:30–3:15pm.
exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/herita...
🚢 Set sail with the first-ever Bowlines Maritime Literary Festival – 6 & 7 June at Exeter Custom House!
Dive into tales of the sea, naval fiction & history.
🎟 Limited tickets left!
🔗 www.exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/bow-lines
#BowlinesFestival #Exeter
🚂⚓ Get ready – the Heritage Harbour Festival is BACK! 🎉
Join us on Sunday 8 June for a full day of FREE fun celebrating our Heritage Harbour status! Expect steam boats, classic cars, railways, traction engines, plus live music & much more🎺🚘🔥🛥️
exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/herita...
🎉 June Boom is coming! Exeter’s packed with music, comedy, festivals, workshops & more all month long.
Explore what’s on and plan your June: visitexeter.com/juneboom
#JuneBoom #Exeter #InExeter #VisitExeter #ExeterCulture
We have just released a very limited number of one-day tickets for our Bowlines Maritime Literary Festival (10 each day). Do join us for what promises to be an incredible celebration of maritime history and naval fiction on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June.
exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/bow-li...
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Join Art Work Exeter this tomorrow for the next of their hands-on, artist-led activities as part of their Pile Up! Worlds of Stuff season.
Storm Machine 2
Bring scrap materials to life with electronics and give old devices a new life as storm bringers.
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The Exeter Custom House is delighted to be a venue for this year's Exeter Comedy Festival. Come and join us for a healthy dose of laughter, washed down with drinks from our fully licensed bar.
Find out more:
exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/exeter...
***WHAT'S ON AROUND THE QUAY***
Our friends at AS Watersports have created a really egg-citing Easter Egg Canoe Trail. They have hidden 6 colourful Easter Eggs between their shop and the Double Locks pub. Book a canoe or kayak from them until 21st April, collect your egg checklist and win a prize.
A reminder that our Cultural Partners at @literatureworks.bsky.social are currently running a Young Writers' Flash Fiction Competition as part of their Quay Words programme.
Why not make the most of the Easter break to write a Flash Fiction story on the theme of ‘Generation'?
We have a new FREE art exhibition opening on Saturday.
'Afloat or Ashore' showcases the winners from a competition held in partnership between National Historic Ships UK ,Royal Society of Marine Artists and The Wapping Group of Artists.
www.exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/afloat-or-shore-exhibition
Calling all budding young Mystery Writers!!
The Easter school holidays are the perfect time for promising writers, aged 8-18, to enter our Young People’s Mystery Short Story Writing Competition
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Join our Cultural Partners from Art Work Exeter throughout April, May and June for Pile Up! Worlds of Stuff - a programme of art, talks and activities that creatively measure and value our contemporary worlds of stuff and explore how they are piling up!
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Art Work Exeter are running a series of workshops which explore the question, "how do we know what’s useful and valuable and what is waste?"
In the first workshops (next weekend) you can use junk to make improvised instruments and make eco-friendly prints from plants found around the quayside.
Do share this amazing opportunity with anyone you know aged 16-19 with an interest in writing.
These pay what you can writing workshops are hosted by the brilliant Malaika Kegode.
Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival
***Meet the Speakers***
Dr Sam Willis will be opening proceedings on the Friday of the festival. He is an award-winning historian, archaeologist and broadcaster whose work takes him on adventures all over the world.
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The full programme for our first ever Bowlines Maritime Festival is now available with tickets on sale. Join us in June when we tie together fact and fiction in maritime history.
Find out more:
exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/bow-li...
Our Cultural Partners at Literature Works are looking for a for a Summer 2025 writer-in-residence as part of their #QuayWords programme.
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"I can see the sunshine after the rain..."
It's lovely down on the Exeter Quay at the moment and the forecast is looking great, if not a tad chilly over the next couple of days. Do pop down and see u
Graphic saying Quay Words is seeking a freelance writer/practitioner to held develop a programme of activity at Exeter Custom House for young writers aged 16-19 during out Spring Season in March/April 2025. Apply by 29th January 2025. The following photos are on the graphic 📷 Young writers during a free creative writing camp in Autumn half term 2021, produced in partnership with Exeter City Council and Magic Carpet for young people aged 13 - 16yrs old. 📷 The prizegiving event for our annual young writers’ flash fiction competition with special guest Michael Morpurgo in the Transit Shed in July 2021.
Our Cultural Partners at #QuayWords are seeking a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with them on developing a Spring 2025 programme of activity for young writers aged 16-19.
Applications close at 5pm on 29th January.
Details here: quaywords.org.uk/work-with-us...
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