Totnes Fringe Festival – Look Busy – Comedy
When robots take our jobs, what happens next? Judie Boom blends stand-up and surreal props with Black Mirror-esque storytelling. A funny, hopeful solo show exploring AI, automation and the future of work.
Saturday 11th July 2026 | 1pm
Totnes Fringe Festival – Running Commentary – Spoken Word/Comedy
41-year-old poet P Burton-Morgan finds themselves newly single and keen to join the local running club. This solo show is a silly, sweaty, sexy romp - don’t forget to stretch first!
Saturday 11th July 2026 | 4pm
Totnes Fringe Festival – The Great Divinator – Comedy/Magic
Fake moustache. Real mindreading. This combines outrageous comedy, impossible predictions and audience participation inside a chaotic evening of theatrical deception. Expect quick wit, unexpected revelations and playful absurdity from a performer delighting in mystery and mischief.
Saturday 11th July 2026 | 7pm
Totnes Fringe Festival – Full Frontal Mikey Mode – Comedy
Comedian Mikey delivers a glorious hour of clowning, awkwardness and freakish charm. The show embraces vulnerability, absurdity and playful audience connection, creating comedy that feels simultaneously ridiculous, heartfelt and joyfully unpredictable from beginning to end.
Saturday 11th July 2026 | 9pm
Totnes Fringe Festival – The Skin Show – Theatre
THE SKIN SHOW Fringe Future Winner: Part folk-horror séance, part surreal cabaret, this blends dark comedy, drag energy and unsettling storytelling into a strange theatrical ritual. Tender, eerie and funny, this performance explores identity, transformation and the things we hide beneath the surface.
Sunday 12th July 2026 | 2pm
Totnes Fringe Festival – Superstar in Therapy – Theatre
A former pop icon confronts fame, identity and reinvention inside this intimate solo performance. Blending music, storytelling and dark humour, Superstar in Therapy explores celebrity culture, personal collapse and survival with warmth, vulnerability and emotional honesty.
Sunday 12th July 2026 | 6pm
Totnes Fringe Festival – Plain Bob – Family Show
Plain Bob is a joyful puppet show for younger audiences, filled with humour, original music and visual storytelling. Using puppetry, mime and playfulness, this performance celebrates imagination, curiosity and the extraordinary possibilities hidden within ordinary moments.
Sunday 12th July 2026 | 11:30am
Totnes Fringe Festival – An Evening with Roberta Calamari – Comedy
Ink-redible news! Roberta is back with her cabaret extravaganza — An Evening with Roberta Calamari! With her dazzling vocals, scandalous comedy, and sequins for days. She’ll serving enough camp to qualify as a national park! See you there, squids!
Sunday 12th July 2026 | 9:30pm
Poets and Pints Open Mic
Come on down and sign up to read your poem or just relax with a pint/glass of vino/OR ginger beer for a fun evening of poetry at the mic. This month's featured poet is Collette Hurley.
Monday 13th July 2026 | 7:30pm
Free Garden Party with Mabonman + Guest DJ Anandi Rama
MABONMAN is joined by guest DJ ANANDI RAMA. Expect the usual genre-bending rhythms, sunny vibes and fresh pints in the beer garden.
Friday 17th July 2026 | 7pm-11:30pm
Free Garden Party with Mabonman + Guest DJ VYTL
MABONMAN is joined by guest DJ VYTL. Expect the usual genre-bending rhythms, sunny vibes and fresh pints in the beer garden.
Saturday 18th July 2025 | 7pm-11:30pm
Sing-Along-Sunday with Andy Hill
Join Andy Hill for a jolly good sing-along around the Library Bar piano. Expect popular hits from the 60s to the 90s, Disney, showtunes, Beatles, ABBA and oodles of guilty-pleasure pop
Sunday 19th July 2025 | 5pm-8pm
Chris Brain
Chris Brain is a Yorkshire-based folk singer-songwriter whose work sits firmly in the British pastoral tradition, shaped by close attention to place, memory and emotional nuance.
Tuesday 21st July 2026 | 7:30pm
Jam in the Barrel
"Jam in the Barrel" is the Totnes open jam night, where you can come and share your musical skills with others in our community, or just enjoy the vibe... playing, singing, gentle listening, and joyous dancing are all welcome.
Wednesday 22nd July 2026 | 8pm
Tamer Nafar – In the Name of The Father, The Imam & John Lennon (Revisited)
Tamer Nafar returns to Totnes with a newly evolved version of the show. If you saw it last year, this is your chance to experience how the work has grown. If you didn’t, this is a rare opportunity to encounter one of the most important voices in contemporary Palestinian culture up close.
Thursday 23rd July 2026 | 7:30pm
Free Garden Party with Mabonman + Guest DJ Muna
MABONMAN is joined by guest DJ MUNA. Expect the usual genre-bending rhythms, sunny vibes and fresh pints in the beer garden.
Friday 24th July 2026 | 7pm-11:30pm
Free Garden Party with Mabonman + Guest DJ Fuzija
MABONMAN is joined by guest DJ FUZIJA. Expect the usual genre-bending rhythms, sunny vibes and fresh pints in the beer garden.
Saturday 25th July 2026 | 7pm-11:30pm
Jazz at The Bazza – Mama Tokus & Friends
A regular 2026 Sunday session of soulful vocals, spoken word, jazz, fun & warmth with Mama Tokus overseeing proceedings. Expect good music and wordplay - and a great atmosphere, with sharing plates too!
Sunday 26th July 2026 | 3pm-6pm
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