Get Ready for a Weekend of Fun!
During this summer weekend, our green space will come alive with an exciting line-up of entertainment for all! Enjoy immersive outdoor theatre, brand-new performances, open-air cinema, crafts, graffiti art, puppetry, interactive theatre workshops, and so much more!
🎟️ Wristbands just £5! A wristband gives you access to all paid events across the weekend! Just remember: seating is first come, first served, so arrive early for the shows you don’t want to miss.
Check out the full list of wristband-only shows below and start planning your weekend! 👇
Click here to book your wristband
Welcome Weekender 2025 Events
RSVP
Red Yellow Blue
In The Lady Garden
Lovett
Mind Games
Daughter
Audrey’s Alternative Tours - Cucumbers & Seaweed
Finding Connie Converse
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Queen of the Shadows
Underbelly
Outdoor Cinema: Wicked
The Mushroom Show
Nick Cope: I've Lost My Bobble Hat
Splat!
Outdoor Cinema: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Book your Welcome Weekender 2025 Wristband
A wristband gives you access to all paid events across the weekend! Just remember: seating is first come, first served, so arrive early for the shows you don’t want to miss.
🥳 There’s plenty of free fun too! Just turn up and join us for the following fantastic free activities:
Graffiti Workshops
Where: Landmark Lawn
When: 11am-4pm Saturday and Sunday
Have a go Graffiti and Street Art workshops with Silk Crystal. Dan is an Ilfracombe based street artist whose work you will no doubt of seen in a few local spots including The Arches, High Street, Ropery Road as well as North Devon attractions The Milky Way and Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park.
Ages 8 plus (under 14’s must be accompanied by a parent)
Funky young artists under 8 are welcome to join us for some chalk pavement art!!
No charge – all materials and masks provided
Arts and Chalks
Where: Foyer and outside
When: 11am-4pm Saturday & Sunday
Get creative with our team of artists at the Welcome Week(ender). You could join us for chalk drawing on the concourse or get involved with a variety of arts and crafts.
Open to people of all ages but under 3’s will need to be supervised!
Circus Drop In
Where: Outside
When: 11am-4pm Saturday
Come and have a go at learning some circus skills. We’ll have lots of fun equipment like scarves, rings, diablos, juggling and hula hoops ready for you to try, along with a member of our team on hand for anyone who wants to learn some new skills!
Open to people of all ages but under 3’s will need to be supervised!
Face painting with Fizzgog
Where: Outside / Foyer
When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday & Sunday
The talented Fizzgog will transform your face into a magical masterpiece! Will you be a brave superhero, pretty princess or something else?
Balloon Animals
Where: Outside / Foyer
When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday & Sunday
Squeaky bendable fun with Dave Hendy and Matt Lemon. Catch them roaming around all weekend and see what animals they can create!
Panto Crafts
Where: Outside
When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday & Sunday
Release your inner dame! Cut, stick and bejewel with a pantomime twist, as you invent marvellous creations fit for the stage!
Tin Can Alley
Where: Outside
When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday & Sunday
Test your aim and knock ’em down! The classic Tin Can Alley game is FREE to play all weekend.
T-shirt & Postcard Printing
Where: Outside near Graffiti
When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday & Sunday
Join Silk Crystal to get creative and print your own t-shirt or postcard.
Additional charges apply.
Aerial & Tightwire
Where: Outside
When: 11am-2.30pm Sunday
Come and have a go at learning some circus skills. We will have our ariel rig setup along with our tightwire for anyone who’s feeling brave. Have some fun, try something new and get a taste of aerial skills.
Subject to Health and Safety some activities may have an age or height restriction.
Ysknna Up Close
Where: outside
When: 11am-4pm Sunday
Following last year’s performance of Lowena, the south west’s leading international vertical dance company are returning to the welcome weekend and giving you a chance to get up close. Expect some demonstrations, improvised performances and a chance to get up close and learn about ariel performance.
Big Messy Paint!
Where: The Pavillion
When: Sunday 1pm-3.30pm
A big messy painting session perfect for little creatives between the age of 5-8! Join us in the pavilion and help us make a big creative mess!
Potion Making
Where: The Art Space
When: Sunday 11am-3pm
We will be making magic potions and mystical grog on Sunday in our Art Space. Come on in and make your very own marvellous and magnificent brew!