Upcoming  Events

• Gold Coast Oceanfest 15 - 17 June 2012 Croyde

  
  Every year on the Solstice Weekend in June a unique format of lifestyle sports takes place in an event where the top international freesports professionals enjoy a chilled ambience amongst the fiercest competition, against the backdrop of the North Devons' Gold Coast.

  By attracting world class athletes, there is hot competition including:

  **Surfing**
  **Beach Soccer**
  **Foot Volley and Beach Volleyball**
  **Aussie Surf Boats**
  **Ocean Surf-Skis**
  **Mountain Bike Trials**
  **Paddle Racing**
  **Aquathon**
  **Dirt Jumps**
  **Skateboarding**

  All this alongside an arena hosting a Live Music Stage and Big Screen showcasing the musical talent of more than 25 live acts over the weekend.

  There is also a trade village incorporating licensed bars and international cuisine, an adrenalin zone, demos, exhibitions, sampling booths, simulators and hospitality suites.
   

• Mini Grand Tour 27 August 2012

  The Grand Tour brings the locals out in their thousands into the streets to watch the Minis go by. It takes about 15/20 minutes for all the Mini's to clear an area, one after the other. The event takes in some fantastic countryside and has some breathtaking stopping points. The final resting place is Ilfracombe and what a sight to behold, not to be missed.

  
   

• North Devon Festival 1 - 30 June 2012

  North Devon Festival is rapidly establishing itself as one of the key festivals in the UK. It is a celebration of the rich and diverse cultural life in North Devon, with a wide range of activities that reflect the character of the region.

  The festival is probably unique in the UK as it includes not only top quality arts and entertainment, but also many events associated with the people and the place, those things which residents and visitors love about the natural beauty of the area. They include heritage, community, lifestyle, sports and horticultural activities.

  Every year there has been a great leap in the quality, the number of events, the number of local communities and the range of organisations involved in the project.
  “...enthusiastic communities and national events... ”

• Hunting of the Earl of Rone, Combe Martin 25 - 28 May 2012

  Combe Martin holds the ‘Hunting of the Earl of Rone’, a re-enactment of an ancient legend. People in costume form a parade led by a Hobby Horse to hunt out the Earl, who rides backwards on a donkey.

  Villagers start hunting the Earl on Friday evening then daily until Monday when he is captured in Lady's Wood at the top of the village. He is then escorted down to the seaside and thrown into the sea.