London band Flyte are Devon bound this Summer. UK tour gigs include Exeter Student Guild and Sidmouth Fringe

London four-piece Flyte have a colossal summer ahead. Announcing their biggest headline to date at London’s Scala on September 19, the band are going on the road and bringing their renowned harmonies to towns across the UK – busking in City centres, and recalling where it all began on London’s Portobello Road. With regional dates alongside in Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham, Flyte will perform at festivals including Latitude, The Great Escape and Standon Calling.

Last year, vocalist Will Taylor and keys player Sam Berridge uploaded a cover of Joni Mitchell’s ‘River’ to their Facebook page. This heart-wrenching interpretation kicked off a Flyte-movement. Racking up over 1M streams, fans wanted more sessions, and Flyte began carefully curating covers in London landmarks with towering acoustics, earning a reputation for their trademark vocal arrangements, as well as their bold live sound.

Accomplished songwriters Will, Sam, Nick, and Jon have released a flurry of alternative-indie anthems including ‘We Are The Rain’, ‘Closer Together,’ and ‘Light Me Up’ over the past few years and have amassed over 1.5M Spotify streams. ‘Victoria Falls’ spells a fresh dawn for Flyte as the band put the finishing touches on their debut album with Burke Reid in Australia.
Watch the remarkable Church session for new single Victoria Falls here

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Live dates

26/04 Oslo, London - Alexandra Saviour support

28/04 Moth Club, London

29/04 Live at Leeds, Leeds

11/05 Busking in Nottingham

12/05 Busking in Birmingham

13/05 Busking in Liverpool

14/05 Busking in Sheffield

18/05 The Great Escape, Brighton

19/05 The Railway Inn, Winchester

20/05 Moles Club, Bath

21/05 The Crofters Rights, Bristol

24/05 The Rocking Chair, Sheffield

25/05 Fallow Café, Manchester

26/05 Chameleon Arts Café, Nottingham

27/05 Surf Café, Tynemouth

28/05 The Garage, Glasgow

30/05 Scala, London Alexandra Saviour support

31/05 The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham

02/06 The Magnet, Liverpool

04/06 Exeter Student Guild, Exeter

24/06 Midsommar Festival, Sweden

02/07 Barn on the Farm, Gloucester

09/07 Smoked & Uncut, Somerset

15/07 Latitude - DIY stage

30/07 Standon Calling - Laundry Meadows Stage

09/08 Sidmouth Fringe, Devon

09/09 Moira Calling, Northern Island

19/09 Scala, London

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The Wurzels are heading to The Factory, Barnstaple for a Bank Holiday Special

Scrumpy and Western legends The Wurzels are heading to The Factory on Saturday 27th May for a bank holiday weekend special with Thatchers Cider.

Westcountry cider-supping legends The Wurzels will be celebrating the May bank holiday weekend at The Factory along with some additions from our mates at Thatchers Cider!

🍏We have teamed up with Thatchers to bring you a Pop up Thatchers Haze Bar, serving cloudy cider!

🍏Thatchers 'Cider Drinker Raffle' with prizes up for grabs on the night! 1 raffle ticket for every pint of Thatchers Gold or Thatchers Haze bought!

The Wurzels formed in 1966 by Adge Cutler, this bunch of haystack-headed, cider-soaked and dung-booted, not-quite-so-young Avonside lads play good-time traditional Zummerzet Scrumpy 'n' Western music.

Best known for their number one hit The Combine Harvester and number three hit I Am A Cider Drinker


LOCAL SUPPORT: Bicycle Repair Man, James Spencer & Matthew Warren,  a Devon based acoustic duo, playing covers & original material.

The Wurzels Saturday 27th May for a bank holiday weekend special.

Local support comes from Bicycle Repair Man. 

 Minimum age recommendation 16+
ADVANCE TICKETS £15

STANDING ONLY DOORS 8pm
The Factory Petroc Brannams Campus, Oakwood Close, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 3NJ
M +44 (0)7446 692751
www.thefactoryvenue.co.uk

Nature and people benefit from improvements to Dartmoor haven

Visitors and wildlife at a Dartmoor nature reserve have been the beneficiaries of a generous funder.

Help from the SUEZ Communities Trust has enabled Devon Wildlife Trust to make some significant improvement to its Bellever Moor and Meadows nature reserve. The reserve covers 72 hectares of mainly wildflower-rich hay meadows and moorland near Postbrige on Dartmoor. It became one of Devon Wildlife Trust’s 50 nature reserves as recently as 2015.

A funding grant of £13,340 from SUEZ Communities Trust, which supports community and environmental improvement projects through the Landfill Communities Fund, has allowed the conservation charity to install nearly a mile of new fencing and replace eight dilapidated field gates. The grant also provided the resources with which local volunteers were able to repair traditional stone walls.

Steve Hussey of Devon Wildlife Trust said:

“Fencing and the repair of stone walls doesn’t sound the most glamorous types of conservation work, yet they are vital if we are going to properly manage Bellever Moor and Meadows for wildlife. Stock proof fields allow us to introduce grazing livestock which then control grasses and allow wildflowers and other wildlife to flourish.”

“We also think the repaired traditional stone walls look magnificent in this moorland setting. They were the work of local volunteers, all trained in the skills needed through financial help from the SUEZ Communities Trust.”

Support from SUEZ Communities Trust has also allowed Devon Wildlife Trust to improve public access to the reserve. Two new kissing gates have been built on main routes, while discrete signage now welcomes and directs visitors.

The charity’s Steve Hussey said:

“We’re especially proud of a new bench which gives visitors a place to pause and enjoy local nature and some stunning moorland views. Subtle illustrations on the bench let visitors know about the wildlife they can hope to see.     

Support from the SUEZ Communities Trust has helped us improve this wonderful part of Dartmoor for people and wildlife. We’ve been able to make it easier for locals and visitors to the area to access Bellever Moor and Meadows and when they do visit they will find the nature reserve in better shape than it has been for a generation.”

Marianne Ivin of SUEZ Communities Trust added:

“This is another wonderful project funded through our Accessing Nature fund. Being able to open up new areas of the site to allow the public to gain access to some beautiful wildflower meadows is very exciting for us to be part of. SUEZ Communities Trust provides grants through the Landfill Communities Fund. This important source of funding has been available since 1997 and has provided such worthy projects with more than £1.4 billion.”

People can plan their visit to Devon Wildlife Trust’s Bellever Moor and Meadows at www.devonwildlifetrust.org/reserves

Bellever Moor and Meadows Nature Reserve Photo copyright Devon Wildlife Trust (All rights reserved)

New bench at Laughter Hole, Bellever Moor and Meadows. Photo copyright Devon Wildlife Trust (All rights reserved)

About SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust)

SUEZ Communities Trust is an independent funding body set up in 1997 to provide funding through the Landfill Communities Fund. To date SUEZ Communities Trust has supported more than 3,900 projects to a combined value of over £110 million using tax credits donated by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK (formerly SITA UK).

SUEZ Communities Trust funds improve vital public recreation facilities such as village halls, community centres, sport, heritage, green spaces and play areas.

For information on how to apply for funding from SUEZ Communities Trust call (01454) 262910 or visit www.suezcommunitiestrust.org.uk

About Landfill Tax and the Landfill Communities Fund

The Landfill Communities Fund is an innovative tax credit scheme enabling Landfill Operators (LOs) to contribute money to organisations enrolled with the scheme regulator, ENTRUST, as Environmental Bodies (EBs) EBs use this funding for a wide range of community and environmental projects in the vicinity of landfill sites. LOs are able to claim a credit (currently 5.7%) against the landfill tax liability for 90% of the contributions they make.

Since its inception, in 1996, over £1.4 billion has been spent on more than 53,000 projects across the UK. For more information please visit www.entrust.org.uk