About The City Brief Exeter
Your Personal Newsletter For All Local Events in Exeter
The City Brief keeps Exeter residents and visitors up to date on what’s happening across the city each week. From academic events at the University Campus to activities along Exeter Quayside, we cover local happenings that shape life here. Exeter boasts a calendar of events throughout the year. Weekly markets continue a tradition stretching back centuries, while daily guided tours from Cathedral West Front offer insights into the city's Roman heritage and medieval past. The Underground Passages offer a unique look at Exeter's engineering history, and seasonal festivals like the Christmas Market at Cathedral Green bring communities together. Our coverage spans neighbourhoods across the city. Whether you’re based in Heavitree, studying at the University Campus, or working in Exeter City Centre, there are always events worth knowing about. We track everything from cultural happenings on Gandy Street to family-friendly activities and academic workshops during term time. Weekly storytelling sessions, self-guided walking tours, and regular market days form the backbone of local life. Academic institutions contribute their own calendar of open days, subject insight sessions, and scholar programmes. Seasonal highlights, from the Exeter Fair with its medieval roots to contemporary festivals, give the city its distinctive rhythm. The City Brief makes sure you don't miss out. We recognise that Exeter moves at different speeds depending on where you are and what matters to you. Some weeks bring major festivals; others offer quieter, steady programming that’s easy to overlook. Our role is to highlight those opportunities, whether they’re at established venues or emerging from neighbourhoods like Gandy Street. By checking The City Brief weekly, you’ll stay connected to Exeter’s events, the announced festivals, the recurring traditions, and the smaller gatherings that strengthen neighbourhoods.
What we Cover
Each week The City Brief highlights events happening across Exeter – live music, theatre, food, family activities, markets and more.
Have a look at what's happening this week and this coming weekend.
About The City Brief
The City Brief is a global network of local newsletters. We succeed in sending the best of local information to local people. To learn more, visit our main website.
About the editor
The City Brief Exeter is edited by Dean Withey, founder of The City Brief. A former RAF pilot turned founder and investor, Dean has built and sold two technology companies, including ubisend, a conversational AI platform used by the NHS and BAE Systems, and has shipped more than thirty enterprise AI systems over twenty years in tech. He is based in Norwich, England.
Why this site exists, in Dean's words: "In an AI-powered world, you can no longer trust what you see and hear online. The future is local: trusting only what you can see for yourself. The City Brief is the trusted brief for what's happening in your city."
Listings are gathered from venue websites, official box offices and event platforms, then checked and curated before publishing. AI tools assist with drafting; every published page follows our editorial policy.
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