Plymouth Christmas Market Plymouth Gin Distillery, Southside Street

Dickensian Evening Lantern parade, late night shopping and Christmas light switch-on 5–8pm Tavistock Town Council

Christmas Market 10am–5pm Buckfast Abbey

Christmas Tree Festival St Eustachius Church Tavistock

The Polar Express (train ride) Buckfastleigh Station South Devon Railway

Glow at Rosemoor Festive lights and sound plus different entertainers on various dates 4.40–8.30pm RHS Garden Rosemoor

Mistletoe Fair 10.15am–3pm Brentor Village Hall

Church Christmas Fair 10am–midday St Michael’s Church Chagford

RSCM Advent Carol Service 4.30pm Buckfast Abbey

Santas on a Bike Charity bike ride 12.15pm Ivybridge

The Chairman’s Christmas Walk John Howell 10am–1pm 4 miles (6.5km) Postbridge main car park (SX 647 788) Dartmoor Preservation Association

The Concert Band of Britannia Royal Naval College: Christmas ‘Radio Hits’ Concert 7.30pm The Watermark, Ivybridge

The Great Western Christmas Teddy Bear Fair 10.30am–4pm Tavistock Town Hall Tavistock Town Council. See 1 December.

Follow that Star (Christmas concert) 7.30pm St Petroc’s Church, South Brent Brent Singers

Wonderworks (contemporary craft fair) 10am–5pm Jubilee Hall Chagford

Magic of Christmas (craft and food fair) 11am–4pm RHS Garden Rosemoor. See 1 December.

Christmas Street Fair 4.30–8pm Fore Street, Buckfastleigh

The Hole Family of Parke, Bovey Tracey Dr Frances Billings 7.30pm Church House Widecombe History Group

A Tudor Christmas with the Lady Katherine and her Peasant (talk) Rosemary and David Griggs 7pm Shilstone House, Modbury Devon Rural Archive

Late Night Christmas Market Ashburton

Cantique De Noel 7.30pm Buckfast Abbey. See 2 December.

Hedge Steeping Course Alan Cooper 9.15am–4.30pm Whiddon Farm, Chagford SX 721889 Devon Rural Skills Trust (07488) 396964

Christmas Concert 7.30pm St Michael’s Church, Chagford

Christmas Shopping Fair 10.30am–4.30pm The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum

Camelot (Moorland Merrymakers Christmas pantomime) 9 December 5pm, 11–16 December 7.30pm Leusdon Memorial Hall mmerrymakers@gmail.com

Widecombe Christmas Tree Festival St Pancras Church

Jack and the Beanstalk (Christmas pantomime) 2–4pm RHS Garden Rosemoor. See 1 December.

Gidsong Music, songs and stories 8pm Gidleigh Village Hall

Winter Bird Walk 10am Waterleat, Ashburton Barn Owl Trust

Mutiny on the Moor (talk) Simon Dell 7.30pm Parish Centre Tavistock Local History Society

The 2nd Legion Augusta in the West – Roman Conquest and Occupation (talk) Steve Stocker 7.30pm Ockment Centre, Okehampton

Christmas Markets 9am–4pm Butchers Hall, Tavistock Town Council. See 1 December.

A 17th Century Atlas of the British Isles (talk) Tony Gale 2.30pm Tavistock Parish Centre Devonshire Association Tavistock and West Devon branch tavistock@devonassoc.org.uk

Festival Carol Service 3pm Buckfast Abbey. See 2 December.

Victorian Christmas Carol Concert 7–9pm RHS Garden Rosemoor. See 1 December.

The Shallowford Nativity 4pm Outdoor event with hot food on sale East Shallowford Farm

Christmas Concert Mount Kelly Choral Society 7.30pm Tavistock Methodist Church Tickets BookStop or ticketsource. co.uk/mount-kelly-choral-society

Bowerman’s Nose (walk) Hilary Luce 10.30am–1.30pm 4 miles (6.5km) Hound Tor car park (SX 739792) Dartmoor Preservation Association

Christmas Social Morning 11am–12.30pm Postbridge Village Hall

Children’s Christmas party 3–5pm RHS Garden Rosemoor. See 1 December.

Festive Steam Services South Devon Railway. See 1 December.

The Wildlife of Dartmoor (talk) John Walters 7.30pm Princetown Community Centre Princetown History Club

Hedge Steeping Course Chris Stanton 9.15am–4.30pm Mothecombe, Holberton SX 613478 Devon Rural Skills Trust. See 9 December.

Reverend Bray’s Inscribed Boulders (talk) Simon Dell 7.30pm Meavy Village Hall Yelverton and District Local History Society

Social Evening 7.30pm Booking required Devonshire Association Tavistock and West Devon branch. See 15 December.

Winter Regatta Dinner accompanied by musical and comedic entertainment from the diners themselves The Old Inn Widecombe Sailing Club

PULP (exhibition) The use of paper and card in design and art Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey MAKE Southwest

Red (Phyl’s Follies pantomime) Modern take on Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs 27 January 2pm, 25 & 26 January 7.30pm Postbridge Village Hall postbridgepanto@gmail.com (01822) 880223

Hedge Steeping Course Bruce Baker 9.15am–4.30pm Pamflete Farm, Holberton SX 615 454 Devon Rural Skills Trust. See 9 December.

Red (Phyl’s Follies pantomime) 7.30pm Postbridge Village Hall. See 25 January.

RAF Harrowbeer (talk) Stephen Fryer Princetown History Club. See 2 January.

Snowdrop Sunday Snowdrops on display and for sale 11am–4pm Skaigh Lane, Belstone Andrews Corner Garden

Wildlife on Dartmoor John Walters 7.30pm Widecombe History Group. See 6 December.

Wildlife talk John Walters 7.30pm Devonshire Association Tavistock and West Devon branch. See 15 December.

Winter bird walk 10am Barn Owl Trust. See 12 December.

Excursions in the Tamar Valley via Historical Postcards (talk) Helen Wilson 7.30pm Meavy Village Hall Yelverton and District Local History Society. See 16 January.

Devon’s Railway Heritage (talk) Robert Hesketh 7.30pm Phoenix Hall, St John’s Lane Bovey Tracey Heritage Trust