Christmas Food & Crafts Fair Buckfast Abbey.

South Brent Winter Carnival

Ivybridge Christmas Festival

Meavy Christmas Fair 12–5pm Meavy Parish Hall. Christmas Lights Turn On 5pm on the village green.

Christmas Tree Festival St John’s Church, Ivybridge

Christmas at Morwelham Quay Near Tavistock.

Christmas Street Fayre Bovey Tracey. 3–6pm.

Christmas Art and Craft Fair Green Hill Arts, Moretonhampstead.

Santa’s Grotto House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey.

Christmas Nativity Experience Pennywell Farm.

Train to Christmas Town Dartmoor Railway, Okehampton. Tel: 08000 232383

Wildwood Arts Winter Exhibition Horrabridge.

Rosemoor Glow Garden Illuminations RHS Garden Rosemoor every Thursday, Friday and Saturday (except Boxing Day).

Dartmoor at Christmas Princetown Visitor Centre plays host to the ‘Dartmoor Range’ of products inspired by Dartmoor.

Christmas Market Ullacombe Farm, Bovey Tracey.

Antiques and Collectables Fair Butchers Hall, Tavistock.

Christmas Tree Festival Midday, St John’s Church Hall, Ivybridge. Craft stalls.

Christmas Market & Social Evening 6–8pm Postbridge Village Hall. Raffle, free admission. Hosted by Frank and Sue Martin of Pizwell Farm.

AGN & Christmas Social Princetown History Club. 7pm for 7.30pm start Princetown Community Centre.

Ashburton Christmas Market 4pm–7pm late night shopping.

Edwardian Evening From 6pm. Okehampton. Museum of Dartmoor Life 5.30–8pm with Father Christmas.

Dartmoor Zoo Christmas Craft Fair Sparkwell.

Christmas Market & Dickensian Evening Tavistock.

Late Night Shopping Evening Chagford 5–8pm.

Histories of the Unexpected (show) Sam Willis and James Daybell. 7.30pm All Saints Church, Okehampton. Tickets from Donald’s Menswear; more information 07551 655424.

Christmas Celebration Day Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey. Events including makers’ pop- up studios, foods tastings etc.

Exeter Chamber Choir: Celebration of Christmas 7.30pm £10 Buckfast Abbey. See 30 November.

Stille Nacht, A German Christmas Brent Singers. 7.30pm St Petroc’s Church, South Brent. Tel: (01752) 892703.

Winter Feast & Fire Coombe Trenchard. www.coombetrenchard.co.uk

Christmas Lights Switch On Event 5.30pm Moretonhampstead

Holne Christmas Fair 2–4pm Village Hall.

Arts Market Butchers Hall, Tavistock.

Mistletoe Fair 10am–3pm Brentor Village Hall.

The Watermark Christmas Gift Fair 10am Ivybridge. Free entry.

Santa by Steam South Devon Railway.

Westcountry Equine Fair Westpoint, Exeter.

Christmas Fair 10am–3pm Jubilee Hall, Chagford.

Santa Run RHS Rosemoor. Children’s Hospice South West.

Adrian – The Alternative Pantomime Moorland Merrymakers, 7.30pm Leusdon Memorial Hall. Matinee 7 December. Tickets tel: (01364) 652415, email: booking4merrymakers@gmail.com.

Oaks & Acorns Christmas Special Children’s Activities. Buckfast Abbey. See 30 November.

A Blast from the Past – Medieval Instruments (talk) Jonathan Weeks. Charter Hall, Okehampton. The Arts Society Dartmoor.

Christmas Table Decorations Buckfast Abbey Gardening Department. See 30 November.

Christmas Dining Trains South Devon Railway. See 7 December.

Widecombe Christmas Tree Festival St Pancras Church.

Abbey Choir – Handel’s Messiah 7.30pm £10 Buckfast Abbey. See 30 November.

Ivybridge Donkey Sanctuary Christmas Market11am–3pm. Donkey Sanctuary, Filham Park, Ivybridge.

Christmas Concert Okehampton Choral Society. 7.30pm Fairplace Church.

Arts Market Butchers Hall, Tavistock.

Dartington Christmas Fair 9.30am–5.30pm Sat, 10am–5pm Sun.

Magic of Christmas and Craft Fair RHS Garden Rosemoor.

Wonderworks Contemporary Craft Fair Jubilee Hall, Chagford.

Rowcroft Carol Service Dartington Community Choir. 3pm. Buckfast Abbey. See 30 November.

Christmas Festival Butchers Hall, Tavistock.

Granite Song – A Sculpture Trail (walk)
10am–3pm Meet Drewsteignton car park.

Christmas Concert
Okehampton Choral Society at Crediton Congregational Church. 7.30pm. Tickets on the door.

Birdsong (talk) Tony Whitehead 7.30–9.30pm Methodist Church Hall, Bovey Tracey. Devon Wildlife Trust. Information email: annesatow@gmail.com.

Gidsong 8pm Gidleigh Village Hall. Contact Bill Murray tel: (01647) 321297.

Swan Lake (ballet) Theatre Orchard and Living Spit. 7.30pm Scoriton Village Hall. Tickets tel: (01364) 631288.

Christmas Markets Butchers Hall, Tavistock.

Swan Lake (ballet) 7.30pm Sticklepath Village Hall. Tickets tel: 07854 062407. See 17 December.

Magic of Christmas Santa ExperienceRHS Garden Rosemoor. See 8 December.

Organ Music for Christmas 3pm Buckfast Abbey. See 30 November.

Mount Kelly Choral Society Christmas Oratorio 7.30pm. St Eustachius Church, Plymouth Road, Tavistock. Tickets £10 (under 18s free) from Bookstop, Tavistock,

Christmas Garland MakingBurrator Discovery Centre. £7. Book on Tel: (01822) 855700, email: heritage@swlakestrust.org.uk.

Winter Warmer Family Workshop Free event 2–4pm Eco-Hub, Okehampton. Harvest Workers Co-op. Book via events@harvestworkerscoop.org.uk.

Festival Advent Carol Service 3pm Buckfast Abbey. See 30 November.

Winter Birdwatching Walk
Start Trendlebere Down Lower Car Park SX 784793) 9.30am. £5 for 3hr walk. No dogs. Dartmoor Nature Tours. Email: enquiries@ dartmoornaturetours.co.uk.

Dartmoor Border Morris Royal Oak, Meavy.

Cornwood Wassail Dartmoor Border Morris. See 26 December.

Mummers Play & Wassail Dartmoor Border Morris. 1pm Buckland Abbey. See 26 December.

The Duchesses of Bedford (talk) Geri Parlby. Princetown History Club. See 3 December.

Christmas Party & Photo Quiz Robert Hesketh. 7.30pm Church House. Widecombe History Group.

Lawrence of Arabia: Excavating a Legend (talk) Neil Faulkner Okehampton. The Arts Society Dartmoor. See 11 December.

Folk Duo Ninebarrow Concert 7.30pm Coronation Hall, Mary Tavy, near Tavistock. Tickets £9 via website. Mary Tavy Live event in association with Villages in Action.

Robin Hood (pantomime) Dunsford Amateur Dramatics Society, 7.45pm Village Hall. Evenings 14–18 January; matinees 11, 12 & 18 January. Tickets tel: (01647) 252795, or

Who were the rightful heirs to the throne in the 15th century – York or Lancaster? (talk) Dr Ian Mortimer. 7.30pm Union Inn. Moretonhampstead History Society Tel: (01647) 441083.

Social Evening 2020 Including talk by Dr Helen Wilson on Postcards of the Tamar Valley. 7pm Tavistock Parish Centre, Plymouth Road. Devonshire Association.

Woodland Management and Charcoal Making (course) Parke, Bovey Tracey. Devon Rural Skills Trust.

Whose History is it Anyway? Seminar. 10am–3pm Dartmoor National Park HQ, Parke, Bovey Tracey.

The Real Poldark Inheritance (talk) Terry Faull. 7.30pm Meavy Parish Hall. Yelverton & District Local History Society.

Meadow Making (talk) Audrey Compton. Devon Wildlife Trust, Bovey Tracey. See 17 December.

The Railways Around Devon (talk) Bernard Mills. 7pm Lustleigh Village Hall £3 Lustleigh Society.

Winter Birdwatching Walk 9.30am Trendlebere Down Lower Car Park (SX 784793). 3 hrs, £5, no dogs. Tel: 07858 421148 ,email: enquiries@dartmoornaturetours.co.uk.

Aladdin (pantomime) CPhyl’s Follies, 7.30pm Postbridge Village Hall. Matinee 1 February. Tickets tel: (01822) 880223, email: postbridge.panto@gmail.com.

A 50-year landmark (talk) Simon Dell. Princetown History Club. See 3 December.

Dartmoor’s Factory Floor (talk) Rob Steemson. Widecombe History Group. See 8 January.

See It, Buy It, Make It Craft Exhibition. RHS Garden Rosemoor. See 8 December.

Snowdrop Sunday Andrews Corner Garden, Skaigh Lane, Belstone EX20 1RD. 11am–4pm in aid of the Children’s Hospice South West. Refreshments, plants for sale. Tel: (01837) 840332

What did the Greeks & Romans ever do for Art (talk) Gilllian Hovell. Okehampton. The Arts Society Dartmoor. See 11 December.

Winter Birdwatching Walk 9.30am Trendlebere Down Lower Car Park (SX 784793). See 26 January.

A Rural Legacy Lost: the Decline of Salmon Fishing on the River Dart (talk) Nick Baker. Yelverton & District Local History Society. See 21 January.

Saving our Swifts (talk) Alastair Whybrow and Jan Gannaway. Devon Wildlife Trust, Bovey Tracey. See 17 December.

Haytor Granite – a Celebration (talk) Stuart Drabble. Moretonhampstead History Society. See 15 January.

Re-wilding Dartmoor (talk) Adam Owen. 7.30pm Tavistock. Devonshire Association. See 17 January.

Flats & Sharps Four-piece Bluegrass outfit originally from Penzance, Cornwall. 7.30pm Buckland in the Moor Community Hall. Booking via website.

Postbridge Challenge Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth. 10 or 12 miles, or 4-mile family adventure. See below for details and online entry.

Nature Diary (talk) Lionel Bennett. Lustleigh Society. See 22 January.