Upcoming events.
Beryl Cook Comedy Tour
Join 'Funny Women' award winner, 'Plymouth Comedy Tours' guide and ‘Proper Janner’ Suzy Bennett on a joyful walking tour celebrating the life and work of the wonderful Beryl Cook.
Tiny Tales
Designed for your little ones and their imagination, join us and explore interactive theatre storytelling in partnership with Theatre Royal Plymouth
Proud Folk
Sappho’s and QDC are proud to present a celebration of queer folk music on Pride to help us raise money to keep our LGBTQ+ cafe and community space going
Plymouth Art Weekender 2026 information session
This is the first of two information sessions where artists, venue hosts and interested volunteers can come and find out more about the plans so far for this year’s Plymouth Art Weekender
Creative Poetry Workshop: Feeling in Colour
Discover the expressive power of words in this intergenerational poetry workshop led by Plymouth Laureate of Words R.C. Thomas.
Moimi Oczami / Through My Eyes - an immersive audio experience
Through My Eyes is a contemplative immersive audio experience exploring the strong link between sea, migration and motherhood led by the stories and memories of 12 first-generation Polish migrant mothers
The Spellbound Faerie and Goblin Festival
The Spellbound Faerie & Goblin Festival is returning this midsummer with live shows, storytelling, music and creative activities for children and families
A Very Wordy Afternoon
Join Plymouth Laureate of Words, R.C. Thomas at Plymouth Central Library for an afternoon of poetry, fiction, non fiction, playwriting and more
The Gansey Gathering Sardine festival
Join us at Commercial Wharf for Plymouth's Gansey Gathering and celebrate Plymouth's fishing heritage & coastal creativity with our FREE sardine festival
Creme de la Creme @ Leadworks
Yet another occasion to share and celebrate local writers and musicians at their zenith. Free entry. Licensed for food & drink. Great accommodation & sound system awaits.
Blue Sparks: Fotonow Media Residency Exhibition
This exhibition is a selection of works made during Fotonow's Blue Sparks: Media residency
Bitesize: Exploring 'Dear Beryl'
The wonderful 'Dear Beryl' archive display has been extended until 21st June! Join lead curator Terah Walkup to look around the display pods in our Active Archives gallery
Memories of Beryl: In Conversation with the Cook Family
No-one knew Beryl Cook better than her family, and we're delighted to be joined by her daughter-in-law Teresa for this very special in conversation event.
Family Fun: Picnics and Pasties
Do you love picnics? We'll be having lots of fun and taking inspiration from Beryl Cook's vibrant 'Picnic at Mount Edgcumbe' painting for our May half term activities
Journeys with Mai Curator's Tour
Don't miss your chance to look around our thought-provoking 'Journeys with Mai' exhibition with our contemporary art curator
The Poetry of Our Trees
Join writer, illustrator, and Plymouth Laureate of Words R.C. Thomas to discover the poetry living in our trees
9-5 The Musical
Third year musical theatre students perform their final show ‘9-5 The Musical’
In Between
In Between brings together artists of East Asian cultural backgrounds whose works explore intimacy, sexuality and gender through personal and culturally layered experiences
FPS Filmmakers Plymouth Social
FPS (Filmmakers Plymouth Social) is our monthly space for filmmakers to meet, discuss projects, and connect with others in the industry
SOAK Live Art workshop in creative collaboration
Other Eyes/Other Ears: a workshop in creative collaboration
SOUND Poetry Festival
Plymouth Poetry Festival, now rebranded as ‘SOUND Poetry Festival’ returns to Plymouth from 10th – 19th April this year
The Faerie Museum of Ariadnne Tock
Step into the strange and enchanting world of Ariadnne Tock, a 19th-century faeriologist who devoted her life to studying the faeries, pixies and hobgoblins she believed lived among the wild landscapes of Dartmoor
Journeys with Mai Curator's Tour
Don't miss your chance to look around our thought-provoking 'Journeys with Mai' exhibition with our contemporary art curator
Poetry marches on relentelessy
Local writers and singers parade their talents for your delectation in Plymouth's premier city centre community hub
Botanicals Workshop Series- Workshop 3: Japanese Book Binding
Explore new skills this year in a special workshop series that offers learning about 2 printing techniques and a simple book binding technique using natural materials
Let's SEA Your Tatts - sharing event
Join Laura Hopes and LOW PROFILE for an informal presentation of the outcomes of their Sea For Yourself artist’s residency
Obscura Legacies
Join the pop-up exhibition to mark the launch of the ‘Obscura Legacies’ project and the publication of the first book/zine, ‘Derek Swindley and his Camera Obscuras’ by Lesley Flowers / Fotonow CIC
Student Exhibition 2026
This exhibition presents work by second year students from the BA (Hons) Drawing, Painting and Printmaking at the Arts University Plymouth
Botanicals Workshop Series- Workshop 2: Monoprinting with botanicals
Explore new skills this year in a special workshop series that offers learning about 2 printing techniques and a simple book binding technique using natural materials