The South West heads into the final week of October.
The South West turns up the volume and the shadows this week — from the asylum gates of Bridgwater’s Cobblestones to the candlelit corners of Totnes and Dartington. Expect twisted theatrics from Ward XVI, rap-metal carnage from Pulverise, and the haunting return of Smile More.
Elsewhere, folk visionaries Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell reshape tradition, Gwenno’s Utopia shimmers with bilingual brilliance, and Natalie Holmes brings piano-led poetry to the Barrel House. Add a Halloween riot at Fright Fest, post-metal walls of sound from Vnder A Crvmbling Moon, and a Samhain Gathering at Things Happen Here — proof the South West doesn’t just do spooky season, it soundtracks it.