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June 5-6 2026

The arts & environment festival happening in Ivybridge & across Dartmoor, celebrating everyone living & working on the moor.

Welcome to the

Rivers & Moorland Festival

It’s nice to have you here!

The Rivers & Moorland festivals are a series of community-focused events held over five years in the three Dartmoor towns of Ivybridge, Okehampton and Princetown.

The inaugural festival takes place in Ivybridge this Summer, 5-6 June 2026

The festivals offer a range of creative activities that celebrate the local area and its people.

This June, in Ivybridge, an initial day of talks, walks and creative activities will be followed over the weekend by a Carnival procession, re-enactment of Ivybridge’s Bridge Ceremony, interactive art installations, creative workshops, and local food and drink.

There are also a number of creative commissions to south west based artists including:

CANOPY is an immersive sound installation by Lorna Rees Company. Joyful, hopeful, and thought-provoking, CANOPY celebrates the connection between humans and trees. Enjoy a stroll through the temperate rainforest of Longtimber Woods listening to the trees!

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ERME is a new public and digital artwork by Close and Remote, specially commissioned for the festival. Tracing the journey of the River Erme from its source high on Dartmoor to its estuary at Mothecombe, the work brings the river’s story vividly to life. Visible on the Glanvilles Mill bridge from Friday 5th June 11am. Join us for the Opening at 11am Friday 5th June.

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