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South East Cornwall Arts is a collection of venues and artists with a shared collective vision to improve access to the arts, with a focus on music, in South East Cornwall. We are dedicated to ensuring that the rich culture of our region is accessible to all. To keep up to date with all our partner events, sign up to our mailing list below, where you'll receive regular updates on everything happening in South East Cornwall.

Who are we

St Germans Priory

St Germans Priory is a local and national treasure with something to offer everyone. The Priory remains at the heart of this vibrant village community and is still the local parish church but under the stewardship of the St Germans Priory Trust it is increasingly now also used for a variety of cultural, musical and community events. Please feel free to explore this website to find out more.

Better still, come and visit the Priory yourself; enjoy one of our many and diverse events, attend a Service or savour the tranquillity, beauty and heritage of the Priory and its surroundings at your own pace.

The Piggery at Hole

A new small venue for music and theatre rehearsal and performance.

The Piggery is a comfortable modern space created in 2020. The original barn dates back to 1750, and in the 1950’s was converted into a state-of-the-art piggery by Lord Beaverbrook, the newspaper magnate. The venue is located at Hole Farm, an ancient Cornish farmstead dating back to around 1200.

The Piggery has a small kitchen and bathroom, huge bifold doors with beautiful views, and a parlour grand piano. The room has been designed to provide excellent acoustics and light. The space accommodates up to 40 audience members.

Jopes Music

Jopes Music aims to improve access to professional standard classical music across Cornwall, with a particular focus on SE Cornwall, and to provide properly paid concert opportunities for professional musicians in Cornwall and West Devon. Jopes Orchestra has begun to offer concerts in South East Cornwall and has a growing audience. The Jopes Ensemble offers a number of “Baroque Music by Candlelight” concerts, these have proved extremely popular with South East Cornwall audiences and will continue into 2025.