Events & Experiences

  • A Festive retreat at burgh island

    Make lasting memories on Burgh Island this Christmas and join us for some festive cheer. Our 3 day Christmas celebration will have your tastebuds tingling, toes tapping and the tinsel twinkling on the tree.

    When you arrive on Christmas Eve, our Christmas elves will welcome you with a glass of your favourite tipple, followed by dinner in a restaurant of your choice to the sound of classic Christmas music.

    On Christmas day, presents will be placed under the tree and stockings hung in The Nettlefold Restaurant where you have your breakfast. Our famous Christmas lunch will be held in The Grand Ballroom after some cocktails and canapes in the Palm Court Bar. Followed by a candlelit supper with a selection of delicious platters.

    To top off your trip, the Boxing Day itinerary is full of your favourites, including our Christmas quiz and timeless Boxing Day Ball where guests are asked to dress their best and dance the night away.

    Enjoy a magical 3 nights for 2 people on the island from £2,925.

  • Murder Mysteries

    You know the score: thrills, spills and a very deco-dent ride through cocktails to pudding and denouement!

    Murder Mystery events 2024:

    • 4th & 5th October 2024
    • 1st & 2nd November 2024
    • 20th & 21st November 2024
    • 29th & 30th November 2024

    Murder Mystery events 2025:

    • 7th & 8th February 2025
    • 26th & 27th February 2025
    • 7th & 8th March 2025
    • 19th & 20th March 2025
    • 28th & 29th March 2025
    • 7th & 8th November 2025
    • 19th & 20th November 2025
    • 28th & 29th November 2025

    From £1,330 based on 2 nights
    Friday & Saturday

  • Island Artist Experiences

    A day with Island Artist – Emma Carter Bromfield. Suitable for all abilities and tailored to bring out your creative juices.
    Emma will not only help you create a wonderful work of art to take home but will also keep you entertained with stories of her 43-year span of island life, island legends, and life as an artist.
    Small Group Workshops:
    • 17th October
    • 5th November
    • 4th December

    Prices
    All 2024 dates are £130 per person

    Includes coffee, all materials and lunch.
    To book your place email [email protected]
  • Island Artist Residency

    For the notable art collectors, the Burgh Artist Residence is held by the wonderful Emma Carter Bromfield. During your stay on Burgh Island, embrace your inner artist and enjoy an opportunity to learn more about Emma’s work and perhaps take a piece of her collection home with you. A constant reminder of the magic of Burgh Island. 

    10th – 18th October 2024

     

  • Summer Ball 2025

    Get your best sequins on and embrace the glitz and glamour. Burgh Island hotel cordially invites you to celebrate the 2025 Summer Ball with us, we will enrich guests with a great atmosphere, vibrant music that will have you partying like it’s 1929.

    So save the dates – 26th & 27th September 2025, we can’t wait to celebrate with you at the most exclusive art deco hotel Devon has to offer.

  • Stepping back to the 20's

    Escape to our island for an immersive 1920’s experience and delve into plenty of roaring 20’s themed affairs. During the mid-week stay, guests can delight in a splendid Champagne cream tea followed by dinner and tantalising live music in the evening. To enhance the 1920’s atmosphere, guests can hire beautiful authentic attire from Cocoa Deco, including flappers, headpieces and jewellery – perfect for dance lessons on the second day! To wrap up the experience, entertainment can be enjoyed by a live band as well as by singer and ambassador of the Art Deco Society UK, Kate Garner, who will be performing a specially tailored cabaret show at the piano, singing toe tapping tunes she has written about Josephine Baker, Noel Coward and Agatha Christie, (all past guests of Burgh Island!)

    Get ready to make Burgh-illiant memories that will last a lifetime…

    • 15th & 16th November 2024
  • Live Music

    Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night one of our house bands will entertain you in our Ballroom. You are not obliged to dance, but you may be tempted! Live piano music accompanies all other evenings.

  • Cocoa Deco

    To fully immerse yourself in the roaring Twenties experience at Burgh Island, dressing for the occasion certainly adds serious Art Deco glamour to cocktail hour or a romantic dinner in the Grand Ballroom. We’ve partnered up with Cocoa Deco to help our guests fall in love with the most beautifully restored vintage 1920’s attire. Cocoa Deco will be attending select events throughout the year and will be on hand to prepare guests for the fabulous night ahead.

    • Includes head dresses, accessories, jewellery and flappers
    • The option to purchase and hire attire