Editing Devizes (section)

== Culture ==
There is a lively arts and culture community in the town, with the Arts Council funded Devizes International Street Festival attracting thousands to the town for two weeks leading up to August Bank Holiday each year, beginning with a long-standing "confetti battle" where, at a given signal – usually cannons firing confetti hundreds of metres into the air – the public are invited into the Market Place to throw as much confetti as possible at one another.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Street Festival|url=https://www.docadevizes.org.uk/street-festival/|access-date=19 September 2020|website=Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts|date=31 March 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The annual Devizes Arts Festival has a broad spectrum of musical events, poets and authors, literary talks, comedians and other performers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Devizes Arts Festival|url=https://www.devizesartsfestival.org.uk/|access-date=19 September 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref> Each autumn, the Devizes Food and Drink Festival includes opportunities to dine in unusual places.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Devizes Food and Drink Festival|url=https://www.devizesfoodanddrinkfestival.info/|access-date=19 September 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref>

There is an active thespian community that performs at the Wharf Theatre, a former warehouse alongside canal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wharf Theatre Devizes|url=https://www.wharftheatre.co.uk/|access-date=19 September 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>