Events in Somerset
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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January
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Wassailing the Apple Tree, Carhampton, Mid January
February
- February Model Show, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Ilchester
- Humdinger and Hestercombe Hurtle Road Race, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Somerset Potato Day, The Constitutional Club, Castle Cary
- Spring Quizzes and Trails, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Half-term holiday
March
- A Five Year Old Could do That: Trying to Make Sense of Modern Art, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Classic Car and Vehicle Day, Taunton Racecourse, Taunton
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Mothers’ Day Lunch and Tea, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- School’s Science Challenge, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Spring Steam Gala, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- The Confident Gardener – ‘Seed Sowing & Saving’, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Early March
April
- Charcoal Burning Days, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Easter Holiday Fun, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Easter Holidays
- Easter School Holiday Fun, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Easter Holidays
- Easter Weekend at Hestercombe, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Easter
- Lovin’ Revision!, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Mid-April
- Minehead's May Day Mayhem, Minehead
- Toddle Waddle, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Early April
May
- Burnham on Sea Food & Drink Festival, Town Centre, Burnham On Sea, Late May
- Charcoal Burning Days, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Disability Somerset, Sedgemoor Auction Centre, North Petherton
- Magdalen Folk Festival, Magdalen Farm, Chard
- Minehead's May Day Mayhem, Minehead
- Mystical Mind, Body and Spirit Fair, The Walled Gardens of Cannington, Bridgwater, Spring Bank Holiday
- North Somerset Show, Tyntesfield
- Royal Bath and West Show, The Bath And West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Late May or early June
- Rural Living Spring Show, Taunton Racecourse, Taunton, Early May
- Seed and Plant Swap Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Somerset Heritage Month, Various Locations
June
- Active Hestercombe in the Half Term School Holiday, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Half-term Holiday
- Beach Soccer, Weston-super-Mare
- British BMX National Championship, Broadway House Holiday Touring Caravan and Camping Park, Cheddar, Mid June
- Charcoal Burning Days, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Fathers Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Fathers Day
- Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Late June
- Half Term Trails and Quizzes, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Half-term holiday
- Life-Music Festival, The Taunton Academy, Taunton
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Early June
- Sunrise Celebration, Gilcombe Farm, Bruton
- The International Westonbirt Festival of Gardens, Westonbirt Arboretum, Westonbirt, Early June - Early September
- Yeovil Festival, Yeovil, End of June, beg July
July
- Active Hestercombe all Summer School Holiday, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Butterfly Week, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Late July
- Castle Cary Cavalcade of Motoring, Pithers Memorial Playing Field, Castle Cary, Early July
- Frome Festival, Various Venues, Frome, Early July
- Halsway Open Day, Halsway Manor, Crowcombe
- National Salad Week, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Late July
- National Water Ski Races, Weston-super-Mare
- Priddy Folk Festival, Various Venues, Priddy, Early July
- Relentless NASS, Bath And West Show Ground, Shepton Mallet
- Sand Sculpture Festival, Beach Lawns, Weston-super-Mare
- Somerset Chamber Choir, Wells Cathedral, Wells
- Somerton Horse Show, Home Farm, Somerton, Late July
- Somerton Summer Festival, Various venues, Somerton, Early - Mid July
- South West Live, The Beach, Weston Super Mare, Late June / Early July
- Spook Nights at Wookey, Wookey Hole, Wells
- The Healing Weekend, Secret World Wildlife Rescue, Highbridge
- The Lowland Games, Langport
- Truckfest SW, The Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Early July
- Weston-super-Helidays, Weston-super-Mare
- Yeovilton International Air Day, Yeovil
- Yetminster Fair, Yeovil
August
- Active Hestercombe all Summer School Holiday, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Annual August Extravaganza, Watchet
- Big Green Gathering, Cheddar
- Folkfest, Burnham On Sea
- Foodie Show Somerset, Hunters Lodge Inn, Wincanton, Early August
- Fun Dog Show, West Hatch RSPCA Centre, Taunton
- Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury
- Glastonbury children's Festival, Abbey Park Playground, Glastonbury, Early- Mid August
- Mid Somerset Agricultural Show, Cannard's Grave Road Show Ground, Shepton Mallet, Late August
- Nunney Street Market and Fayre, Nunney, First Saturday in August
- Priddy Sheep Fair, Priddy, Mid August
- Sand Sculpture Festival, Beach Lawns, Weston-super-Mare
- Sedgemoor Rail Show, King Alfred School, Burnham on Sea, Late August
- Spook Nights at Wookey, Wookey Hole, Wells
- St Catherine’s Medieval Street Fair, Various venues, Frome, Mid August
- Steam Fayre & Vintage Vehicle Rally, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- Taunton Flower Show, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Early August
- Watchet Music Festival, Watchet, Late August
September
- 10 Parishes Festival, Various venues, Wiveliscombe, Early - Mid September
- Annual Antiques Fair, Luxborough
- Bridgwater Fair, Bridgwater, Late September
- Burnham on Sea Food & Drink Festival, Town Centre, Burnham On Sea, Late September
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- Cider Cheese & Chutney Festival, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Disability Somerset, Sedgemoor Auction Centre, North Petherton
- Frome Cheese Show, West Woodlands Showground, West Woodlands, Early September
- Fun Dog Show, Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Chard, 5th
- Heritage Open Days, Various locations
- In the Mood For Food, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Late September
- National Gardening Show, Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Early September
- Rode Model Railway Show, Rode Village Hall, Frome
- Sand Sculpture Festival, Beach Lawns, Weston-super-Mare
- Somerset Showcase Festival, Axbridge Town Square, Axbridge, Early September
- South Somerset Food Festival, Yeovil
- Steam in the Park, Cricket St Thomas
- The Autumn Country Family Affair, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- The Gorge Outdoor Festival, Cheddar
October
- Active Hestercombe in the October Half Term 2011, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Autumn Steam Gala, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- Deer Rutting Weekend, Yarn Market Hotel, Dunster, Mid-October
- Den Building & Woodland Skills Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Early October
- Exmoor Food Festival, Exmoor National Park, Dulverton, Early - Mid October
- Exmoor Food Festival, Various venues , Dunster
- Mendip Food and Drink Festival
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Late October
- Motorcycle Beach Race, Weston-super-Mare
- Somerset In Autumn Weekend, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- South Somerset Food Festival, Yeovil
- Spooky Trail in the Gardens, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Half-term Holiday
- Taunton & District Illuminated Carnival, Town Centre, Taunton, Mid October
- Wells Festival of Literature, Wells
- Wincanton Carnival, Town Centre, Wincanton, Late October
- Yeovil Carnival, Town Centre, Yeovil, Late October
November
- Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, Bridgwater, Early November
- Bridgwater Squibbing, Bridgwater, Early November
- Bristol Classic Car Show, Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet
- Glastonbury Chilkwell Guy Fawkes carnival, Town Centre, Glastonbury, Early November
- Hestercombe’s Christmas Market, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Mid-November
- Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Guy Fawkes Carnival, Burnham-on-Sea, Early November
- Iluminated Carnival, Weston-super-Mare
- Junction 24 Christmas Extravaganza, Sedgemoor Auction Centre, North Petherton
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Late November
- Mill Demonstration Day, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Early November
- North Petherton Guy Fawkes Carnival, North Petherton, Saturday nearest 5th November
- Shepton Mallet Carnival, Town Centre, Shepton Mallet, Early November
- Wells City Guy Fawkes Carnival, Town Centre, Wells, Early November
- Weston-super-Mare Carnival, Weston super Mare
December
- Christmas Craft Fair, The Monks Yard, Horton Cross, Ilminster
- Dulverton By Starlight, Dulverton
- DUNSTER BY CANDLELIGHT, Yarn Market Hotel, Dunster, Early December
- Father Christmas is landing at Hestercombe!, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Toy Fair, Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet
- Winter Steam Festival, West Somerset Railway, Minehead, Late December
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