Festivals, Music & Events

May 81 min read

20% off App-Fest tickets with us!

Got to say I LOVE a local festival... I'm talking the smaller but perfectly formed ones. The ones that don't cost the earth. The one or...

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Oct 23, 20194 min read

Sofar, so good! Secret gigs with Sofar Sounds, Frome

It’s 5pm on a Wednesday afternoon and my email alert goes ‘ping’. My face lights up because it’s a message I’ve actually been waiting...

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Oct 14, 20193 min read

Finding The Lost Words - join the discovery at Taunton’s Youth,Culture & Arts Festival

Children in Taunton are creating works of art & poetry in response to The Lost Words book. See the works at a celebratory event this month

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Sep 24, 20199 min read

Somerset Art Weeks – A special anniversary festival

Somerset Art Weeks is back & this year it's a very special 25 year celebration of creativity. Here, I share my picks for the 2019 festival.

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Apr 13, 20195 min read

Songwriting & singing for the FIFTY BEES

A little while ago at the crack of dawn, I woke up, half-asleep, scrambled to find a scrap of paper and scribbled down some lyrics about...

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Feb 21, 20193 min read

Walking in a window wanderland

Fancy an evening stroll in a town where illuminated art lights up the darkness? A magical moonlit wander, where house windows showcase...

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Feb 14, 20193 min read

Celebrating the snowdrop

It's Valentine's Day, so we thought we'd write about something we truly love. No... not a basket full of Dairy Milk and a fluffy teddy...

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Jan 16, 20195 min read

Hip hip wassail!

Old apple tree we wassail thee... every year, every January in Somerset as it goes! Yes, it’s that time when groups of us West Country...

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Sep 13, 20187 min read

Art for all - Somerset Open Studios

We've started to use the hashtag #artforall on Twitter and Instagram whenever we chat about art, because whoever you are and whatever you...

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Aug 31, 20185 min read

Sauerkrautathon - Four thoughts & a World Record?

You know we're always looking for unique things happening in our brilliant county of Somerset? Well, is it possible to get any more off...

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Jul 27, 20183 min read

Valley Fest - Year three, Four Thoughts!

Ahh - flipping gorgeous Valley Fest! ;) It's back in all its' glory this time next week (Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th August) and it's one...

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May 15, 20182 min read

Picture Somerset - opening times & updates

Fancy seeing over seventy beautiful, unique and fun photographs of Somerset, in a lovely gallery setting, captured by a mixture of...

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May 10, 20184 min read

Somerset Garden Day 2018 - Four Thoughts

If you follow us on Twitter and Instagram you'll know that just over two years ago, we took on the care of a beautiful garden that used...

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Mar 21, 20182 min read

Picture Somerset - A photographic celebration of the county

Do you photograph Somerset professionally, just for the sheer love of it, or both? :) Have you got some awesome shots of our stunning...

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Mar 6, 20183 min read

The Ciderthon - Four Thoughts

I ran a marathon once. Long, long time ago now and all I can say is that it definitely would've been a lot more fun with cider......

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Oct 22, 20178 min read

Kate Rattray - Mosaics, Glastonbury Abbey & Robert Plant!

Got a cuppa? Sitting comfortably? Ready to join us on a journey through Glastonbury legend and mystery, all wrapped up in some beautiful...

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Oct 9, 20176 min read

A fantastic festival - gardens, the harvest & gin!

Here’s one for you! It’s about our day at Toby Buckland’s Garden and Harvest Festival, a few Sunday’s ago. If you remember, we had a chat...

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Sep 23, 20176 min read

Somerset Art Weeks - Celebrating visual arts in Somerset

It’s here! The time of year when we see these yellow signs pop up all over Somerset and we get a little bit excited ;). Yep… Somerset Art...

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Sep 8, 20173 min read

Toby's Garden & Harvest Fest - Four Thoughts

Well, September is here, Autumn proper is just around the corner and it’s time for our last festival of the season! No camper vans and...

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Aug 8, 20173 min read

A designer garden with a difference!

Tuesday is the day that social media celebrates all things charity and on this particular #charitytuesday, we’re giving a huge shout out...

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