What's On

Make the most of your visit by exploring events and activities on offer from Somerset and Exmoor businesses.

Alongside the Walking Festival, Somerset Art Works is holding its Open Studios event with over 30 artists on the coast, welcoming visitors to see everything from painting and screen printing to sculpture and pottery.

While local venues host events featuring sea shanties and tea dances, comedy performances and street markets, and even a VR experience.

Relax with a taste of Somerset from cream teas and Porlock Bay oysters to locally produced cider and wines, available at a growing number of Somerset delis, cafes and restaurants dedicated to sourcing local produce.

Then head out for music, performance, comedy and some of the most amazing sunsets you'll ever see.

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A Ramble around Stockland Marshes

Stockland Marshes
Event type:
Coastal ecology, Walk
Location
WWT Steart Marshes
Date & Time
Wednesday, 27th September
10am-midday
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A Steart Meander

Steart
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Coastal ecology, Walk
Location
WWT Steart Marshes, meet in the main car park
Date & Time
Sunday, 24th September, 2-4pm
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Albatross Print Studio: Open Studio

Albatross Print Studio
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Albatross Print Studio, East Quay, Watchet. TA23 0AQ
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
Daily 10am - 5pm
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Alison Jacobs: Open Studio

Artist Alison Jacobs
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Alison Jacobs
East Quay, Watchet
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
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An Evening of (Very) Old Radio …….. The BBC Year 1

The First BB Radio Broadcast poster
Event type:
Performance
Location
Watchet Boat Museum
Date & Time
Finished
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Artists Exhibition and Charity Cafe for Help the Child Somerset

Artwork - Exhibition
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Old Post Office, Chedzoy
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
Weekends 11-2pm
Wed/Thurs/Fri 11-4pm
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Artists in Action Days

Bridgy Gallery award
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Bridgy Gallery
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
Gallery open:
Wed & Thurs 10.30am - 6pm
Fri & Sat 11am - 7pm
Sun 11am - 4pm
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Berrow Dunes and the Wreck of the Nornen

Berrow Dunes
Event type:
Coastal ecology, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
St Mary's Church, Berrow
Date & Time
Finished
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Book illustrations: Witches, Giants and a Ghost Cat

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Exhibition or Museum, Talks & Presentations
Location
Dunster Living
Date & Time
23rd September to 1st October
10am to 5pm
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Book launch: Witches, Giants and a Ghost Cat

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Talks & Presentations
Location
The Stable Bar
Luttrell Arms Hotel
Dunster
Date & Time
Saturday, 30th September
7pm to 9.3Opm
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Born in the Wheel of a Wagon Exhibition and Talk

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Exhibition or Museum, Talks & Presentations
Location
Somerset Film at The Engine Room
50-52 High Street
Bridgwater TA6 3BL
Date & Time
Exhibition: Saturday, 16th September to Sunday, 1st October
Talk: Thursday, 28th September
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Bossington Evening Bat Walk

Bat - Bossington Bat Walk
Event type:
Walk
Location
Bossington Village Car Park
Date & Time
Finished
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Brean Country & Western Festival

Brean Country and Western Festival image
Event type:
Music, Performance
Location
Various venues in Brean
Date & Time
Friday, 22nd September at 1pm to Sunday, 1st October until 2pm (events all day)
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Bridgwater Carnival Centre

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Visitor Information Point
Location
Bridgwater Town Hall, High Street, Bridgwater TA6 3BL
Date & Time
Monday to Friday 9am - 1pm
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Bridgwater: Domesday to the 18th Century

A view of the Blake Museum
Event type:
Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
King Square, Bridgwater
Date & Time
Finished
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Build a reptile habitat on our solar farm!

Event type:
Business Open Day, Talks & Presentations, Volunteering
Location
Burnham & Weston Energy's solar farm at Wick Farm
Date & Time
Saturday, 23rd September
9.30am-3pm
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Burnham-on-Sea Heritage Trail

Burnham Heritage Trail
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Burnham-on-Sea Visitor Centre
Date & Time
Any time
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Burnham-on-Sea Information Centre

Event type:
Visitor Information Point
Location
Burnham Information and Rescue Support, Burnham-on-Sea TA8 1BU
Date & Time
10am to 4pm every day
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Castles & Coast Way (Coast)

Stogursey Castle
Event type:
Dog Friendly, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
Victory Hall, Stogursey
Date & Time
Finished
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Cheese, cider & cream tea special

Event type:
Food and Drink Events
Location
Bishops Lydeard Station
Date & Time
Finished
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Christopher Richards: Open Studio.

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Venue 65. Somerset Art Weeks Open Studios, Minehead
Date & Time
September 16th - 24th: 10am - 5pm
September 25th - October 1st:
By appointment only
More info

Coast Festival Church Open Day at Stockland Bristol

Event type:
Dog Friendly, Food and Drink Events
Location
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stockland Bristol, Bridgwater TA5 2PZ
Date & Time
Saturday, 30 September
11am to 3.30pm
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Disabled Ramblers Quantocks Tour – Dowsborough

Colourful gorse on the Quantocks
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Great Wood Car Park, Over Stowey
Date & Time
Friday, 29th September
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Disabled Ramblers Quantocks Tour – Ramscombe

Wills Neck, The Quantock Hills
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Ramscombe Great Wood Car Park
Date & Time
Finished
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Disabled Ramblers Quantocks Tour – Steart Marshes

Steart Marshes, Somerset
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
WWT Steart Marshes
Date & Time
Monday 25th September
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Disabled Ramblers Quantocks Tour – The Great Road

Quantock Hills
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Holford
Date & Time
Tuesday 26th September
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Dryad Gin Botanical Walk

Event type:
Food and Drink Events, Walk
Location
Broomfield
Date & Time
Sunday, 1st October, 3pm
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East Quantoxhead-Kilve self-guided walk

Event type:
Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
East Quantoxhead
Date & Time
Self-guided
YOU choose your own time (and companions, if you wish)!
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Eco Festival in Apex Park

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Food and Drink Events, Talks & Presentations, Walk
Location
Apex Park, Burnham on Sea
Date & Time
Saturday, 30th September
1pm to 4pm
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Exhibition of Landscape Paintings

North Hill Minehead painting
Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
Leo Davey Studio/Gallery, Minehead
Date & Time
20th September to 15th October
Closed Mondays and some Sundays
Open 11am to 4pm
More info

Exhibition of paintings

Annabel Anderson artworks
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios
Location
Annabel Anderson Studio
6 Trendle Lane, Bicknoller
Taunton, TA4 4EG
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
11am to 5pm
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Exmoor: Lookouts and Villages

Pack Horse Bridge Allerford
Event type:
Dog Friendly, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
Allerford, Minehead TA24 8HN
Date & Time
Finished
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Festival Cream Teas at Berrow Church

Cream tea poster
Event type:
Food and Drink Events
Location
St Mary's Church Room, Berrow
Date & Time
Saturday, 23rd September
From 2pm
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Fiona Meek and Joanne Horrobin: Open Studio

Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
11 Lower Vellow, Williton
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October, 10am - 5pm
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Foraging Walk – Brue Green pathways Highbridge

Event type:
Food and Drink Events, Walk
Location
Highbridge
Date & Time
Tuesday, 26th September
10am for 2.5 to 3 hours
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Georgina Towler: Open Studio

Georgina Towler art work
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Studio 8, East Quay, Watchet
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
10am till 5pm
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Hidden Porlock

Event type:
Walk
Location
Porlock Visitor Centre
Date & Time
Tuesday, September 26th
10am to 12noon
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Hidden Station

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios
Location
Bridgwater Train Station
Date & Time
Throughout the Festival
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Huntspill Hub Festival Tea

Huntspill Church
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Food and Drink Events
Location
The Hub, St. Peter & All Hallows Church, West Huntspill
Date & Time
Saturday, 23rd September
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Iron Ore: Brendon Hills to Roadwater

A scene at the foot of the incline cica 1870s
Event type:
Dog Friendly, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
Roadwater
Date & Time
Finished
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Jackie Curtis Printmaker

Event type:
Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
2 Greenfield Lane
Bawdrip TA7 8PX
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
10am - 5pm
More info

Jan Martin & Cecilia Leete: Open Studio

Jan Martin illustration
Event type:
Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Anchor Cottage, Causeway Terrace, Watchet
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
10.30am-5pm
Closed Mon/Tues
More info

Janet Lawrence: Open Studio

Janet Lawrence Artist
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios
Location
Sampford Brett, Taunton
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
10am - 5pm closed Tuesdays
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Jill Davies and Georgina King: Open Studio

Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
Townsend House
Townsend Rd
Minehead TA24 5RG
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm
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John Bowcock: Open Studio

Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
The Sidings, Whitehall, Watchet
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
10am to 5pm
(closed Mondays and Fridays)
More info

Kilve Coast: Wildlife Walk

Book Cover- The Nature of Somerset's Coast
Event type:
Coastal ecology, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
St Mary's Church, East Quantoxhead
Date & Time
Finished
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Lizzie Myers & Samantha Ghilraine: Open Studio

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Huntstile Organic Farm, Goathurst, Bridgwater TA5 2DQ
Date & Time
16th - 29th September
More info

Meet Your Local Authors

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Talks & Presentations
Location
Minehead Information Centre
The Beach Hotel
Date & Time
Friday, 29th September
2pm to 4pm
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Melanie Deegan Sculpture: Open Studio

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
Melanie Deegan Sculpture
East Quay, Watchet
Date & Time
Open most days. 11am to 5pm
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Minehead Information Centre

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Visitor Information Point
Location
Minehead Information Centre
Beach Hotel, Minehead TA24 5AP
Date & Time
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
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Minehead Parks Arboretum Storywalk

The Parks Walk, Minehead
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
The Parks, Minehead
Date & Time
Finished
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Murder Mystery Special

Event type:
Performance
Location
Bishops Lydeard Station
Date & Time
Saturday, September 23rd, 7pm
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North Myrtles Art Open Studio

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios
Location
North Myrtles
47 the Esplanade
Burnham-on-Sea TA8 2AQ
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
Open daily 10am to 5pm
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Old Piggery Studio – Judith Champion

Old Piggery Studio - Judith Champion - Art
Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
Old Piggery Studio @ Middle Burnham Farm, Stoddens Lane, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 2DF
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
Open daily 10am - 5pm
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Open House and Studio

Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
2 White Horse Cottages
Washford. TA23 0JZ
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
10am till 5pm (closed on Mondays)
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PHONEY TOWERS

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Performance
Location
Bridgwater Arts Centre
Date & Time
29th September - 7.30pm
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Pond dipping at Steart Marshes

Pond dipping
Event type:
Accessible Venue, Coastal ecology
Location
WWT Steart Marshes
Date & Time
Sunday 1st October, 10am-2pm (weather permitting)
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Porlock Visitor Centre

Event type:
Visitor Information Point
Location
Porlock Visitor Centre, TA24 8QD
Date & Time
Summer:
Monday & Tuesday - 10am-12.45pm
Wednesday to Saturday - 10am-3.45pm
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Quantock Belle Mama Mia Italian Evening

Event type:
Food and Drink Events
Location
Bishops Lydeard Station
Date & Time
Saturday, September 23rd, 7pm
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Quantocks and Coast

View from the Quantocks
Event type:
Dog Friendly, Official Festival Walk, Walk
Location
Doniford Farm Park, Car Park
Date & Time
Finished
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Rich’s Cider Tours

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Business Open Day, Dog Friendly, Food and Drink Events
Location
Rich’s Cider Farm, Watchfield, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4RD
Date & Time
Various dates from
Saturday, 23rd September
1:30pm to 3pm
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Seawatch: Porpoises & Poetry

Seawatch - Brean
Event type:
Coastal ecology, Volunteering
Location
Brean Down
Date & Time
Sunday, 1st October 9.30am
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Servas Walk for World Peace Day

Event type:
Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Ramscombe Great Wood, Quantocks
Date & Time
Saturday, 23rd September, 1.45pm
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Shoresearch: Brean shorelife

Exploring around Brean
Event type:
Coastal ecology, Volunteering
Location
Brean Beach
Date & Time
Thursday, 28th September 10am
More info

Shoresearch: Minehead shorelife

Exploring around Brean
Event type:
Coastal ecology, Volunteering
Location
Minehead Beach (east)
Date & Time
Friday, 29th September 10am
More info

Somerset General Knowledge Quiz

Event type:
Accessible Venue
Location
Bridgwater Arts Centre
Date & Time
23rd September - 8.00pm
More info

Somerset Open Studios 2023

Somerset Art Weeks signs
Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
Multiple studio venues on the Somerset and Exmoor coast
Date & Time
Daily 16th September to 1st October
More info

Steart Beach Clean

Beach clean
Event type:
Beach clean, Dog Friendly, Volunteering
Location
Steart, Wall Common Car Park
Date & Time
Sunday, 24th September
10am-midday
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STOGUMBER ART: Open studio with 10 local artists

Stogumber Art
Event type:
Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
White Horse Inn, Skittle Alley
Stogumber
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
10am - 5pm
Closed on Tuesdays
More info

Studio 1 East Quay: Open Studios

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios
Location
Studio 1, East Quay, Watchet.
Date & Time
16th September to 1st October
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The Garden Studio: Open Studio

The Garden Studio image
Event type:
Arts or Open Studios
Location
The Garden Studio, Hillcrest, Bratton Lane, Woodcombe TA24 8SG
Date & Time
16th September - 1st October
Open Thursdays - Fridays (inclusive)
More info

The Radio Museum

The Radio Museum Watchet
Promotion type:
Discounts or Free Gifts
Location
The Radio Museum, Watchet
Date & Time
Open between 10.30am to 5pm
Saturday, 23rd September
26th to 30th September
(closed Sun 24th and Mon 25th)
More info

The Rogues, Shanty Band

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Music, Performance
Location
Porlock Village Hall
Date & Time
Saturday, 30th September
7.30pm to 10pm
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The Tree of Life

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly
Location
St Andrew’s Church
Stogursey TA5 1TQ
Date & Time
23rd to 28th September
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The Watchet Poemscape

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Arts or Open Studios, Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Watchet Marina and Harbour
Date & Time
Self-guided
YOU choose your own time (and companions, if you wish)!
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Walker’s Soup and Sandwich meal offer

Promotion type:
Special Menu or Dish for the Festival
Location
Doniford Farm Park restaurant
Date & Time
Monday to Saturday
10am to 4pm
Throughout the Festival
More info

Watchet Great British Beach Clean

Event type:
Beach clean, Dog Friendly, Volunteering
Location
West Street Beach, Watchet and The Sanctuary, Swain Street, Watchet
Date & Time
Saturday, 23rd September
2.30pm to about 4pm
More info

Watchet Visitor Centre

Event type:
Accessible Venue, Dog Friendly, Visitor Information Point
Location
Watchet Visitor Centre
Harbour Road
Watchet TA23 0AQ
Date & Time
23rd to 31st September
Tuesday to Saturday
10am to 3 pm
More info

West Huntspill: from Country to Coast

Event type:
Dog Friendly, Walk
Location
Huntspill Community Hub
St. Peter and All Hallows Church
West Huntspill
Date & Time
Saturday, 23rd September 10.30am
More info
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