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Continuing Until April 24
Shoephoria! A display at the Fashion Museum in Bath showcasing highlights of the museum’s world-class shoe collection. With 350 pairs of boots and shoes, it traces the evolution of shoe style over the last 300 years. From the oldest shoes in the collection to sneakers and trainers from the 2000s from shoes belonging to Queen Mary and Queen Victoria.
Until May 3
From Hogarth to Hodgkin Exhibition in Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath showcasing the best of the gallery’s print collection. Works on display will span 700 years.
Until June 5
Somerset Portraits and Voices Somerset artist Kate Lynch documents the people practising old crafts and trades in Somerset
Family Fun Day at Wincanton Racecourse, 10 April.
at Somerset Rural Life Museum , Glastonbury. There are 30 traditional craftspeople featured in the exhibition of work including basketmakers, weavers, blacksmiths, farriers, potters and hedgelayers. Kate’s charcoal drawings and paintings pay tribute to their knowledge and time-honoured skills.
Until June 25
In Xanadu: Coleridge and the West Country An exhibition at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton in partnership with the British Library to showcase the earliest manuscript of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s extraordinary poem Kubla Khan. The exhibition celebrates the manuscript’s return to the county where it was written. It will tell the story of Coleridge’s time spent living in and near the Quantock Hills, his relationship with William and Dorothy Wordsworth, and the legacy of his writing.
Until June 28
Landmarks Exhibition A solo exhibition of gestural, painterly, expressive, and atmospheric imagined landscapes on paper and canvas from painter/printmaker, Gail Mason. In the Bishop’s Palace, Wells.
Until July 3
Dress for Redress: Exploring Native
American Material Culture An exhibition of the work of contemporary Anishinabe artist Celeste Pedri-Spade in The American Museum and Gardens in Bath. Featuring a series of spectacular wearable-art pieces, personal artefacts and photography, alongside historical items from the Museum’s collection, the exhibition will demonstrate the continuing legacy and profound importance of visual and material culture.
area control brought to life by huge living history camps, military re-enactors and historic vehicles.
Until September 4
Magpie Market A market for vintage and contemporary gifts, jewellery and homemade crafts and produce. Free from 10am to 3pm in the Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome.
Dress Code: Fashion Stories from the Box Exhibition dedicated to fashion, highlights from Plymouth’s The Box’s costume and textile collection will be displayed alongside paintings, drawings, film and archival material to tell important local and international stories about fashion and clothing. It spans the 1700s to today and speaks to contemporary conversations about identity, sustainability, shopping, design, making and craft.
Until February 2023
Wind in the Willows Sculpture Trail In conjunction with the Brewhouse Theatre, Coates English Willow have created 12 willowy Wind in the Willow Sculptures to find. At Stoke Road, Stoke St Gregory. From 10am to 3pm, £4.50, tickets can be bought at the door.
April
Fabulous food at Eat: MInehead, 2 April.
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28 March - 16 May 2022
Sunday 3
Little Monsters Market Baby and children’s nearly new sale in Castle School Sports Hall, Taunton. Browse thousands of quality, nearly new children’s items including clothes, toys and equipment. From 10.30am to 12.30pm, adults £2, children free.
Spring Beach Clean and Walk Go along and help with a mass litter pick on Minehead Beach and around the town, part of the Keep Britain Tidy and Severn Estuary Beach Clean events.Then enjoy a walk to Dunster. Meet outside Channel Adventure, Warren Road at 2pm. Street Fair Stalls, activities and entertainment on Watchet Esplanade and Harbour. From 10am to 4pm.
Friday 8 - Sunday 10
Spring Market A selection of local artisans selling beautiful handmade products. From 10.30am to 4pm in the historic Cow Shed at Barrington Court.
Saturday 2
Eat: Minehead Locally focused food-and drink festival. Expect over 70 local food and drink producers and free entertainment all along the Avenue. Free, from 10am and 4pm.
Britain’s Biggest Model Railway The railway will be at the Bath and West Showground along with additional layouts, manufacturers and trade stands. From 9.30am to 5pm, adults £12, children £8, under 5s free.
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3
Saturday 9
World at War Weekend 10th Anniversary Event with WWII Vehicles & Encampment at the Helicopter Museum, Locking Moor Road. See the land surrounding Weston Airfield’s original WW2
Coffee, Cake and Clean Up Annual Community Beach Clean hosted by the National Trust and supported by Exmoor National Park. Meet at Bossington Car Park at 10am to enjoy coffee and cake
