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We take great care to ensure all this information is correct at the time of going to press. However things can change at short notice so it is important you check details before going anywhere.

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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 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

Family Fun Day at Wincanton Racecourse, 10 April.

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.

Until September 4

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

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.

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3

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 area control brought to life by huge living history camps, military re-enactors and historic vehicles.

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.

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.

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.

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 9

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

before proceeding down to the beach to clear as much rubbish as possible. Booking is always advisable to ensure enough cake for all, visit www.nationaltrust.org. uk/bossington or contact Ruth Hyett on 01643 863124 for further information.

Spring Fair and Dog Show

There will be a variety of stalls, attractions and games for all ages from 12 to 5pm in Allerford and Selworthy Community Hall, Hare Park, Allerford, near Minehead, Refreshments available.

Saturday 9 - Saturday 23

The Meerkat Trail

Follow the special Easter trail in Bristol Shopping Centre featuring a Mob of Magnificent Meerkats. Schools and youth groups across the city are decorating the Magnificent Meerkats during March and they will be displayed during the holidays. Maps showing their locations will be available from John Wesley’s New Room in Broadmead (opposite Boots) and all participating venues. Following the trail, all the meerkats will be displayed in John Wesley’s New Room for one week from Tuesday 26 April.

Saturday 9 - June 18

Queen and Community

A look at service to the community with reference to Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Anniversary in Crewkerne Museum celebrating volunteering and service to communities.

Sunday 10

Family Fun Day

All the family can enjoy an afternoon at the races at Wincanton Racecourse. As well as all the races, you can join in the Easter Egg Hunt. Clues will be around the racecourse giving you the chance to win an Easter egg once you have found all the clues. There is also the opportunity to get your picture taken with the whole family once you have collected your prize. There will also be face painting, Climb Vertigo, rosette making and inflatables including a large obstacle course, bouncy castles, interactive sports zone and a giant garden games area. All free for under 18s.

Open Cockpit Day

Visitors to the Helicopter Museum have a rare opportunity to access the cockpits of selected helicopters and have the controls explained by an experienced guide. Fun for all the family. Plus:

Helicopter Air Experience Flight

Have the opportunity to learn how a helicopter works as the pilot explains the controls whilst you look down on Weston-super-Mare from a thousand feet in the air. From 2pm at the Helicopter Museum, Locking Moor Road.

Wednesday 13

Open Cockpit Day

As April 10.

Spring Market

Market on the Esplanade, Watchet from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

Friday 15 - Monday 18

Easter Open Weekend

Secret World Wildlife Rescue will be open to visitors with wildlife talks, a learning tent, craft and gift market, pond dipping and a chance to meet the resident animals including birds of prey, a red deer and an emu. From 10am to 4pm, adults £5, children £2.

Fashion from the 1700s to today at Plymouth’s The Box, until 4 September.

Saturday 16

Easter Craft Market

From 10am to 4pm in Dunster Tithe Barn, free admission.

Repair Cafe

Take your broken items to be fixed in St Edmund’s Community Hall. Glastonbury. Learn ‘how to’ save money by mending stuff; help climate change and reduce the waste mountain; drink coffee, eat nice cake and meet others who love making, mending and renewing pre-loved items. All for a donation from 10am and 12pm.

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17

Pageant of Transport

See a variety of transport: cars, motorbikes, tractors, lorries, buses & military vehicles, from 8am on the Beach Lawns at Weston-super-Mare.

Sunday 17

Open Cockpit Day/ Helicopter Air Experience Flight

As April 10.

Giant Flea Market

Over 250 inside and outside stalls selling a plethora of items at the Bath and West Showground. From 9.30am, adults £5, accompanying children free. Details in 01278 784912.

Monday 18 - May 31

Let There Be Light Exhibition

An exhibition at Bath Abbey of over 20 pieces by local artist, Shelley Ashkowski, celebrating the history and beauty of churches, cathedrals and abbeys.

Wednesday 20

Open Cockpit Day

As April 10.

Friday 22 - Saturday 23

Burnham Book Festival

Literary event with talks, workshops and readings across several genres, including crime, historical, young adult, children’s, literary and non-fiction. In the Princess Theatre and Burnham Library. It will include local authors and well known figures on the literary scene culminating in award ceremonies for the first ever poetry and short-story winners of the Burnham and

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Highbridge Prize, judged by professional authors. Go to burnhambookfest.co.uk for details.

Friday 22 - Sunday 24

Spring Steam & Diesel Gala

Go to Midsomer Norton for the gala on the Somerset and Dorset Railway. There will be a busy timetable of demonstration freight trains from the yard and passengers trains from both platforms. Go to sdjr.co.uk for details.

Saturday 23

Yandles Spring Craft Market

Free day out supporting local crafts people, featuring stalls, demonstrations and instore offers. From 10am to 4pm in Yandles, Hurst Works, Martock.

Spring Vintage Bazaar

Enjoy some eco-friendly retail therapy in the Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome. Purchase from some of the country’s best dealers in vintage textiles, decorative antiques and French brocante as well as a handpicked selection of designer makers. From 9am to 2pm.

Saturday 23 & Sunday 24

Glastonbury Abbey Medieval Fayre

Fayre from 10am to 5pm across the entire abbey grounds. Includes battles, activities and jousts. Day tickets and full weekend tickets available, under 5s free.

Sunday 24

The Big Bark

A fun interactive day out at Bath and West showground with plenty for the pooches to do with Havea-go agility & Hoopers, Temptation Alley, Canine Olympics, Dog Displays, Doggy Photobooth as well as talks and workshops from dog behaviourists, trainers and groomers, among other attractions. Dogs will have their own doggy cafe and doggy tea party with party games and hats (bookable online).It will also be raising funds for local pet charities and good causes, with a charity fun dog show and scurry. From 10am to 4pm, adults £10, children £5, family £25.

Open Cockpit Day

As April 10.

Antiques, Vintage & Collectors Fair From 10am to 4pm in the Tithe Barn, Priory Gardens, Dunster.

Tuesday 26

In Xanadu: Coleridge and the West Country Tours

Find out more about the artworks and objects on display in this short gallery tour of the Museum of Somerset. At 2.30pm, must be booked, suggested donation £3.

Hidden Porlock Walk

An opportunity to visit sites of historical interest and explore hidden parts of the village’s past. Meet at 10am at Porlock Visitor Centre Free event but donations to Care Moor Exmoor and Porlock Visitor Centre very welcome. Book online or on 01643 863150.

Thursday 28 - Sat 30

Spring Festival

Hosted by the Culturally Chard Consortium. Includes themed workshops, Blue Plaque and Lace Riot Walks and an iSpy Trail around Chard Town Centre for families and young people. Go to www.chardmuseum.co.uk/events for details.

Friday 29 - May 2

Abbey Hill Steam Rally

Fun family day out at Yeovil Showground, Barwick with traction engines to motorcycles and over 100 trade stands and a programme of entertainment including ring events, live bands and singers in the refreshment marquee. In the evening the fun continues in the marquee and the fairground stays open until late.

Spring Steam Gala on the West Somerset Railway, 5-8 May.

The Big Bark at Bath and West Showground, 24 April.

May

Sunday 1

Magpie Market

As April 3.

Street Fair As April 3.

Dino Day

Roarsome Family Fun Day at Salisbury Racecourse as dinosaurs take over. Join the T Rex’s, Triceratops and Baby Dinos for a great value family day out which includes other free children’s entertainment. Take little explorers to help to try and tame and train the sneaky, cheeky dinosaurs – if you dare. Children free.

Tuesday 3 - Tuesday 10

Donkey Week

A chance for you to have close contact with the residents of the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth. Activities on offer include guest speakers, social events, wildlife walks, demonstrations and plenty of opportunities to meet the donkeys throughout the week. Daily trips are arranged to visit the outlying farms, not usually open to the public. Visitors can take tractor trailer rides or meet the donkeys. You can spend a day, or enjoy a whole week of tours, events, insightful talks and lots of one to one time with the donkeys. Go to www. thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/events/ donkeyweek for details.

Saturday 7

The 821st Wells May Charter Fair

Fair in Wells Market Place with Civic Opening and Blessing of the Fair at 11am.

Thursday 5 - Sunday 8

Spring Steam Gala

Multiple steam locomotives will be in action on the West Somerset Steam Railway with an intensive timetable. The turntables at Minehead and Triangle and Norton Fitzwarren both in use and Stogumber Cattle Dock will be reopening. Special offer children travel for £1 on the Sunday when accompanied by an adult.

Sunday 8

Open Cockpit Day/ Helicopter Air Experience Flight

As April 10.

Friday 13 - Sunday 29

Mayfest

Bristol’s biennial international festival of contemporary theatre with dozens of performances, events, and parties in some of Bristol’s best-loved venues as well as in unexpected sites and locations throughout the city. Go to mayfestbristol.co.uk for details.

Sunday 15

Toy & Train Collectors Fair

Over 300 stalls at the Bath and West Showground. Catering for all collectors, there are thousands of models in the Showering Pavilion and on the Balcony. From 10.30am to 2.30pm, tickets from £4.

May Fair

Fair showcasing a host of local craft and produce suppliers from the region. From 10am to 4pm at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road, Bristol.

Friday 20 - Sunday 22

Foodies Festival

A star studded line up of celebrity chefs and chart-topping music stars at The Downs, Stoke Road, Bristol. Visitors can enjoy the Chefs’ Theatre, Cake & Bake Theatre, Drinks Theatre, Shopping Village with award winning artisan producers, Street Food Avenue, Feasting Tent, Cook Book Shop, Kids’ Cookery School, fairground, live music stage and family-friendly areas with activities for children. From 12 to 9pm, adult day ticket £25 (£19 in advance); weekend ticket £47 (£38 in advance); accompanied children free.

Saturday 21

Repair Cafe

As April 16 but from 2 to 3pm.

For a free listing of your event — let us know the details by 29 April.