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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
- Footman James Bristol Classic Car Show, Shepton Mallet
- Wassailing the Apple Tree, Carhampton, Mid January
March
- A Five Year Old Could do That: Trying to Make Sense of Modern Art, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Spring Steam Gala, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
April
- Minehead's May Day Mayhem, Minehead
May
- All Aboard The Rock Island Line, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
- Bike Show Southwest, Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Early May
- Minehead's May Day Mayhem, Minehead
- North Somerset Show, Tyntesfield
- Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet, Late May or early June
- SOMERSET HERITAGE ROADSHOW, Glastonbury
- The Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet Showground, Shepton Mallet
June
- Beach Soccer, Weston-super-Mare
- British BMX National Championship, Broadway House Holiday Touring Caravan and Camping Park, Cheddar, Mid June
- Cheddar Gorge Challenge, Cheddar
- Glastonbury Festival, Late June
- The International Westonbirt Festival of Gardens, Westonbirt Arboretum, Westonbirt, Early June - Early September
- Yeovil Festival, Yeovil, End of June, beg July
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 Water Ski Races, Weston-super-Mare
- Priddy Folk Festival, Various Venues, Priddy, Early July
- Sand Sculpture Festival, Beach Lawns, Weston-super-Mare
- Somerton Horse Show, Home Farm, Somerton, Late July
- Somerton Summer Festival, Various venues, Somerton, Early - Mid July
- Spook Nights at Wookey, Wookey Hole, Wells
- 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
August
- Annual August Extravaganza, Watchet
- Big Green Gathering, Cheddar
- Folkfest, Burnham On Sea
- 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
- Party in the Park, Weston-super-Mare
- Priddy Sheep Fair, Priddy, Mid August
- Sand Sculpture Festival, Beach Lawns, Weston-super-Mare
- 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, Taunton, Early August
- Watchet Music Festival, Watchet
September
- 10 Parishes Festival, Various venues, Wiveliscombe, Early - Mid September
- Annual Antiques Fair, Luxborough
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- Cider Cheese & Chutney Festival, Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton
- Frome Cheese Show, West Woodlands Showground, West Woodlands, Early September
- Ladies Night at Woodlands Castle, Taunton
- National Amateur Gardening Show, Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Early September
- 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 Gorge Outdoor Festival, Cheddar
October
- Autumn Steam Gala, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- Exmoor Food Festival, Exmoor National Park, Dulverton, Early - Mid October
- Exmoor Food Festival, Various venues , Dunster
- Mendip Food and Drink Festival
- Motorcycle Beach Race, Weston-super-Mare
- Somerset In Autumn Weekend, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
- South Somerset Food Festival, Yeovil
- 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
- Glastonbury Chilkwell Guy Fawkes carnival, Town Centre, Glastonbury, Early November
- Grand Firework Display - Bridgwater, St Matthew's Field, Bridgwater, Early November
- Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Guy Fawkes Carnival, Burnham-on-Sea, Early November
- Iluminated Carnival, Weston-super-Mare
- 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
- Dulverton By Starlight, Dulverton, Always the first full weekend in December.
- Royal Smithfield Show, Shepton Mallet
- Winter Steam Festival, West Somerset Railway, Minehead
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