All The Worlds Our Playground – Family Festival
All the World’s Our Playground returns for the sixth year, taking over the Amulet and the Market Place and venues across the town centre with another riotous festival for the whole family. Free event.
Following last year’s very successful pop-up season of events, for 2026 we are delighted to be leading a collaboration across multiple Shepton Mallet promoters and venues in the first SHEPTON MIDSUMMER FEST. This multi-venue music and arts festival has FREE and TICKETED events and runs from 18 to 28 June.
Further events and acts are still to be announced so sign-up to our newsletter and check-out the comprehensive details of events including free events on this page!
All the World’s Our Playground returns for the sixth year, taking over the Amulet and the Market Place and venues across the town centre with another riotous festival for the whole family. Free event.
Our next open day at The Shepton Mallet Sunday Market. Join us in our temporary event space on the ground floor of the Amulet to learn about the building's history and our project to purchase it for the community of Shepton Mallet and surrounding area. Our community share offer is now live, giving...
An opportunity to sing Natural Voice compositions and other uplifting, ‘quick win’ songs, creating a feeling of unity and harmony. This community sing will be led by Sue Rushforth, who celebrated her wedding at The Amulet in 1997. Having lived and worked in Shepton district for 26 years she has a strong link with the...
A fabulous night of dancing to the amazing barefoot ceilidh band, complete with caller, fiddle & squeeze box. Featuring Shepton Mallet resident and renowned uilleann piper and whistle player Dominic Henderson. Entry: 18+ only Licensed bar Tickets: Adults £12 Low-income £8 Under 25 £8
A live jazz session in the Market Place, directly outside the Amulet, to celebrate the launch of Bar 501 Tacos. This is a free event, with no booking required. Hot tacos will be available from Bar 501 and the Amulet' ground floor event space will be open to visit.
Our next open day at the Shepton Mallet Sunday Market. Join us in our temporary event space on the ground floor of the Amulet to learn about the building's history and our project to purchase it for the community of Shepton Mallet and surrounding area. Our community share offer is now live, giving...
Shepton Mallet u3a will be running a showcase of their activities in the Amulet on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st, from 10am to 5pm each day. Come along and discover all of the amazing opportunities that this fabulous community group currently offers.
A live jazz session in the Market Place, directly outside the Amulet, to celebrate the launch of Bar 501 Tacos. This is a free event, with no booking required. Hot tacos will be available from Bar 501 and the Amulet' ground floor event space will be open to visit.
Our next open day at the Shepton Mallet Sunday Market. Join us in our temporary event space on the ground floor of the Amulet to learn about the building's history and our project to purchase it for the community of Shepton Mallet and surrounding area. Our community share offer runs until 31st October, giving local...
Professional dance company Ekleido are undertaking a one-week residency in Shepton Mallet in mid-October. They will be adapting two of their breathtaking performances that incorporate voguing, bonebreaking and threading club/street dance styles and that are usually performed in major dance venues, ready to undertake a national rural venue tour next year under the Rural Touring...
Featuring live band Xaman X plus Panther Panther and DJs Cal Jader & Arias plus Sunday Market DJs and Minsky live. Xaman X combine live electronics with traditional Latin American instrumentation and outstanding percussion, they ride the thin line between old and new, grounded and psychedelic, spiritual and kitsch. Their improvised sets are ritualistic music...
FLOCK presents "Journey of the Magi" by Springs Dance Company “Forget The Nutcracker, Springs Dance Company's Journey of the Magi is the best Christmas show I have ever seen!" - Sir David Bintley CBE - former artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Journey of the Magi is a professional production of dance, theatre, song and poetry. It is a...
Join professional dance company Ekleido for a breathtaking double bill dance performance incorporating voguing, bonebreaking and threading club/street dance styles and featuring original music by world-renowned electronic musician FloatingPoints. Ekleido usually perform in major dance venues but were selected and funded by the Rural Touring Dance Initiative and Arts Council England to adapt their show...
Snowgoose Experience the timeless, harmony-rich folk-rock of Snowgoose live! Tonight they perform as an acoustic duo, bringing their enchanting indie charm to the Church. Featuring the spellbinding vocals of Anna Sheard and the beautiful guitar work of Jim McCulloch (Soup Dragons/BMX Bandits), and with a reputation for transforming venues into intimate, dream-like soundscapes, this promises...
PLEASE NOTE THE AMENDED TIMES OF THE EVENT AND PRE-BOOKED TICKET (FREE) NOW REQUIRED FOR ENTRY 🌳 FIVE TREES ALL DAY FAMILY PARTY 🌳 A day for everyone! 📅 Saturday 20th June ⏰ 1pm – 5pm 📍 Five Trees Bowlish, Forum Lane, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4JG 🎉 Bring the whole crew — toddlers to grandparents...
Chilled Saturday Afternoon Jazz mixed by Vinyl DJ’s all afternoon at Kilver Court!
Following their chance re-encounter in the south-east corner of Glastonbury Festival in 2024, old schoolmates CISSY + Dan Hughes have been writing and performing as a duo and sharing their love for jazz and folk styles. As well as performing their favourite standards from these genres, the pair also enjoy sharing their own tunes, touching...
The Barefoot Ceilidh Band are known for their high-energy playing and expert calling across Irish, English and Scottish dance traditions. Led by uilleann piper Dominic Henderson, the band also features fiddle, flute, guitar, and unforgettable callers that will lead everyone in the dancing. After their sell-out ceilidh in the Amulet during last summer’s pop-up season,...
Let’s Buy The Amulet are delighted to be supporting Art Bank Introducing – Rock & Pop Showcase Get ready for a night of fresh talent and brilliant live music as we welcome bands and performers from The Blue School in Wells to the stage. Expect at least five fantastic acts, each bringing a mix of...
Movimientos, Let's Buy The Amulet & Fallowfest present: MUÉVETE! 💃🔥 The Legendary Latino Sound System & Fiesta Get ready for a red-hot, rum-fuelled carnival to kick off the summer! We’re bringing a heavy dose of Latino and Caribbean heat to Pilton with live acts, tropical DJs, and a massive outdoor vibe. THE LINEUP: 🎸 LAS...
"THE BIG DRAW IN COLLETT PARK Drawing On, the community sketching group led by Flock Arts is collaborating with SWEDA to get everyone drawing together in Collett Park. There’ll be a range of activities for all ages where BIG drawing will happen! Fun Portraits, Walk & Draw, Nature Designs, Print Making and a Giant Community...
For Our Friends At Shepton Mallet AFC! They are holding ” MALLETFEST, ” a music festival, on Saturday 27th June at Shepton Mallet Football Club. 1.30pm – 1.30am. Headliners will be Absolute Oasis along with Luke Potter, Paper Planes, Eddie Dean, Sladest, Troy Ellis plus DJ’s all day. Tickets are priced at £20 from 1.30pm...
Where are YOU from? Where's your family from? What places have shaped who you are? Drop in any time and add your story to a large, collaborative artwork mapping the cultural roots of Shepton Mallet — from just down the road to the other side of the world. Whether your family has been in Somerset...
Before the big Prison Yard Party the Shepton Mallet Sunday Market is on 10-3pm this time with a star studded DJ line up Including: Banco De Gaia (Toby Marks) Himeko Patmandu Matt Ettle Mixy Dust Cydney Jake Kómma Philski And a Live Music Line up which includes: Twoman Ting B.E.Cooling Ruby Darbyshire Our biggest Sunday...
Get ready and get ya tickets 🎫 Shepton Mallet Prison takeover is here ! 💥🎶🎻 Inside those tall perimeter walls in the yards of the prison Level Sounds ( DUB AT THE PUB ), Shepton Midsummer Fest and the legendary Firmly Rooted Sound System bring you the.... “PRIZON YARD PARTY” 💕☀️🎶💥💥! Six hours of back...
Ten years ago, my best friend Tom was diagnosed with heart cancer and given three months to live. His last wish was to have a full Viking burial. So I gave him one. Team Viking tells the remarkable, hilarious and heart-lifting story of how I actually managed to give my best mate the send-off he...