Yeovil Town Events

The Fourth Food Fair and Classic Car Show in the New Village Hall at Leigh, Nr Sherborne.  You will be able to taste and buy some of the best food on offer from local producers.  The Stallholders will include:-  Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Bridfish, Brokewood Farm, Dorset Blue Cheese and Soup Company, Easy Beans, Filbert Bees, Fudges, Gustosecco, Leakers Bakery, Longmeadow Organic Vegetables, Nether Cerne Herbs and Flour, Reads Coffee Roasters, Sauces of Choice,  Sherborne Castle Estate Wines, Somerset Cider Brandy Co., and The Seed Company. There will also be a Cookery Demonstration, Wessex Maurice Men and activities for children. Mark Hix will be opening the Fair – he is a Dorset boy!!  He owns the Hix Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis.  He competed in the 2007 series of Great British Menu on BBC Television, winning the public vote for his main course AND pudding. Barbecued Hamburgers & Sausages, Refreshments, Ice cream and Beer will be here!
This is proving to be a very successful show, AND will be in our amazing new Village Hall.  Please spread the word to your friends and relations – it really is a day NOT to be missed. Entrance £1 Children 50p

Now firmly established as the South of England’s great Classics and Supercar
Show, ‘Classics at the Castle’ classic car show brings to Sherborne Castle over a
thousand spectacular vehicles from Veterans to Supercars, the arrival of the Veteranand Classic car tours, motorsports and supercar displays, trade and club stands, autojumble, craft tents and children’s entertainments; and with the addition of the Charterhouse Car Auction this year, the show should really move into top gear. Admission costs: adults & seniors £6.00; children 15yrs & under free. In addition, for Auction are a Star Car – the 1923 Clement-Talbot as featured in Monte Carlo or Bust! Guide Price of £18,000-22,000 plus a Gangster-mobile Plymouth Sedan with a guide price of £10,000-15,000. Click here for more information. Also in the auction today is a Mercedes stored since 1973, but owned from 1960, this rare right hand drive car is estimated at £8,000-10,000 when it goes under the Charterhouse hammer.  Click here for more details. Also in the auction are a Vespa 400 with a guide price of£4,000- £4,450 as well as a Rolls Royce Phantom I with a guide price of £100,000-£120,000.  Click here for further information. 

Wes Read - Mayor of Yeovil is organising a fun-filled charity fundraising Quiz Night at Yeovil Town Football Club - who are kindly sponsoring the event along with The Cake Box, Yeovil.

For £10 per head, you get the chance to test your knowledge on a range of subjects! Teams of 6 are invited, and supper is included.

All the proceeds of the evening will go towards the Mayor's chosen charities - Leukaemia Research and the Alzheimer's Society. Click here for more details.

Following on from last year's successful event, Yeovil Town Council - with the support of Yeovil Town Centre Partnership and the Brimsmore Gardens Group - is staging another Flower and Gardeners' Market. A variety of stalls will be provided on a horticultural/gardening theme with prices to suit all pockets.

Entertainment has been arranged to suit all ages, including:

- Open Flower and Vegetable Show in the Methodist Hall
- Yeovil in Bloom Gardening Competition - presentation of prizes
- Best Kept Allotment Competition - presentation of prizes
- Music in the Performing Arts Area - featuring Yeovil Town Band
- Competitions
- Children's Activities

The event provides an ideal opportunity for local producers, clubs and organisations to promote their products and attract new members. Anyone interested in taking on a stall or entering the Flower and Vegetable Show should contact the Town Council on 01935 382424 for further details and an application form. 

The Shepton Antiques & Collectors Fair has gone from strength to strength this year, and dmg Antique Fairs are delighted with the increase in attendance seen at each fair. A new Fairs team along with structured marketing campaigns have ensured that the fair is getting bigger and better with each event.
The Fair:
At the Shepton Mallet Antique & Collectors Fair there are up to 600 stalls packed full of antique and collectables. Housed in four halls and over 40 shopping arcades at the Royal Bath & West Showground, the Shepton fair is renowned as a source for quality items. Ceramics, paintings, glassware, decorative items, furniture…you’ll discover lots of one-of-a-kind finds perfect for your interiors. The fair opens to trade buyers on Friday afternoon and attracts many of London’s top dealers, some of whom will have their purchases back in their shops ready to sell the following day! Public entry is Saturday 8:30-5:00pm and Sunday 10:00-4:00pm, making the Shepton Fair the ideal event for a weekend shopping excursion. Remember, the September Shepton Fair is even bigger with 100s of outside pitches!