Yeovil Town Events

Inside the hall there will be a variety of handmade gifts and outisde there will be a table top sale with everything from toys and clothes to bricabrac. Plus refreshments and a raffle. All in aid of the Sparkford Parish Hall.
Anyone interested in an outside space please call. Cost is £5 per pitch.

A warm welcome awaits you at the 2013 Evershot Country Fair in West Dorset’s highest village.  From midday, our country fair has traditional rural crafts, delicious locally produced food, a range of interesting stands and plenty to entertain. You can watch crafts people at work; talk to a thatcher, bee keeper, blacksmith, stonemason, gamekeeper and taxidermist.  For children there will be a bouncy castle, games and ringside displays. Take a trailer ride through the beautiful countryside of the Melbury Estate and deer park.  Enjoy a hog roast, BBQ or ploughman’s lunch whilst dancers perform.  You might listen to the band with a pint of local ale or cider.  There will be plenty of tea and cakes, soft drinks and ice cream.  

Come and join us at this popular rural event; it promises to be a great day out for the family.  Entrance: adults £2, children free, parking free.

A fantastic evening of Big Band entertainment for all ages, celebrating Big Band music from the golden era of the 1930's right up to the present day. Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many more.

Come and support Yeovil's own community big band and celebrate with us over 35 years of the band.

The show starts at 7.45pm - tickets £8.

For Tickets or further information please contact:
Christine: christinespinkpc@talktalk.net (or call 01935 428590)
or Karen: karenvclotworthy@hotmail.co.uk
or find us on Facebook.

A fantastic evening of entertainment with the wonderful Elvis impersonater Tim Bassett, who will be singing a selection of Elvi's hits. Tim Bassett is a fantastic Elvis entertainer, and everyone is in for a fantastic night.

 Also available on the night will be an entertaining dance performance from our very own LeRoc dancers. Bassetts Allsorts will also be performing a selection of hits from the 50's 60's and 70's.

There will be plenty of room for dancing, as well as for sitting with friends and family to watch and enjoy the show.

This event is raising money for the Flying Colours Appeal, who are raising money for the Special Care Baby Unit at Yeovil Women's Hospital.

Saturday 6th July
 
Our parade once again celebrates local Volunteers.

Led by the Mayor, leaving the football ground at Noon and also featuring pupils from Shaftesbury School, local organisations, community groups and volunteers, to arrive at the Abbey for an afternoon of music.
Leisure and craft stalls along Park Walk.
Rotary tea tent in the Rose Garden.
Bottle Stall (wine or water?), Coconut Shy, Shooting Gallery, Face Painting and Kiddies Activities.
Musical activities in the Abbey grounds between 3pm and 6pm

Sunday 7th July

French Market along the High Street.
In the Abbey - A programme of folk and light music.Town Hall - Children's Dancing, Morris Men, Clog Dancers
Rotary tea tent, Bottle Stall and a Fun Fair

This is a community event for the people of Shaftesbury. This year we are raising money for Polio Plus a Rotary Charity which is committed to the eradication of polio throughout the world and local good causes.

Few events can rival the intensity, drama and spectacle on offer at the Royal Navy’s premier air show.  The Air Day, one of the Southwest’s largest one day events, will return this summer with an action-packed day out for all the family.  Alongside the thrilling flying display there’s plenty to see and do on the ground – so whether you’re a wide-eyed first timer or a seasoned air show veteran, the experience will be incredible.

Advance Tickets - Discounted are now on Sale.  Click here. Deadline for Booking is 8th July.

The Fleet Air Arm and the Battle of the Atlantic a lecture by Dr Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones on Thursday 18th July at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton.

This talk will explore the crucial role played by the Fleet Air Arm in the Battle of the Atlantic. In May 1942, the Admiralty commented '...that with adequate and efficient air escort', the U-boat '..."wolf-pack" attack on a convoy should be impossible'.  But the contribution of the FAA to the Battle of the Atlantic extended beyond its contribution to the defeat of the U-boat threat. It was also instrumental in combatting the enemy's surface ship and the aircraft atacks on Allied merchant shipping. This talk will address these aspects by surveying a number of historical episodes:

• The Sinking of the Bismarck, HM Ships Victorious and Ark Royal
• Defeating the Focke Wulf: The Bay of Biscay, Liberators and SL 89, Audacity and HG 84
• The next Escort Carrier: Archer, the Central Atlantic and Operation "Vigorous"
• Diversion to the Arctic Run: Avenger and PQ 18
• Another Diversion: Operation "Torch"
• Closing the Atlantic Air Gap: Liberators, Biter and Avenger, Swordfish and Avengers, Rockets and Mark 24 Mines
• Back to the Arctic: Operations "Tungsten" and "Judgment"

Tickets at £25.00 include the lecture with question & answer session, an opportunity to view the Historic Flight's iconic Swordfish aircraft and finger buffet and refreshments.

Tickets can be purchased online, or from the Museum Ticket Box, located in the Museum Shop during normal Museum opening hours.

Vintage & classic car displays, classic car run, trade & craft stands, autojumble, children's entertainments.

One of the star cars, in the Charterhouse auction of classic and vintage cars being held at Sherborne Castle is a 1924 AC Anzani with less than 7,000 recorded miles.  

A classic Bristol motor car has been pulled out of a garage in Devon by Dorset based Charterhouse Auctioneers, 20 years after the owner drove it in with a view to starting a programme of restoration. Please click on the atached PDF document to read the full details.

We also have two classic car coupe designs in today's auction, a sleek and iconic 1970 Jaguar E Type and a 1974 Daf 66 Marathon coupe.  Click on the attached PDF to read the full details.

We are therefore thrilled to be instructed to sell a 1966 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage for a client near Newbury which is estimated at £140,000-£160,000. Click here to read the full PDF details.

Forde Abbey will be hosting its annual charity Summer Fair in their beautiful grounds between 11.00am and 4.00pm on Thursday 25th July.

There will be fantastic stalls offering local produce and craftsmanship as well as a host of attractions for all the family including falconry, dog agility displays, children’s games, gun dogs, and an extensive classic car display. You will also be able to enjoy a range of foods including a hog roast, food from the local farmers markets and a selection of locally homemade cakes from the tea rooms.

All proceeds made on the day shall be split between Marie Curie Cancer Care and R.A.B.I charities, it promises to be a great day out for everyone.

Walk with the Gruffalo, come on a bear hunt!  Join us to explore Ninesprings while we tell some of our favourite woodland stories.  We will explore the woodland playzone and stroll through the woods.  You can event make your own stickman.  Some steep slopes.

Cost £3.00 per child - accompanying adults free

An adult must accompany all children under 8.

Meeting Point : Yeovil Country Park noticeboard near Goldenstones

Booking essential - Booking Line 01935 422884

Max No. 24

Acoustic singer, composer and musician Louise Jordan is touring this summer with her critically acclaimed album Florilegium.

Since releasing her award winning debut album ‘TEMPVS’ in October 2011, Louise has completed four UK tours, winning support across the country with a stream of exceptional reviews and national radio play to boot.

Join Louise for an evening of live music as she plays songs from her second album ‘Florilegium as well as brand new material, accompanying herself on guitar and piano.

‘A stirring, lilting grace’ The Telegraph

‘Haunting and unforgettable’ The Sunday Express

50 years after the Daleks were first seen on our TV screens they are planning a terrifying return to the Fleet Air Arm Museum on Aug 10 & 11. Please click on the attached PDF to read the full details of this event.

Come along and discover the mysterious world of the minibeast. You can even make your own minibeast to take home.
Cost £3.00 per child - accompanying adults free. An adult must accompany all children under 8.

Meeting Point: Yeovil Country Park notice board near Goldenstones.

Booking essential - Booking Line 01935 422884

Max No. 24

Discover how to survive in the wild. Build your own den in the woodland playzone and light a fire to toast marshmallows over.

Cost £3.00 per child - accompanying adults free. An adult must accompany all children under 8.

Meeting Point: Yeovil Country Park noticeboard near Goldenstones

Booking essential - Booking Line 01935 422884

Max No. 16

The Great Dorset Steam Fair is a typically British event offering a unique blend of nostalgia and entertainment. Come and soak up the special festival atmosphere whether as a day visitor or taking in the full five days by camping on site. There is no other event like it anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year both from the UK and from all over the World! Tickets available from the website or your local TIC.

The Cheese Festival has 60+ traditional food stalls, 60+ craft stalls, real ale and real cider tents. Live music, Punch and Judy, Morris dancing, children's entertainment and of course plenty of cheese making, cheese tasting, cookery demonstrations and cheese related events.

Cost of a ticket is £5.00 per adult. Under 15's free and includes programme & parking.

Free event with themed stalls and presentation of Yeovil in Bloom and Yeovil Best Kept Allotments competitions. Also the bonuses of music from Yeovil Town Band, children's activities, and the monthly Farmers' Market in nearby Middle Street.

Street market dating back to medieval times, held annually in Sherborne on the first Monday after 10th October – old Michaelmas Day. Although no longer an agricultural fair, it is still a major event in Sherborne with four of the town’s main streets becoming full of street traders and food stalls for the day, and a funfair is usually held on the edge of town on the Monday and the days preceding it.

Some of the finest food and drink from across the Levels and Moors of Somerset, together with local crafts, in the historic surroundings of Montacute House Stables and Courtyard. Parking and entry is FREE and EVERYONE is welcome.

Get into the festive spirit and join the rangers at Ham Hill in making your own Christmas decorations, yule logs and other glittery surprises.

Cost £3.00 per child - accompanying adults free.  An adult must accompany all children under 8.

Meeting Point: Rangers Office Ham Hill Country Park

Booking essential - Booking Line 01935 422884

Max No. 18