Events

Event NameLocationEvent DetailsDateTimePrice
Ceruleo Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, 35 East Street, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0AN Taking communication, collaboration and experimentation as the basis to grow as a group, Ceruleo create dramatic programmes using spoken text alongside music for two sopranos and continuo. Promoted by Concerts in the West. Buy tickets online 10/07/2026 7.30pm Tickets £20
Back to All Events Ceruleo Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, 35 East Street, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0AN Jenni Harper, Emily Owen, sopranos Toby Carr, theorbo Kate Conway, viola da gamba Satoko Doi-Luck, harpsichord Programme Barbara Strozzi Sonetto proemio dell’opera – Mercé di voi, Op 1 Girolamo Frescobaldi La Riamata da chi amava, Op 2 Canzona quinta detta la Tromboncina Barbara Strozzi Begl’occhi, bel seno, bei crini, e bella bocca, Op 2 Tarquinio Merula Desideri vani, Op 3 Toccata del secondo tono, Composizioni per organo e cembalo Barbara Strozzi Che si può fare, Op 8 Alessandro Piccinini Partite variate sopra l’aria Francese detta l’Alemana Barbara Strozzi Sospira, respira, Op 6 Tarquinio Merula L’Amante segreto, Op 2 La Bianca, Canzoni overo Sonate concertate Barbara Strozzi chiesa e camera Op 12 I baci, Op 2 Biagio Marini La sol fa, mi, re, do, Op 2 La Caotorta, Gagliarda a 2 Barbara Strozzi Amante ravveduto, Op 6 – Begli occhi, Op 3 Taking communication, collaboration and experimentation as the basis to grow as a group, Ceruleo create dramatic programmes using spoken text alongside music for two sopranos and continuo. Every member of the group performs as a soloist, and Ceruleo use all available combinations of instruments and voices to create innovative and captivating performances. They specialise in performing the music of Restoration England and Seventeenth Century Italy. Ceruleo’s most recent project, the Arts Council England funded ‘Burying the Dead‘, a staged show about Henry Purcell written by the scriptwriter Clare Norburn and directed by Thomas Guthrie, began in May 2018. They performed ‘Burying the Dead’ at Festivals including the Buxton International Festival, Lake District Summer Music, Baroque at the Edge at LSO St Luke’s, Brighton Early Music Festival and the York Early Music Christmas Festival. They released their first album of the music of Henry Purcell, ‘Love Restor’d’ on Resonus Classics in 2022. Ceruleo formed in 2014 at The Guildhall School, and were subsequently invited to be Artist Fellows there for 2016/17. They were Brighton Early Music Festival’s Early Music Live! scheme participants for 2015/16. They have performed at venues including St John’s Smith Square, St Martin-in-the Fields, the Courtauld Gallery and for City Music Society, The London Handel Festival, the Folkestone Literature Festival and live on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’. They created and premiered ‘Rival Queens’, an immersive operatic experience, for Handel and Hendrix in London. www.ceruleo.co.uk 10/07/2026 7.30pm Tickets: £20 Students: £5
Live Music The George, North Street, Ilminster Ian Randall provides swing, country, blues and covers 10/07/2026 8pm Free entry
Community Coffee Morning Ile Youth & Community Centre, Frog Lane, Ilminster TA19 0AP The Activity Companions invite you to come along for a friendly, relaxed morning of tea, coffee, cake, conversation and connection. Everyone is welcome and the morning is dementia friendly. Our aim is simply to create a warm, relaxed space where people in the community can come together and feel welcome. The event is free to attend, with donations welcome to help support our community activities. 11/07/2026 10am to 12pm Free with donations welcome
Langer Challenge Cup Archie Gooch Pavilion, Canal Way, Ilminster TA19 9FE We are back with our charity football match. The Langer Challenge Cup Where the All Stars take on the undefeated Legends all in memory of our much missed friend Chris 'Langer'. There will be fun for all the family with Live Music, a Disco, Games, Raffle, Food and a Bouncy Castle while raising money for Sepsis Uk and South West Ambulance Services. 11/07/2026 Kick-off 12pm Free entry
Table Top Sale Vaughan Lee Memorial Hall Whitelackington TA19 9EF Lots of exciting stalls and refreshments. 11/07/2026 10am to 1pm Free entry
Gemini Big Breakfast Donyatt Village Hall, Donyatt TA19 0RG Come and enjoy a Gemini Carnival Club breakfast. Takeaway, gluten free options available. To book at table please email events@geminicarnivalclub.co.uk. 12/07/2026 9am to 12pm. Last orders 11am. Not available
Cream Tea and Prosecco Pavilion, Oxenford Lane, Dowlish Wake, Ilminster TA19 0PA Come and enjoy a cream tea plus a glass of prosecco. Raising funds for the Playing Field Trust. Booking essential. Book by calling Dave Hill on 07792 236881 or Kim Hill on 07792 236927. Cash bar and raffle. 12/07/2026 3pm £10 per person
Afternoon Tea Vaughan Lee House, Orchard Vale, Ilminster TA19 0EX Join us for a celebration of our wonderful volunteers. We have plenty of coffee and cakes coming out of our ears and the teapot is full, so we hope you are thirsty. There may even be a quiz 17/07/2026 2.30pm Free
Kings of the Blues Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, 35 East Street, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0AN Kings of the Blues is a dynamic live show led by guitarist Will Edmunds, tracing the evolution of blues from its raw Delta roots to the modern day. Blending live performance with engaging storytelling, the show journeys through acoustic country blues, Chicago’s electric sound, the “Three Kings,” British blues and blues-rock, right through to contemporary artists. With 30 years of playing experience, Will brings authenticity and insight, joined by top UK musicians for a powerful and entertaining celebration of the music that shaped generations. Buy tickets online. 17/07/2026 7.30pm Tickets £18
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