A brand new arts festival takes place across Yeovil Town Centre locations in March 2026, including events, new commissions, exhibitions and creative activities for all ages. Produced by Yeovil Art Space with a group of Yeovil artists who want to share their creativity with the community. Part of the OUR TOWN project funded by Arts Council England and supported by Somerset Council and Yeovil Town Council.

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Yeovil Art Weekender – Tell Us What You Thought!

This is Our Town, Our Voices and our first Art and Culture Festival!

Did you join us? Did you enjoy it?! What did you do, what did you see? What do you want to see in the future? Help us make more things like this happen in the future! Have your say…

We have a short feedback form on the link below, please take a couple of minutes to give us some festival feedback…

Yeovil Art Weekender – Find your way about Town

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Hear all about it!…

Jess Egan and Izzie Jobbins from the Yeovil Art Space Team talk about the Yeovil Art Weekender with Jenna Myles at Be Somerset Radio. Sharing who’s involved, what it’s all about and what to expect across the festival… oh and hoping for some sunshine!

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Credits Roll Please…

To everyone who joined us, who took part, who has helped spread the word, shared in the absolute joy of it all and made the Yeovil Art Weekender the success it was! This was an event made in and with Yeovil communities and made very special by the amount of people involved.

So with that in mind, credits roll please….

Yeovil Diversity Project
Yeovil Railway Centre
South Somerset Model Club
Yeovil4Family
YMCA
U3A
Yeovil Poets Society – The 16 amazing poets and Yeovil Creatives artists in the brand new anthology
Our Yeovil Art Action Group!

Atomic Comics & Games
St Johns Church
Somerset Libraries Yeovil

The Sounds of the Streets Band
Squeaky Leaky
The Ravens of Gallis Row
Big Eye Beans
Al Flint
EPS Yeovil

Yeovil College – Andy Rollo and 16 Art & Design Students (Level 3 Year 2)

Artists
Sue Green
Alice-Bowen-Churchill
Brendan Barry
Juneau Projects: Philip Duckworth and Ben Sadler.

Yeovil Creatives
Celia Brokenshire
Emily Duchscherer Kirk
Tara Gibson
Dawn Handy
Jackie Hughes
Julie Swinnerton
Tracy Walker
Lupe Velazqez

Somerset Partnerships School
Oaklands Community
Stanchester Academy
Preston Primary
St Michaels Academy
Milford Juniors
Reckleford Nursery and Infants
St Guildas Catholic School

Everyone that created a Postcard from Yeovil

Yeovil Press for your amazing coverage over the months

Rachel Mead we could not have spread the word so widely without you!

And our huge thanks to Arts Council England for funding this amazing project with invaluable support from Yeovil Town Council and Somerset Council, and thanks for the Winter Warm Hub funding from Somerset Community Foundation enabling families and Yeovil residents to take part in various activities in the running up of the event and celebrate the creativities with more people during the weekend!

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About Yeovil Art Weekender

The Yeovil Art Weekender is a celebration of creativity that brings people together to experience joy, inspiration, and a renewed sense of pride in our town. Through artistic expression, we aspire to change perceptions of Yeovil, highlighting its vibrant culture, diverse voices, and rich potential.

Rooted in collaboration and inclusivity, the Weekender welcomes everyone to explore, experiment, and participate. We strive to make creativity an accessible and integral part of daily life, encouraging playfulness, connection, and collective imagination.

The festival recognises the contributions of past generations, embraces the present, and innovates for the future, with equality, integrity, and respect at its core. By showcasing artistic talent, celebrating the town’s unique identity, and fostering community co-creation, we aim to uplift and inspire all who take part. 

Together, we will co-create meaningful artistic experiences that leave a lasting legacy, nurture wellbeing, and cultivate positive change that resonates far beyond the festival weekend.

How did it come about?

Yeovil Art Weekender was developed as part of Yeovil Art Space’s project ‘Our Town’ a creative placemaking project funded by Arts Council England, offering a programme of art and cultural events for Yeovil Town Centre from now until March 2026. 

What will it look like?

Yeovil Art Space developed the Yeovil Art Weekender in response to the call out for more creativity in our town so that we could put arts and culture at the centre of our town. 10 of our Yeovil Creatives undertook a programme of training delivered by Lucy Elmes from Take a Part, Plymouth offering them a key insight into how an arts weekender is run. Using their newly developed knowledge and skills our Yeovil Creatives have helped steer the weekender from the start and will continue to guide us to ensure the event’s success.

Yeovil Art Weekender will see a series of co-created events, pop-ups, exhibitions, performances and workshops across Yeovil Town Centre highlighting the rich arts and culture offering right here in our town. The weekender will take place from Friday 27th – Sunday 29th March. Yeovil Art Space will work in partnership with Yeovil Town Council, Somerset Council and other community groups alongside an open call so that anybody can get involved.

How can you get involved?

Co-creation is at the heart of Yeovil Art Weekender and there are plenty of opportunities to get involved so that we celebrate the diversity of Yeovil’s community. We will be announcing an open call for events, pop-up displays, exhibitions and workshops in Yeovil Town. 

There will be volunteer opportunities during the Art Weekender from stewarding events, helping out with workshops, and providing information to visitors. There’s a role for everyone who would like to get involved. 

You can also support us by becoming a sponsor so that we can achieve the best possible weekend. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a brand new arts festival and support emerging talent, creativity and positive change in Yeovil. We can help businesses and organisations reach new audiences and the local community here in Yeovil, especially those engaged with arts and culture. 

We offer a bespoke approach with our sponsors and want to work with you to develop a partnership that supports us both. We would love to chat with you more about what we can offer so please get in touch via email at izzie@yeovilartspace.uk