Ilminster Arts Centre

03/09/2026

Next Performance - Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion🎵🎸

By popular demand, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion return to the Arts Centre, refreshing the blues genre with eclectic arrangements, virtuosic playing and vocal prowess.

With an exciting live set based around rootsy original songs, strong catchy riffs and exciting grooves; they mix old school tradition with contemporary flare and sophistication.

11 September
7.30pm
£18
www.ilminsterartscentre.com/performances/zoeschwarzbluecommotion

01/09/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Ilminster Arts Centre Photography Open Exhibition 2026

Work in the following media will be considered for exhibiting: photography, in all forms including traditional, digital and camera-less photography. Images can be printed on paper, metal, textiles and in 3D forms. Photographs must have been taken within the last 24 months in the UK. NO AI images accepted.

An experienced panel of judges will carefully select works for inclusion in the exhibition.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE MIDNIGHT ON 6TH SEPTEMBER 2026

www.ilminsterartscentre.com/photography-open-exhibition-2026

28/08/2026

We need your help!

Ilminster Arts Centre is part of the Local Community Fund.

To find out more about our project and choose to support us, click here:

https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/97067

26/08/2026

HURRY - ENTRIES CLOSE THIS SATURDAY!📸
Enter our Open exhibition!

Photography in all forms will be considered by our expert panel of judges:

📷 Sian Cann‍
📷 Len Copland
📷 Rachel Moffett
📷 Allan Mower
📷 Ben Pulletz

💸A total of £600 Prize money will be awarded
🖼Each winner will be invited to participate in our Prize Winners' Exhibition
🌷Art Residency Prize - One week-long stay at Awakenings at Wick

ENTER NOW
www.ilminsterartscentre.com/photography-open-exhibition-2026

22/08/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT!

🖌Ksenia Cieslak, Richard Pearson & Rosaria Valenti - Life through Abstraction
Three local artists, Ksenia Cieslak, Richard Pearson & Rosaria Valenti come together to present a fresh perspective on life through abstraction.

🖌Nancy Marrows in the Cafe Gallery - Hidden Depths
‘Hidden Depths’ is about capturing all the complex layers involved in our human interactions with each other and the natural world.

⌚Open Tuesday - Saturday 09:30-15:00
📆Exhibitions ends on Friday 28th August, 15:00
🎟Free Entry

www.ilminsterartscentre.com/exhibitions

21/08/2026

Phil Beer🎻🎵
25 September

Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west country’s award-winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. With a professional career of over 36 years, Phil has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances, which are an eclectic mix of traditional tunes, covers of Springsteen or The Hollies, together with his own compositions and songs from his contemporaries.

All are songs and music of memory and significance sung in the subtle and melodic Phil Beer style and interjected with musings and amusings to an almost personal audience. It is a treat of past and current favourites from one of the most popular musicians on the acoustic circuit.

7:30pm
£20
www.ilminsterartscentre.com/performances/phil-beer

20/08/2026

💍Come and get your limited edition Roman Ring cake!
🍥They're home made and delicious.
🍥Available today only.
💰Only £2.50

20/08/2026

TODAY IS THE DAY💍

The Ilminster Roman Ring will be at the Arts Centre all day!
Pop in for an up close and personal glimpse of it in the town it was found.

Free family activities include:

🎨See the Roman Ring
🎨Screen Printing
🎨Mint Yourself
🎨Design your own Ring
🎨The Ring on your Finger
🎨School Display

For more information visit: https://swheritage.org.uk/news/ilminster-ring/

19/08/2026

Our Café now has its own page!

Follow along for café news and support our fantastic staff and volunteer team 💜☕

https://www.facebook.com/share/17X9Xsj5zS/

Lovingly run by our Arts Centre staff and volunteers, our café helps support the Arts Centre, a registered charity that serves our local community.

We offer a selection of hot and cold drinks, delicious cakes, and freshly prepared light lunches.