"A tiny Somerset Levels village hall market run by the parish church, serving bacon butties and toasted tea-cakes alongside organic lamb and Burrow Hill cider."
North Curry Produce Market
"A curated destination street market closing the streets of this creative Somerset town for contemporary designers, makers, vintage and street food."
The Frome Independent
"A marquee on the playing field brims with flowers, fruit, vegetables, floral art, cooking and children's competitions, with a special prize for the household scoring the most points."
Wellow Village Show
"West Somerset's biggest country fair, held on the lawns below a National Trust castle for its 45th year. Livestock, falconry, crafts, food and a strong argument for leaving the city behind."
Dunster Country Fair
"A proper Exmoor community fair on the recreation ground, with craft displays, a hog roast, beer tent and stalls arranged against the backdrop of some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England."
Porlock Country Fair
"Over 160 years old and still the only one-day agricultural show in the South West with free pedestrian entry, bringing livestock, cheese tasting, craft stalls, Somerset cider and horticultural classes to one showground."
Mid-Somerset Show
"A week of music, dance and song for adults of all abilities at England's national centre for folk arts, tucked into a manor in the Quantock Hills."
Halsway Folk Summer School
"A traditional illuminated village carnival parade winding through the ancient coastal settlement of Porlock on the edge of Exmoor."
Porlock Carnival
"Somerset in September: a town that has been judging cheese since 1876, Cheddar at its finest, Caerphilly from the Welsh end of things, and a show ring that still takes its goats as seriously as anything."
Frome Cheese Show
"A long-running Somerset village carnival bringing illuminated floats and community procession to the streets of South Petherton each autumn."
South Petherton Carnival
"One of Somerset's most distinctive named carnivals, the Axbridge Blackberry Carnival celebrates the season with a procession through this handsome medieval market town."
Axbridge Blackberry Carnival
"Wellington's annual illuminated carnival procession closes out September in style, drawing crowds to the streets of this small Somerset market town beneath the Blackdown Hills."
Wellington Carnival
"Ilminster's annual carnival kicks off October on the Somerset circuit with a lively illuminated procession through the town centre."
Ilminster Carnival
"Wincanton's carnival lights up this quiet Somerset market town on a Friday evening in October with floats, music and community spirit."
Wincanton Carnival
"The joint carnival of Castle Cary and Ansford fills the streets of one of Somerset's most characterful small towns with illuminated floats each October."
Castle Cary and Ansford Carnival
"Chard's annual carnival procession brings dazzling illuminated floats to Somerset's highest market town on a shared October Saturday."
Chard Carnival
"One of England's oldest surviving calendar customs, Punkie Night sees Hinton St George children parade through the village at dusk swinging handmade lanterns carved from mangelwurzels, accompanied by Morris dancing and the traditional Punkie Song."
Hinton St George Punkie Night
"The UK's oldest carnival sends a mile of dazzlingly illuminated carts through town before ranks of squibbers light hundreds of fizzing fireworks overhead in unison."
Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival
✦ Weird & Wonderful"A small Exmoor town on the banks of the River Barle draws the likes of Michael Morpurgo and Patrick Gale for an intimate four-day celebration of reading."
Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival
"North Petherton's carnival is a proud fixture on the Somerset Guy Fawkes circuit, lighting up this village with spectacular hand-built illuminated carts every November."
North Petherton Carnival
"An associate member of the famous Somerset Guy Fawkes circuit, Midsomer Norton's carnival brings the tradition of illuminated West Country processions to the Mendip foothills."
Midsomer Norton Carnival
"One of the eight spectacles on the Somerset Guy Fawkes Carnival circuit, Shepton Mallet's midweek parade of enormous illuminated carts is a unique West Country tradition."
Shepton Mallet Carnival
"England's smallest city hosts one of Somerset's most atmospheric Guy Fawkes processions, with illuminated carnival carts rolling past the medieval cathedral close."
Wells City Carnival
"The grand finale of the Somerset Guy Fawkes circuit, Glastonbury's Chilkwell Carnival brings dazzling illuminated floats to the streets of this legendary town each November."
Glastonbury Chilkwell Carnival
"The medieval village of Dunster, complete with castle and octagonal market house, transforms each December into a torch-lit winter festival with medieval re-enactment, a banquet, live music and a torchlit procession through the ancient streets."
Dunster Winter Festival
"This Somerset village built around a turreted castle and a working octagonal Yarn Market fills its cobbled streets for a December market, where the medieval buildings and the Exmoor hills rising beyond provide a backdrop that would be impossible to fabricate."
Dunster Christmas Market
"Set around Wells Cathedral and the historic Market Place, this council-run annual market draws over 100 stalls of handmade gifts, local food and drink, and live music into one of England's smallest and most ancient cities."
Wells Christmas Market
"By bonfire light a crowd toasts the oldest apple tree, fires guns to scare off evil spirits and pours cider over its roots at the Butchers Arms."
Carhampton Wassail
✦ Weird & Wonderful"The home town of the Victorian Snowdrop King James Allen holds a two-day festival of specialist plant sales, workshops, art and poetry among the snowdrops he bred and planted."
Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival
"A boat-shaped horse decked in ribbons tours the town and harbour from May eve, accompanied by drums."
Minehead Hobby Horse
"Folk and world music drift across the meadows of Radford Mill Farm with campfire sessions, gospel singing and tai chi between the stages."
Tangled Roots Festival
"Private gardens open around the home town of the Victorian Snowdrop King to raise funds for the project that plants thousands of bulbs on the town's verges and roundabouts each year."
Shepton Mallet Open Gardens
"A small, reasonably priced village festival celebrating its 20th year with singarounds, workshops and ballad sessions in the Somerset countryside."
West Somerset Folk Festival