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Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England, some 16 miles ... It is the 5th Carnival in the West Country Carnival Circuit In 2007, ...
The Bridgwater carnival was the first carnival of its type, however other carnival processions within the South West began some years ago. They start in late August and continue until late November. The oldest and largest circuit is the Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnival Association Circuit which starts at Bridgwater, with many of the carts ...
The Shambles (/ ʃ ˈ æ m b əl z / ⓘ) is a Grade II listed monument located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. It is a twentieth-century reconstruction of butcher's market stalls that once lined the market place at Shepton Mallet. These stalls came to be known as "shambles", a term derived from the Middle English: fleshammels, lit.
The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 27–29 June 1970. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed, and the festival was widely bootlegged.
The snowdrop festival celebrates James Allen - a horticulturalist from Shepton Mallet who was the first person to breed new varieties from wild snowdrops in the late 19th century.
Shepton Mallet Digital Arts Festival; W. West Country Carnival; Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture Festival; Y. Yarlington Wassail
"Samurai" by Griffens CC, at Burnham on Sea Carnival 2006, part of the West Country Carnival circuit. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts takes place most years in Pilton, near Shepton Mallet, attracting over 170,000 music and culture lovers and entertainers from around the world. [19]
The Mid-Somerset Show, also known as Shepton Show, is a one-day agricultural show held annually in August on a site at Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Founded over 150 years ago, the show displays and celebrates agriculture and livestock rearing, crafts and hobbies, local heritage and farming history. Competitions are held for animals ...