Ilminster Arts Centre

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.

18/08/2026

Eden Lafone Duo🎹🎸

Joanna Eden returns to Ilminster Arts Centre by popular demand bringing with her Memories of Montevideo tour alongside Uruguayan co-writer and husband, bassist Andrés Lafone.

19 September
7.30pm
£20

15/08/2026

Meet the Artist and Live Painting🤝🖌
Nancy Marrows in the Cafe Gallery - Hidden Depths

‘Hidden Depths’ is about capturing all of the complex layers involved in our human interactions with each other and the natural world. Nancy's work is inspired by hope, joy, space to breathe, humankind and the week that was, through combining art with, poetry, music and words.

Each motherpiece has many layers, you can glance at them superficially and see one perspective or spend more time looking closely to find the intricate detail and texture in each painting. The paintings are designed to hang in any orientation, by regularly turning the paintings brings an appreciation of a different perspective. Each piece can also be back lit which creates another interpretation of her art work.

Tuesday 18th August
10-2.30

14/08/2026

JAZZ TONIGHT

"Tonight in Dreamland" with the Sunset Cafe Band

Many popular songs of the 1920s and 30s speak of dreams, hallucinations, fantasies, even nightmares! Tonight, the seven members of the Sunset Café band present a carefully-curated selection, in their trademark New Orleans style. The band is one of the most respected traditional jazz ensembles in the country.

14 August
7.30pm
Tickets: £20
www.ilminsterartscentre.com/performances

13/08/2026

Discover the Ilminster Ring!
South West Heritage Trust are coming to Ilminster Arts Centre!

Celebrate one of the South West's most remarkable Roman discoveries. See the extraordinary Ilminster Roman Ring and Coin Hoard, enjoy free family activities, and uncover the story of this remarkable find.

💍See the Roman Ring
See the Ilminster Roman Ring on display alongside a selection of coins from the hoard.

💍Screen Printing
Have a go at screen printing a bespoke design inspired by the Roman Ring.

💍Mint Yourself
What would you look like on a Roman coin?

💍Design your own Ring
Using a variety of materials, decorate your own wearable ring to take home.

💍The Ring on your Finger
What kind of ring do you wear, and what story does it tell?

🖼School Display

Thursday 20th August
10am - 3pm
FREE ENTRY

⭐With thanks to Arts Council England, Art Fund, The Wolfson Foundation,The Headley Trust, the Friends of The Museum of Somerset, Ilminster Town Council, Taunton U3A and Ilminster Education Foundation.

Image credit: Ilminster Roman Gold Finger Ring © South West Heritage Trust

12/08/2026

Dave’s Big General Knowledge Quiz❓

Come and support the Arts Centre with a wonderful evening of quizzing! Fiendish questions, bar and a raffle await.

7.30pm
4 September
Tickets: £15 per team of 4.

www.ilminsterartscentre.com/performances