About Us

From household names to homegrown talent, The Festival’s aim over the years has always been to provide high quality performances that are accessible to all. As a not-for-profit organisation, we stage a huge range of creative activities to bring together diverse aspects of our community.

In 2025, we are not only hosting lunches, wine tasting and a celebrity chef, but showcasing live music from traditional to tributes, and presenting award-winning horror film and theatre performances. World class authors and experts on the natural world to the royal family entertain and inform, along with internationally acclaimed
Flamenco and comedy and stars from the small and big screen.

As always, we are celebrating village and community and nurturing local young talent. Ballet dancer Innes Oliver and musician Georgina Sweet took their first steps to stardom with our support. As our protégées grow, we provide a platform for them to not only perform but to give back to local schools, with workshops at Wedmore
First School and Hugh Sexey Middle School this spring. A visit by a best-selling children’s author to our local schools was arranged. We have also proudly
donated to St Mary’s Church organ restoration fund, Wells Cathedral School travel bursaries fund, The Amber Trust (musical opportunities for blind and partially sighted children) and Music Therapy Support for a local child.

Wedmore Festival has been running for a quarter of a century, and we look forward to inspiring and entertaining generations to come.