A FREE arts trail featuring artworks co-created by local residents and professional artists is set to take place on the high street in Midsomer Norton, aiming to highlight community engagement and creative collaboration.

From July 25 to 27, Midsomer Norton High Street will be transformed into a vibrant showcase of community creativity through the IMAGINE Midsomer Norton Shape Your High Street Arts Weekender, featuring a trail of artworks displayed in twenty shop windows, co-created by nearly 500 residents in collaboration with four Somer Valley artists commissioned by Bath & North East Somerset Council.

The trail includes pop-art portraits, imaginary landscape paintings of the future, an audio soundscape of local voices and poems uncovering ordinary people’s hidden histories.There will also be three special events which are free to attend:

    Event highlights:

    • Friday, July 25, 6pm to 10pm: Launch at Zen Rebel Café with artist meet-and-greet and artwork preview, followed by The Rebel Music Sessions.

    • Saturday, July 26, 11am to 12pm: Live performances at Town Park Amphitheatre featuring spoken word by P Burton-Morgan, music by China Blue Fish, and the Good Afternoon Choir.

    • Saturday, July 26, 12pm to 1pm: Guided high street tour with producer Katie O’Brien, highlighting community-created artworks and reimagined spaces.

    Featured works:

    • Jo Slade – Landmarks: Art celebrating iconic local sites, reflecting the town’s identity and future hopes.

    • P Burton-Morgan – Breathless: A 50-poem trail created with residents aged 4 to 94, woven through the town.

    • China Blue Fish & Trevphonic – Home for Me: A community-inspired song featuring local voices and the Good Afternoon Choir.

    • Steve 'Griff' Griffiths – We Are Midsomer Norton!: Portraits of the town’s bold thinkers, creators, and workers.

Midsomer Norton is the second town in Bath & North East Somerset to benefit from town centre regeneration action plans funded by £750,000 from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority’s Housing and Regeneration Enabling Fund.