Residents gathered at Midsomer Norton Town Park on Saturday 9th for a spontaneous busking session to celebrate Somerset Day, filling the town’s amphitheatre with music and community spirit. The sun shone on the open-air stage as local musicians Jon Parry, Paul Kirtley, Sandy, and Cllr Gordon Mackay performed a relaxed set for park visitors and passers-by.
The amphitheatre, a custom-built arena with seating for up to 300 people and electricity points facing out towards Celebration Meadow, was completed in 2021 by the Town Council and later gifted, along with the wider park, to the Town Trust. Designed as a flexible community space, it continues to host a variety of activities and events.
Midsomer Norton Town Park is already home to weekly yoga sessions, a timed 5k run, and provides access to the Five Arches Greenway. Well-maintained paths and nature walks lead visitors to the top of the former spoil heap, now transformed into a rich and thriving natural landscape.
Organiser Cllr Gordon Mackay said: “It’s great to see the park and amphitheatre used. It doesn’t have to be just grand events like the music festival or town fayre (on the 12th July this year) — the stage is everyone’s. One day, I’d like to see the nearby Somer Centre offering a café and more facilities for people visiting the park.”
