St Mary's Events

Motorcyclist and award-winning architect.
In 1982, aged twenty-three, she left London alone on a 35,000-mile journey around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6 without sponsorship, support, email, phones or SatNavs. Come and hear her story…

Paula shares how bees have transformed her life. ‘Spiritual Beekeeping' published in 2025, is the story of her personal spiritual journey and the Bee Project she set up on the remote Cocos Keeling islands whilst spending a year living with the Cocos Malay community.

Marking 50 years since the PCO debut, Penguin Cafe returns to St Mary’s, Bruton, on 14 November. They will be playing music from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra - always fun, always moving.

Founded in January 2022, South West Baroque Orchestra is a period instrument orchestra playing Baroque music to a high standard, performing concerts throughout the South West. Members travel far and wide to play together, coming from Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Bristol and Gloucestershire. SWBO has performed at Wells, Exeter and Truro Cathedrals, and at Sherborne Abbey.

Katherine Priddy released her third album, These Frightening Machines, in March 2026 to critical acclaim. The new record follows Priddy’s highly acclaimed debut The Eternal Rocks Beneath and sophomore LP The Pendulum Swing which firmly established her as one of the most exciting artists on the contemporary British music scene. Priddy has sold out headline tours and supported world class artists with her haunting vocals and distinctive finger-picking guitar style.