For the 10th year in a row now Bridgwater has held a Petanque tournament between the members of (and any visitors from) their 6 twin towns. This year it was the team representing Marsa (Malta) that won. The tournament was held at Victoria Park where Bridgwater Town Council have created a new Petanque terrain open […]

On Saturday 6th June it’ll be D-Day for the Bridgwater Twinning Community  as they take to the stage of Bridgwater arts centre to present their annual ‘what we’ve done this year’ show. Everyone is welcome to attend the event and a minimal entry fee of £5 also ensures top quality international entertainment by the French-Belgian […]

For some months now the Somerset Town of Bridgwater has been in touch with the Canadian towns of Drummondville and Yamachiche in Quebec plus the Cornish town of Bodmin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first international shortwave transatlantic tele-communication link. On Tuesday April 21st April there will be an online PRESS CONFERENCE which […]

Bridgwater Together will be putting on a variety of locally based international musicians at the Bridgwater Arts Centre Bar on the first Thursday of every month starting on Thursday 5th February with Ukrainian singer guitarist Viacheslav Poglubko. Entry is free and the bar is open from 7pm until late.   On Thursday 5th March Polish folk […]

Every year Bridgwater’s international twinning enthusiasts hold a series of events to showcase the towns friendship activities with other countries. Bridgwater is twinned with 6 towns across Europe – La Ciotat in France, Homberg in Germany, Uherske Hradiste in the Czech Republic, Marsa in Malta, Priverno in Italy and Camacha in Portugal. That’s not to […]