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Window Wanderland
Frome Window Wanderlands have been a beloved annual event since 2018. It’s a wonderful opportunity to unleash your creativity, engage with your community, and celebrate the fun and artistry that Frome has to offer. Together, we can turn the streets into a delightful outdoor gallery for everyone to enjoy! This year we’re teaming up with […]
Free
Monday, March 16, 2026
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March 16, 2026 -Write to be Kind
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March 16, 2026 -Imagine more Kindness in Schools
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March 16, 2026 -Menkind video screening
Write to be Kind
A celebration of kindness through creative writing A two-hour workshop in the welcoming surroundings of The Good Heart, celebrating the generosity of spirit within us all. We’ll be honing our writing skills (no experience necessary!) by using our imaginations to explore ideas of kindness. Creative writing tutor Derek Niemann and his photographer wife Sarah will […]
Free
Imagine more Kindness in Schools
An evening for parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about bringing more kindness into schools and other learning environments. In the first half of the evening, Masha Kastner has generously agreed to be interviewed about her experience as the mother of a 13-year-old daughter, Helena, who took her own life in January 2024. Heli often asked: “Where is all […]
Free
Menkind video screening
Another chance to see a short video with men in Frome talking about what kindness means to them, followed by discussion. For men only. Sometimes kindness can be perceived as a feminine virtue and we set out to challenge this by asking six men in Frome what kindness means to them. The results are surprising […]
Free
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
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March 17, 2026 -Frome Kindness Festival – Rob Hopkins
Frome Kindness Festival – Rob Hopkins
The world feels so profoundly unkind right now. But is that how it’s always going to be? Would a society rooted in kindness be a better way to reach the kind of future we all long to see? Transition movement founder, time traveller and author Rob Hopkins will give the 2026 Kindness Festival lecture in […]
£12
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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March 18, 2026 -Kindness on the Street at Frome Market
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March 18, 2026 -John Hegley: Mid-March Musings with Cardboard Animals
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March 18, 2026 -The Gift of Water: A story of kindness and unkindness in Frome, past, present and future
Kindness on the Street at Frome Market
Drop by for a friendly welcome and to join in with various activities. Learn mandala art with Terésa, write a kindness letter and hide a message of kindness in library books about to be delivered. Find us on a stall outside the market 10am - 2pm.
Free
John Hegley: Mid-March Musings with Cardboard Animals
An hour of song and poetry with John Hegley, Angie Arnold and Frome's own Mike Tomes with a chance to join in on the choruses and also, to participate emotionally alongside the DIY frog, crabs, camel and ladybird.
Free
The Gift of Water: A story of kindness and unkindness in Frome, past, present and future
The Gift of Water. A story of kindness and unkindness in Frome, past, present and future. Jayne Sadgrove (Chair, Frome Society) with Simon Keyes Our taps now give us drinking water. We take it for granted. But it took over ten years for town leaders to agree that Frome needed piped drinking water in the […]
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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March 19, 2026 -Kindness Stay and Play
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March 19, 2026 -Random Acts of Comedy
Kindness Stay and Play
Purple Elephant stay and play is a weekly session for local families with preschool children who want to spend quality time with their little ones, meet other parents and carers, and have fun. Sessions are informal with a focus on play, with a wide range of toys, games and books available to keep young minds active. […]
Free
Random Acts of Comedy
A line-up of fantastic comedians bring laughter to the Kindness Festival for ‘Random Acts of Comedy’. Seasoned pros and up-and-coming acts take to the stage at The Tunnels. The night is hosted by Adam Grierson, who will be attempting a kind twist on the traditional MC duties. Find out why making each other laugh is […]
£5
Friday, March 20, 2026
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March 20, 2026 -Mojo Moves Kindness Special
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March 20, 2026 -Do You Coco?
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March 20, 2026 -Seize the Day
Mojo Moves Kindness Special
Join Cheryl Sprinkler for a Kindness Festival special and dance your socks off to a specially curated playlist of songs. A twist on Cheryl’s regular class, full of dance, joy and silliness!
£8
Do You Coco?
Become a co-counsellor and you’ll become part of a worldwide network of co-counsellors (‘cocos’) who can meet and practise with regularly, effectively, gaining a wonderful skill and ‘free therapy for life’ This will be a fun intro and a chance to learn some of the core techniques (and see if coco is for you…) Tonya […]
Free
Seize the Day
“Bold, Beautiful Frontline Folk” from the renowned southwest 7-piece combo, with passionate, anthemic songs to inspire us in our struggles for a kinder world. Seize The Day are an English acoustic band in the radical folk tradition, who draw on global musical roots. They write songs about whatever needs to change or be defended in […]
£10
Saturday, March 21, 2026
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March 21, 2026 -A Kinder Way to Well: Bringing Compassion Back to Self-Care
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March 21, 2026 -The Grief Opera
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March 21, 2026 -Kind Poetry for International Poetry Day
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March 21, 2026 -Rosie Jackson & Friends: Live readings of poems celebrating kindness
A Kinder Way to Well: Bringing Compassion Back to Self-Care
An interactive workshop inviting you to rethink self-care through kindness, compassion, and a more human understanding of wellbeing. Self-care is meant to help us feel better. Yet for many of us, it has increasingly become another area of pressure, something we should be doing “properly,” keeping up with, or fixing ourselves through. This interactive workshop […]
Free
The Grief Opera
An extraordinary journey from shock and pain to profound love, the Grief Opera may be the most emotional show you see this year. When rock musician George Linacre died by suicide, his father Nigel started to write. And Vladimir Miller, a contemporary music band leader, began composing using George’s bass rhythms. Together, they created the Grief Opera. An extraordinary […]
Free
Kind Poetry for International Poetry Day
Join your host Esmé Patey-Ford to showcase the poems created by the young people of Frome on the theme of imagining more kindness. Image credit: Dave Sherwood
Free
Rosie Jackson & Friends: Live readings of poems celebrating kindness
Rosie Jackson & other local poets read poems, their own and others’, inspired by practices of kindness. Poetry is a perfect way to imagine and carry stories of kindness – to ourselves, to others, to the world, to the future. These readings are for everyone who cares about exploring what it is to be more human, and […]
Free
Sunday, March 22, 2026
No events on this day.