 Wedmore is home to Wedmore Opera, who stage large-scale classic opera in a specially designed and constructed marquee venue and also in the village hall.The group were founded in 1988 "around a kitchen table" and to date have staged more than 60 performances of 18 productions.They recently performed Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance", and in 2018 they aim to stage Verdi's "La Traviata" to mark their 30th anniversary, as this was their first production.