Category: Dorset community news

It’s the Hoosiers! 90s favourites head to Blandford for Teddy Rocks 2026

The award-winning Teddy Rocks Festival has unveiled its first wave of acts for 2026, with The Hoosiers confirmed as Saturday headliners – marking ten...

Candlelit lute concert at St Peter’s in Dorchester

Renowned lutenist Matthew Nisbet will bring the delicate sounds of early music to St Peter’s Church, Dorchester, on Friday 14th November. After Sunset Fadeth is...

Halloween Spooktacular returns to Larmer Tree

Larmer Tree Gardens invites witches, wizards … and mad scientists to its much-loved Halloween Spooktacular on Sunday 2nd November 2025, from 10am to 4pm. This...

What if the event is cancelled?

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: I’m starting to book tickets for Christmas events, but I’ve seen stories...

Dorset COP heads to Sturminster Newton

The Exchange will host Dorset’s third community-led COP on Saturday 1st November, a one-day gathering organised by Sustainable Dorset that puts local voices at...

Getting Killed by Geese – Abbey104 Album of the Month

Since The National’s blossoming in the late naughties, Brooklyn has become a hotbed of musical and creative brilliance, with countless bands based in (or...

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Hunting humans for fun

Lifelong kennelman Jeremy Whaley’s hunting narrative shifts from tradition to innovation, prioritising the hounds’ skill over the hunt’s end ‘I was deeply anti-hunting,’ says Jeremy...

The BV becomes Dorset Life – a new chapter begins

If you’ve been reading The BV for a while, you’ll know we’ve never stood still for long. What began in 2020 as a local,...