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‘Bands For Bravery Music & Family Festival 2025’

Longthorns Farm Longthorns, Wareham

Mark your calendars for an incredible three days of live music, delicious food, traders and exhibitions including military displays and special guest appearances, all held within the award winning fields […]

Semley Music Festival

Church Green, Semley, SP7 9AS Church Green, Semley

Bringing you the very best music, arts, crafts, food and drink from around the world to your doorstep.From dubstep and DJ sets to ceilidh and blues rock, we have it […]

Semley Music Festival

Church Green, Semley, SP7 9AS Church Green, Semley

A not-for-profit community music festival in rural Dorset, bringing together talented and innovative musicians from a range of genres. We have musicians - both local and global, emerging and established. […]

Semley Music Festival

Church Green, Semley, SP7 9AS Church Green, Semley

Semley Music Festival returns for its 4th year and the small festival with big ideas just got even bigger! We've extended the event on to an additional day, Sunday July […]

£10 – £25

Swanage Jazz Festival

The Mowlem Shore Road, Swanage

The 34th Swanage Jazz Festival with 35 top quality bands in the ticketed programme from New Orleans to Contemporary Jazz plus a FREE Festival Fringe. Headline acts this year include […]

£45 – £145

Kington Magnafest 2

Kington Magna Music Field Church Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, Dorset, United Kingdom

A village music festival with a sideshow of vintage tractors, three live bands, line dancing, cider and cocktail bars, pizza/fish and chips/BBQ, artisan coffee and cakes, ice cream and a […]

£10 – £12

Arts by the Sea 2025

Arts by the Sea Festival returns this September from Friday 26 - Sunday 28th as The South West's biggest celebration of art, culture, people and place. This year's theme, WE […]

Free

Weymouth Oktoberfest

BEER, FOOD AND GOOD TIMES? This sound like you? Then join us for again for Weymouth's best Oktoberfest, a party that Germany would be proud of. We are back again, […]

Weymouth Oktoberfest

weymouth and portland rugby club Weymouth & Portland Rugby Club, Weymouth

BEER, FOOD AND GOOD TIMES? This sound like you? Then join us for again for Weymouth's best Oktoberfest, a party that Germany would be proud of. We are back again, […]