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  • Sturminster Newton Wedding Dress Exhibition

    St Mary's Church, Sturminster Newton Church Lane, Sturminster Newton

    This annual exhibition of wedding dresses at St Mary's Church in Sturminster Newton is in collaboration with the Sturminster Newton Wedding Fair held in The Exchange on Saturday 25th January […]

  • The Matchstick Fleet – by Philip Warren

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    The Matchstick Fleet by Philip Warren is making it's return to the Fleet Air Arm Museum! Come and see a hand-crafted fleet all made with matchsticks! The collection, built entirely […]

  • Brick Builders: Inventors and Innovators at the Fleet Air Arm Museum

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    Under Concorde 002, the first British-made Concorde, the Fleet Air Arm Museum is joined by Brickideas for a creative construction challenge and trail, where visitors can unleash their inner inventor! […]

  • Death and Service – a talk by Richard Cooper-Wright

    Church House Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port

    There are more than 800 First World War graves in over 240 cemeteries and churchyards across Somerset. Each of the names on those gravestones has a story connected to it, […]

  • Murder At Upton Manor

    Upton Country Park Upton Country Park

    Murder At Upton Manor- A Regency Mystery Date: Thursday 15th May 2025 Time: 7pm-10.30pm Location: Upton House, Upton Country Park, Poole Rd, Upton, Poole BH17 7BJ, UK Join us on Thursday, […]

    £32
  • A Folk Song Walk

    Watercombe Dogs Farthing Gate Farm, Holnest, United Kingdom

    Join Dorset folk singer Alastair Braidwood for a walk around fields and woods of the Blackmore Vale, accompanied by traditional folk songs from Dorset and further afield. Explore beautiful countryside, […]

    £10
  • Walking in Memphis with Elvis- A talk by Lorraine Gibson

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    One of the most important parts of Lorraine Gibson’s research for Elvis: The King of Fashion was staying in Memphis to soak up the atmosphere and visit the locations in […]

    £10
  • A Folk Song Walk

    John's Pond and Watermeadow Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Join local folk singer Alastair Braidwood for walks in the countryside close to Dorchester, accompanied by traditional folk songs from Dorset and further afield. Explore a beautiful part of the […]

    £10
  • A Folk Song Walk

    John's Pond and Watermeadow Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Join local folk singer Alastair Braidwood for walks in the countryside close to Dorchester, accompanied by traditional folk songs from Dorset and further afield. Explore a beautiful part of the […]

    £10
  • Messy Museum Monday: Corn Dolly Workshop

    Sherborne Museum Church Lane, Sherborne

    Join Rebecca and Kitty, who are passionate about reviving this red-listed craft, and learn how to make your very own corn dolly - a wonderful and traditional way of celebrating […]

    £5
  • To Yollow Autumn Turn’d – Tim Laycock & Alastair Braidwood

    Mill House Cider Museum 33 Moreton Road, Owermoigne, dorset, United Kingdom

    Dorset folk singer Alastair Braidwood is joined by his friend and mentor, esteemed and respected folk musician Tim Laycock, for an evening of words and music relating to the turning […]

    £12.00
  • Quiet Afternoon at the Fleet Air Arm Museum

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    Need a bit of calm to enjoy your visit? Don't miss our Quiet Afternoon in October. Thursday 16 October 2pm until 4:30pm Included with a standard museum ticket. Our Quiet […]