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Local Author Sheena Dearness Book Launch ‘Shadows’ & Signing

Grosvenor Arms High Street, Shaftesbury

Have you read ‘A Red Haze’ - the first of my Dorset-based trilogy starting in the 1946 post-war period? In the book, fourteen and a half year old Meg Taylor faces circumstances far beyond her control that forces her into an environment where her future appears to be mapped out for her. Her new life […]

Free

Life Drawing Sessions

Marnhull Village Hall Burton St, Marnhull

Friendly life drawing sessions, all abilities welcome. At Marnhull Village Hall 10.30am - 12.30pm Last Friday of each month. £8 per session Contact Katie on 07766 311 810

£8

Keith Fest

Henstridge Airfield Marsh Lane, Henstridge

Charity Music festival in memory of our Son Keith. In aid of CALM, Campaign Against Living Miserably and Suicide&co. Eight bands plus DJ. Head lining:- Ironed Maiden Tribute Band. Cock Eyed Squid, No Thursday War, The Unusual Suspects, Unknown Identity , ReD Bad Uncle and Sugar Rush. Two licensed bars, Twisted Cider and Parkway Brewery, […]

£10 – £15

The Round Barrow – Open Weekend

Higher Ground Meadow, Corscombe Underhill Farm, Corscombe, Dorchester

THE ROUND BARROW TODAY'S LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE Within the landscape of our natural wildflower meadows now lies this unique, stunning and exceptional creation. Offering an amazingly serene and beautiful permanent resting place for ashes. Niches may be chosen for immediate use or secured ready for the future. Open weekend 25th & 26th […]

Free

Choral Evensong

St Peter's Church Dorchester 26 High East Street, Dorchester

Join us for our monthly, cathedral-style service of choral evensong on Saturday 25 June at 4.30pm in St Peter's Church, Dorchester. Music includes: Bruckner 'Locus iste', Radcliffe 'Responses', Purcell 'Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G minor', Elgar 'The Spirit of the Lord'. Graham Scott is at the organ and Ian Davis directing. All are very […]

Free

Oborne Barn Dance

Ivy House Barn, Oborne, Nr Sherborne DT9 4JY Ivy House Barn, Oborne, Nr Sherborne

Family Barn Dance with Ceilidh Band Four Foot Four. Skittles and bar. Ticket price includes a Ploughman's meal. £12 adults, £6 (16 and under). Ivy House Barn, Oborne, Nr Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4JY (on corner of A30 and turning into Oborne Village). Tickets can be purchased by contacting [email protected] or Tel: 07866933736. All money raised […]

Free

The Round Barrow – Open Weekend

Higher Ground Meadow, Corscombe Underhill Farm, Corscombe, Dorchester

THE ROUND BARROW TODAY'S LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE Within the landscape of our natural wildflower meadows now lies this unique, stunning and exceptional creation. Offering an amazingly serene and beautiful permanent resting place for ashes. Niches may be chosen for immediate use or secured ready for the future. Open weekend 25th & 26th […]

Free

Blackmore Vale Bonsai Group Show

The third show of the group is on 26th June. Displays by local societies, traders and demonstrations. Opens at 11am until 4pm. Refreshments including fish and chips van from 12 to 2pm. Admission £3 under 14 free. More details www.blackmorevalebonsaigroup.com e mail [email protected] phone 077837781744

£3

Carmen by Regents Opera

The Mowlem Shore Road, Swanage

Regents Opera is a leading fringe Opera Company specialising in the larger works of the 19th & 20th centuries. The now touring company offers emerging and established singers a platform to perform major repertoire not often staged outside the major houses. Directed by Paul Higgins of Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Royal Opera House, this […]

£8 – £18

Battle of the Organs – Featuring Sherbornes School’s Chamber Choir

Sherbone School Abbey Rd,, Sherborne

Battle of the Organs - Featuring Sherbornes School's Chamber Choir Sherborne School Chapel Tuesday 28th June 7.30pm Sherborne school's pupils and staff organists go head to head in a 'Battle of the Organs", including music by Kark- Elert, Guilmant, Stanford, Mushel, JS Bach, and widor, and choral favourites by Tallis, and Parry Tickets FREE | […]

Free

Jazz for a Summer’s Evening

Sherborne Music school

Jazz for a Summer's evening - The Music School, Sherborne School Wednesday 29th June 7.30pm Come to hear the Dixieland Jazz band and the swing Band in an open air concert outside the Music school, featuring jazz from 1925 onwards. (Tindall Recitall Hall if weather inclement) Tickets £10.00 and include a finger buffet and a […]

£10

Vanity Fair by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s acting and technical cohort present a thrilling and nostalgic production Thackeray’s hilarious satire, 'Vanity Fair'. Set in the early 1980s New Romantics scene of London, follow wannabe ‘It Girl’ Becky Sharp and her sweet-natured friend, Amelia Sedley, as they scale the heady heights of society and hustle through the hazardous […]

£8 – £34