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  • VINTAGE Theare in Child Okeford

    Child Okeford’s own theatre group, COMPACT, have gathered together local talent to present the premiere of the new play “Vintage”. This full-length drama is a new and exciting undertaking for […]

    £10.00

  • Parkstone Jumble Trail

    Parkstone

    On Saturday 28 September, residents of Parkstone will be taking part in our first ever Jumble Trail! From 11am to 3pm, either set up outside your home to sell your […]

  • Choral Evensong

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

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 28th September at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Parry ‘My soul there is a country’, Brewer ‘Evening Canticles in D’, Beeby ‘Preces & Responses’ and Bairstow ‘Blessed city, heavenly Salem’. Do join us for this free event […]

    Free

  • Film Screening & Clothes Swap

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    As part of Sustainable Fashion Week Defashion Dorset is hosting a film Screening of The Red Dress followed by a clothes swap at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton. The Red Dress was conceived by Somerset textile artist Kirstie Macleod, who began the Red Dress in 2009. Over the next 14 years pieces of the dress […]

    £10

  • The Quangle Wangle Choir

    Cerne Abbas Village Hall Kettle Bridge Lane, Cerne Abbas

    The Quangle Wangle Choir will entertain at Cerne Abbas Village Hall. Songs of the sea and the seasons, from pop to folk to more serious fare. A smorgasbord of musical and poetic delights! Tickets available through the website, at Cerne Abbas Village Stores or on the door. Accompanied children go free.

    £10

  • Wincanton Camera Club present a talk by Charlie Waite, landscape photographer

    Wincanton Memorial Hall High Street, Wincanton, Somerset

    Wincanton Camera Club present a talk by Charlie Waite. Regarded as one of this country's top landscape photographers with a worldwide reputation, his photographs are held in private and corporate collections. Charlie has lectured throughout the UK, Europe and US with solo exhibitions in places such as London, Tokyo, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, New York and […]

    £12.75

  • Fungi foray

    Bere Marsh Farm Newman's Drove, Shillingstone, Blandford

    ed by expert Andy Knott, we'll explore a variety of habitats as we search for the many species of fungi on the farm. Andy will help identify what we find […]

    £10

  • VINTAGE

    Child Okeford Village Hall Child Okeford

    “Vintage” tells the story of three long serving charity shop volunteers and what happens when a teenager arrives at the shop to serve a Community Service Order. When threatened with closure, they each discover what the shop really means to them and each other.  The drama has some challenging themes, such as loss, grief, and […]

    £10.00

  • Sturminster Marshall Autumn Craft Fayre

    Sturminster Marshall Memorial Hall Churchill Close, Sturminster Marshall

    Lots of lovely craft stalls, plus tea, coffee, cake and bacon baps available to purchase

    £50

  • Visit the ‘Ocean-Scarium’ this Halloween, for some spook-splash-tic fun!

    Oceanarium Bournemouth Oceanarium, Bournemouth

    Ready for a Jaw-some Halloween? Visit the ‘Ocean-Scarium’ this October half term for some Halloween family friendly fun! Take a magical underwater voyage, above and below the waves, and spot some happy haunts along the way. Explore the ‘Ocean-Scarium’ with our Spooky Trail and face your fears as our aquarists challenge you in a ‘What’s […]

  • Table Top Sale

    Corfe Mullen Guide Hall Badbury View Road

    In support of Corfe Mullen Girl Guides, SPRING supporting parents and relatives through baby loss, and Ocean Ward Southampton Hospital

    £50

  • “What it Takes” A talk by Belinda Holdsworth

    Caryford Hall Maggs Lane, Castle Cary

    After over thirty years as a humanitarian worker for the United Nations, working in the Balkans, the Caucasus, across Africa and from New York and Geneva HQs, Belinda Holdsworth will […]

    £8 – £10

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