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Choral Eucharist for Easter Sunday

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

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Easter Sunday 20th April at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The joyful music reflects the celebratory occasion and includes Harris’s ‘This joyful Eastertide’, Mozart’s ‘Spatzen-Messe’, Stanford’s ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’ and Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’. All are very welcome to this […]

Free

Tabletop Fundraiser

Vicarage School Room Gillingham, Dorset Queen Street, Gillingham

Join us at our Tabletop Fundraiser at Vicarage School Room in Gillingham on Thursday 24th April from 2.30pm - 5pm *Jumble Sale* Come and have a look around our pre-loved clothes, books and toys - a gold coin donation for anything that takes your fancy! *Cakes, Hot Drinks and a Lemonade Stand* Browse our gorgeous […]

Free

Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

Come along and join us for our April Artisan Makers Market here at Wimborne Community Centre.  You will find lots of beautiful art and craftwork for sale, handmade by a wide array of local, talented artists and makers.  Why not come to browse and shop and maybe enjoy a tasty treat from our café too.  […]

Free

Bluebell Woods at Peaceful Lane

Little Rodmore Farm Peaceful Lane, Kings Stag, Dorset, United Kingdom

We are opening our beautiful bluebell woods for visitors to enjoy. Everyone welcome including well behaved dogs in leads. Entrance free but any donations to charity would be appreciated. Woodland Cafe with hot and cold refreshments including homemade cake. Opening the next 3 weekends.

Free

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 26th April at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Purcell’s ‘I was glad’, the ‘Preces & Responses’ by Thomas Tomkins, Stanford’s ‘Evening Canticles in C’ by Vaughan Williams’s ‘Antiphon’. Admission is free and there is a glass of […]

Free

Charity Concert

Marnhull Village Hall Burton St, Marnhull

Concert by The Phoenix Cafe Orchestra in aid of Read Easy Blackmore Vale North.  Playing music from the 1920s and 1930s.  Free refreshments.

£10.00

TALK & GUIDED TOUR – CANFORD SCHOOL ARBORETUM

Canford School Canford Magna, Wimborne, Dorset

The arboretum at Canford School has been nationally recognised and has several unusual and rare tree species and two National Collections.  A limited number of tickets have been made available for this special event kindly hosted by Canford School on behalf of the National Garden Scheme. It includes a talk and guided tour with Andrew […]

OPen House Shaftesbury Charity Dinner & Auction

Father's House, Christy's Lane, Shaftesbury, SP7 8PH Christy's Lane,, Shaftesbury, Dorset,

Open House Shaftesbury is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a Charity Dinner & Auction on Friday, 9th of May from 7:30 PM to which all and everyone are most warmly invited. Available from Eventbrite, tickets for this event are £25 per person and will include a pre-dinner drink upon arrival, dinner, live music, a bar […]

£25

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, 15th of May 2025, at Upton House, Poole, for a captivating Regency-themed murder mystery evening in support of Julia’s House, Dorset & Wiltshire Children’s Hospices. […]

£32

Defashion Dorset

Hawkers Farm Stour Provost, Gillingham

Hawkers Farm is hosting Defashion Dorset on Fri 16th & Sat 17th May 2025 now in its third year. Founded by Jennifer Morisetti as an opportunity to celebrate local fibre growers and makers and a local clothing culture. Enjoy talks, demonstrations and inspiring local exhibitors. Workshops will run over the 2 days and include upcycling, […]

£1 – £7

The Meetings (Black Comedy Play)

Anne Biddlecombe Hall Valley Road, Tarrant Keyneston, Blandford Forum

"The Meetings" written by Ben Bayer. A Black Comedy based on Parish Council Meetings held in the near future, set in the fictional village of Tarrant Queenston. Our hard-pressed Councillors not only have to contend with the vagaries of valley life, from Planning Applications to complaints about bonfires - there is now the end of […]

£7.00