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Parent/Baby Nearly New Sale

BH8 9TN St Edmund Campion Church Hall, Bournemouth

Bargain parent and child sale, new and pre-loved baby and toddler items. Books, pushchairs, furniture, cots, clothes, toys, bedding and much more.The event happens at St Edmund Campion Church, (481 Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, BH8 9TN on Sunday 8th December from 12-3pm). Parking onsite, or park at Castlepoint Shopping Centre. The church is right next […]

£1

Handel’s Messiah

St Ambrose Church West Cliff Road, Bournemouth

University Music Choir and Orchestra present a performance of Handel’s Messiah on Sunday 8th December at 4.30pm in St Ambrose Church, Westbourne, BH4 8BE. The performance will feature many of our music scholars in solo roles. Tickets are £16.50 and available to purchase on the door. Please note we can ONLY accept card payments.

£16.50

A Christmas Evening at the Udder

The Udder Farm Shop Manor Farm, Back Street, East Stour

A night of fabulous food, delicious drinks and marvellous music is coming to The Udder Farm Shop later this month. The special Christmas Evening at the Udder on December 12 promises something for all members of the family including the chance to sample food and drink from some of our suppliers. There will be activities […]

Free

University Carol Service

St Peter's Church Bournemouth Hinton Road, Bournemouth

All are welcome to the University Carol Service on Thursday 12th December at 6pm in St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth (BH1 2EE). Following the very traditional nine lesson and carol format, you can expect glorious choral settings sung by the University Chamber Choir alongside all of the best-loved congregational carols. This is a carol service for […]

Free

Choral Midnight Mass

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

Join us for Choral Midnight Mass at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24th December – at 11.30pm. The music includes Schubert ‘Mass in G’, Will Todd ‘My Lord has come’ and Adolphe Adam ‘O holy night’. All are very welcome to this service.

Free

White Christmas Dip

Dip a toe or go all in for the UK's biggest Christmas Day Dip at Boscombe Beach. Raising money for Macmillan Caring Locally.

£10

Carers Rights event

fontmell Fontmell Magna Village Hall, Fontmell Magna

You are invited to join the Blackmore Vale Partnership for a celebration of carers. We want to say a big thank you for all that you do! Please come along to our afternoon Tea and board games lunch. We will have a selection of sandwiches, sides and delicious desserts. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate, Plus […]

Free

Windborne: “To Warm the Winter Hearth”

Blandford Parish Church Market Place, Blandford Forum

An evening of folklore, magic, and mystery with this internationally acclaimed vocal group. Hailing from New England, USA, Windborne are known for their powerful and innovative four-part vocal harmonies, shifting effortlessly between dramatically different styles of traditional music. With a twenty-year background studying polyphonic music from around the world, Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan, […]

£6 – £35

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 2025. Each dress on display has a story and provides a fascinating insight from brides with a local connection.

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 25th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Judith Bingham ‘Epiphany’, Wood ‘Evening Canticles in F – Collegium Regale’, Reading ‘Preces & Responses’ and Mendelssohn ‘There shall a star from Jacob come forth’. Do join us for […]

Free

PANTOMIME The Wind In The Willows – A Valley Adventure

Anne Biddlecombe Hall Valley Road, Tarrant Keyneston, Blandford Forum

The Tarrant Valley Players 2025 The Wind In The Willows. In the Tarrant Valley along the River Tarrant lives Ratty, enjoying life, rowing boats, having picnics, Mole in his meadow digging happily, Mr Toad in his magnificent Hall and Badger Keeping to himself in Ashley Wood. That's until they learn from Otter that Chief Weasel […]

£7.00

JOY by Luke Wright

Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall Main Street, Piddletrenthide

Come and get some JOY into your life with honesty, humour, ire and wonder from a master wordsmith. Luke is a brilliantly charismatic performer, his poems will shoot arrows through your heart. Suitable 14+

£6 – £18