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A Supermarket Love Story by John Osborne

The Royal Oak Bridport Road, Drimpton

A story about supermarkets and the people who use them... Love will bloom, lives will continue as they always have, and you'll meet two paramedics by the crisps. As staff untuck their shirts and sit on kick stools stacking shelves, we join them all for a storytelling feast and find that every aisle really does […]

£5

String Telephones

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Learn how sound travels by making your own non-electrical 'secret' gadget.

Free

Wriggle Valley Jazz Band

St Cuthberts Church Oborne, Sherborne

The superb Wriggle Valley Jazz Band performing in atmospheric church with great acoustics. BBQ and bar available..

£5 – £7.50

Newspaper Challenge

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Will you be able to complete our newspaper challenge? Free children's event.

Free

Lucky Pigeons by Brainfools

Litton Cheney Village Hall Litton Cheney

Open Air Circus for all the Family to enjoy this summer with Artsreach! A young businessman struggles with the demands of city life and, after losing his job, takes his frustrations out on a group of pigeons. Karma soon returns however, and the man finds himself turned into a pigeon, where he quickly learns about […]

£5 – £25

Lucky Pigeons by Brainfools

Stalbridge Village Hall Lower Road, Stalbridge

Open Air Circus for all the Family to enjoy this summer with Artsreach! A young businessman struggles with the demands of city life and, after losing his job, takes his frustrations out on a group of pigeons. Karma soon returns however, and the man finds himself turned into a pigeon, where he quickly learns about […]

£5 – £25

Blandford Art Society Annual Exhibition

Blandford Art Society is pleased to announce its annual Open Exhibition in The Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum. www.blandfordartsociety.weebly.com A wide variety of work will be on display and for sale. Our guest artist for 2022 is Michael Hemming.

Free

Storytime and Crafts with Children’s Author, Angela McAllister

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Come and enjoy a very special story time at Shaftesbury Library with prolific children's author, Angela McAllister, reading one of her much loved stories followed by a fun craft activity.

Free

Family Musicals

St Cuthberts Church Oborne, Sherborne

An hour of family friendly music including Disney Classics.

£5 – £7.50

Land & Spirit

Shaftesbury Arts Centre 13 Bell St, Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom

Lin & Jemima studied ceramics together at Bath Academy of Art. After graduating Jemima moved to Shaftesbury and taught Art & Design at William Barnes School, Sturminster Newton before moving to the hills of West Wales to farm with her husband and young family. Recently she and her husband have retired to Cornwall to be […]

Free

Thermal Imaging

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Thermal Imaging with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Free

Riverside Family Fest

Riverside Meadows, The Bridge Sturminster Newton The Bridge, Sturminster Newton

Riverside Family Fest, is a fun family festival raising money for Children With Cancer UK, and a couple of local charities, The Vale Pantry in Sturminster Newton and The Big Yellow Bus Garden Project in Shillingstone. There will be live bands, BBQ, Bar, childrens entertainment, ice cream, cream teas, stalls bouncy castle, rides and much […]