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  • Salamanca Band and Bugles of The Rifles Christmas Concert

    Sherborne Abbey The Abbey Close, SHERBORNE, United Kingdom

    Kick start your Christmas and join us for some free Christmas Cheer at Sherborne Abbey. This free to enter event will have a retiring collection that is split 50/50 with Sherborne Abbey and The Rifles Charity. The Rifles have a long steep history with Sherborne with the Dorset Regiment and Devon an Dorset Regiment being […]

    Free
  • Handel’s Messiah

    St Peter’s Church Parkstone Church Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

    University Choir & Orchestra present Handel’s Messiah on Saturday 6th December, 7.30pm in St Peter’s Church Parkstone (BH14 0NN), featuring solo performances from University Music’s talented choral scholars. The fully licensed bar at St Peter’s is open before the performance. Tickets £17.60 (including fees) or £8.80 for students and under 18s are available online at […]

    £17.60
  • Festive Farmers Market and Santa Visit

    Bere Marsh Farm Shillingstone DT11 0QY Bere Marsh, shillingstone, dorset, United Kingdom

    Meet Santa and get in the festive spirit at our Farmers' Market  Enjoy our Farmers Market Christmas Edition on Sunday 7th December, from 11am-3pm and shop from a selection of fantastic local products. At 11am, Santa will arrive on his sleigh to officially open our market, as he visits us in support of local children's […]

    Free
  • Bere Marsh Farm Christmas Farmers’s Market

    Bere Marsh Farm Shillingstone DT11 0QY Newmans Drove, Shillingstone, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

    A very special visitor is coming to Bere Marsh Farm!   We’re thrilled to share that the Teddy20 Santa Sleigh will be joining us for our first-ever Christmas Farmers’ Market on Sunday, 7 December.   The event opens at 11am in the Threshing Barn, where Santa will officially start the celebrations.   You’ll be able to browse a wonderful […]

    Free
  • CANTUS AMICI sing festival

    Saint Nicholas church, Holton Holton, Wincanton, sonerset, United Kingdom

    ca NTUS AMICI Sing festival Sunday, the 7th of December 4:30 pm Saint Nicholas church, Holton £10 includes treats book (07773) 440147 Lisa Limited spaces

    £10.00
  • Universities’ Carol Service

    St Peter’s Church Bournemouth

    You are warmly invited to the Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Thursday 11th December at 6pm in St Peter’s Church Bournemouth, BH1 2EE. The singing will be led by University Music Chamber Choir, and you can expect glorious choral settings along with traditional readings and carols. This […]

    Free
  • Fun Xmas Charity Quiz & Supper

    The Willows Tearoom 5 Blandford Road, Shillingstone, dorset, United Kingdom

    A fun quiz evening with delicious supper. Proceeds to the winning team's chosen charity

    £12.50
  • Christmas Concerts under Concorde 11th & 12th December

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    The much-loved Christmas Concert beneath the wings of Concorde returns to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton for 2025, taking place on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th December. Set in the iconic Hall Four beneath Concorde 002, guests will enjoy a festive evening of music performed by the HMS Heron Royal Navy Volunteer Band, featuring a […]

    £20.00
  • GOOD VIBRATIONS – A TUNEFUL TALK FOR EVERYONE

    Wesley Hall, Methodist Church Wimborne 4A King Street, Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Soundwaves and stories come together as Wimborne u3a’s final talk of the season looks set to hit all the right notes. On Friday December 12th, presenters Jacqueline and Brian Sutton invite you on a nostalgic journey through the birth of British pop music, celebrating the genius of pioneering sound engineer and record producer Joe Meek. […]

    £2.00 – £4.00
  • Stalbridge Christmas Fair

    stalbridge Hall Lower Road, Stalbridge

    Christmas Fair lots of stalls including handmade gifts, crafts, wreaths, Father Christmas with a present ( small fee) and optional photo,  Wycked Wyvern Bar, Refreshments, pocket money stalls.

  • Christmas Lunchtime Concert – ‘A Ceremony of Carols’

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 13th December between 12.30pm and 1pm for our free Christmas lunchtime concert. This is a performance of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' sung by vocal consort and accompanied by harpist, Marni Lai. Admission is free and all are very welcome. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

    Free
  • Shitake Yule Logs: Plugging workshop at Happy River

    Happy River Retreat Bere road, Wareham, United Kingdom

    Join us (and escape the crazy Christmas crowds!) for a hands-on fungi workshop led by our brilliant and passionate mushroom expert, Andy Knott of Jurassic Coast Mushrooms!  You’ll learn the art of “log plugging” which is a simple and fascinating way to grow your very own shiitake mushrooms at home. Everyone will leave with their […]