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  • Mere School Fireworks Display – FREE

    Mere Primary school Springfield Rd,, Mere, wiltshire, United Kingdom

    Our legendary School Fireworks Night is back this November - and it's going to be bigger, brighter & better than ever!! Mark your calendars now - trust us, you won't […]

    Free

  • Live Laugh Love Ladies Club – Poundbury, Dorchester – Guest Speaker: Portia Mcmenemy – Breathwork Facilitator

    Crossroads, 1 Crown Square, Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3JH 1 Crown Square, Poundbury, Dorchester, United Kingdom

    12 NOVEMBER 2025 – Portia Mcmenemy – Breathwork Facilitator from The Rooms, Poundbury  We welcome to our November event Portia Mcmenemy, a Breathwork Facilitator who will bring to us everyday breathwork for relaxation that […]

    £18.000 – £24.00

  • WOOL COMMUNITY CINEMA

    The D'Urberville cEntre dorset, United Kingdom

    Our next film night will present 'The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society.

    Free – £5.00

  • After Sunset Fadeth – Early Music by Candlelight

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

    On Friday 14th November at 7pm Music at St Peter’s presents ‘After Sunset Fadeth’ – a programme of early music for lute and baroque guitar performed by renowned lutenist Matthew […]

    £10.00

  • The Final Journey, an exploration of death and dying through art

    Royal manor Theatre Portland 138A Fortuneswell, Portland, dorset, United Kingdom

    How to have "a good death" is a topic which more and more people find important nowadays. Fuelled by the discussion about assisted dying, customised funerals, natural burials and the […]

    Free

  • An evening with University Music Concert Band

    St Peter’s Church Bournemouth

    An evening with University Music Concert Band. Enjoy an eclectic programme of music from stage, screen and concert hall. Admission free.

    Free

  • Laughs that go further- Comedy Event in Verwood !

    The Verwood Hub Theatre Brockway, Verwood, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Laughs that go further is more than just a comedy event, it’s your chance to help someone from our local community help communities in Tanzania. Jessie a year 11 student […]

    £10.00

  • Christmas Fair

    Springfield Country Hotel Grange Road, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom

    If you liked the Phoenix Groups exhibition at the Shoot Room during Purbeck Art Weeks then you will love this Christmas Fair. Featuring many of the groups members there will […]

    Free

  • Frost Fair at the Wimborne Minster

    Wimborne Minster High St, Wimborne Minster,, Wimborne

    Join us in the Wimborne Minster Church on Saturday 22nd November between 11am-3pm for our yearly forst fair - quality stalls, family entertainment with Pickle Bum the Elf, free craft […]

    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 22nd November at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Reger’s ‘Nachtlied’, the ‘Preces […]

    Free

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