Find events in Dorset, from village fêtes and jumble sales to the county’s biggest shows, alongside theatre, live music, exhibitions, markets, talks, walks and family days out. The Dorset Life What’s On calendar brings together things to do across the county, with dates, locations and details to help you plan.
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Join me, Sharon, for a fun afternoon learning the art of gelli plate printing. In this workshop you'll be using various botanicals such as leaves, grasses or flowers, along with magazines for transfer prints, as I guide you through the step-by-step process of creating beautiful unique prints using a gel plate and acrylic paints. With […]
You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist in Lent on Sunday 8th March at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: William Byrd’s ‘Ave verum’, Kodaly’s ‘Missa brevis’ and Purcell’s ‘Hear my prayer’. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org
Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 15th March between 12.30pm and 1.15pm for our lunchtime concert in Lent. This is a performance of leading UK composer David Bednall’s ‘Stabat Mater’ featuring a vocal consort of upper voices, violinist Bryony Smith and the composer himself at the organ. Admission is free and all […]
Artsreach Dorset presents Three Cane Whale, a multi-instrumental acoustic chamber-folk trio based in Bristol, featuring members of Spiro, Get The Blessing and Scottish Dance Theatre. Rooted in landscape, with many pieces inspired by places in Dorset and Somerset, you can expect a stage strewn with over a dozen instruments and music that creates a kaleidoscope […]
ENTRANCE FREE – EVERYBODY WELCOME Gardening in a time of Climate Change A Talk by Ian Tribe Wednesday 18th March, 7.30pm at The Pamela Hambro Hall, Winterborne Stickland, DT11 0NT Raffle • Refreshments
On Friday 20th March, u3a Wimborne takes to the water with a talk entitled Conserving the Seas – Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone. Environmental manager and keen sailor Howard Davidson explores the introduction of the Marine Conservation Zone at Studland Bay – a move designed to protect precious habitats but not without controversy. As one […]
Following the success of Crafts at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton this new craft market at the Corn Exchange in Blandford will feature stalls with a rotating line-up of crafters and artists. From jewellery designers and potters to woodturners, glass artists, soap makers, wax makers and textile creators, there will always be something new to […]
A lovely new vibrant artisan arts and craft market will be starting in The Corn Exchange, Blandford on Saturday, 21st March. Opening times from 10am to 3pm. Organised by Liz Whittingham, organiser of Crafts at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton and Angie Adams, previous organiser of The Shambles crafts market in Blandford. We are looking […]
Entrance 50p, Children Free Raffle • Refreshments
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You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist to mark Passion Sunday on Sunday 22nd March at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Stopford’s ‘God so loved the world’, Caldara’s ‘Missa and Bruckner’s ‘Vexilla regis’. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards. More information […]
Swing from Paris are an all-string jazz quartet of violin, guitars and double bass, inspired by the music of the 1930s, '40s and '50s: from the cafes and cabarets of Montmarte to Artie Shaw, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the master of tango Astor Piazzolla. Know for their tight ensemble sound and virtuosic performances, the group […]
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