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Snow Drop Festival Crown Craft – Shaftesbury Library

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Join in with Shaftesbury's Snowdrop Festival fun at Shaftesbury Library on Monday 12th February 11.00am to 12 noon. Get your Snowdrop Crown made and ready for this year's Snowdrop Festival! Booking is advised as spaces are limited. For more information or to book your ticket please call Shaftesbury Library on 01747 852 256 or email […]

Free

Dorset Button Making

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Drop in and enjoy a free demonstration and talk by Anna McDowell on this heritage craft using contemporary materials and designs. Shaftesbury Library Saturday 17 February 11:00am - 12 midday Suitable for ages adults and children over 12 years. Spaces are limited, so please book on Eventbrite or ask the library staff to book for […]

Free

Free Lunchtime Concert

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

On Saturday 17th February between 12.30pm and 1.00pm, there will be a free lunchtime concert at St Peter's Church, Dorchester. The soloist this month is Sam Hanson, who will perform a recital of fantastic organ music. All are welcome to this free event.

Free

University Music Choir & Orchestra Concert

Christchurch Priory Quay Road, Christchurch, United Kingdom

University Music Choir and Orchestra present their Spring concert on Saturday 17th February at 7.30pm in Christchurch Priory. The programme includes Beethoven's 'Mass in C' along with two orchestral works - Mozart's 'Horn Concerto in Eb' and Bruch's 'Romanze for Viola and Orchestra' - which showcase two of University Music's outstanding scholars: Ella Mainard (French […]

£18

Community Policing Drop In Surgery

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Community policing drop-in surgery PCSO 5382 Leatt will be at Shaftesbury Library to offer crime prevention advice and leaflets, and to hear any local concerns. Shaftesbury Library Thursday 22 February 10:00am - 11:00am Thursday 21 March10:00am - 11:00am For more information: 01747 852256 [email protected]

Free

Dorset Council Transport Plan

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Have your say: a new joint transport plan. Dorset needs a new plan fit for the 21st century. Dorset Council and BCP Council want to know what you think are the key opportunities and issues to help develop a new plan for travelling easily around the county, whilst protecting its special landscape. Your views are […]

Free

Jumble Sale

We are hosting an 'old fashioned' Jumble Sale here at Wimborne Community Centre from 10am till 1pm on Saturday 24th February 2024. Come along and browse for some bargains, enjoy refreshments and tasty treats from the café. Or, why not hire a table to sell your unwanted items - £8 per 8ft table - bring […]

The Wilton Vintage Fair – Wiltshire

We invite you to join us for our next Vintage Fair in Wilton, Wiltshire offering a wonderful selection of antiques and vintage sourced from across the UK and Europe. The hall & foyer will be brimming with antiques, collectables, curios, decorative antiques, mid century, textiles, tiny treasures & vintage for you and your home. The […]

£1

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 24th February at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Purcell’s ‘Thou knowest, Lord’, Richard Seal’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Buxtehude’s ‘Magnificat’ and Amy Beach’s ‘Nunc Dimittis’ and ‘Like as the hart’ by Herbert Howells. Do join us for this […]

Free

Short Story Writing Competition

Shaftesbury

What are you up to this week? How about writing a 500-word story for a Short Story Writing Competition? The theme is the murder of King Edward the Martyr, which took place at Corfe Castle back in 978AD – Dorset in the Dark Ages. Who saw it happen? Whose lives were touched? What happened to […]

Free

Stonehenge – we need to talk

Springhead Trust Mill Lane, Fontmell Magna

Stonehenge is a world-famous monument, the greatest achievement of our prehistoric ancestors. It has been the subject of investigation and speculation for centuries and, while science has provided some answers, there is much that remains enigmatic. Following on from our very successful day in the Autumn, which concentrated on Stonehenge itself, we are now going […]

£40

The Shaftesbury Feastival

Shaftesbury

New for 2024, we bring a fabulous Feastival to Shaftesbury. With over 150 traders on The High Street and Park walk, there's the annual Cheese Run on Gold Hill, cookery demonstrations, foraging walks with Masterchef winner Matt Follas, book signings, literary events and Pop up events in various premises across Shaftesbury. Feastival runs from 10am […]

Free