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  • Pimperne children Party

    Party for children with entertainment and present please bring a plate of Food £5 to cover cost

  • Christmas Concert Sturminster Choral Society with Shaftsbury’s Palida Choir

    St Mary's Church, Sturminster Newton Church Lane, Sturminster Newton

    Sturminster Choral Society with Palida Choir present Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols Saturday 10th December, 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton Begin your 2-week countdown to Christmas with Sturminster Choral Society, Shaftsbury’s Palida Choir and international harpist Kirsty Whatley performing A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten along with Christmas carols and other […]

    £10

  • The Fairy Tale Forest

    Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham, Dorset

    Angel Exit Theatre bring to you The Fairy Tale Forest - Wander through a magical wintery woodland and meet Mary Godmother in her gingerbread emporium. Look around her shop, hear […]

    FREE

  • The Fairy Tale Forest

    Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham, Dorset

    Come and visit The Fairy Tale Forest. Wander through a magical wintery woodland and meet Mary Godmother in her gingerbread emporium. Look around her shop, hear the latest fairy tale […]

    Free

  • Paper Plate Snowman

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Make your own smiling snowman decoration!

    Free

  • Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

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

    You are warmly invited to our carol service on Saturday 17th December at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. This is a highly traditional carol service following the order of Kings College, Cambridge. Along with choir carols by Boris Ord, Vaughan Williams, Will Todd, Matthew Owens, John Rutter and others, the service features all of […]

    Free

  • The Fairy Tale Forest

    Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham, Dorset

    Angel Exit Theatre bring to you The Fairy Tale Forest - Wander through a magical wintery woodland and meet Mary Godmother in her gingerbread emporium. Look around her shop, hear […]

    FREE

  • Festive Family Fun

    Space Inflaters 22 Brickfields Business Park, Gillinghan

    Join us for some FREE festive family fun: * Jack & the Beanstalk Panto * Father Christmas * Inflatables and lots more Free lunch for each child with a HAF […]

    Free

  • The Fairy Tale Forest

    Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham, Dorset

    Angel Exit Theatre bring to you The Fairy Tale Forest - Wander through a magical wintery woodland and meet Mary Godmother in her gingerbread emporium. Look around her shop, hear […]

    FREE

  • Jazz Night with “The Scarlet Stone Trio”

    Tolpuddle Village Hall Main Road, Tolpuddle

    The Scarlett Stone Jazz Trio Doors at 7.00p.m. Cocktails and Canapés 7.30-8.30 p.m. Performance from 8.30 p.m. Bar available from 7.00 p.m.-11.00 p.m. An evening taking you back to the golden age of the 20’s 30’s . Well know songs from the Stage and Silver screen. American songbook Classics. This fabulous Trio will be covering […]

    £10.00

  • Irish Music Night with Padraig Lawlor and Henry Marten’s Ghost,

    Tolpuddle Village Hall Main Road, Tolpuddle

    A traditional Irish music night with one of the countries leading Irish Party bands, led by the enigmatic Padraig Lawlor, a chance to sing along to all your favourite Irish tunes with four of the best musicians on the circuit, here in rural Dorset in the atmospheric Tolpuddle Village Hall. (A "Not for Profit" S&S […]

    £12.00

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