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  • Cup and Ball Game Making Craft Activity

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Cup and Ball Game Making Craft Activity! Create and decorate your own ball game. Shaftesbury Library Saturday 5 August 11:00am - 12:00 noon. For further information please call Shaftesbury Library on 01747 852256. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

    Free

  • Hillside Parishes Fete & Dog Show

    Ibberton, Belchalwell & Woolland Village Hall Ibberton, Blandford Forum, United Kingdom

    A Traditional Villages Church Fete and Dog Show organised by the Parishes of Ibberton, Belchalwell & Woolland located at the Village Hall, in Ibberton DT11 0EL https://www.ibbertonvillagehall.co.uk/Hillside-Parishes-Fete-Dog-Show-2023/ . The villages, […]

    £1

  • Safe by the Sea with Karen Towner from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Safe by the Sea with Karen Towner from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire safety story, craft and dressing up activities. Shaftesbury Library Monday 7 August 11:00am - 12:00noon. For further information please call Shaftesbury Library on 01747 852256. Booking advised through the library to guarantee your space. Children under 8 must […]

    Free

  • Jez Hellard

    Tolpuddle Village Hall Main Road, Tolpuddle

    Jez Hellard is a singer of potent songs, teller of gripping tales, fine guitarist and simply stunning harmonica player who has spent the past 20 years travelling the world performing. His band, The Djukella Orchestra, play traditional and contemporary folk music, from jigs, reels and rebel ballads to tango, rhumba, reggae and pretty much anything […]

    £12.00

  • Make and fly a kite!

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Make and fly a kite ! Join us to make and fly your own paper kite. Saturday 12 August 11:00am - 12:00noon. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a […]

    Free

  • Crazy Cardboard Creatures

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Bring an empty cereal box and your imagination to create your own colourful creature. Monday 14 August 11:00am - 12:00noon. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a parent or […]

    Free

  • Tarrant Gunville Horse Show, Gymkhana and Comic Dog Show

    Tarrant Gunville Horse Show Tarrant Gunville, Blandford Forum

    THE 76th ANNUAL TARRANT GUNVILLE HORSE SHOW AND GYMKHANA AND COMIC DOG SHOW! SATURDAY 19th AUGUST 8.30am - 5pm. EASTBURY PARK (DT11 8JQ) COMIC DOG SHOW at 3.15pm £2 entry per class STALLS and REFRESHMENTS Online Entries (www.equoevents.co.uk) close 17th August 2023 (Late entries accepted on the day; some classes may be limited) PATRON: JAMES […]

  • Bruton Art Society’s 70th Annual Exhibition

    Memorial Hall, King's School Bruton The Plox, Bruton, United Kingdom

    This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the Bruton Art Society, established in 1953 by Mrs Joy Barnes who trained at Chelsea School of Art, where Henry Moore was her tutor for sculpture and Graham Sutherland for illustration. Since then the Society has held an Annual Exhibition in the town of Bruton […]

    Free

  • Summer Reading Challenge Activity – Make your own rosette.

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Ready, Steady, Go - Get creative and make your own winning paper plate Rosette! Shaftesbury Library Saturday 19 August 11:00am to 12:00noon. For further information call Shaftesbury Library on 01747 852256. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

    Free

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