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  • White Christmas Dip

    Dip a toe or go all in for the UK's biggest Christmas Day Dip at Boscombe Beach. Raising money for Macmillan Caring Locally.

    £10
  • Carers Rights event

    fontmell Fontmell Magna Village Hall, Fontmell Magna

    You are invited to join the Blackmore Vale Partnership for a celebration of carers. We want to say a big thank you for all that you do! Please come along to our afternoon Tea and board games lunch. We will have a selection of sandwiches, sides and delicious desserts. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate, Plus […]

    Free
  • Windborne: “To Warm the Winter Hearth”

    Blandford Parish Church Market Place, Blandford Forum

    An evening of folklore, magic, and mystery with this internationally acclaimed vocal group. Hailing from New England, USA, Windborne are known for their powerful and innovative four-part vocal harmonies, shifting effortlessly between dramatically different styles of traditional music. With a twenty-year background studying polyphonic music from around the world, Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan, […]

    £6 – £35
  • Sturminster Newton Wedding Dress Exhibition

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

    This annual exhibition of wedding dresses at St Mary's Church in Sturminster Newton is in collaboration with the Sturminster Newton Wedding Fair held in The Exchange on Saturday 25th January 2025. Each dress on display has a story and provides a fascinating insight from brides with a local connection.

  • 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 25th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Judith Bingham ‘Epiphany’, Wood ‘Evening Canticles in F – Collegium Regale’, Reading ‘Preces & Responses’ and Mendelssohn ‘There shall a star from Jacob come forth’. Do join us for […]

    Free
  • PANTOMIME The Wind In The Willows – A Valley Adventure

    Anne Biddlecombe Hall Valley Road, Tarrant Keyneston, Blandford Forum

    The Tarrant Valley Players 2025 The Wind In The Willows. In the Tarrant Valley along the River Tarrant lives Ratty, enjoying life, rowing boats, having picnics, Mole in his meadow digging happily, Mr Toad in his magnificent Hall and Badger Keeping to himself in Ashley Wood. That's until they learn from Otter that Chief Weasel […]

    £7.00
  • JOY by Luke Wright

    Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall Main Street, Piddletrenthide

    Come and get some JOY into your life with honesty, humour, ire and wonder from a master wordsmith. Luke is a brilliantly charismatic performer, his poems will shoot arrows through your heart. Suitable 14+

    £6 – £18
  • Luke Wright…JOY

    Shipton Gorge Village Hall, Church Lane, Brooke Street, Bridport, United Kingdom

    Over 25 years, Luke Wright has built up a reputation for being one of Britain's most popular live poets. He has won an unprecedented 4 Saboteur Awards, a Stage Award, and a Fringe First. He's sold out shows across the world and regularly tours with John Cooper Clarke. Following the smash hit success of his […]

    £13
  • Old Skool Boogie Bingo

    The Udder Farm Shop Manor Farm, Back Street, East Stour

    Join us for our Boogie Bingo on Friday February 7. These nights book fast so make sure to book when you can to avoid disappointment! This night will consist of musical bingo and will include a DJ, photobooth and delicious cocktails to buy. There’ll be fun prizes to win so why not grab some friends […]

    £20
  • Coming to England

    Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts 21 Kingland Road, Poole

    The UK tour of the stage adaptation of Floella Benjamin's much-loved book, Coming to England, will head to Lighthouse Pool in February 2025. This vibrant and energetic new play with music from Nicoll Entertainment and MAST Mayflower Studios tells Floella’s personal story of moving to England in the 1960s at the age of 10. Coming […]

    £14.98
  • The Matchstick Fleet – by Philip Warren

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    The Matchstick Fleet by Philip Warren is making it's return to the Fleet Air Arm Museum! Come and see a hand-crafted fleet all made with matchsticks! The collection, built entirely from matches and matchboxes, spans 525 ships and 1000 aircraft. A culmination of a lifetime’s work, it includes the ships of the Royal Navy and […]