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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There are more than 800 First World War graves in over 240 cemeteries and churchyards across Somerset. Each of the names on those gravestones has a story connected to it, a story of family and of tragedy, a story of life on the battlefield and of love on the home front. Richard will be uncovering […]
Help us celebrate the 21st birthday of our charity SERO, raising funds for local charities and Julia's House Children's Hospice. Light entertainment, singing and music from local group The Gravellers, […]
You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 22nd February at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Rheinberger ‘Abendlied’, Tomkins ‘Second Service’, Seal ‘Preces & Responses’ and Elgar ‘Give unto the Lord’. Do join us for this free event and stay for a glass of wine […]
Release your inner Bowie and join us for our 80’s Boogie Bingo bash in Bournemouth! Have the time of your life as you play bingo and dance ‘All Night Long*’ […]
Arthur Coates and Kerran Cotterell are an exciting and energetic young folk duo who are quickly carving out a name for themselves with their unique style, rooted in Quebecois traditional […]
Clothes, toys, books, puzzles, linen, and nursery equipment (maternity to 12 years). some child product business tables available. Free entry. Refreshments available. Don't forget to bring your shopping bags. This is a table top sale, if you would like a table £5 preloved/10 business please contact our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]
Book reading during the days with Squeak, the dinosaur puppet. Great for children and no extra charge. (Normal admission applies)
Celebrating over 13 years of working together, the critically acclaimed team behind the making of international hits The Nature of Forgetting and BIRTH opens up their precious notebooks and share how their magic works. By doing so the magic seems more impressive, more real and more magical. Weaving Katherine Graham, Guillaume Pigé and Alex Judd’s […]
Sturminster Newton Exchange.....14.03.2025 Come and join us for an evening of great big band and soul entertainment. All Dorset players, bringing you a fantastic selection of great music from Glenn Miller through to […]
Joe is the author of ‘Tithe Barns’ and ‘Railway Enthusiasm in Twenty-first-century Britain’ and conducts talks on railways and the railway hobby. His railway experience comes from over a decade working within the railway hobby, including for railway modelling company PECO and the West Somerset Railway. He currently works for Dovetail Games, makers of the […]
Pot licker Written and Directed by Ed Viney Thursday 20 March, 7:30pm. Halstock Village Hall. 01935 891744. £12.50, £6 u18s When teachers Rich, Kris and Zara discover a bag of drugs in school lost property, they should report this straight away. But as the school faces imminent closure, is there another way to deal with […]
You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 22nd March at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Purcell’s ‘Thou knowest Lord’, Smith’s ‘Preces & Responses’, the ‘Magnificat’ by Arvo Pärt, ‘Nunc Dimittis’ by Holst and S.S. Wesley’s ‘Wash me throughly’. Admission is free and there is […]
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