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  • Death and Service – a talk by Richard Cooper-Wright

    Church House Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port

    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 […]

  • Gravellers

    Child Okeford Village Hall Child Okeford

    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, talk and presentation from Julia's House Bar raffle and silent auction - £15 includes light refreshments

    £15
  • 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 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 […]

    Free
  • Boogie Bingo

    Key West Bar & Grill, Bournemouth BH2 5AA Key West Bar & Grill, Bournemouth

    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*’ (*until 11:30pm). Get ‘Into the Groove’ and come dressed in your best (or original) 80s outfits and costumes. Shell suits, legwarmers and big hair strongly […]

    £15
  • Artsreach and Woodlands Village Hall presents Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell – Music for Cows

    Woodlands Village Hall Verwood Road, Woodlands

    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 music fused with songs from around the British Isles and North America. Arthur Coates is an award-nominated musician who studied violin and piano at the […]

    £6 – £18
  • Baby & Children’s Preloved Sale

    Pimperne Village Hall Newfield Rd, Pimperne

    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]

  • World Book Day

    Farmer Palmers Wareham Road, Poole

    Book reading during the days with Squeak, the dinosaur puppet. Great for children and no extra charge. (Normal admission applies)

  • Moments

    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 […]

  • The Soul and Swing Big Band

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

         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 […]

    £15.00
  • West Somerset Railway

    Church House Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port

    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 […]

    £5
  • Pot Licker

    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 […]

    £6 – £18
  • 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 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 […]

    Free