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  • I Am Dram

    Powerstock Hut School Hill, Powerstock, Dorset

    I AM DRAM by Hannah Maxwell is coming to Powerstock Hut on Saturday 22 November at 7.30.  Adults £12.50, Under 18's £6 (age guide 14+) Box Office: www.artsreach.co.uk,  07755 90579 […]

    £12.50

  • Wreath Making Afternoon at the Allendale Community Centre

    The Allendale Centre Hanham Road, Wimborne, United Kingdom

    Wreath Making afternoon at the Allendale Community Centre.  A fundraising event for the Centre.  Enjoy making your own festive wreath to take home whilst enjoying festive nibbles and a soft […]

    £30.00

  • Christmas 🎄 Bingo

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    Sturminster and Hinton Cricket Club Christmas Bingo  🎄 at The Exchange Sturminster Newton

    Free

  • AERIAL ATLAS OF ANCIENT BRITAIN, David R Abram

    Child Okeford Village Hall Child Okeford

    Join author and photographer David R Abram for a stunning visual journey through Britain's prehistoric landscapes. Using drones and telescopic poles, David reveals ancient sites as they've never been seen […]

    £12.00

  • Christmas Quiz Night at Hazelbury Bryan Village Hall

    Hazelbury Bryan Village Hall Partway Lane, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Hazelbury Bryan Village Hall are holding a Christmas Quiz night on 28th November. purchase tickets from the Red Barn Village Shop There will be a cash bar to help the […]

    £5

  • A Dorset Christmas Festival: Pull a Pine at RSPB Arne

    RSPB Arne Arne Rd, Arne,, Wareham

    Join us for one of the biggest conservation events in the country. While we love trees, what nature needs is the right trees in the right place. On our precious […]

    £11

  • A Dorset Christmas Festival: Pull a Pine at RSPB Arne

    RSPB Arne Nature Reserve RSPB Arne Nature Reserve, Wareham

    Join us for one of the biggest conservation events in the country. While we love trees, what nature needs is the right trees in the right place. On our precious […]

    £11

  • Advent Carol Service

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

    We are delighted that, once again, University Music Chamber Choir (formed from singers from Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth) will be providing the music for our Advent Carol Service […]

    Free

  • Magic of Christmas Food and Craft fair

    Riversmeet Active Harding's Lane, Gillingham, Dorset, United Kingdom

    We are really looking forward to this fabulous event. We have over 70 stalls all selling quality handmade products. We have crochet, jewellery, art, wooden items, textiles, cakes, wine, gin, vodka, liqueurs, children's clothes, Christmas decorations, soaps, candles, wax melts and so much more. It really is the place to do your Christmas shopping. We […]

    Free

  • Choral Eucharist

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

    You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 30th November at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: James MacMillan’s ‘O radiant dawn’, […]

    Free

  • CHRISTMAS FAIR

    Fifehead Magdalen Village Hall Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham

    Come and enjoy our village Christmas Fair in aid of St Mary Magdalene Church. Free entry | Bar | Hot Turkey Rolls | Home Produce | Gifts | Handmade Christmas Wreaths | Raffle | Bottle Hamper | Teas & Cakes

    Free

  • Rudolph’s Advent Trail at the Fleet Air Arm Museum

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    Follow Rudolph’s trail. Explore the Fleet Air Arm Museum this Christmas with our popular children's Advent Trail! From 3 December, explore the tinsel-wrapped museum with our new children's Advent Trail, free with a valid museum ticket! Can you find your way around the museum, spotting the clues and opening the trail's windows as you go? If […]

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