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The Rascally Diner by LAStheatre

Broadmayne First School Knighton Lane, Broadmayne

Everybody clap your pans – it’s time for The Rascally Diner! Cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and […]

£5 – £20

‘Wuthering Heights’ outdoor show at Maumbury Rings, Dorchester

Maumbury Rings 17 Maumbury Rd, Dorchester

Picnic and a show! Enjoy SISATA's new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Performing at Dorchester's historical Maumbury Ring's at 6.30pm 22nd July for one night only. Upon the brooding heath, […]

£12 – £14

‘Wuthering Heights’ outdoor show at Maumbury Rings, Dorchester

Maumbury Rings 17 Maumbury Rd, Dorchester

Picnic and a show! Enjoy SISATA's new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Performing at Dorchester's historical Maumbury Ring's at 6.30pm 22nd July for one night only. Upon the brooding heath, […]

£12 – £14

CHETTLE VILLAGE FETE – Dorset’s Quirkiest

Chettle Village. Follow the strawberry adorned signs to find us. Chettle Village, Dorset

Put it in your diary – Chettle Fete is back in 2022 with a bang! It’s no accident that Chettle Village Fete has earned itself the title of Dorset’s Whackiest […]

Free

Sparkie Creatures

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Be a Gadgeteer and create your own Sparkie Creature using an electrical circuit to make it light up! Suitable for 8-12 year olds.

Free

SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells

• Amadeus Mozart – Great Mass in C minor, K427 • Ola Gjeilo – The Spheres • Ola Gjeilo – Identity • Ola Gjeilo – The Ground (from Sunrise Mass) […]

Auto Italian BBQ – Laycock Cider Farm

Laycock Cider Farm Church Farm, Purse Caundle, Sherborne

Calling all Italian car enthusiasts 🇮🇹🇮🇹 BAD Abarth invite you to their Italian BBQ day at Laycock Cider Farm. A fun-filled family day out at the stunning Laycock Cider Farm! […]

Free

“Who dunnit?”

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Finger Print Detection with PCSO Su Leatt

Free

Free Taster Lectures

Interested in The Arts? This Spring, The Arts Society Blackmore Vale has some free taster places for its Thursday lectures: 5th May: Peggy Guggenheim 9th June: Georgia O'Keefe in New Mexico 7th July: The Artworks Top 20 Coffee from 10.30am, lecture 11.30am - 12.30pm Details on our website : www.theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk or email: [email protected] or telephone […]

Free

Sturminster Newton Half Marathon & Fun Run

The Stur Half, organised by the Dorset Doddlers, is now in its 30th year. The start is in Station Road, and the route takes the runners through Manston, Margaret Marsh, […]

A Supermarket Love Story by John Osborne

The Royal Oak Bridport Road, Drimpton

A story about supermarkets and the people who use them... Love will bloom, lives will continue as they always have, and you'll meet two paramedics by the crisps. As staff untuck their shirts and sit on kick stools stacking shelves, we join them all for a storytelling feast and find that every aisle really does […]

£5