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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  • An Autumn Elegy

    University Music's Orchestra and Choirs present An Autumn Elegy at 7.30pm on Saturday 29th October in Christchurch Priory. The programme includes Rutter's Requiem, Chilcott's Canticles of Light and, in recognition […]

    £12 – £50

  • Going Solar – meet the Installers!

    Marnhull Village Hall Burton St, Marnhull

    A free drop-in session organised by Marnhull Green Teams to enable people to meet installers of PV (solar) panels and batteries. The companies attending like to work on several installations in the same area: it helps them, and it may well help you, with potential savings to be had, financially and/or in time waiting for […]

    Free

  • Dorset Farmers Market – Shaftesbury

    Shaftesbury Town Hall High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom

    At The Dorset Farmers Market, we care about giving our customers the best shopping experience yet. Since 2000, we’ve played an active role in the dorset community by offering residents a chance to enjoy our wide range of events. We’re more than just a venue to buy one-of-a-kind items and locally-made goods — we’re your […]

  • Baby & Children’s Preloved Sale

    Pimperne Village Hall Newfield Rd, Pimperne

    Pimperne Baby and Toddler Group are holding a fundraising table top sale. Pimperne Village Hall. Sunday 6th November 11 - 2

    Free

  • Are you ready for a new challenge?

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Fostering could be for you. Drop into find out more about fostering in Dorset.

    Free

  • The Unknown Soldier

    Salisbury Medieval Hall Sarum St Michael, The Close, Salisbury

    Jack stayed on when the guns fell silent, to search the battlefields for the boys that could not go home - for the dead and the missing, for both enemy […]

    £15

  • Distant Lands – A Concert of Words and Music

    St Peter's Church Bournemouth Hinton Road, Bournemouth

    Through continued technological progress and innovation, the world, in many ways, has never seemed smaller. For global tourists, the relative ease and comfort of travel has made once impossible journeys […]

    Free

  • The Farrant Singers’ Autumn Concert

    St. Martin's Church, St. Martin's Church Street, Salisbury

    The first part of tonight’s concert is centred around Vaughan William’s Mass in G minor. It celebrates firstly the 150th anniversary of his birth, and also the 100th anniversary of […]

    £5 – £17

  • Community Policing Drop In Surgery

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    PCSO 5382 Leatt will be at Shaftesbury Library to offer Crime Prevention advice and leaflets and to hear any local concerns.

    Free

  • Community Policing Drop In Surgery

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    PCSO 5382 Leatt will be at Shaftesbury Library to offer Crime Prevention advice and leaflets and to hear any local concerns.

    Free

  • Adorned by Nature talk by Wolfgang Grulke

    Oborne Village Hall Oborne, Nr Sherborne

    At the evenings gets colder, Oborne Village Hall has invited author Wolfgang Grulke to warm us up with tales of the tropical South Pacific. Wolfgang is well known for his […]

    £10

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