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  • Mother’s Day Craft Activity

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Mother's Day Craft Activity Shaftesbury Library Saturday 18 March 11:00am - 12:00 noon Creative Mother's Day fun for all ages! No booking required. Free event. For more information please call 01747 852256.

    Free

  • Open Garden at the Springhead Trust, Saturday 18 March

    Springhead Trust Mill Lane, Fontmell Magna

    The garden will be open on Saturday 18 March between 11-4. This will be a great opportunity to wander round our lakeside gardens to view our lovely collection of spring bulbs. The café will be open for drinks and cakes. Locally and organically grown flowers will be on sale for Mother’s Day. Entry to the […]

    Free

  • Come & Sing: Vivaldi-Gloria

    Upton Community Centre Poole Road, Upton

    Come and join The Quayside Choir for an exciting and inspiring afternoon of singing. The Workshop will be led by guest conductor Simon Earl, Director of Music, Organist & Master of the Choristers at Christchurch Priory, Dorset. This afternoon workshop will feature Vivaldi's Gloria in D Major, RV 589, through which Simon will focus on […]

    £10

  • Prize Bingo in aid of ZEM CC, Chard.

    Chard Guildhall 14 Fore St, Chard

    Prize Bingo in aid of ZEM CC, Chard. Chard Guildhall from 7.00 - 10.00 pm on Saturday 18th March Free entry Mammouth Raffle - Refreshments being sold in aid of […]

    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. Shaftesbury Library 23 March 10:00am - 11:00am. For more information please call 01747 852 256

    Free

  • Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

    Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

    Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market is held 8 months of the year on a Saturday from 10 am - 3 pm. We have a cafe serving refreshments and selling artisan breads. We welcome an array of local, talented makers who create many handmade products for you to see and buy. Entry is free and […]

    Free

  • Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

    Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

    Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market is held 8 months of the year on a Saturday from 10 am - 3 pm. We have a cafe serving refreshments and selling artisan breads. We welcome an array of local, talented makers who create many handmade products for you to see and buy. Entry is free and […]

    Free

  • Choral Evensong for Passiontide

    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 25th March at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music for Passiontide includes: Stopford ‘God so loved the world’, Barnard ‘Preces & Responses’, Wood ‘Evening Service in Eb (No.1)’ and Brahms ‘Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnung’. David Beeby is at […]

    Free

  • Aethereus Presents: Spring Awakening

    The Bake Barn The Bake Barn, Chicklade

    Aethereus Events invites you for an evening of culture, performance, live entertainment and a few surprises along the way at our Spring Awakening party set in the idyllic rolling chalk downs of South West Wiltshire. March 25th, 5:00 PM – March 26th, 12:50 AM The Bake Barn, Chicklade, Wiltshire SP3 5SY, UK “The owl of […]

    £60 – £108

  • The Prout Bridge Extravaganza

    Beaminster Town Hall Beaminster Town Hall, Fleet Street, Beaminster

    Come along to an entertaining evening for the whole family showcasing local musical youth talent while raising funds for the Prout Bridge Project charity. Performing will the Prout Bridge Project's youth band, The Phoenix, other local youth performers and a guest band. Refreshments will be available to purchase along with a raffle and tombola. Entry […]

    £3

  • Muddy Dog Dash

    Upton Country Park Upton Country Park

    Lewis-Manning Hospice Care’s Muddy Dog Dash is a 2km and 4km obstacle course around Upton Country Park for you, your dog(s) and loved ones to take part in and have a paw-some day out! Not got a dog? No problem! You can join in with or without a dog and can take it at your […]

    Free

  • A talk by Richard Spencer Foreign correspondent for The Times

    Digby Hall Hound Street, Sherborne

    A talk by Richard Spencer Foreign correspondent for The Times From Arab Spring to Ukraine Winter Wednesday 12th April 2023 Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne 7:00 for 7:30pm Tickets - £12.50 (inc. a glass of wine) From - Winstone’s Bookshop

    £12.50

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