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The University of the 3rd Age

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

The University of the 3rd Age. Retired? Make the most of life and join the U3A. Come and discover what it’s all about. Shaftesbury Library Saturday 9 March 10:00am - […]

Free

RNLI ‘s 200th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving

Sherborne Abbey The Abbey Close, SHERBORNE, United Kingdom

Everyone is warmly invited to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Sherborne Abbey to mark the RNLI's 200th Anniversary on Sunday 10 March 2024 at 6 pm.

Free

Reading the Land with Tim Laycock

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Reading the land! Tim Laycock returns to Shaftesbury Library with traditional children's tales and story-songs from the British Isles for all the family. Come along, join in and find out! […]

Free

Lunchtime Concert in Lent – Pergolesi ‘Stabat Mater’

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

Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 16th March between 12.30 and 1pm for our lunchtime concert in Lent, when we offer a performance of Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’. […]

Free

Community Policing Drop In Surgery

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Community policing drop-in surgery PCSO 5382 Leatt will be at Shaftesbury Library to offer crime prevention advice and leaflets, and to hear any local concerns. Shaftesbury Library Thursday 21 March10:00am […]

Free

All Things Shaftesbury with Cllr. Derek Beer

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

All things Shaftesbury! Cllr. Derek Beer will be holding a community drop-in information and guidance session at Shaftesbury Library on all things Shaftesbury, from social wellbeing and loneliness to housing […]

Free

Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

The first of our 2024 Artisan Makers Markets will be held from 10am till 3pm on Saturday 23rd March 2024 here at Wimborne Community Centre, King Street car park, Wimborne. […]

Free

Quiz Night

Oborne Village Hall Oborne, Nr Sherborne

Family quiz with a Ploughman's Supper provided in the interval. Maximum of six people per team. Due to limited space, places need to be reserved please by emailing [email protected]

£10

Kosovo to Chocolate – An Unlikely Transition

Caryford Hall Maggs Lane, Castle Cary

A talk by Jane Swayne on her transition from running a charity programme in Kosovo for 10 years to starting the chocolate business, Gilbert and Swayne, in Baltonsborough. Expect free […]

£6 – £8

Choral Eucharist for Easter Sunday

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

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Easter Sunday 31st March at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Haydn’s ‘Little Organ Mass’, […]

Free

Milborne Port Opera presents “The Drowsy Chaperone”

Milborne Port Village Hall Springfield Road, Milborne Port, United Kingdom

MPO leaps into another hit musical – The drowsy Chaperone, by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, directed by Karen Pankhurst. Last year MPO proved they could do big musical numbers […]