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  • Spring Show

    Turnpike Showground, Shaftesbury Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Entrance 50p, Children Free Raffle • Refreshments  

  • Acoustic Rock and Pop across the decades!

    Holme Bush Inn – Corfe Mullen Old Wareham Rd, Corfe Mullen,, dorset, United Kingdom

    Rock/pop/blues/funk and soul - the classics to noughties - played with passion! Pop down, grab a drink and have a singalong! #keepmusiclive #rock #dorsetevents #supportyourlocalpub https://fb.me/e/3APjD0vZw

  • Choral Eucharist for Passion Sunday

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist to mark Passion Sunday on Sunday 22nd March at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Stopford’s […]

    Free

  • SWING from PARIS

    East Stour Village Hall Back Street,, East Stour,, dorset, United Kingdom

    Swing from Paris are an all-string jazz quartet of violin, guitars and double bass, inspired by the music of the 1930s, '40s and '50s: from the cafes and cabarets of Montmarte […]

  • FLOURISH Reset Retreat 🌿

    Launceston Farm Tarrant Launceston, Dorset, United Kingdom

    FLOURISH Reset Retreat The Ultimate Mind-Body-Soul Tune-Up March 23rd – 27th, 2026 Launceston Farm, North Dorset With daily yoga and meditation practices, breathwork and sound healing sessions, you will be […]

  • Ela Fitzpayne and John Forde- A Medieval Scandal from Okeford to London

    St andrews Church Okeford Fitzpaine Okeford Fitzpaine, dorset, United Kingdom

    In the spring of 1325, John Forde became rector of this parish and a trusted administrator on the Fitzpaine estate. Seven years later, the Archbishop of Canterbury publicly accused Lady […]

    £10

  • Wimborne Community Centre Artisan Makers Market

    Wimborne Community Centre 41 - 44 King Street, Wimborne

    Saturday 28th March 2026 10am till 3pm.  Come along to the first of our 2026 Artisan Makers Markets here at the Wimborne Community Centre in the King Street car park.  […]

    Free

  • STALBRIDGE EASTER FUN – Craft & Makers Fair

    Stalbridge Village Hall Lower Road, Stalbridge

    Various stalls & crafts available & EGG HUNT Egg for every hunt completed: £3 Colouring Contest, Egg and Bonnet Decorating: £1.50 each

    Free

  • Choral Evensong in Lent

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong in Lent on Saturday 28th March at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Lotti’s ‘Crucifixus’, […]

    Free

  • Bach: St John Passion at Milton Abbey

    Milton Abbey Blandford Forum, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, together with the Wessex Baroque Collective, performs the wonderful St John Passion on Palm Sunday. Evangelist:  Kieran White Conductor:  David Gostick  

    £5 – £28

  • Choral Eucharist for Maundy Thursday

    st peters church

    You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2nd April at 7pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: William Byrd’s ‘Mass for Three Voices’, Duruflé’s ‘Ubi caritas’ and Gibbons’s ‘Drop, drop slow tears’. All are very welcome to this free service. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

    Free

  • Defying Gravity this Easter at the Fleet Air Arm Museum

    The Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester

    This Easter grab your wingman and take to the skies at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Join us for a gravity-defying adventure as we explore the incredible stories that have helped us […]

    All activities are included within your museum ticket.

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