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  • 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 Ela Fitzpaine of adultery with John Forde. When she refused to perform the public penance imposed on her — including a barefoot walk through Salisbury […]

    £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.  There will be a wide array of art and craftwork, created by talented, local artists and crafts people.  Come along to browse and buy and […]

    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’, the ‘Preces & Responses’ and ‘Second Service’ by William Byrd and Elgar’s ‘Light out of darkness’. Admission is free and there is a glass of […]

    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 take to the skies. Follow our trail to discover the many ways we’ve dared to defy gravity throughout history and see if you’ve got what it takes to join […]

    All activities are included within your museum ticket.

  • Friday Farm Walks

    Bere Marsh Farm Shillingstone DT11 0QY Newmans Drove, Shillingstone, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

    From Friday April 3, Friday Farm Walks will run weekly from 2pm to 3pm through to September at Bere Marsh Farm, Shillingstone. Led by Hannah Bosence, members of the volunteer team and guest leaders, the walks explore the meadows, river and floodplain at Bere Marsh Farm, highlighting how agroecological farming practices support wildlife and benefit […]

    Free

  • Stainer’s Crucifixion on Good Friday

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    Join us at St Peter’s Church Dorchester for our annual musical meditation on Good Friday. This year there will be a performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion on Good Friday 3rd April at 6pm, with soloists Jonathan Prentice (bass) and Paul Heaslip (tenor). The performance is offered as an act of worship so admission is free and […]

    Free

  • Choral Eucharist for Easter Sunday

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Easter Sunday 5th April at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The joyful selection of music includes: William Harris’s ‘This joyful Eastertide’, Mozart’s ‘Missa brevis in D K.194’ and Stanford’s ‘Ye choirs of new Jerusalem’ before concluding with a rousing ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from […]

    Free

  • Easter Monday Museum Opening at Milborne Port

    The Chapel Museum Wheathill Ln, Milborne Port, Sherborne, dorset, United Kingdom

    We are excited to show you our 'new look' museum! We have invested some of our funds in a revamp, with new display furniture and display cases, and everything is looking great! Do come along for a preview before the main Summer opening from 24th May. For those of you who have never visited before, […]

    Free

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