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SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells

• Amadeus Mozart – Great Mass in C minor, K427 • Ola Gjeilo – The Spheres • Ola Gjeilo – Identity • Ola Gjeilo – The Ground (from Sunrise Mass) • Joseph Haydn – The Representation of Chaos (from the Creation) • Felix Mendelssohn – Psalm 95, Op.46

Auto Italian BBQ – Laycock Cider Farm

Laycock Cider Farm Church Farm, Purse Caundle, Sherborne

Calling all Italian car enthusiasts 🇮🇹🇮🇹 BAD Abarth invite you to their Italian BBQ day at Laycock Cider Farm. A fun-filled family day out at the stunning Laycock Cider Farm! ▪️Live music ▪️Trade stands ▪️Photographer ▪️Incredible Raffle ▪️Garden games ▪️Full BBQ ▪️Chocolate fountain ▪️Ice Cream van Free to attend and to display Italian cars & […]

Free

“Who dunnit?”

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Finger Print Detection with PCSO Su Leatt

Free

Free Taster Lectures

Interested in The Arts? This Spring, The Arts Society Blackmore Vale has some free taster places for its Thursday lectures: 5th May: Peggy Guggenheim 9th June: Georgia O'Keefe in New Mexico 7th July: The Artworks Top 20 Coffee from 10.30am, lecture 11.30am - 12.30pm Details on our website : www.theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk or email: [email protected] or telephone […]

Free

Sturminster Newton Half Marathon & Fun Run

The Stur Half, organised by the Dorset Doddlers, is now in its 30th year. The start is in Station Road, and the route takes the runners through Manston, Margaret Marsh, Stour Row and Todber, returning through Moorside and Hinton St Mary to finish on the High School playing field. Enter the half, or our new […]

A Supermarket Love Story by John Osborne

The Royal Oak Bridport Road, Drimpton

A story about supermarkets and the people who use them... Love will bloom, lives will continue as they always have, and you'll meet two paramedics by the crisps. As staff untuck their shirts and sit on kick stools stacking shelves, we join them all for a storytelling feast and find that every aisle really does […]

£5

String Telephones

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Learn how sound travels by making your own non-electrical 'secret' gadget.

Free

Wriggle Valley Jazz Band

St Cuthberts Church Oborne, Sherborne

The superb Wriggle Valley Jazz Band performing in atmospheric church with great acoustics. BBQ and bar available..

£5 – £7.50

Newspaper Challenge

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Will you be able to complete our newspaper challenge? Free children's event.

Free

Lucky Pigeons by Brainfools

Litton Cheney Village Hall Litton Cheney

Open Air Circus for all the Family to enjoy this summer with Artsreach! A young businessman struggles with the demands of city life and, after losing his job, takes his frustrations out on a group of pigeons. Karma soon returns however, and the man finds himself turned into a pigeon, where he quickly learns about […]

£5 – £25

Lucky Pigeons by Brainfools

Stalbridge Village Hall Lower Road, Stalbridge

Open Air Circus for all the Family to enjoy this summer with Artsreach! A young businessman struggles with the demands of city life and, after losing his job, takes his frustrations out on a group of pigeons. Karma soon returns however, and the man finds himself turned into a pigeon, where he quickly learns about […]

£5 – £25

Blandford Art Society Annual Exhibition

Blandford Art Society is pleased to announce its annual Open Exhibition in The Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum. www.blandfordartsociety.weebly.com A wide variety of work will be on display and for sale. Our guest artist for 2022 is Michael Hemming.

Free