Find events in Dorset, from village fêtes and jumble sales to the county’s biggest shows, alongside theatre, live music, exhibitions, markets, talks, walks and family days out. The Dorset Life What’s On calendar brings together things to do across the county, with dates, locations and details to help you plan.
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Family Barn Dance with Ceilidh Band Four Foot Four. Skittles and bar. Ticket price includes a Ploughman's meal. £12 adults, £6 (16 and under). Ivy House Barn, Oborne, Nr Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4JY (on corner of A30 and turning into Oborne Village). Tickets can be purchased by contacting [email protected] or Tel: 07866933736. All money raised […]
THE ROUND BARROW TODAY'S LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE Within the landscape of our natural wildflower meadows now lies this unique, stunning and exceptional creation. Offering an amazingly serene and beautiful permanent resting place for ashes. Niches may be chosen for immediate use or secured ready for the future. Open weekend 25th & 26th […]
The third show of the group is on 26th June. Displays by local societies, traders and demonstrations. Opens at 11am until 4pm. Refreshments including fish and chips van from 12 to 2pm. Admission £3 under 14 free. More details www.blackmorevalebonsaigroup.com e mail [email protected] phone 077837781744
Regents Opera is a leading fringe Opera Company specialising in the larger works of the 19th & 20th centuries. The now touring company offers emerging and established singers a platform to perform major repertoire not often staged outside the major houses. Directed by Paul Higgins of Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Royal Opera House, this […]
Battle of the Organs - Featuring Sherbornes School's Chamber Choir Sherborne School Chapel Tuesday 28th June 7.30pm Sherborne school's pupils and staff organists go head to head in a 'Battle of the Organs", including music by Kark- Elert, Guilmant, Stanford, Mushel, JS Bach, and widor, and choral favourites by Tallis, and Parry Tickets FREE | […]
Jazz for a Summer's evening - The Music School, Sherborne School Wednesday 29th June 7.30pm Come to hear the Dixieland Jazz band and the swing Band in an open air concert outside the Music school, featuring jazz from 1925 onwards. (Tindall Recitall Hall if weather inclement) Tickets £10.00 and include a finger buffet and a […]
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s acting and technical cohort present a thrilling and nostalgic production Thackeray’s hilarious satire, 'Vanity Fair'. Set in the early 1980s New Romantics scene of London, follow wannabe ‘It Girl’ Becky Sharp and her sweet-natured friend, Amelia Sedley, as they scale the heady heights of society and hustle through the hazardous […]
Old Baby Mackerel play high-energy, foot-stomping Bluegrass featuring a dizzying line-up of renowned musicians from some of the UK’s best folk, Americana and festival bands, including Artsreach favourites Flats & Sharps. The rhythmic sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and double bass are sure to get knees bouncing and elbows swinging to the virtuosic sound […]
The workshop is aimed at anyone interested in poetry; a love of poetry is essential. I will focus on alliteration and assonance as a means of making our poems vibrant and accessible. Maybe we will work in pairs. All you need is words! Pen and paper or iPad desirable. Sense of fun very welcome ! […]
The Pilgrim Singers present Singing for Ukraine on Sunday 3rd July at Clementina's Garden, High Street Wincanton. Tickets £14 (to include Pimms-or soft drink, strawberries and cream) U 16s free. From Wincanton PO and Wincanton Fruit and Veg (Coles Yard). Gardens open 4.30 pm so bring a picnic. Enquiries 01963 33695.
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 […]
To celebrate 100 years in business, Hillbrush are hosting a charity day for the public. This is an opportunity to see behind the scenes at Hillbrush and tour our factory grounds. Our staff will provide insight into the history of the business, machinery and brush making. You will get a chance to see a real […]
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