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  • b-side Festival

    St Georges Centre, Reforne, Easton Portland St Georges Centre, Reforne

    b-side is an internationally recognised and locally loved arts organisation that both embodies and enriches its place of origin – the Isle of Portland in Dorset. This year, b-side Festival […]

  • Queen Camel Tennis Club BIG TENNIS WEEKEND

    Queen Camel Tennis Club Green Lane, Yeovil

    Queen Camel Tennis Club will be holding a BIG TENNIS WEEKEND on Saturday & Sunday, the 10th/11th September with a packed programme of coaching, fun games and a chance to […]

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  • Roald Dahl Day!

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Celebrate Roald Dahl Day at Shaftesbury Library! Make your own Esio Trot!

    Free

  • Hatch House Garden Open and Clothes Sale in aid of Salisbury Hospice Charity

    Hatch House West Hatch, Tisbury, United Kingdom

    Salisbury Hospice Charity are delighted that Sir Henry and Lady Rumbold will once again host the hugely popular annual Garden Open at Hatch House on Saturday 10th September, from 11.30 am - 5 pm. Visitors can enjoy tea, cake and delicious refreshments, whilst admiring the glorious views across the Vale of Wardour, as well as […]

    £5

  • Hatch House Open Garden

    Hatch House West Hatch, Tisbury, United Kingdom

    Idyllic Hatch House in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, by the kind permission of Sir Henry and Lady Rumbold, will once again hold its annual Open Garden on Saturday 10th September. This is a great event for all the family and a chance to see the 17th Century walled Dutch garden with amazing views […]

    £1

  • OPEN AFTERNOON with BLACKMORE VALE SCRIBES

    10TH SEPTEMBER, 2.30-4.30 at BRADFORD ABBAS VILLAGE HALL, near Sherborne. For our September meeting we invite you to join us, see us working on calligraphy projects and maybe have a […]

    Free

  • Jumble Sale

    Stour Provost Village Hall Village Hall The Street Stour Provost GILLINGHAM, Gillingham

    Jumble sale Admission 50p.

    £0.50

  • The Gentlemen of St John’s In Concert

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

    On Saturday 17 September at 6.30pm in St Peter's Church Dorchester (DT1 1XA), a septet from the internationally-renowned vocal ensemble The Gentlemen of St John's will present a concert. The varied programme will include music drawn from their repertoire, which spans some 600 years! Enjoy around 70 minutes of world-class choral singing, then meet the […]

    £12

  • A Talk from Litter Free Dorset at Sherborne Library

    Sherborne Library Sherborne Library, Hound street, Sherborne

    Emma and the team are running multiple litter-free projects across Dorset - find out more and how you can get involved!

    Free

  • Choral Evensong

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

    You are warmly invited to our monthly cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 24 September at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. Music includes: Victoria ‘O quam gloriosum’, Noble ‘Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B minor’, Smith ‘Preces & Responses’ and Howells ‘O pray for the peace of Jerusalem’. Chris Dowie is at the […]

    Free

  • Share the Magic featuring Apollo5

    Layard Theatre Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne

    Join Rising Voices Wessex and Apollo5 for an evening of fun vocal music celebrating the joys of singing. The international award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop. Rising Voices Wessex community […]

    £20

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