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  • Keith Fest

    Henstridge Airfield Marsh Lane, Henstridge

    Charity Music festival in memory of our Son Keith. In aid of CALM, Campaign Against Living Miserably and Suicide&co. Eight bands plus DJ. Head lining:- Ironed Maiden Tribute Band. Cock […]

    £10 – £15

  • The Round Barrow – Open Weekend

    Higher Ground Meadow, Corscombe Underhill Farm, Corscombe, Dorchester

    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 […]

    Free

  • Choral Evensong

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

    Join us for our monthly, cathedral-style service of choral evensong on Saturday 25 June at 4.30pm in St Peter's Church, Dorchester. Music includes: Bruckner 'Locus iste', Radcliffe 'Responses', Purcell 'Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G minor', Elgar 'The Spirit of the Lord'. Graham Scott is at the organ and Ian Davis directing. All are very […]

    Free

  • Oborne Barn Dance

    Ivy House Barn, Oborne, Nr Sherborne DT9 4JY Ivy House Barn, Oborne, Nr Sherborne

    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, […]

    Free

  • The Round Barrow – Open Weekend

    Higher Ground Meadow, Corscombe Underhill Farm, Corscombe, Dorchester

    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 […]

    Free

  • Blackmore Vale Bonsai Group Show

    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

    £3

  • Carmen by Regents Opera

    The Mowlem Shore Road, Swanage

    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 […]

    £8 – £18

  • Battle of the Organs – Featuring Sherbornes School’s Chamber Choir

    Sherbone School Abbey Rd,, Sherborne

    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 | […]

    Free

  • Jazz for a Summer’s Evening

    Sherborne Music school

    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 […]

    £10

  • Vanity Fair by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    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 […]

    £8 – £34

  • Old Baby Mackerel

    Winterborne Stickland Village Hall Winterborne Stickland

    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 […]

    £5 – £27

  • All you need is words- a poetry workshop

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    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 ! […]

    £8

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