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Dorset Buttons 2022 Exhibition at Shaftesbury Arts Centre 13 Bell Street SP7 8AR We are looking for artists who are prepared to share your interpretation of the Dorset Button industry at an exhibition from 13 July to 19 July 2022 to celebrate the birth of this local cottage industry 400 years ago. Full details and […]
£10.00
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3 events,
A four day exhibition of Arts, Crafts Cards, Photography, Poetry, Flowers and Quilts from 10.00 - 4.00 over the Jubilee holiday.
Free
A four day exhibition of Arts, Crafts Cards, Photography, Poetry, Flowers and Quilts from 10.00 - 4.00 over the Jubilee holiday. Refreshments served from 11.00 to 3.00.
Free
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WTF and Greening the eARTh gallery commissioned local craft business Bootmakers to run workshops within Wincanton's two primary schools and hence created over 500 'postage stamp crowns' artworks that have been crafted entirely from found materials. These unique artworks will be exhibited for the month of June at the central location of Greening the eARTh […]
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We plan to recreate a traditional community street party, with trestle tables and chairs, on the village cricket pitch. Seating on a first come, first served basis but there will be plenty of space if you want to bring your own chairs and rugs. Pop-up-Produce will provide pre-ordered picnic boxes for those who do not […]
£10 – £18
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Family fun day with stalls, inflatables,childrens entertainer, archery, fully stocked bar, food vendors and , live music.
£3 – £7
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A right old Mampus in Motcombe. Come see the scarecrows, flying hawks and race the snails. Beat the hunger with something from the BBQ, Pina’s noodle bar or Platinum Platters. Stalls, games, music and lots more. A full bar and free parking. We can’t wait to see you.
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Join us on Saturday June 4th at Okeford Fitzpaine Village Hall to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee with THE SULTANS. A six piece band playing an eclectic mix of numbers with a swing vibe. Prizes for best 1950s costumes, (although you don't have to dress up), and a prize for the best dancing couple. Tickets […]
£5
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Queens Platinum Jubilee weekend at Manston and Hammoon Village Hall Sunday 5 June we will be having a party! It will comprise of BBQ lunch starting at 12.30 - please bring your own food/drinks. It should be a fun day with games etc. Everyone welcome!
Free
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A one day open air music festival on Church Green in the centre of Semley village, with live music, pizza and street food, wine and spirits bar, beer tent, a variety of stalls and children's activities.
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A one day open air music festival on Church Green in the centre of Semley village, with live music, pizza and street food, wine and spirits bar, beer tent, a variety of stalls and children's activities. |
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and have a go at making figures with clay. A fun introduction to working with clay and to portray the Queen. We will be using air dried clay, so you can take […]
Free
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and make a puppet of the Queen, or one of her Corgis. Make your own moving mouth puppets head then add fabrics, yarn and embellishments to costume your character.
Free
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and lie on a large cushion and listen to a story by the amazing Gobbligook Theatre. Take a bit of time out and enjoy being taken on an adventure.
Free
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. This workshop introduces you to different instruments and by collaborating with the other class members, you will be making music and rhythm together. This is led by David Squirrell, a fine Dorset based […]
Free
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A literary afternoon tea. Bestselling author Sally Page will be in discussion with Matt Billingsley at The Stur of the Moment. Afternoon tea is included. Gillingham author Sally Page's debut novel, The Keeper of Stories, has been described as the most charming and uplifting novel you will read this year. In her debut novel, The […]
£18
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials to be provided and you can take you prints home. Artist Tara Harland Vinney will show you how to cut into lino, print and enjoy […]
Free
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Jim Case from Newfoundland, Canada will be joining Sturminster Newton Literary Festival for this special talk via Zoom on 8 June 2022. The Sturminster Newton Museum and Mill Society have just received a £14,000 grant to research the town's connections with Swanskin and Newfoundland. Jim Case is from Newfoundland, Canada and discusses his connections with […] |
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At a literary lunch, special guest Minette Walters will talk about The Swift and the Harrier, her historical novel on the horrors of the Civil War in Dorset, and will be in conversation with Donald Nordberg. The Swift and the Harrier is a sweeping tale of adventure and loss, sacrifice and love, with a unique […]
£25
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Karen Dickson discusses her bestselling books and historical romance writing. Karen Dickson lives in Dorset and used to work at her local branch of WHSmith, where she was fondly known as The Book Lady. Karen is the author of three novels and the third, A Songbird in Wartime, was shortlisted for an award by the […]
£6
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session to help you to enjoy movement and dance, led by dance workshop leader Anna Golding who specialises in working with people who are new to dance and movement, as well as […]
Free
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Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and have a sing- a long, taught by singing teacher Sammy Hurden.
Free
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As in the Bard’s day, Festival Players tour as an all-male troupe of skilled professional actors. Supported by their patron, Dame Judi Dench, the company has a growing international reputation for presenting the very best in open-air Shakespeare and are committed to providing accessible and enjoyable performances for all. This summer, Festival Players invites you […]
£8 – £18
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Best-selling novelist and screenwriter Natasha Solomons will be discussing her dazzling new novel, I, Mona Lisa, with Sherborne novelist Lulu Taylor. This is a great opportunity to hear Natasha reveal how she came to write this wonderful book and the research she carried out to bring the Mona Lisa to life. “You’ve seen my smile, […]
£8
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FERNE PARK GARDENS Berwick St John Nr Shaftesbury Dorset Will be open on Saturday 11th June 10am – 4pm To celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday In memory of Julia Hall and The Hon Alastair Campbell By kind permission of The Viscount and Viscountess Rothermere Entry via North Lodge Admission £5.00 Children Free All proceeds […]
£5
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It's 1929. Morris has been planting, harvesting, basket making and drinking tea on his Somerset willow farm since before he can remember. Every year the same pattern repeats itself. Plant, harvest, weave. Plant, harvest, weave... One day he pulls up a particularly large piece of willow with a girl clinging to the end of it! […]
£5 – £22
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Rachel McLean is an award-winning crime author who writes UK- based police procedurals. She is best known for the DI Zoe Finch series set in her home city of Birmingham, as well as the Dorset Crime series. Book 1 in the Dorset Crime series, The Corfe Castle Murders, won the Kindle Storyteller Award 2021 As […]
£6
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"Jackie Abbott is once again opening her garden and grounds at Littlebrook Farmhouse in Belchalwell on Sunday 12th June to raise funds for Julia’s House, the much loved Dorset Childrens Hospice. The charming garden feature a large landscaped pond area as well as fruit trees, formal terracing and vegetables all with spectacular views of the Blackmore […]
£5
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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
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Thomas Hardy was not only a brilliant writer and poet, but also a talented fiddle player. This is the story of his music, his instruments and the characters he created, many of whom were involved in traditional song, music or dance. With poems, songs and readings by Bonny Sartin of The Yetties. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-musical-heritage-of-thomas-hardy-tickets-301824413947
£8
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Professor Angelique Richardson and Dr Cath Sawyer discuss their work with the University of Exeter’s Hardy's Correspondents project. This presentation will introduce the University of Exeter’s Hardy's Correspondents project, a digital humanities collaboration with Dorset Museum, and look at ways in which the letters Hardy wrote, received, and respondd to, shed light on his many-sidedness, […]
£10
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Rick Stein in Sandbanks are hosting a coffee morning event in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care and we would love you to join us for coffee, cake and a raffle! WHERE: Rick Stein, Sandbanks, BH13 7QB WHEN: 10am – 11.30am – Thursday 16th June 2022 COST: £12.50 per ticket (includes 5 raffle tickets & fabulous […]
£12.50
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Christopher Nicholson is the author of several highly-praised works of fiction, including ‘The Elephant Keeper’, which was short-listed for the Costa Novel Prize, and ‘Winter’, a study of Thomas Hardy in old age. ‘Winter’ was described by the Times as ‘pitch-perfect….shrouded in ice, fog and the dark shadows of the trees that tower over Max […]
£25
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3 events,
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St Gregory’s CofE Primary School Open Morning - Friday 17th June 2022 9am until 11am Meet the staff, visit classes, tours by Young Governors Refreshments New / Existing Parents – all welcome
Free
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“William Barnes, Robert Young and the Spirit of Stur” David Fox shares insights into the past of the town and Vale life as depicted in the poetry and writings of William Barnes (1801-86) and Robert Young (1811-1908). Both were Sturminster-born and David puts this into the context of local history. Young witnessed local celebrations of […]
£8
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From humble beginnings in the marshlands of Kent, young Pip is determined to make strides in the big city and get a leg-up in society. Pip is quickly caught up in a world of compelling characters - the elderly jilted bride Miss Haversham, the criminal Magwitch and alluring Estella. Can our ambitious protagonist realise his […]
£8 – £32
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Pimperne Gardens Open Saturday 18th June and Sunday 19th June 11am To 5pm Tickets £5 From Pimperne Village
£5
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Sat 18TH - Sun 19TH JUNE Visit 10 gardens with easy walking in Zeals 5 Country Gardens with parking on site Artists’ gardens with their work on display Classic Cars to admire Refreshments & Cream teas Free Childrens Fun Trail Open 12 noon – 5pm Map directions & Garden descriptions provided Entry £5 at Zeals […]
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This annual event continues to add new attractions! As well as BBQ, bar, Pimms and Prosecco, tea and cakes we also have more than 20 stalls selling everything from plants to local honey, bric a brac and gifts. A special attraction – for both children and adults - is Fiasco Circus Skills including juggling , […]
Free
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A traditional village fete will be held in the beautiful gardens of Cranborne Manor, by kind permission of Lord and Lady Cranborne. There is something for everyone in this delightful and historic Dorset setting. Admission to the amazing gardens is included in the entry fee. There will be traditional stalks, local produce, plenty of entertainment […]
£1.00 – £3.00
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About 25 Private Gardens open all within easy walking distance of free carpark (DT2 7GD)
£7
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https://www.community-aid-ukraine.co.uk/ Classic cars run, from sturminster Newton to Dorchester threw the piddle valley with a finish the great field in poundbury
£5
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Around 20 village gardens will be open to visitors at a cost of £5 per person. Tickets will be available on the day from the Community Centre (post code DT11 8EW), where there will refreshment s(tea and cakes) and toilet facilities available, and also plants for sale. Tickets and toilet facilities will also be available […]
£5
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Child Okeford Open Gardens Day, Sunday, 19 June, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm:.There will be around 20 gardens open to visit in the village, which nestles under picturesque Hambledon Hill (NT). Tickets will be available, £5 per person, children free, on the day from both the Community Centre in Station Road (post code DT11 […]
£5
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Join us for coffee, cake and a short recital of organ music performed by our assistant organist, William Bishop. William has just completed his A-levels and leaves us in September to take up an organ scholarship at Tewkesbury Abbey. His programme includes music by Stanley, Rheinberger and J.S. Bach. Admission is free and all are […]
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Have you read ‘A Red Haze’ - the first of my Dorset-based trilogy starting in the 1946 post-war period? In the book, fourteen and a half year old Meg Taylor faces circumstances far beyond her control that forces her into an environment where her future appears to be mapped out for her. Her new life […]
Free
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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 Eyed Squid, No Thursday War, The Unusual Suspects, Unknown Identity , ReD Bad Uncle and Sugar Rush. Two licensed bars, Twisted Cider and Parkway Brewery, […]
£10 – £15
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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 […]
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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 […]
Free
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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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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.
£14.00 – £16
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