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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 | […]
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: sheilawilliams51@btinternet.com 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 […]
OPEN GARDENS MANOR HOUSE STRATFORD TONY SP5 4AT 01722 718 496 WEDNESDAY 6TH JULY 2022 2-5pm The gardens will be open in aid of the National Gardens Scheme charities Admission £6 (children free) Teas will be available next door at Pod and Pip Also flowers, plants and gifts. Charity Number 1112664.
The charity event will take place at Milborne St Andrews Sports Pavilion. Quinfest is a family music festival in memory of Amy Quin to be held on 8/9th July 2022 ( Saturday as the main day ) to raise much needed funds for the Poole Hospital Charity and Marie Curie. Quinfest was formed in 2019 […]
A celebration of our church and community through flowers, art and music. Flower arrangements celebrating life in our beautiful village. Music twice a day, art on display, concert on Saturday evening at 7:30, village church service on Sunday at 10:00. Three days July 8 - 10. Free entry - donations appreciated (for the church roof […]
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 […]
A celebration of our church and community through flowers, art and music. Flower arrangements celebrating life in our beautiful village. Music twice a day, art on display, concert on Saturday evening at 7:30, village church service on Sunday at 10:00. Three days July 8 - 10. Free entry - donations appreciated (for the church roof […]
A celebration of our church and community through flowers, art and music. Flower arrangements celebrating life in our beautiful village. Music twice a day, art on display, concert on Saturday evening at 7:30, village church service on Sunday at 10:00. Three days July 8 - 10. Free entry - donations appreciated (for the church roof […]
Sherborne Town Band are pleased to be back in the beautiful Pageant Gardens for an exciting concert.
An exhibition of contemporary art inspired by Dorset Buttons, its history, the people and the villages, towns and countryside are one of a number of events planned to celebrate 400 years. The Dorset Button industry was a major part of many people’s lives in east Dorset for 200 years. Abraham Case stated making buttons in […]
The lovely English country garden of West Lodge, Piddlehinton will be the setting of this year’s Annual Church Fete. Come and join us and enjoy a wonderful afternoon out for the whole family with children’s races, coconut shy, bowling alley, ‘welly whanging’, pony rides and duck races on the River Piddle. There’s even a dog […]
You are warmly invited to the final coffee concert in our summer series. On Sunday 17th July at 11.45am in St Peter's Church, Dorchester you can enjoy coffee, cake and a short vocal recital given by soprano choral scholar, Flora Davies. Flora began her musical career as head chorister at Salisbury Cathedral and is currently […]
Picnic and a show! Enjoy SISATA's new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Performing at Weymouth's stunning Sandsfoot Castle Gardens for one night only - 6.30pm on 22nd July. Upon the brooding heath, an intoxicating obsession torments the moor. Witness a passion that goes beyond the grave... Audiences can enjoy the show from their very own […]
Fancy something different for a day out? Grab your picnics, soak in the sun, and enjoy the brand new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Upon the brooding heath, an intoxicating obsession torments the moor. Witness a passion that goes beyond the grave... At 2.30pm from 23rd-25th July, SISATA Theatre Company will be performing back at […]
This July at Young Nature Watch (the young branch of the Tisbury and District Natural History Society) we have a workshop to make your own insect hotel, with repurposed or natural materials, that you will be able to take home to provide nesting spaces for solitary bees and other insects. It will be held on […]
Garden Fete in-aid of the village hall and church upkeep. Tea or Coffee & Homemade Cakes, Strawberries, Plants, Bric-a-Brac, Cake Stall, Gifts, Wine Raffle, Children’s Games.
You are warmly invited to our monthly cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 23rd July at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. Music includes: Philip Stopford 'God be in my head', Rose 'Preces & Responses', Howells 'Magnificat & Nunc dimittis Collegium Regale' and Bainton 'And I saw a new Heaven'. Peter Nardone is at […]
An original live music performance presenting John's latest album "Notions" a brilliant cross genre body of work featuring the poetry of Seamous O'Rourke with traditional and modern instrumentation, as featured on the Mike Harding show. The very best in original contemporary folk music steeped in the Irish traditions of John's ancestors, he will be joined […]
Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Let's get creative and let's have some fun with some Gadget Bingo and make your own popsicle catapults!
Everybody clap your pans – it’s time for The Rascally Diner! Cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and ward off evil cakes in this fun-filled, messy performance about food which heads to Dorset through Artsreach this summer! Chef Rufus Skumskins O’Parsley is famous […]
Friendly life drawing sessions, all abilities welcome. At Marnhull Village Hall 10.30am - 12.30pm Last Friday of each month. £8 per session Contact Katie on 07766 311 810
Everybody clap your pans – it’s time for The Rascally Diner! Cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and ward off evil cakes in this fun-filled, messy performance about food, which tours Dorset with Artsreach. Chef Rufus Skumskins O’Parsley is famous for creating some […]
Picnic and a show! Enjoy SISATA's new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Performing at Dorchester's historical Maumbury Ring's at 6.30pm 22nd July for one night only. Upon the brooding heath, an intoxicating obsession torments the moor. Witness a passion that goes beyond the grave... Enjoy the show from your very own picnic blanket, tucking into […]
Picnic and a show! Enjoy SISATA's new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Performing at Dorchester's historical Maumbury Ring's at 6.30pm 22nd July for one night only. Upon the brooding heath, an intoxicating obsession torments the moor. Witness a passion that goes beyond the grave... Enjoy the show from your very own picnic blanket, tucking into […]
Put it in your diary – Chettle Fete is back in 2022 with a bang! It’s no accident that Chettle Village Fete has earned itself the title of Dorset’s Whackiest Fete – it is truly is bonkers. As well as all the traditional favourites like cream teas & cakes, pets corner, face painting, bouncy castle, […]
Shaftesbury Library Summer Reading Challenge Children's Activity: Be a Gadgeteer and create your own Sparkie Creature using an electrical circuit to make it light up! Suitable for 8-12 year olds.
Picnic and a show! Enjoy SISATA's new outdoor adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'. Performing at Red House Museum and Gardens, Christchurch for one night only: 6.30pm on Saturday 30th July. Upon the brooding heath, an intoxicating obsession torments the moor. Witness a passion that goes beyond the grave... Enjoy the show from your very own picnic […]
• 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
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 & […]
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