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Salamanca Band and Bugles of The Rifles Christmas Concert
6 December 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Kick start your Christmas and join us for some free Christmas Cheer at Sherborne Abbey.
This free to enter event will have a retiring collection that is split 50/50 with Sherborne Abbey and The Rifles Charity.
The Rifles have a long steep history with Sherborne with the Dorset Regiment and Devon an Dorset Regiment being antecedent Regiments of The Rifles.
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