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Whether you’re a local or simply visiting, you want to know if there’s a car boot sale on this weekend, a church jumble sale or a 5k fun run. Maybe you’re looking for a local comedy night, an amateur dramatics production, and let’s not forget carol singing or village fetes.
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Riverside Family Fest, is a fun family festival raising money for Children With Cancer UK, and a couple of local charities, The Vale Pantry in Sturminster Newton and The Big Yellow Bus Garden Project in Shillingstone. There will be live bands, BBQ, Bar, childrens entertainment, ice cream, cream teas, stalls bouncy castle, rides and much […]
The first major Flower Festival to be held in Wimborne Minster for seven years will take place from Friday 2nd to Monday 5th September 2022. In recent times the Minster has held a major Flower Festival every five years and the one planned for this year should have been held in 2020 but was postponed […]
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 returns for their 2022 edition, launching 15 brand new artworks under the theme of 'Common Lands' which invites visitors to explore their relationship to the […]
While our horizons have drawn in, travel writers have continued to reach out, rediscovering and reinterpreting the world for a new age. The Sherborne Travel Writing Festival, curated by Rory MacLean, will be the first travel literature festival to be held in the UK in recent years. At its heart is the idea – and […]
Step back in time this summer when Dorchester remembers its Victorian past and celebrates the life and times of the famous writer Thomas Hardy, who was born and lived nearby. […]
The 32nd Swanage Jazz Festival - Jazz By The Sea Ticketed programme - 40+ Bands New Orleans to Contemporary Jazz Headliners include Claire Martin, The James Taylor Quartet, Tony Kofi, Zara McFarlane sings Sarah Vaughan Free Festival Fringe Four main venues + the FREE Fringe Festival Festival Parade
Fun Family Festival with tribute bands, free children's entertainment, dog show, punch & Judy, stalls, bouncy slide, food, Tug O War & more!
Starts 7.00pm Friday 5th July & from noon - midnight Saturday 6th July A two day community festival in the heart of our village. Hours of live music, a wide range of stalls offering food, drink and crafts with lots of free activities for children.
A proper Dorset event: cider bar, hay bales, three live bands, Pimm's & Ploughmans tent, hot food (day), BBQ (evening), cream teas, kidszone, 25 crafts and fayre stalls, garden produce competition + more - all starting at 10.30am with a steam, old tractor and vintage car rally through the village
A proper Dorset event: cider bar, hay bales, three live bands, Pimm's & Ploughmans tent, hot food (day), BBQ (evening), cream teas, kidszone, 25 crafts and fayre stalls, garden produce competition + more - all starting at 10.30am with a steam, old tractor and vintage car rally through the village
A fun family music festival with live bands, bar, food, fair, circus workshop, bouncy castle, stalls, mad4animals reptile show, fire display, belly dancers, Tug O War and much more! Tickets adults £7.50 Kids Under 16 go free! available before or on the gate
This annual exhibition of wedding dresses at St Mary's Church in Sturminster Newton is in collaboration with the Sturminster Newton Wedding Fair held in The Exchange on Saturday 25th January 2025. Each dress on display has a story and provides a fascinating insight from brides with a local connection.
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