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  • Nine Lessons & Carols

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our service of Nine Lessons & Carols on Saturday 20th December at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. You can expect gorgeous choral settings, traditional […]

    Free

  • Free festive family show starring Mr Merlin and Okey Dokey the Dragon at the Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum.

    Blandford Corn Exchange 17 Market Place, Blandford Forum

    Free festive family show starring Mr Merlin and Okey Dokey the Dragon at the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Blandford Forum. Dorset. DT11 7AG. Book tickets online for either 10:30am-11:15am OR 11:45am-12:30pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the 45min show. Refreshments will be available. All proceeds will go to the […]

    Free

  • Free festive family show starring Mr Merlin and Okey Dokey the Dragon at the Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum.

    Blandford Corn Exchange 17 Market Place, Blandford Forum

    Free festive family show starring Mr Merlin and Okey Dokey the Dragon at the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Blandford Forum, Dorset. DT11 7AG Book tickets online for either 10:30am-11:15am OR 11:45am-12:30pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the 45min show. Refreshments will be available. All proceeds will go to the […]

    Free

  • Christmas carols at The Rose and Crown TRENT

    The Rose and Crown TRENT Rose & Crown,, Trent, Sherborne

    Gather with us for a festive afternoon of music, warmth, and community spirit. We’ll be outside the pub singing classic carols together, accompanied by a live saxophone player — the perfect way to welcome Christmas. Mulled wine will be flowing to keep you cosy! 📅 22nd December | 4:00pm 🍷 £5 entry — all proceeds […]

    £5

  • Choral Midnight Mass

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our service of Choral Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24th December at 11.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The setting is Charpentier's ‘Messe de […]

    Free

  • Epiphany Carol Service

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our candlelit Epiphany Carol Service on Saturday10th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. Hear the final part of the Christmas story told through […]

    Free

  • Graffiti Classics: Frolics and Laughter

    Blandford Corn Exchange 17 Market Place, Blandford Forum

    “A cabaret that will leave you wanting more” Daily Mail 16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices in 1 electrifying and hilarious musical show, touring Dorset with Artsreach, the county’s rural arts charity. Graffiti Classics are a comedy string quartet who never sit down, bursting the perceived elitist boundaries of traditional classical music with […]

    £14.00

  • Lunchtime Concert

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 17th December between 12.30pm and 1pm for our lunchtime concert. This is a thirty-minute recital of songs and arias performed by […]

    Free

  • Choral Eucharist

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 18th January at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Victoria’s ‘Missa o magnum mysterium’, […]

    Free

  • Occupied / Unoccupied is a photography exhibition by Ukrainian photographer Iryna Sozanska

    Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum West Cliff Promenade,, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

    Occupied / Unoccupied is a photography exhibition by Ukrainian photographer Iryna Sozanska, living in Dorset, on display at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum from 20 January to 8 March 2026. The exhibition brings together photographs taken over four years, from the first days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when the artist and her family […]

    Free

  • Choral Evensong

    St Peter’s Church Dorchester

    You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 24th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Tallis’s ‘Salvator mundi’, the […]

    Free

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