Arts & Entertainment

Quilters take to arts centre

Labours in Lockdown is a boutique quilt show, presenting the work of Walking Feet, a group of four friends…

It’s all systems Mo-zart for opera festival

Dorset Opera have announced that they will be going ahead with their 2021 Festival with performances in the Coade…

Pearl’s talking lines & colours

Yetminster artist Pearl Gatehouse will be showcasing her stunning paintings in her Talking Lines and Colours exhibition at Shaftesbury…

Chance to contribute to exhibition on year of the pandemic

Guggleton Farm Arts in Stalbridge is searching for people to write, snap, paint or stitch their way into the…

You can help bring new art hub to life

The director of the annual Free Expression arts festival in Blandford has finally secured temporary planning permission for an…

At last! Sport can start up again and here’s where to go

It felt like the first day of school holidays: let’s all run outside and play! It was last Monday…

Band all keyed up to start playing again

After 12 months in isolation, members of the popular Blandford Stour Valley Band (BSVB) are looking forward to being…

Railway theme for artists in museum’s new competition

As part of the ongoing Art at the Museum programme at Blandford Town Museum, local artists have been invited…

£50k seating area artwork defended

The final unveiling of the new canopied seating area at Badbury Heights, Blandford, commissioned as a public artwork which…

£10m funding boost in bid to expand Octagon Theatre

A project to turn the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil into a popular cultural polestar is £10million closer to reaching…