Blackmore Vale Events

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Lunchtime Concert

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

Join us at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on Saturday 15th June between 12.30 and 1pm for our monthly lunchtime concert given by soprano, Verity Joy. Verity, who is about to take her LTCL singing diploma, is in her final year of undergraduate studies at Arts University Bournemouth, where she is also a music scholar. Her […]

OPEN GARDEN and HOMEMADE TEAS in Sherborne

Manor Farm Longbridge Deverill

Open garden and homemade teas at Manor Farm, Knighton, Sherborne from 2.30pm to 5pm on June 16. To support the upkeep of Beer Hackett Church and raise funds for Sherborne food bank. Gardens, views of the Vale, homemade teas and secondhand books for sale. Parking will be signed. What3words for parking: pocketed.chambers.shrubbery. £5 entry (free […]

£5

Gillingham recruitment, health and wellbeing event

Riverside Leisure Centre Gillingham

Yeovil Job Centre and RiversMeet Active Leisure Centre present a recruitment, health and wellbeing event for residents of Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset. There will be employment support including local employers, career advice, CV support as well as active vacancies. There will also be support for mental health, physical wellbeing, energy bill advice, living with a […]

Pimperne Village Gardens Open

Pimperne Villahe Hall Newfield Rd, Pimperne

In aid of the Air Ambulance and Pimperne Village Hall... 15 Gardens Open with The Church, programe from Pimperne Village Hall £5 at the Hall will be refreshments, tombola, Air Ambulance stall and plants Event starts at 1pm and ends at 5pm on both Saturday 22nd June and Sunday 23rd June.

£5

Marston Magna Midsummer Fair

Moat Field Behind the church, Marston Magna

A popular village fair that starts with the traditional Duck Race at 1pm, followed by the fair itself in the Lost Field. BBQ, bar, teas and cakes, stalls, entertainment and activities for children and adults, including the Stoke sub Hamdon Brass Band. The ever-popular Dog Show starts at 3pm with numerous categories and prizes.

Free

Choral Evensong

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 22nd June at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Rachmaninov’s ‘Bogoroditse Devo’, Stanford’s ‘Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A’, Ayleward’ ‘Preces & Responses’ and Biebl’s ‘Ave Maria’. Do join us for this free event and stay for a […]

Music from Stage and Screen

St. Mary's Catholic Church Wimborne Road, Poole

The Quayside Choir presents an evening of choral and instrumental musical items from the movies, musical theatre, television and opera. With Anna Tyrrell on violin, and Kathy Jackson on cello. Musical Director-Helen Brind. Accompanist -Ewa Irek Come and join us for an evening of nostalgia, and some of your favourite melodies from Stage and Screen […]

£12

Symposium and Lecture Recital

Bournemouth University Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

In partnership with University Music Bournemouth, The Open University Literature and Music Research Group present a symposium and lecture-recital on the theme of Words, Music and Silence at Bournemouth University on Friday 28th June. During the day, nine academic papers will be presented by scholars with backgrounds in composition, literature, musicology, creative writing and film. […]

Auction at Dore & Rees – 300 lots from Ford family residencies

Dore & Rees Vicarage Street, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom

Dore & Rees are set to offer more than 300 lots from Turville Grange and Eaton Square, the British residences of the Ford family. Head to www.doreandrees.com to view the complete auction catalogue, Curated Interiors including the Collection of the Late Mrs Henry T Ford II.

Corfe Castle to cater for all at new Food and Drink Festival

Corfe Castle Wareham

Corfe Castle to cater for all at new Food and Drink Festival The National Trust is hosting Love It Local’s inaugural Food and Drink Festival at Corfe Castle. On Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July the castle grounds will be home to a celebration of local produce, showcasing food and drink sourced from across the […]

Quilt and quilting talk and exhibition in Yetminster

Jubilee Hall Church Street, Yetminster

A talk and exhibition by Christina Walkley sharing her love of quilting and her collection of vintage American quilts, called Passion and Tradition: The American Quilt, is taking place July 7 at Jubilee Hall in Yetminster. Tickets are £6 to include an afternoon tea on the door or in advance from the Spar or the […]

Cruise with Steve Belasco

Dorchester Community Church Liscombe Street, Poundbury

Steve Belasco, an offshore marine photographer who has been sailing the waters of the Devon and Dorset Coast for 25 years and a production journalist for even longer will be treating the members of Dorchester Townswomen’s Guild to a Cruise along the Jurassic Coast on Monday 8 July in Dorchester Community Church, Liscombe Street, Poundbury […]

£3