The New Blackmore Vale Magazine

Tickets available at info@ancientmesopotamiagifts.com for £10. Ancient Mesopotamia | The near East | The fertile crescent | Egypt | Persia | Indus Valley | China.

Friday 19th June 6pm-9pm & Saturday 20th June 10am-4:30pm. Demonstrations throughout the day, refreshments all day Saturday and Tombola. Friday eve wine and nibbles.

Nalbinding is an at-risk heritage craft which YOU can help keep alive! Join Jen from Drakos Dottir for a 3 hour workshop learning what nalbinding is, the Viking history, and Oseberg, Jorvik & Mammen stitches to approach your own projects. If time allows you will nalbind a small bag. 10.30am-13.30am £25 per participant. Wooden needles, […]

Get ready, Yeovil - this summer, Huish Park transforms into the South West’s biggest open-air celebration of the greatest musical decade of all time! Step back in time and dance under the stars to the iconic hits of the 1980s at an unforgettable night of live music, lights, and pure nostalgia. From the infectious pop […]

Country Dancing by the Pond with Hambledon Hopstep. Featuring the Horn Dance at Dusk Steps in Time. White Horse Morris Men. Hot Drinks & Cake, Local Beer, Cider and Wine. Guest appearance by Wessex Fire & Rescue. Stalls | Raffle | Traditional Games | BBQ | Free Parking.

Tickets from Pimperne Village Hall, £5. 16 Gardens and the Church.

Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 20th June between 12.30pm and 1.00pm for our monthly lunchtime concert. Jonathan Prentice (baritone) and Rob Taylor (piano) perform an eclectic programme of songs and arias. Admission is free. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

Shaftesbury Silver Band | Hawk Display | Beer Tent & BBQ | Lots of Fun & Traditional Games | Teas & Cakes | Berwick Boutique Silent Auction including Tickets to the Last Night of the Proms at Royal Albert Hall and more! Free entry but donations welcomed.

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 21st June at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Bruckner’s ‘Locus iste’, Gabrieli’s ‘Missa brevis’ and Fauré’s ‘Cantique de Jean Racine’. All are very welcome to this free service. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

Two new gardens open for charity under the National Garden Scheme in Orchard Close. Teas, cakes and plants for sale. £10 for both gardens children are free

Armed Forces Day 11am-5pm Saturday 27th June 2026 Plant Sale in aid of Combat Stress (UK's leading charity for veterans' mental health) at the Sherborne Summer Festival (11am-9pm) Pageant Gardens, Sherborne, DT9 3LP Donations of plants greatly appreciated on the day!