The New Blackmore Vale Magazine

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist to mark Candlemas on Sunday 1st February at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Casciolini’s ‘Missa brevis’, Byrd’s ‘Senex puerum portabat’, Eccard’s ‘When Mary to the temple went’ and Amy Beach’s ‘Nunc dimittis’. All are very welcome to this free service […]

Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 14th February between 12.30pm and 1pm for our lunchtime concert. This is a thirty-minute organ recital given by renowned musician, broadcaster and former organist of Salisbury Cathedral, Simon Lole. Admission is free and all are very welcome. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

Step into the magic of fungi at Happy River Retreat, tucked among the trees of Wareham Forest, Dorset. Join us for a hands-on mushroom growing workshop with Andy Knott of Jurassic Coast Mushrooms, one of Dorset’s most passionate and knowledgeable mushroom growers. Whether you’re completely new to the world of fungi or have tried (and […]

Music at St Peter’s present ‘Mozart by Candlelight’ on Friday 20th February at 7pm. This is an opportunity to enjoy performances of two of Mozart’s best-loved works of chamber music in the evocative, candlelit setting of St Peter’s Church Dorchester (DT1 1XA). The programme, which lasts just over an hour and is presented without interval, […]

Celebrate Snowdrops at Springhead. To coincide with Shaftesbury’s celebration of all things Galanthus, Springhead’s beautiful lakeside gardens will be open to the public from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 21st February 2026 There will be a pop-up cafe serving light refreshments. Assisted wheelchair access. Dogs on leads are welcome. For further information: email info@springheadtrust.org.uk; telephone […]

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 22nd February at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Howells’s ‘Collegium Regale’, Purcell’s ‘Thou knowest Lord’ and Messiaen’s iconic motet ‘O sacrum convivium’. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

The Dorchester-based Dorset Chamber Orchestra is delighted to present its first ever concert in Sherborne, on Sunday 22nd February at 3.00pm, in the Gransden Hall at Sherborne Girls School. It will feature an elegant programme of music from the classical and twentieth century repertoire. It opens with Schubert’s sparkling Symphony No. 5, a youthful and […]

Join us for our February Makers Market, a curated event bringing together independent makers, artists and small businesses from Dorset and the surrounding areas. Organised by the Dorset Team, our events focus on quality and creativity and bringing together a range of different crafts all under one roof! You’ll find a carefully selected mix of […]

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 28th February at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Eriks Esenvalds’s ‘O salutaris hostia’, the ‘Preces & Responses’ by Morley, Leighton’s ‘Second Service’ and Brahms’s ‘How lovely are thy dwellings’. Admission is free and there is a glass […]