Blackmore Vale Events

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The Great Teddy Bear Zip Wire Challenge

Holy Rood Church Buckland Newton, Dorchester

All teddies and soft toys can participate with owners of all generations. Special prizes for the Fastest Descent, Best Dressed and Best Named Teddy. Rent-A-Ted available also! Bacon butties, soup, coffee, tea and cakes plus cake stall and produce. Bell Tower tours at 12pm and 2pm. All proceeds to the Chancel Roof Repairs.

Choral Eucharist

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

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

Dorset Chamber Orchestra concert in Sherborne

Gransden Hall

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 […]

Winter Quiz

Piddlehinton Hall Rectory Road Piddlehinton, Dorchester

£10 including a drink and ploughman's. Bar. Twinning Association. Tel: 01300 348015.

Dorset Quiz Evening

Woodlands Village Hall Verwood, Dorset

In aid of Woodlands Methodist Church. Teams of 6 and £5 each. More details phone Brian on 01202 822066.

February Makers Market – Wimborne | Dorset Team

Allendale Centre Hanham Road, Wimborne

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 […]

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 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 […]

Conservation In Action – Behind the Scenes Tour at the Fleet Air Arm Museum

Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset

Your chance to see naval aviation history being brought back to life! Exclusive behind the scenes access. Over 40 years of conservation expertise. Step behind the scenes at the Fleet Air Arm Museum and discover how conservation specialists preserve the legacy of naval aviation for future generations. Join the Museum’s Principal Conservator of Naval Aircraft, […]

Sarah Hagen – Wonder Woman

Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole, Sherborne

Part recital and part storytelling, Wonder Women is a celebration of the remarkable stories and piano music of forgotten female composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Canadian pianist Sarah Hagen brings her unique blend of humour and musical excellence to the stage in this personal and intimate recital, exploring the lives and music of […]

Cerne Sheep Group

"The Fox" at Ansty DT2 7PN - Our speaker is Rebecca Hill. CSG member Charles White has asked us to circulate that he is looking for a property to rent as his present house is being sold. Charles is a self-employed single man with no pets or children and is a non smoker. If anyone […]

Lunchtime Concert in Lent – David Bednall’s Stabat Mater

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

Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 15th March between 12.30pm and 1.15pm for our lunchtime concert in Lent. This is a performance of leading UK composer David Bednall’s ‘Stabat Mater’ featuring a vocal consort of upper voices, violinist Bryony Smith and the composer himself at the organ. Admission is free and all […]