Events in Dorset
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21 Jul 2017 to 22 Jul 2017
Beer & Bluegrass
22 July 2017
Emergency Services Family Fun Day
Come down to our Emergency Services Family Fun Day at Kings Park which will provide a platform for all of the 'blue light' services to demonstrate their appliances, equipment and skills to you and your family in a safe, controlled environment.
This great family day out is organised by Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Dorset Police and South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. It is also supported by many local organisations.
Held every summer, the day involves a ...
22 Jul 2017 to 23 Jul 2017
Billy Winters Beach BBQ
21 Jul 2017 to 23 Jul 2017
Curious Arts Festival
Curious is a festival like no other. Taking place each July in the breathtaking grounds of Pylewell Park,in the heart of the New Forest, it is dreamy, eccentric, fun and ultimately, irresistible.
It’s very English on the one hand – expect fabulous novelists, exceptional historians, poet laureates, dogs on leads, gin and tonics, and sitting on a deckchair with a view of the Solent although you are just as likely to find yourself on a secret midnight bat-walk, betting your life-savings on ...
21 Jul 2017 to 23 Jul 2017
Dirt Don't Hurt Charity Music Festival
Dirt Don't Hurt Festival is a small and intimate family-friendly festival in the beautiful secret countryside near Poole with a hidden woods tipi and a giant fire pit.
It's the perfect mixture of folk, Ska,reggae,rock,electronica, drum and bass, jungle, hip hop and house with delicious local food, artists, ales and ciders. And even better, it's all for a good cause! Raising money for Thames Hospice.
22 Jul 2017 to 23 Jul 2017
Mudeford Arts Festival
23 July 2017
Music in Greenhill Gardens
23 July 2017
Wareham Carnival Procession
21 Jul 2017 to 23 Jul 2017
WykeFest Beer & Cider Festival
25 July 2017
Dream Machines
27 July 2017
Bridport Children's Festival
Bridport Children’s Festival is a unique one day event for 2-7 year olds, taking place for the first time this year on Thursday 27th July on the Millennium Green at the town centre of Bridport.
The festival presents the very best art, music and movement workshops led by professional practitioners from the local area. It is also the only collaborative children’s art event of its kind. With a huge variety of sessions to choose from, the festival offers not only a fantastic day but a great ...
27 July 2017
Forde Abbey Annual Summer Charity Fair
Forde Abbey is a beacon of elegant antiquity, set within the exquisite countryside of Dorset (though it has a Somerset postcode), and their annual Summer Fair is an action-packed fun day out for all the family.
Attractions include: a huge classic car show, live music, farmers market, 60 shopping stalls, ferret racing, dog scurry and dog agility, fly fishing, and a whole area for the children – a mini fun fair, trampolines, hands on activities and the Juggler magician.
The Fair will be ...
25 Jul 2017 to 27 Jul 2017
New Forest & Hampshire Country Show
27 July 2017
RNLI Raft Race
Come and watch home made rafts race (and sink!!) down the River Brit.
The idea is to avoid sinking, capsizing, falling in, etc.
The rafts and
participants are usually 'dressed up'.
27 July 2017
Summer Breeze
28 July 2017
Quay For My Car
29 July 2017
Leigh Food Festival and Vintage Vehicles
Leigh's annual Food Fair returns with a wonderful selection of stall holders selling a wide array of excellent local produce.
Taste and buy some of the best food and drink on offer from local producers and enjoy viewing a good variety of interesting vintage and classic cars and motorbikes on display. There will also be flower displays in St. Andrew’s Church.
Proceeds go to Leigh Village Hall, The Hub, Yeovil and St Andrew’s Church, Leigh and other charities.
Adults £2, children ...
29 July 2017
Lions Club All Day Street Busk
The Lions will holding their annual Street Busk in Debenhams Square, Weymouth, raising funds for their Charity Account from 10.00 am through to 3.00pm. The public will be entertained by that ever popular 50's & 60's band 'Replay' which is fronted by Lions Club member Norman Stagles plus other local musicians throughout the day.
22 Jul 2017 to 29 Jul 2017
Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week
29 July 2017
Milton Abbas Street Fayre
26 Jul 2017 to 29 Jul 2017
Musical: Made in Dagenham
It’s back to the swinging sixties as the award-winning Highcliffe Charity Players get groovy with their latest musical – Made in Dagenham.
Based on the much-loved British film, it’s a fun-filled, high octane, feel good show inspired by true-life events – the 1968 women’s strike at Ford Dagenham which would lead to the Equal Pay Act of 1970.
So join Dagenham’s feisty sewing machinists (not to mention Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Secretary of State for Employment Barbara Castle) ...
23 Jul 2017 to 29 Jul 2017
Weymouth Lifeboat Week
28 Jul 2017 to 29 Jul 2017
Yellow Brick Festival
27 Jul 2017 to 30 Jul 2017
Camp Bestival
15 Jul 2017 to 30 Jul 2017
Festival of Archaeology
29 Jul 2017 to 30 Jul 2017
Medieval Encampment Weekend
he Medieval Combat Society will be erecting their tents around the Nothe Fort parade ground showing various crafts of the period including weaving, candle making and potage cookery.
There will be Knights in armour battling each other on foot in spectacular combat clad in plate and chain mail with a variety of weapons, attended by squires and servants and watched by the King's court and their children, from the period of Edward III. There will also be archery and medieval dancing.
30 July 2017
Mudeford Lifeboat Fun Day
Mudeford Lifeboat Fun Day is a great day out for all the family, it's free to come along and just by spending a pound or two while you're here you'll be helping to support our local lifeboat station!
LIFEBOAT AND HELICOPTER DISPLAY - by the Mudeford Lifeboat and HM Coastguard.
AIR DISPLAY
RAFT RACE - From the fast and furious to the elaborately decorated, watch the fantastic display of raft's racing down the infamous 'Mudeford Run'.
30 July 2017
Music in Greenhill Gardens
28 Jul 2017 to 30 Jul 2017
Poole Harbour Festival
30 July 2017
RNLI College Summer Fete
28 Jul 2017 to 30 Jul 2017
Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic
01 August 2017
Dream Machines
02 August 2017
Craft Academy
Looking for something to do with the kids? Come and join us for a morning of messy fun at Dorset County Museum. Using the museum's displays as inspiration, can you help us create an online collection of fabulous things?
We’ll provide the materials and the inspiration – you’ll create a wonderful piece to take home with you. Even better, it’s absolutely FREE thanks to sponsorship from Battens Solicitors.
Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm.
02 August 2017
Meet Peppa Pig
02 August 2017
Scruffs Dog Show @ Swanage Carnival
03 August 2017
Summer Breeze
04 August 2017
Bournemouth Friday Fireworks
Starting at 10pm from Bournemouth Pier, we know you’ll love watching the skies light up!
Firework dates for this year are as follows: 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th August.
04 August 2017
Quay For My Car
05 August 2017
Dorset Food & Arts Festival
05 August 2017
Olly Murs in the Park
Olly Murs, one of British music’s biggest stars, announces his huge Summer Date at Kings Park Bournemouth on 05 August 2017.
29 Jul 2017 to 05 Aug 2017
Swanage Regatta & Carnival Week
For one week at the end of July and the beginning of August, Swanage will be radiating to the sound, fun and excitement of the annual Regatta & Carnival, the South Coast’s Premier event.
This ‘must do’ attraction has so much to offer everyone, from the magnificent two-mile carnival procession, vibrant with dance, sound and colour, to the beat of live bands playing on the Main Stage and in the carnival marquee.
01 Aug 2017 to 05 Aug 2017
Wimborne Musical Theatre: Sister Act
Sister Act is about a Reno lounge singer named Deloris Van Carter who witnesses her mobster boyfriend killing an employee. She is then hidden in a convent under a witness protection programme and soon makes friends with the nuns, especially Sister Mary Robert, Sister Mary Lazuras and Sister Mary Patrick.
After the Mother Superior catches Deloris going out to a bar in the night followed by Mary Robert and Mary Patrick, she orders her to join the church choir. Deloris coaches the choir and ...
06 August 2017
Dog Companion Day @ Margaret Green Animal Rescue
05 Aug 2017 to 06 Aug 2017
Great Dorset Chilli Festival
Bringing the exciting world of chillies to the beautiful surroundings of Wimborne in Dorset for the seventh year, the Dorset Chilli Festival is a great day out for chilli enthusiasts, food lovers and families. Held with the kind permission of the Earl of Shaftesbury at St Giles Park, we’ve lined up a glorious weekend of “chilli fiesta”, with stalls selling all things chilli, from pepper plants to cayenne condiments; seeds to ceramics; plus cooking demonstrations; talks on growing chillies; ...
06 August 2017
Margaret Green Companion Dog Show
Our annual Companion Dog Show is back this year and it will be even bigger and better! Join us with your pooch on the 6th of August at our Church Knowle Centre in Dorset for a doggie packed day. The event will include a mixture of dog show classes, dog agility, local traders from all around Dorset, face painting, a bouncy castle, a brilliant raffle and tombola, gorgeous refreshments and local produce as well as much more to enjoy!
06 August 2017
Party in the Park
Party In The Park 2017 is here!
Join AIR 107.2 at Lodmoor Country Park on August 6th 2017 from 12pm to 7pm for this fantastic family-friendly party and of course it's FREE entry.
Enjoy a talented selection of local singers and musicians on the main stage, as well as a whole host of stalls, visual displays, charities and much more!
There will also be a selection of food and drink outlets to make this the perfect summer's day.
06 August 2017
Poole Carnival
05 Aug 2017 to 06 Aug 2017
Poole Town & Country Show
Set in the lovely grounds of Upton Country Park, this Family Country Show now in its 9th year with all-day entertainment including birds of prey, working dogs with the Purbeck Gun Dogs, as well as arts, crafts, gifts and food marquees.
05 Aug 2017 to 06 Aug 2017
Supercar Weekend
The Supercar Weekend is the must-see family spectacular that brings some of the world’s most exclusive and desirable motors to Beaulieu.
See a display of prestigious supercars and hear their distinctive engine notes as they unleash their horsepower on the demonstration run.
The Supercar Weekend is a must for all supercar enthusiasts, providing an opportunity to get almost close enough to touch these impressive motors!
07 August 2017
Monkey World Picnic 4 Primates
Monkey World is turning 30 on the 7th August 2017! They are inviting all their supporters to join them for a Picnic 4 Primates at the park, for a day of games, monkey-ing around and fundraising.
Normal admission applies, and there is no need to book your place in advance- simply turn up on the day!
Bring your own picnic, or buy one at the park, and join them to commemorate 30 years of rescuing and rehabilitating primates from all around the world.
07 August 2017
Picnic For Primates on Monkey World’s 30th Anniver
04 Aug 2017 to 08 Aug 2017
Dorset Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition
08 August 2017
Dream Machines
10 August 2017
Summer Breeze
11 August 2017
Bournemouth Friday Fireworks
Starting at 10pm from Bournemouth Pier, we know you’ll love watching the skies light up!
Firework dates for this year are as follows: 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th August.
11 August 2017
BSO Proms in the Park
We kick off the weekend on Friday 11 August with our John Williams FilmFest - an evening which celebrates the music of the most successful film score composer of all time, featuring Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Harry Potter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Lincoln, Summon the Heroes, Jaws, Angela's Ashes, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and many more.
11 August 2017
Quay for my Car
12 August 2017
BSO Proms in the Park
Ten years after its first outing at Meyrick Park, the brilliant QUEEN Symphonic Spectacular returns! Bringing you all the iconic rock songs performed by stars of London’s West End including Seven Seas of Rhye, Don’ Stop Me Now, Radio Ga Ga, I Want to Break Free, We Are The Champions and of course Bohemian Rhapsody. The Saturday night will also feature the spectacular fireworks, laser, lights and pyrotechnics son et lumière which wowed audiences last summer with its stunning special effects ...
12 August 2017
Dorset Dogs Festival
12 August 2017
Duck Fest
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11 Jul 2017
The Friends of Poole Park are delighted to announce that they will be re-launching the iconic Poole Park Railway this summer.
Date: Saturday 22nd July 2017
Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Location: Poole Park Railway Station
Having recently won the tender from Borough of Poole Council to operate the train for the next 30 years, the charity has been working hard to refurbish the Station, Engine Shed and Train Track. Rolling stock has also been purchased and a ... Read more...
3 May 2017
The Nao Victoria has arrived in Weymouth and will be open to the public from May 4th to 14th so that visitors can get to know her extraordinary story.
The Nao is an historical replica of the first ship that successfully circumnavigated the world commanded by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano in the 16th century. Almost 500 years ago (1519- 1522), one of the greatest maritime adventures of all time was accomplished. One of the biggest acts of maritime history ... Read more...
21 Apr 2017
Fish and chips, our undisputed national dish, is one tasty treat that Weymouth can be proud of. Is there any better combination than fresh fish in a crispy batter, served up with a generous portion of freshly fried chips?
Visitors can tuck in to delicious fish and chips while watching Weymouth's fishing vessels come and go.
Here are 7 of the best fish and chip restaurants and takeaways that Weymouth has to offer.
Top Weymouth Fish & Chips
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17 March 2017
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16 March 2017
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16 March 2017
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16 March 2017
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