Events and what's on in Dorset
There's never a dull moment here! With a huge choice of events in Dorset taking place throughout the year, you'll be entertained no matter when you visit.
You'll find tasty food festivals like the award-winning SEAFEAST - The Dorset Seafood Festival, red arrows and other spectacular flying displays at the Bournemouth Air Festival, fireworks aplenty, music festivals such as the Wessex Folk Festival, some fantastic theatre productions, comedy shows and of course some slightly quirkier events to enjoy (Bridport Hat Festival we're looking at you!)
Dorset County Show and Melplash Show are just two of many events giving you the chance to discover rural life in Dorset.
Whatever your interests, you'll find details of what's on in Dorset on this page. Use the tabs to browse events today, this weekend, this week or next week - or just use the calendar to find out what's on when you're visiting.
Have an eventful visit!
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The next 60 events in Dorset appear below.
BSO Proms in the Park
![BSO Proms in the Park](/images/eventpics/8044-1.jpg)
Midsummer Murder at the Museum
![Midsummer Murder at the Museum](/images/eventpics/8657-1.jpg)
Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer
![Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer](/images/eventpics/8600-1.jpg)
Camp Bestival
![Camp Bestival](/images/eventpics/2897-1.jpg)
CBA Festival of Archaeology
![CBA Festival of Archaeology](/images/eventpics/8650-1.jpg)
Weymouth Food & Family Festival
![Weymouth Food & Family Festival](/images/eventpics/8056-1.jpg)
Weymouth Summer Fireworks
![Weymouth Summer Fireworks](/images/eventpics/8144-1.jpg)
Fish and Chips Cruise
![Fish and Chips Cruise](/images/eventpics/8516-1.jpg)
MONORAIL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
![MONORAIL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS](/images/eventpics/8655-1.jpg)
New Forest & Hampshire County Show
![New Forest & Hampshire County Show](/images/eventpics/2894-1.jpg)
Poole Quay Summer Fireworks
![Poole Quay Summer Fireworks](/images/eventpics/7469-1.jpg)
Car Nights on Poole Quay
![Car Nights on Poole Quay](/images/eventpics/8638-1.jpg)
Murder Mystery Evening
![Murder Mystery Evening](/images/eventpics/8646-1.jpg)
Shire Hall Summer Fete
![Shire Hall Summer Fete](/images/eventpics/7419-1.jpg)
The Absolutely Dragulous Show (18+)
![The Absolutely Dragulous Show (18+)](/images/eventpics/8524-1.jpg)
Athelhampton - The Secret Garden, Outdoor Theatre
![Athelhampton - The Secret Garden, Outdoor Theatre](/images/eventpics/8452-1.jpg)
Dorset Food & Arts Festival Market
![Dorset Food & Arts Festival Market](/images/eventpics/7903-1.jpg)
Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny (16+)
![Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny (16+)](/images/eventpics/8525-1.jpg)
Songs in the Summer
![Songs in the Summer](/images/eventpics/8629-1.jpg)
Weymouth Lifeboat Week
![Weymouth Lifeboat Week](/images/eventpics/7913-1.jpg)
Beaulieu Supercar Weekend
![Beaulieu Supercar Weekend](/images/eventpics/2083-1.jpg)
Beautiful Trauma - The Ultimate P!NK Experience
![Beautiful Trauma - The Ultimate P!NK Experience](/images/eventpics/8526-1.jpg)
Galeón Andalucía Tall Ship at Poole Quay
![Galeón Andalucía Tall Ship at Poole Quay](/images/eventpics/8642-1.jpg)
Weymouth Summer Fireworks
![Weymouth Summer Fireworks](/images/eventpics/8145-1.jpg)
Creepy Crawlies Week
![Creepy Crawlies Week](/images/eventpics/8622-1.jpg)
Joe Pasquale: The New Normal - 40 Years of Cack...
![Joe Pasquale: The New Normal - 40 Years of Cack...](/images/eventpics/8528-1.jpg)
Poole Quay Summer Fireworks
![Poole Quay Summer Fireworks](/images/eventpics/7463-1.jpg)
Car Nights on Poole Quay
![Car Nights on Poole Quay](/images/eventpics/8639-1.jpg)
Summer Bingo Party with Anyway Up Bingo! (18+)
![Summer Bingo Party with Anyway Up Bingo! (18+)](/images/eventpics/8599-1.jpg)
Dorset One World Festival
![Dorset One World Festival](/images/eventpics/8634-1.jpg)
Johnny 2 Bad - A Live Tribute to UB40 (18+)
![Johnny 2 Bad - A Live Tribute to UB40 (18+)](/images/eventpics/8530-1.jpg)
Lyme Regis Carnival
![Lyme Regis Carnival](/images/eventpics/8661-1.jpg)
Outdoor Theatre: Peter Pan
![Outdoor Theatre: Peter Pan](/images/eventpics/8658-1.jpg)
Showaddywaddy - 50th Anniversary Concert Tour
![Showaddywaddy - 50th Anniversary Concert Tour](/images/eventpics/8529-1.jpg)
50 Years of Fender
![50 Years of Fender](/images/eventpics/8531-1.jpg)
Christchurch Carnival Weekend
![Christchurch Carnival Weekend](/images/eventpics/218-1.jpg)
Isle of Purbeck Model Railway Exhibition
![Isle of Purbeck Model Railway Exhibition](/images/eventpics/8649-1.jpg)
Weymouth Summer Fireworks
![Weymouth Summer Fireworks](/images/eventpics/8146-1.jpg)
Outdoor Theatre: Pride & Prejudice
![Outdoor Theatre: Pride & Prejudice](/images/eventpics/8653-1.jpg)
Outdoor Theatre: Little Women
![Outdoor Theatre: Little Women](/images/eventpics/8654-1.jpg)
Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show
![Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show](/images/eventpics/2984-1.jpg)
Outdoor Theatre; A Midsummer Night's Dream
![Outdoor Theatre; A Midsummer Night's Dream](/images/eventpics/8630-1.jpg)
Poole Quay Summer Fireworks
![Poole Quay Summer Fireworks](/images/eventpics/7464-1.jpg)
THE ROCKET MAN - A Tribute to Sir Elton John
![THE ROCKET MAN - A Tribute to Sir Elton John](/images/eventpics/8532-1.jpg)
Car Nights on Poole Quay
![Car Nights on Poole Quay](/images/eventpics/8640-1.jpg)
Coldplace
![Coldplace](/images/eventpics/8533-1.jpg)
Murder Mystery Evening
![Murder Mystery Evening](/images/eventpics/8647-1.jpg)
The Bowie Experience
![The Bowie Experience](/images/eventpics/8534-1.jpg)
Bridport Carnival Week
![Bridport Carnival Week](/images/eventpics/2971-1.jpg)
Burton Bradstock Festival of Music & Art
![Burton Bradstock Festival of Music & Art](/images/eventpics/2096-1.jpg)
New Forest Food Festival
![New Forest Food Festival](/images/eventpics/8161-1.jpg)
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