Mellstock Band Christmas Frolics
When? 16 December 2021
Where? Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum - Dorchester
THE MELLSTOCK BAND invite you to join them in an uproarious celebration of dance, drink and general misbehavior as carried on at Christmas in many villages until about a hundred years ago – along with sobering admonitions from puritans, parsons and angels.
Alongside the revelry are convivial harmony songs, rousing dance music, Thomas Hardy’s poetry set to local tunes, carols dedicated to bell-ringing and cider, glees from the singing-masters, and the Devil’s own tunes.
Venue: Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum 7pm. Please book tickets via the website below.
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Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum
High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UY, DT1 1UY
Tel: 01305 261849
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