in the area ….
Monday 26 February / My Family and Other Smugglers United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport. 2:30pm. Talk by Roger Guttridge. Presented by the Golden Cap Association (West Dorset). Non-members welcome. £3 inc. tea/ coffee and biscuits. 01308 863577
Tuesday 27 February / The Journey of a Diary’ United Church Hall, 56A South St, Bridport, DT6 3NN. 2pm. U3A monthly talk - spilling the beans on working for the BBC as a secretary in 1971, by Sarah Shaw. https://u3asites.org.uk/bridport/events
Thursday 1 March / The Flying Monkeys The Woodman, South St., Bridport. 7:30pm. Stories and songs to transport you away. St David’s Day so expect some tales (but not all) to be from across the bridge into Wales. [email protected]
Friday 02 March / Beaminster Blues & Jazz Beaminster Public Hall, 8 Fleet Street, Beaminster, DT8 3EF. 7:15pm for 8pm start. Shadrack Street Band also featuring Chris Cleaver & friends. Tickets £10 from Yarn Baron or Maggie Warnett 01308 861685
Friday 02 March / Quiz Night Village Hall Lyme Rd, Uplyme, DT7 3UY. 7pm for 7:30pm start. Proceeds to rebuild a school in Nepal Tickets limited, £7.50 to inc. supper 01297 560867 / 443170 [email protected] or [email protected]
Friday 02 March / How are Dorset’s Butterflies doing? Bridport United Chuch Hall, DT6 3NN. 7:30pm An illustrated talk by Nigel Spring, Butterfly Conservation. Admission by donation £2 members, £3 non-members. Includes refreshments & all welcome.
Friday 02 March / Victoria and Abdul Milborne St Andrew Village Hall. 7pm for 7:30pm. Film showing. £3.50 [email protected]
Friday 2 March / Neil Maya Concert Devon-based jazz quartet will perform a range of classic, contemporary and modern material, playing their own music and innovative
re-workings of jazz standards. They will also feature a major tribute to the
Iconic Dave Brubeck band in “The Brubeck Project”; who can forget “Take Five”?
Milborne Port Village Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets £10, on sale locally at Wayne’s the Butchers on the High Street, or on line at bit.ly/MP-villagehall. Free parking. incensed bar. For more information call 01963 251028.
Friday 02 March / Verging on the Atlantic: Bronze Age Connectivity between Iberia and the British Isles Dorset County Museum, High West St, Dorchester, DT1 1XA. 7pm for 7:30pm. Talk by Dr Catriona Gibson. £3 DNHAS, £5 non members 01305 756827
Friday 02 March / Gris de Lin Album Launch Chapel in the Garden, East Street, Bridport. 8pm. Fanny Hatstand presents Gris de Lin Album Launch with support from The June Apples. £8. www.fannyhatstand.com
Saturday 03 March / Make a Roman Blind or Curtain in a Day Unit 7b Browns Farm, Nettlecombe, DT6 3SS. 9am-5pm. Small class size, expert tuition & all abilities welcome. £100. Booking essential. 07533 344609 www.hazelmasterssoftfurnishings.co.uk
Saturday 03 March / Death Café United Church Hall, Dorchester. 10am-12pm. Bereavement support and practical advice.
Saturday 03 March / Bridport Lions Club: Charity Barn Dance The Tithe Barn, Symondsbury, DT6 6HG. 7pm. With the Casterbridge Band and caller Angela Laycock. Ploughman’s included. Tickets £11 from Bridport TIC 01308 424901 bridportandwestbay.co.uk
Saturday 03 March / Spring Time Quiz Town Hall/Corn Exchange, Dorchester. 7pm. Teams of 6. £5 per team to raise funds for Mental Health Project Worker. 01305 268290 [email protected]
Saturday 03 March / Dreaming The Night Field Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall, DT6 6ND. 7:30pm Thrilling, funny powerful & poetic, this new performance vividly evokes the Celtic legend of the 4th Branch of the Mabinogion. 01297 560948 www.artsreach.co.uk
Saturday 03 March / Bridport Ceilidhs St Mary’s Church Hall, South Street, Bridport. 7:30pm-11pm. Amber Fire Ceilidh Band. Bring & share finger food supper. Tickets £8 in advance 01308 423442 or £9 on the door. www.bridportceilidh.wordpress.com
Saturday 03 March / Dorset Police Male Voice Choir The United Church, East Street, Bridport. 7:30pm (doors open 7pm) Renowned choir with local artists. Refreshments available. Tickets £10.50 from Bridport TIC. In aid of Rotary Charities.01308 424901
Saturday 03 - Sunday 04 March / Spring Lambing Weekend Kingston Maurward Gardens and Animal Park , Dorchester, DT2 8PY. 10am-4pm. £6.50 Adult, £4.50 child, £20 family 01305 215003 https://www.kmc.ac.uk/gardens/lambing-weekend-3rd-and-4th-march-2018/
Saturday 03 - Sunday 11 March / Crocus Week Forde Abbey and Gardens, Chard, TA20 4LU. Crocus Week, when these jewel-like flowers will carpet the lawns. See website for more details. 01460 221290 www.fordeabbey.co.uk
Sunday 04 March / Plant Fair Forde Abbey and Gardens, Chard, TA20 4LU. 10am- 4pm. Over thirty stalls selling plants and gardening sundries. 01460 221290 www.fordeabbey.co.uk
Sunday 04 March / The Last of Ken Gollop’s Tales from ‘ Under Shady Tree’ Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. Doors Open 2pm Start 2:30pm. Talk for Lyme Regis Museum. £3 Raffle and Tea’s available.
Monday 05 March / The Unexpected Maths of Juggling Thomas Hardye School, Queen’s Ave, Dorchester, DT1 2ET. 7pm Talk by Dr Colin Wright. Tickets from the school. [email protected]
Tuesday 06 March / Realising a Heritage Tourism Vision for Dorchester Dorford Centre, Dorchester. 7pm. Lecture with Jon Murden.
Wednesday 07 March / Open Mic: Writers in the Alley Goldie’s Bar, 36 High Street East, Dorchester. 7pm for 7:30pm. Writers sharing their work. Register at 7pm [email protected]
Thursday 08 March / Blandford’s Young Museum Volunteers: Attracting And Engaging Raleigh Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne. 2:30pm. Talk by Sylvia Andrews, Director, Blandford Forum Town Museum. £5. 01935 812252 www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk
Thursday 08 March / Wine & Jurassic Quiz Furleigh Estate, Salway Ash, DT6 5JG. 6:45pm for a glass of fizz & 7pm start. Soup & cheese board supper after the quiz. Places are limited so booking is essential. £25pp. 01308 488991 www.furleighestate.co.uk
Thursday 08 March / Hardy’s Schoolrooms Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester. 7pm for 7:30pm. Talk by Dr Johnathan Godshaw Memel. £3 DNHAS, £5 non members. 01305 756827 www.dorsetcountymuseum.org
Saturday 10 March / Dorset Women’s Day Dorford Centre, Dorchester. 10am-3:30pm. Free event. www.wandwomen.org.uk
Saturday 10 March / The Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Loders Village Hall, nr Bridport. 2pm-4:30pm. ’19th Century Pilots in Sailing Boats in the Bristol Channel’ with Diana Trenchard. All welcome, members £1.50/ visitors £3. 01308 425710
Saturday 10 March / Music for Youth with Martin Clunes (Narrator) St. Mary’s Church, Edward Road, Dorchester. 4pm. Dorset Chamber Orchestra’s annual concert for young people featuring young performers. Tickets £12, U18s £1 in advance from Harmony Music, Forum Centre, Dorchester and online. 01305 260360 www.dorsetchamberorchestra.org
Saturday 10 March / Quiz Night British Legion Hall, Victoria Grove, Bridport. 7:30pm. Individuals or teams of 4-6 are welcome. £6 (members £5.50) inc ploughman’s supper. Raffle, wine bar, Chinese bingo, bar available. Book or pay at door. 01308 423078
Saturday 10 March / Shelbys Elbow The Tithe Barn, Symondsbury, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 7:30pm All ticket proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Support. Tickets £5 01308 424116 www.symondsburyestate.co.uk
Saturday 10 March / School Disco is back! Freshwater Holiday Park, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4PT. 7:30pm. Prizes for the best/most outrageous costumes & guest DJ’s playing favourites from the 80’s, 90’s & 00’s. www.ticketsource.co.uk/freshwaterbeach
Saturday 10 March / Agent of Infuence: The Secret Life of Pamela More Burton Bradstock Village Hall, DT6 4QS. 7:30pm. 01308 897421
Saturday 10 March / Don’t get your vicars in a twist Netherbury Village Hall, DT6 5LS. 7pm for 7:30pm. Netherbury Drama Group presents a farcical comedy with some adult humour. Tickets £8 01308 488341 or online: netherburydramagroup.co.uk
Saturday 10 March / Harbour Voices Charlton Down, Herriston Hall. 7:30pm. Shanties and Original Songs of the Coastline. £8, U16s £6, £24 family. 07825 339289 / 01305 264060
Sunday 11 March / Reg Meuross Village Hall, Shortlake Ln, Osmington, DT3 6FT. 7:30pm. Folk singer/songwriter performance. £8-10. advance: 07816 832554 www.regmeuross.com
Sunday 11 March / Historical Dancing 2018 Royal British Legion Hall, Victoria Grove, Bridport. 1:30pm-4pm. No previous experience needed, nor partner, nor costume. Flexible footwear advised. £6, just turn up. 01935 472771 [email protected]
Tuesday 13 March / Lyme Regis Art Society Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davy Fort, Charmouth Road, Lyme Regis. 10am-1pm. Workshop ‘Rocky Coastline’ by David Webb [email protected] 01297 445464 Charge tba.
Tuesday 13 March / Meet a Naval Officer of 1805, his Lady and a Descendant Brownswood Hall, Pummery Sq, Poundbury. 2:30pm. Talk by Barbara and Roger Glancefield for the NT. Membership £3. Non-Members £4 [email protected]
Tuesday 13 March / Bridport History Society United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport. 2:30pm ‘Joseph Clark: A popular Victorian Artist and his World’ with Eric Galvin. Members £1, visitors £3. All welcome. For more info: 01308 425710 [email protected]
Wednesday 14 March / The Science of Palaeoart Dorset County Museum, High West St, Dorchester, DT1 1XA. 6:30pm for 7pm. Talk by Dr Mark Witton. £3 DNHAS, £5 non members. 01305 756827 www.dorsetcountymuseum.org
Wednesday 14 March / Don’t get your vicars in a twist Netherbury Village Hall, DT6 5LS. 7pm for 7:30pm. Netherbury Drama Group presents a farcical comedy with some adult humour. Tickets £8 01308 488341 or online: www.netherburydramagroup.co.uk
Friday 16 March / Partition by Barney White-Spunner Catholic Parish Church Hall, Victoria Grove, Bridport. 6pm. Illustrated talk on Indian Independence & the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Tickets £7 from Bridport TIC. 01308 424901 bridportandwestbay.co.uk
Friday 16 - Wednesday 28 March / Earth, Hare, Fur & Water The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis, DT7 3PU. 10:30am-4:30pm. 4 Artist with different styles and mediums but their passion for art is the same, in The Courtyard Gallery. 01297 444042 www.townmill.org.uk
Saturday 17 March / Baby Shower Dorchester Library and Learning Centre, South Walks House, Charles Street, Dorchester, DT1 1EE. 10am -3pm. For expectant parents and parents of babies up to a year. 01305 224440 www.dorsetforyou.com/libraries
Saturday 17 March / Spring Fayre United Church, Dorchester. 10am-12:30pm. In aid of Julia’s House Children’s Hospice.
Saturday 17 March / Tolpuddle Table-Top Sale Tol[puddle village Hall, DT2 7ES. 10am-2pm. Free entrance [email protected]
Saturday 17 March / Phil Beer Folk Festival Fundraiser Town Hall, Bucky Doo Square, Bridport. Doors open 7:15pm for 8pm. St Patrick’s Day Special, £14 in adv/£15 on the door. Tickets from Bridport TIC & Bridport Music. 01308 424901 bridportandwestbay.co.uk
Saturday 17 March / Charity Spring Ball Freshwater Holiday Park, DT6 4BT. 7:30pm-1am. Fundraiser for Weldmar Hospicecare and British Heart Foundation, prize raffle, vinyl monkeys entertainment, free caricature. £15pp, hot meal inc. 07983 712156
Saturday 17 March / Spring Concert St Mary’s Church, Dorchester. 7:30pm. Dorchester Choral Society.
Saturday 17 March / Darron Garnett Trinity Club, Dorchester. 7:30pm. Rat Pack songs. £5 01305 262671
Saturday 17 March / Concert of English Music St Mary’s Church, 15 Edward Rd, Dorchester, DT1 2HJ. 7:30pm. Concert by Dorchester Choral Society. £12-16. [email protected]
Saturday 17 March - Wednesday 04 April / ‘Contemporary Craft The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis, DT7 3PU. 10:30am-4:30pm. Unique examples of ceramics, glass, wood, metal, textiles and lighting will be on display. 01297 444042 www.townmill.org.uk
Sunday 18 March / Wedding Fayre George Albert Hotel, Wardon Hill, Evershot, Nr. Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9PW. 11am-3pm. Local experts & suppliers. Canapes and bucks fizz on arrival. 01935 483430 www.gahotel.co.uk
Monday 19 March / Bride Valley Gardening Club Puncknowle Village Hall, DT2 9BD. 7:30pm. Jim McDonald talk on ‘Sweet Peas’. Entry £2.
Wednesday 21 March / Get Fizzical @ Furleigh Estate with an Introduction to Nordic Walking Furleigh Estate, Salway Ash, DT6 5JG. Coffee at 10:45am for an 11am start. 1 hour inc. warm up & cool down. Booking essential. £10. 01308 488991 furleighestate.co.uk
Wednesday 21 March / Memory Café ‘ Meet and Remember’ Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davy Fort, Charmouth Road, Lyme Regis. 2pm-3:30pm. 07704 902604 [email protected]
Wednesday 21 March / Pleyel Ensemble United Church, South Street, Dorchester. 7:30pm. Membership season tickets available. Individual concert tickets £15 from museum reception or call: 01305 756827 www.dorset-county-museum-music-society.org.uk
Friday 23 March / An Antique Auctioner’s Lot Brownswood Hall, Pummery Square, Poundbury, DT1 3GW. 7pm for 7:30pm. Talk by Garry Batt of Duke’s Auctioneers. www.brownswordevents.org.uk
Friday 23 March / Dorset’s Weird and Wonderful Wildlife’ Dorset Centre for Creative Arts, Poundbury. 6:30pm-8:30pm. Talk by Bob Ford.
Saturday 24 March / Egg Rolling Derby Friary Hill, Dorchester. 11am. In support of Mayor’s charities.
Saturday 24 March / Craft Fair Bridport Town Hall. 9am-3pm, free entry. Disabled access via the lift in Tourist Information. A variety of stalls including jewellery, cushions, cards and wood turned items. 01308 424901 www.bridportandwestbay.co.uk
Saturday 24 March / Bridport & District Gardening Club Spring Show United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport.. Opens 12 noon, cup presentations 3pm. Open to members and non-members. Flowers - floral arrangements - pot plants - vegetables - photography, etc. Free admission. Light refreshments. 01308 424055 www.bridportgardeningclub.co.uk
Saturday 24 March / Cantamus Holy Trinity Church, Bothenhampton, nr Bridport. 7pm. ‘Lift up your voice’ a celebration of sacred music. Tickets £10 on the door (price includes refreshments). 01308 422044 www.cantamus-dorset.org
Sunday 25 March / Victorian Craft MarketCraft Market Corn Exchange and Town Hall, Dorchester. All day.
Tuesday 27 March / Roy Wood on Health and Wealth Bridport United Chuch, DT6 3NN. 2pm. U3A talk. https://u3asites.org.uk/bridport/
Tuesday 27 March / Lyme Regis Society Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. 2:30pm. ‘Summerhill House’ by Audrey Standhaft. Visitors £3.
Tuesday 27 March / What’s the Point of William Barnes in the 21 Century? Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RR. 7pm. Talk by Dr Richard Bradbury for the William Barnes Society.
Tuesday 27 - Wednesday 28 March / When the Men Marched Away Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Queens Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2ET. 7pm. A story of Dorchester during WW1 by St Osmund’s Middle School. £5. 01305 262897 [email protected]
Thursday 29 March / Dorset Heroes of World War II The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RR. 7:30pm. Talk by Christopher Jary, Dorchester Association for the Research into Local History and Archaeology.
Friday 30 March / Easter Party and Egg Hunt Trinity Club, Dorchester. 12noon-4pm. Games and Disco. Members and children free. £3.
Friday 30 March / Summer Exhbitions Beaminster Museum, DT8 3NB. New permanent displays ‘Hatch, Match & Despatch’ an insight into the lives & deaths of locals & ‘100 yars of the Woman’s Institute’. 01308 863623 www.beaminstermuseum.wordpress.com
Friday 30 March - Monday 02 April / Easter in the land of Oz Forde Abbey and Gardens, Chard, TA20 4LU. A Special Easter along the Yellow Brick Road. See website for more details. 01460 221290 www.fordeabbey.co.uk
Friday 30 March - Monday 02 April / Easter Egg Hunt Brewery Square, Dorchester. 10am-4pm, Good Friday - Easter Monday. Hunt and competition.
Saturday 31 March / Andy’s Dino Raps Brewery Square, Dorchester. 12pm and 2pm. Children’s TV presenter performs Dino Raps. https://gb.eventbu.com/dorchester/andy-s-dino-raps-at-brewery-square/9078122
Saturday 31 March / RAFA & Wessex Military Band Bucky Doo Square, Bridport, DT6 3LF. 9:30am-2:30pm.
Saturday 31 March / Food Fair In Association With Dorset Food & Drink Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens. 10am- 4pm. 25 stands showcasing distinctively Dorset’s produce while exploring the stunning Spring colour of the Subtropical Gardens. Entry £5 per adult, under 16s Free, includes entry to the Subtropical Gardens (adult normally £12.50) www.abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk
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