Sherborne is definitely a town best explored on foot. This illustrated map shows where some of the attractions are to be found.
Map courtesy of Kate Chidley
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Saturday 16 June / Sherborne Summer Festival There will be music, entertainment and stalls again this year, all raising money for local charities and good causes in Sherborne and the local area. 12noon to 10.00pm Purlieu Meadows, Sherborne
Saturday 16 June / Chasty Cottage Antiques Fair Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. 8:30am (trade) 9:30am (public) to 4pm. Up to 35 stands. Entrance £1. 01963 370986
Saturday 16 June / Fleamarket Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 10am-4pm. 1000s of collectables, antiques and crafts. Free entry. 01749 677049 www.westcountrycraftfairs.co.uk
Sunday 17 June / Music in the Park Pageant Gardens, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NB 2.30 – 4.00pm Sherborne Town Band play light entertainment music. Bring a picnic. www.sherbornetownband.co.uk/events
Monday 18 June / Insight Lecture: National Truths Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 7:30pm. Talk by Bishop Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga on the changes in Lativia in the last 30 years. 01935 812452 www.insight.sherborneabbey.com
Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 June / A MidsummerNight’s Dream Directed by John Crabtree for Amateur Players of Sherborne. 7.45pm. Sherborne Studio Theatre, Marston Road. Tickets £10.00, Students £8.00. Further information 01935 813342
Wednesday 20 June / Why Music in Prison? Catholic Church, Westbury, Sherborne 2.30pm talk by Ann Hinchcliff. £4 to include refreshments.
Wednesday 20 June / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Paul Ellis, featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Saturday 23 June / Vintage Market Memorial Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 9am-3:30pm. 30+ sellers of quality vintage. 07809 387594
Saturday 23 June / Music for a Summer’s Evening Sherborne Abbey 7.30pm Sherborne Chamber Choir Tickets £5-16, U18s free. Tickets fom Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
Saturday 23 June / Celebrating the Arts Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, DT9 3AA Artslink Fizz! Talks, Demonstrations, Café, Mini Tea dance, Activities, Art Exhibits. Free entry 01935 815899 www.sherborneartslink.org.uk
Saturday 23 June / Men’s Breakfast St Paul’s Church, Sherborne 8 -10am
Sunday 24 June / Open Day at Two Nature Sites in Sherborne Quarr Nature reserve, off the Bristol Road. Terrace Meadows, park in the Terrace Playing Fields. Follow footpath back towards town. 11am, the Quarr; 2pm Terrace Meadows SNCI for guided nature walks. 01963 23559 or 07981 776767 www.dorsetbutterflies.com/events
Sunday 24 June / Vintage Tea Dance Sherborne Prep School 3-6pm Tickets £15 Learn to dance with singer Forvever Dean plus refreshments. Proceeds to St Margaret’s Hospice 01935 709484 www.somerset-hospice.org.uk
Wednesday 27 June / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Harold Jackson, featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Thursday 28 June / Sherborne School Commemoration: The Leavers’ Concert Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne School 7.30pm The Leavers of 2018 present solo and ensemble performances plus drinks reception 01935 810518
Friday 29 June / Sherborne School Commemoration: Battle of the Organs The Chapel, Sherborne School 3.00pm Sherborne School organists battle it out on the Chapel’s two instruments – one at the West End and the other in the Quire. 01935 810518
Friday 29 June / Sherborne School Commemoration: Gala Concert The Big School Room, Sherborne School 7.30pm 01935 810518
Saturday 30 June / Summer Crafts & Gift Fair Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 10am-4pm. 1000s of collectables, antiques and crafts. Free entry. 01749 677049 www.westcountrycraftfairs.co.uk
Wednesday 04 July / From Bronzes to Banksy Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, DT9 3AA 2pm & 8pm. Arts Society talk by Ian Swankie. £5. 01935 474626 www.theartssocietysherborne.org.uk
Wednesday 4 July / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Peter Bray, featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Friday 06 July / Big Summer Wine Festival Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne. Tickets from Vineyards, Digby Road, Sherborne. 01935 815544 www.vineyardsofsherborne.co.uk
Saturday 07 July / Chasty Cottage Antiques Fair Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. 8:30am (trade) 9:30am (public) to 4pm. Up to 35 stands, homemade food and refreshments. £1 01963 370986
Saturday 07 July / Sherborne Abbey Choir Annual Concert Sherborne Abbey, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3LN 7.30pm Anthems & Motets taken from this year’s reportoire. Retiring collection.
Sunday 08 July / Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre Open Day Oborne Road, Sherborne, DT9 3RX. 11:30am-3:30pm. Victorian engineering display. Entry by donation. 01935 816324 www.sswc.co.uk
Wednesday 11 July / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Stephen Bell featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Wednesday 11 July / Sherborne Artslink Flicks: Edie Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 7 for 7:30pm. Thought provoking film. £6. Pre-film Supper additional £12 in the Raleigh Hall (pre-book). Tickets from Sherborne TIC
Friday 13 July / Illyria Open Air Theatre Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 6.30 for 7.30pm. The Merchant of Venice. Bring picnics & blankets for open air performance. All ages. Tickets from: www.illyria.uk.com
Saturday 14 July / Fleamarket Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 10am-4pm. 1000s of collectables, antiques and crafts. Free. 01749 677049 www.westcountrycraftfairs.co.uk
Saturday 14 July / Male Voice Choir Concert Avon & Somerset Constabulary and Dorset Police Choirs. Conductors Dr Jane Oakland & Marysia Gorska. A concert of around 80 male voices with a varied selection of music from their repertoires. At 7pm – please note early starting time. Tickets £5-£15, available from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, Digby Road, Sherborne, 01935 815341
Sunday 15 July / Car Boot Sale The Terraces (playing fields), Sherborne, DT9 5NS. Sellers from 8am, £5 per car. Buyers 9am-12noon, 50p per person. Raising funds for Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital. Free parking. Sorry, no dogs.
Sunday 15 July / Sherborne Castle Classic and Supercars A fantastic day of events and displays including motor club stands, motor trade stands, autojumble, craft fair and a quality classic and supercar auction as well fun activities for the whole family. 9.30am to 4.30pm. Website: classicatthecastle.co.uk
Sunday 15 July / Music in the Park Pageant Gardens, Digby Road Sherborne, DT9 3NB 2.30pm. Sherborne Town Band & Sherborne Youth Band play light entertainment music. Bring the family and a picnic. www.sherbornetownband.co.uk/events
Monday 16 July / Insight Lecture: Liberal Truths Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 7:30pm. Talk by Tim Farron MP on Liberalism. 01935 812452 www.insight.sherborneabbey.com
Wednesday 18 July / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Simon Gregory, featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Thursday 19 July / Finds Day with Ciorstaidh Trevarthen Sherborne Museum, Church Lane, Sherborne. 10.30am-1pm. Spend time with Finds Liaison Officer, Ciorstaidh Trevarthen, and bring any mysterious objects you might have found and want identifying. Ciorstaidh brings with her some fantastic artefacts from prehistoric to post medieval for handling and much more to inspire any budding archaeologist! Free family event with donations welcomed.
Friday 20 July / Yeovil Hospital Charity Quiz Night Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 01935 814633
Saturday 21 July / Illyria Open Air Theatre Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR Dr Dolittle. 6.30 for 7.30pm. Bring picnics & blankets for open air performance. All ages. Tickets from: www.illyria.uk.com
Wednesday 25 July / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Jonathan Delbridge, featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Thursday 26 July / Wildlife Friendly Gardening Awards Ceremony Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 6.30pm Organised by Dorset Wildlife Trust. Tickets available in store. 01935 814633
Saturday 28 July / Vintage Market Memorial Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 9am-3:30pm. 30+ sellers of vintage. 07809 387594
Sunday 29 July – Sunday 12 August / Sherborne Summer Music Sherborne School, Sherborne DT9 3AP 18 music courses in all disciplines tutored by international artists and teachers. 01342 893963 www.sherbornemusicsummerschool.co.uk
Monday 30 July – Saturday 11 August / Concertfest Various venues in Sherborne 30 events with the Sherborne Summer School of Music: Chamber Music, Choral, Orchestral and Jazz concerts and recitals. 01342 893963 www.sherbornemusicsummerschool.co.uk
Wednesday 1 August / Lunchtime Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Tobias Rihm, featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Wednesday 8 August / Lunchtime Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. A 40 minute recital by Peter Jolley featuring a wide variety of music. 1pm. Free entry, with retiring collection
Sunday 16 September / Car Boot Sale The Terraces (playing fields), Sherborne, DT9 5NS. Sellers from 8am, £5 per car. Buyers 9am-12noon, 50p per person. Raising funds for Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital. Free parking. Sorry, no dogs.
Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October / Autumn Colours Weekend Reduced price entry to the Sherborne Castle gardens. Explore acres of impressive gardens beside the lake and witness the spectacular autumn colours all around you. The tea rooms are open for drinks and a light lunch or cream tea and our gift shop is open for a souvenir of your visit. Gardens open from 10am, Tearoom from 10.30am and Castle & Gift Shop from 11am with last admissions at 4.15pm. Closes 5pm. More information click here
Saturday 3 November / Firework Extravaganza at Sherborne Castle. Gates open: 5pm Bonfire: 7pm Fireworks: 7.30pm To book tickets telephone 01963 364399 Website : www.eventscrew.com