Festivals – Discover Sherborne

Sherborne is a small town, but big on Festivals!

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APOLOGIES BUT DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS MOST OF THESE EVENTS LISTED HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE ORGANISER BEFORE ATTENDING.

Saturday 21 March/Concert: JS Bach Mass in B Minor Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ 7.30pm Sherborne Chamber Choir & Sherborne Baroque Players. £5-£20, U18 free. Tickets from Sherborne TIC

Saturday 21 March/Wonderful Woodland Creatures Story & Craft Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10.30-11.30am Join us to find out about the weird, wild, wonderful things found in our woodlands. For children. Free. 01935 812683

Tuesday 24 March/Sherborne Twinning Association AGM: Catholic Church Hall, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL 7.30 for 8pm Learn about Granville with whom Sherborne is twinned. Speaker on French food and Wine from the Cross Keys. Light refreshments. Raffle.

Wednesday 25 March/Talk: Sherborne Science Café Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7.30pm Talk: ‘Understanding Epilepsy’ by Prof Roland Jones Bath University. £2 donation on the door

Wednesday 25 March/Lunchtime organ recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ 1pm 40 minute organ recital. Retiring collection.

Thursday 26 March/Talk: “Bulbs, tubers & corms” Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 2.30-3.30pm Free spring talk about bulbs, tubers & corms. 01935 814633

Friday 27 March/Christian Aid Lent Lunch: Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 12.30-1.30pm Shared lunch of soup, rolls, cheese, fruit & cup of tea or coffee. Proceeds to Christian Aid. £4 on the door. More info: 01963 251527 jane@jubileecottage.plus.com

Saturday 28 March/Linocut Printing Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10am-4pm ArtsLink workshop with Ann Fagan. Max. 10 students. £68 or £61 for Friends of ArtsLink. 01935 815899 www.sherborneartslink.org.uk

Saturday 28 March/Music : Garrick & Etheridge Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Yetminster DT9 6LG 7.30pm Artsreach live music event. Bar. Tickets £10, U18 £6. Tel: 01935 873719 or Yetminster Spar Shop. www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday 29 March/Mindful Market: Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10am-4pm Vegan living. Fermented food & drinks, fashion, holistics and more.

Tuesday 31 March/Folk music: Bob Fox Mill Farm, Bradford Abbas, DT9 6RE 6.45pm Live music from Bob Fox, English Folk Singer. Bar. £15 from: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bob-fox-live-at-mill-farm-tickets-92336395645

Wednesday 15 April/Talk on ‘The Ecology of Badgers’ by Ian Mortimer of the Dorset Mammal Group. Organised by the Sherborne Group of the Dorset Wildlife Trust, the talk will be at the Digby Memorial Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL at 7.30pm. Cost £3.00.

Sunday 14 June/Race for Life at 11am at Yeovil College, Mudford Road, Yeovil, BA21 4DR. A 5k to raise valuable funds for life-saving research. Enter now at raceforlife.org. https://raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org/ Or email: rfl@cruk-raceforlife.co.uk; Tel: 0203 932 4556.

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