Festivals

Sherborne is a small town, but big on Festivals!

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Monday 17-21 February/Have a go at seed sowing Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR All day. Gardeners of all ages can sow seeds at our potting benches to grow at home. 01935 814345

Wednesday 19 February/Sherborne Group Dorset Wildlife Trust Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7.30pm Talk by Pauline Kidner, founder of Secret World Wildlife Rescue, about her work rescuing, rehabilitating & releasing wildlife. £3.

Wednesday 19 February/U3A Coffee Morning Cheap Street Church Hall, Sherborne, DT9 3BJ 10.15-11.45am Coffee Morning open to all members of Sherborne U3A

Wednesday 19 February/Sherborne WI talk Catholic Church Hall, Westbury, Sherborne, DT9 3RA 2.30pm Speaker: Paul Stickland. ‘An insight into the beginnings & continued growth & success of Black Shed Flowers’. £4 inc refreshments.

Thursday 20 February/Tree-mendous Woodland Stories & Crafts Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10.30-11.30am In-tree-guing stories & unbe-leaf-able crafts for children based on woodlands plus writing competition. Free.

Thursday 20 February/Talk: ‘From Foundry to Foreign Office’ Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 8pm Sherborne Historical Society talk by Prof Andrew Thorpe about Arthur Henderson (1863-1935), Labour Party leader. £5, SHS members free. www.sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk

Thursday 20 February/Talk: ‘Strawberries & other soft fruit’ Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 2.30-3.30pm Free spring talk about growing strawberries & other soft fruit. 01935 814345

Thursday 20 February/Sharandys Birds of Prey Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 10am-4pm Get close up with birds of prey. 01935 814345

Monday 24 February/Insight Lecture Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7.30pm Insight lecture by former Bishop of London, Richard Chartres. £5 on the door. www.insight.sherborneabbey.com

Monday 24- Saturday 29 February/Sherborne Amateur Players: ‘Table Manners’ Sherborne Studio Theatre, Marston Road, Sherborne DT9 4BL 7.30pm by Alan Ayckbourn, A £10, students £8, from Sherborne TIC or 07585 278722 www.aps-sherborne.co.uk

Wednesday 26 February/Talk: ‘How the Earth Shaped Human History’ Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7.30pm Sherborne Science Café talk by Prof Lewis Dartnell, University of Westminster. £2 donation sherborne.scafe@gmail.com

Thursday 27 February/Talk: ‘Exploring peat alternatives’ Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 2.30-3.30pm Free spring talk about peat free alternatives. 01935 814345

Friday 28 February/Talk with John Bradshaw ‘Guide dogs’ Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 2-3pm Injured whilst diffusing a landmine, John discusses being blind & the pleasure and empowerment of owning a guide dog. Free.

Friday 28 February/Soloists’ Recital III Cheap Street Church, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 1.45pm Sherborne School solo musicians in concert. Free.

Saturday 29 February/Art Vessels using fibre & textile Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10am-4pm ArtsLink workshop with Jennie Loader. Max. 8 £68 or £61 for Friends of ArtsLink. 01935 815899 www.sherborneartslink.org.uk

Saturday 29 February/Ancestry Workshop Trinity Manor Care Home, Bradford Road, Sherborne DT9 6EX 2-3.30pm Learn to make a family tree with Barry Brock. Free event but please call to book. 01935 818577.

Sunday 1 March/Sherborne Young Musician of the Year, 7 pm at The Merritt Centre, Sherborne Girls, Bradford Road, Sherborne DT9 3QN. Finals concert of instrumentalists & singers from local schools. £10 (inc glass of wine). Sherborne TIC, Winstone’s or Mary on 01963 251255

Sunday 1 March/ Sherborne 10km Run: Sherborne Sports Centre, Acreman Street, Sherborne DT9 3PH. 8am reg., 9am race start. 10km run, all abilities. Prizes. Refreshments. £14: https://www.sherbornesports.co.uk/10k/ Contact: tessa.kelly@sherborne.org

Wednesday 4 March/Talk: “Northern Lights: Danish Art & Design 1880-1960” Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 3pm & 7pm The Arts Society Sherborne. Talk by Anne Anderson. Guests of a member welcome. https://theartssociety.org/events/charlie-waite-making-landscape-photographs

Wednesday 4 March/ Sherborne U3A Quiz: Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 6.30 for 7.00 pm start. Bring your own food & drink or Ploughman’s Supper available if pre-ordered (£2). Teams of 6, £1 each. Contact: Stephen Whitaker 01935 812827

Thursday 5 March/ Talk: “The Reign of Æthelred ‘the Unready’: a view from Sherborne” Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 8pm Sherborne Historical Society talk by Dr Levi Roach on this king & the role of Sherborne & abbey. £5, SHS members free. www.sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk

Thursday 5 March/Talk: “Spring lawncare” Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 2.30-3.30pm Free spring talk about looking after your lawn. 01935 814633

Friday 6 March/Recital: A-level musicians Cheap Street Church, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 1.45pm Sherborne School advanced musicians in concert. Free.

Friday 6 March/Talk: “John Porter, Legendary Trainer” Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 3-4pm Jeremy Barber discusses writing an archive of horse racing trainer John Porter’s life. For adults. Free. 01935 812683

Friday 6 March/Talk: “City of Djinns & other places” Sandford Orcas Village Hall, Sherborne DT9 4RX 7pm Talk by Patrick Carson about India’s culture & architecture. Indian nibbles & beer available. £6 01963 220178

Saturday 7 March/Music: “A Journey into Jealousy” Cheap Street Church, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 7.30pm Scenes & duets from Verdi & Puccini including Otello, La Traviata, Il Trovatore & La Rondine. £15, students £8 from 01935 508755 jonvalender@gmail.com

Sunday 8 March/Talk: “Beyond the Seen” The Butterfly House, Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 11.15am Talk & slide show. Explore the links between Sherborne & the UNESCO Jurassic Coast. Refreshments available to buy. £5 on door. www.sherbornewalks.co.uk

Monday 9 March/Spring Organ Recital: The Chapel, Sherborne School DT9 3AP 7.30pm Organ music across the centuries played on the two organs of Sherborne School Chapel.

Monday 9 March/Film: Moviola: “The Farewell” (PG) Leigh Village Hall, near Sherborne DT9 6HL 7 for 7.30pm Comedy drama. Bar & interval ice creams. £6 on door/ 2 weeks before Bridge Stores

Tuesday 10 March/Talk: “Beyond Extinction, The Eternal Ocean” Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 7 for 7.30pm Talk by Wolfgang Grulke, local author & owner of fossil collections. £6 Winstone’s or on the door.

Wednesday 11 March/Film: Sherborne Artslink Flicks Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 7 for 7.30pm Film: “Official Secrets” (15) Bar open from 6.30pm. £6 Sherborne TIC or on door if available. www.sherborneartslink.org.uk

Wednesday 11 March/Lunchtime organ recital: Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ 1pm 40 minute organ recital. Retiring collection.

Thursday 12 March/Talk: “Scented plants” Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 2.30-3.30pm Free spring talk about scented plants. 01935 814633

Thursday 12 March/Sherborne Museum Talk: “Women’s Suffrage in Dorset: Forgotten Stories” Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 1.30 for 2pm Professor Karen Hunt explores what Dorset women did & local effects. £5 (inc refreshments). Members free. www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk

Thursday 12 March/Sherborne & District Gardeners Association Members only visit to Castle Gardens. Discount Afternoon & Talk.

Friday 13 March/Talk: “USA vs Iran” Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7.30pm Talk by Richard Spencer, The Times Middle East correspondent. £10, U18 free (inc refreshment) Sherborne TIC, Winstones & 01963 251255

Friday 13 March/Brass Recital: Cheap Street Church, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 1.45pm Sherborne School brass players. Free.

Friday 13 March/Concert: Joint Schools’ Junior Orchestra Leweston Chapel, Leweston School, DT9 6EN 7.30pm Junior Orchestral Showcase – Sherborne Schools’ Sinfonia, Third Form Scholars’ Orchestra & Brass Groups.

Friday 13 March -3 April/Exhibition of new work: The Jerram Gallery, Half Moon Street, Sherborne DT9 3LQ 9.30am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. New work by New English Arts Club artists. 01935 815261

Saturday 14 March/Workshop: “Wire Sculpture” Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10am-4pm ArtsLink workshop with Melanie Deegan. Max. 8 students. £70 or £63 for Friends of ArtsLink. 01935 815899 www.sherborneartslink.org.uk

Saturday 14 March/“Damming the Nile”, a virtual reality tour Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA A virtual reality tour with headsets – book via Eventbrite for an individual 30 minute session. 01935 812683

Saturday 14 March/Talk: “My First Year at Stourhead” Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 2.30pm BVYNT AGM & talk by Philip Niemand, General manager, Stourhead & Mompesson estate. Members £3, Guests £5.

Sunday 15 March/Concert: Wessex Strings at 3pm, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 3pm Programme: Mozart, Biber, Mendelssohn & Beethoven conducted by Adam Laughton. £10 (inc tea) from Sherborne TIC. £12 on door. U18 free.

Sunday 15 March/Specialist Plant Fair: Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 10am-2pm Plant Fair with a wide range of plants plus Seed & Potato fair. Hosted by Specialist Plant Fairs. Free.

Sunday 15 March/Open Day: Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX 11.30am-3.30pm Waterwheel & steam engines in operation, displays. Tea room, picnic area, toilet, free parking on adjacent road. www.sswc.co.uk

Sunday 15 March/Workshop: Sherborne Folk Band Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 1.30-4.30pm Workshop for all levels & all acoustic instruments. £12.50 on door, discounts available online. www.sherbornefolkband.org

Sunday 15 March/Sherborne 5km Run: From the Terraces, Sherborne DT9 5NS. 8am registration, 8.25am warm-up, 8.30am 5km run organised by CommuniFit.

Sunday 15 March/Music competition: Halliday Cup Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne School DT9 3AP 9.30am Sherborne School pianists, singers & organists compete for the Halliday Music Cup

Monday 16 March/Festal Evensong: The Chapel, Sherborne School DT9 3AP 6pm Sherborne Chamber Choir sing Festal Evensong on the eve of St Patrick’s Day

Wednesday 18 March/Talk: Sherborne Group Dorset Wildlife Trust Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7.30pm Talk by Gary Prescott, ‘The Biking Birder, British Wildlife seen from a bike’. £3.

Wednesday 18 March/Talk: Sherborne WI “Rhymes and Reminiscing” Catholic Church Hall, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3RA 2.30pm Guest speaker: Jan Millard, Humorous Poems and Stories. New members & visitors welcome, £4 inc refreshments.

Wednesday 18 March/Sherborne U3A Coffee Morning: Cheap Street Church Hall, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 10.15-11.45am Open to all members of Sherborne U3A Stephen Whitaker 01935 812827

Wednesday 18 March/Lunchtime organ recital: Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ 1pm 40 minute organ recital. Retiring collection.

Thursday 19 March/Talk: “Early Modern Queens on Screen: victors, victims, villains, virgins & viragoes” Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 8pm Sherborne Historical Society. Dr Ellie Woodacre explores typologies of the lives of early modern queens on film. £5, SHS members free. www.sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk

Thursday 19 March/Talk: “Pest & disease control” Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne DT9 5NR 2.30-3.30pm Free spring talk about pest & disease control without chemicals. 01935 814633

Thursday 19 March/Abbey 104: ‘The little radio station with the big heart’ Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 2.30-3.30pm Find out what community radio stations are about, what Abbey104 does for Sherborne & how you can get involved. Free. 01935 812683

Friday 20 March/Friends Against Scams awareness event Sherborne Library, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 2-4pm Trading Standards initiative delivered by NatWest. Keep safer & more secure online, scams & how to create a safe password. Free 01935 812683

Friday 20 March/Wind Band Recital: The Big School Room, Sherborne School DT9 3AP 1.45pm Sherborne School Wind Band. Free.

Friday 20 March/Talk: by Dame Kelly Holmes Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL 7pm Sherborne Literary Society host Dame Kelly Holmes. £10 Sherborne TIC, Winstones or online: www.damekelly.eventbrite.co.uk

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

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