The annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival will take place in Dorset with radical film screenings in a vintage mobile cinema, a left wing indie disco and live artpunk kitchencore music…
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A playful new outdoor duet takes flight in Bournemouth
Audiences in Bournemouth can embark on a dance journey with two flight attendants this weekend…
A new moon appears in Dorset this summer
Fifty years on from the first moon landing, three Dorset arts festivals will be joining forces this summer to present Dorset Moon…
15 unusual ceramic figures go on display in Dorset
The Tribe, a free exhibition of 15 unusual ceramic figures has opened at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts…
Embrace the winter nights with Light Up Poole
This year’s Light Up Poole, Dorset’s annual festival of light art, will feature four world premieres, a European premiere and a raft of newly commissioned works.
Dress up as Santa and Chase the Pudding in Weymouth
On Sunday 16th December, Weymouth beach will be filled with costumed Santas for the 11th annual Chase the Pudding event…
A night carnival, walkabout puppets and gangster pandas at Arts by the Sea
Arts by the Sea, Bournemouth’s annual inspirational and diverse arts festival will take place from 29th September to 6th October, with more than 100 unique and thought-provoking performances…
Elegant ensembles and hat hurling challenges in Bridport
The Bridport Hat Festival will take place on Saturday 1st September with quirky hat competitions, talks, mass-hatted gatherings and street entertainment…
Crabbing competitions and shanty singing at Dorset Seafood Festival
Dorset Seafood Festival will take place on 14th and 15th July at Weymouth Harbour, with crabbing competitions, sea shanty singing and hands on activities…
Wimborne’s Chained Library
Our latest Curiosity of the Week is one of the oldest and most unusual libraries in the country. The Chained Library at Wimborne Minster in Dorset was founded in 1686 and is the second largest library of its kind in the country…
An exhibition that revels in the joy of stopping and taking a moment
In an age when we’re repeatedly told how busy our lives are, The Thinking Line, a new exhibition at Gillingham’s Slade Centre, revels in the matchless joy of simply taking a minute…
Immersive art installations Light Up Poole
Showing the town in a completely new light, the first Light Up Poole festival is set to transform the Dorset town, from Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th February…
Solve a crime through paintings at the Russell-Cotes gallery in Bournemouth
Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes gallery and museum is inviting visitors to reconstruct a crime through paintings with their latest exhibition, A Question of Guilt, from 13th January 2018…
Head to the beach and chase a Christmas pudding for charity
On Sunday 17th December, Weymouth beach will be filled with costumed Santas for the 10th annual Chase the Pudding event…
Inflatable lobsters and illuminated puppets in Bournemouth
The 7th Arts by the Sea Festival in Bournemouth will feature more than 70 acts and events, occurring over 8 days, from Saturday 14th to Saturday 21st October…