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Free Lunchtime Concert

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 17th December between 12.30pm and 1pm for our lunchtime concert. This is a thirty-minute recital of songs and arias performed by soprano Daisy Tye, who is accompanied by Jonathan Prentice. Admission is free and all are very welcome. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

Choral Eucharist

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 18th January at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Victoria’s ‘Missa o magnum mysterium’, Howells’s ‘Here is the little door’ and Berlioz’s ‘The shepherd’s farewell’. All are very welcome to this free service and for refreshments afterwards. More information […]

Choral Evensong

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

You are warmly invited to our monthly, cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 24th January at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Tallis’s ‘Salvator mundi’, the ‘Preces & Responses’ by Richard Seal, Brewer’s ‘Evening Canticles in D’ and ‘Blessed city, heavenly Salem’ by Bairstow. Admission is free and there is a […]

Choral Eucharist

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist to mark Candlemas on Sunday 1st February at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Casciolini’s ‘Missa brevis’, Byrd’s ‘Senex puerum portabat’, Eccard’s ‘When Mary to the temple went’ and Amy Beach’s ‘Nunc dimittis’. All are very welcome to this free service […]

Free

100 years of Laurel & Hardy with Neil Brand

The Rex Cinema 14 West St, Wareham

Join renowned composer, broadcaster and silent-film expert Neil Brand for an all-new live show celebrating 100 years of Laurel & Hardy. Featuring classic film clips and stills, all brought to life with Neil’s brilliant live piano accompaniment, this event promises gales of laughter and timeless comedy. “Brand’s skill and charisma as a performer are unquestionable” […]

£26.25

Free Lunchtime Concert

St Peter's Church (Dorchester) High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset

Join us at St Peter's Church Dorchester on Saturday 14th February between 12.30pm and 1pm for our lunchtime concert. This is a thirty-minute organ recital given by renowned musician, broadcaster and former organist of Salisbury Cathedral, Simon Lole. Admission is free and all are very welcome. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org

Free

From Spore to Store: A mushroom growing workshop at Happy River

Happy River Retreat Bere Road, Wareham

Step into the magic of fungi at Happy River Retreat, tucked among the trees of Wareham Forest, Dorset. Join us for a hands-on mushroom growing workshop with Andy Knott of Jurassic Coast Mushrooms, one of Dorset’s most passionate and knowledgeable mushroom growers. Whether you’re completely new to the world of fungi or have tried (and […]

£45