Wednesday, March 4
Fancy yourself as a Calendar Girl? Portland’s Royal Manor Theatre is auditioning tonight! Meet in the lower hall of the theatre at 138A Fortuneswell, Portland DT5 1LT, at 7.15pm. If casting is successful, rehearsals start at the end of April. If you’re unable to attend but would like to be considered for a part, text director Sally Campbell on 07969 302473.
West Dorset Community Orchestra meet for rehearsal in the Christian Fellowship hall, East Street car park, Bridport DT6 3PL 6.30pm-7.45pm. New members welcome. 01308 456297 westdorsetmusic.org.uk
There’s an All Things Bling workshop 10am-12pm at Beads with a Twist, 3 Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
World War 2 Women Codebreakers and the Special Operations Executive is the subject of a talk by Adam Forty from the Royal Signals Museum, Blandford at the March meeting of Dorchester and District Gardening Club. United Church Hall, 49/51 Charles Street, DT1 1EE, doors 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. No booking necessary, £4 on the door. Bring and buy stall and draw with tea/coffee and biscuits available. Everyone welcome. Jane 01305 268523 or email dorchestergardening@gmail.com
Paper artist Ali Chisholm will be exhibiting at Jenny Penney Local Makers Shop & Gallery, Mangerton Mill, Mangerton, Bridport DT6 3SG from today until Saturday, March 28, 10am-4pm (Weds-Sat). Ali Chisholm is a Weymouth based artist who works with paper to create abstract pictures. Some of the pictures are layered giving a great sense of perspective. realmosaics.com
Thursday, March 5
Sherborne Historical Society meets at 8pm for a talk by Prof Adrian Tinniswood on ‘The long weekend: Life in the English country house between the wars’. The truth about a world half-forgotten, draped in myth and hidden behind stiff upper lips and film-star smiles. Digby Hall, Hound Street. Visitors £5. sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk
Acclaimed concert pianist Duncan Honeybourne will perform a piano recital at the Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport at 7pm. Duncan, who is an internationally recognised professional concert pianist will perform on the Academy’s Steinway Concert Grand Piano. Tickets free for under 18s, adults £13 at ticketsource.co.uk
There’s a Russian Spiral Bracelet workshop 10am-12pm at Beads with a Twist, 3 Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
Do you write, would you like to write? Chesil Bank Writing Shed meets 7pm-9pm at Portesham Village Hall. From poetry to prose, fan fiction to literary fiction, and biography to travel guides. Whatever your writing style and genre come and challenge yourself with fun writing prompts as we exercise our creative muscle. New writers always welcome. Find out more: lindaph.co.uk
All are welcome at a memory café in Bridport’s St Swithun’s Church Hall, North Allington, DT6 5DU, 2pm-3.30pm (1st & 3rd Thursdays). Refreshments available, free, no need to book. Call Mel: 07860 592407 or Jim: 07719 074485 email: admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk
The Weymouth Swift Town Project will be launched with a free talk ‘The Secret Lives of Swifts’ by The Swanage and Purbeck Swifts Group in Wyke Regis Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Organised by South Dorset RSPB Local Group and open to all. Learn about what the Purbeck Group have done in their area to help swifts and what could be done in Weymouth.
Cello and piano duo Sally Flann and Peter Oakes perform chamber music at Dorchester Corn Exchange (DT1 1HF) at 11.30am (doors 11am). Free, although donations are welcome. dorchesterarts.org.uk
Friday, March 6
Look What I Found! – an exhibition celebrating Weymouth fossils and their collectors will run until May 31 at Weymouth Pop-Up Museum, 39b St Thomas Street, DT4 8EH. Go to weymouthmuseum.org.uk
Sarah Hagen – Wonder Women, 7.30pm at Chetnole Village Hall tonight, then Litton Cheney Community Hall on March 7, and St Christopher’s Church Winfrith on March 8. Part recital and part storytelling, Wonder Women is a celebration of the remarkable stories and piano music of forgotten female composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Canadian pianist Sarah Hagen brings humour and musical excellence to this personal and intimate recital. Suitable for all ages. Bar available (cash/card). Tickets £12.50 U18 £6 from Artsreach or Gwen Adair 07979 010332. The Chetnole Inn next door is open for dinner before the show. Call 01935 872337.
Netherbury Nature Group is hosting a talk entitled Making Dorset Wilder by Mark Kibblewhite at the village hall, doors open 6.30pm. Cash bar. Entry £3.
Dorchester Oddfellows: Rod Brewer Quiz Challenge at Crossways Village Hall 7pm for 7.30pm start. Teams of four £20 per team to include ploughman’s-type supper.
Saturday, March 7
North Dorset Railway Trust and Project 62 host a weekend of events at Shillingstone Station near Blandford from 10am-4pm today and tomorrow. There will be guided tours and the chance to see steam loco and steam traction engine in action as well as the rebuilt signal box. Entry is free (donations welcome).
Seed Saturday Lyme will be held 11.30am-1pm at Pine Hall, Baptist Church, top of Broad Street, Lyme Regis. Come and choose free seeds for flowers and veg to grow for 2026! Free. Bring some £s for homemade cake and tea/coffee.
Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Mosterton. 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. New members/visitors welcome.
Litton Cheney: Artsreach present Wonder Women! (See March 6 for details). DT2 9AU. Tickets £14 (U18 £6) at artsreach.co.uk and Patricia Scholfield, 07799 612941 / 01308 482514.
Hedgehog Friendly Portland is holding a new to you affordable clothes sale, 10am-12pm at Community 2000 Hall, Easton (rear of Portland Library). Ladies, gents and some children’s clothes. Come along and grab a bargain! portlandhedgehogs@gmail.com
A coffee morning will be held at Chideock Village Hall, 10am-12pm. Free entry, free toast and marmalade and other treats, toys and colouring books available for children to play with as well.
Felicity Herring will give a talk at Weymouth Library at 10.30am on the life of Dr James Barry. Born in Cork in 1789, in 1809 Margaret Bulkley disguised herself as a man and went to Edinburgh University to train to be a doctor, becoming the first female doctor in Britain. After her graduation she joined the army, where she maintained her male persona throughout. Tickets from the library £3 for non-FOWL members. More info from 01305 750557 or 01305 832613.
Sunday, March 8
Ken Gollop talks about the life and times of his grandfather, Frank Gollop, the last of the Lyme Regis Stoneboatmen at 2.30pm in Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. Nearly 100 years of Lyme’s history covering the stone and cement industry, the harbour and fishing community, and the development of the town from 1862 to 1960. 01297 443678.
St Peter’s Church Dorchester (DT1 1XA) will offer up a Choral Eucharist in Lent at 10.30am with music by Byrd, Kodaly and Purcell. Free, all welcome.
Monday, March 9
Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks programme continues with John New on Railways on Portland at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Close, DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. £4 non-members.
Dorchester Oddfellows host an afternoon of tabletop games 2pm-5pm at PIP Café Poundbury, St John Way, DT1 2FG. Come and play or learn to play backgammon, Scrabble, Rummikub, mah jong and much more. Free event to include tea, coffee and cake.
There’s a Silver Clay workshop 9.30am-4pm at Beads with a Twist, Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
West Dorset Flower Club are holding a demonstration by Angie Blackwell entitled Spring Awakens at the WI Hall, North Street, Bridport, at 2.30pm. Non-members £6. 01308 456339.
Sherborne Memory Café is held 2nd & 4th Mondays 10.30am-noon except Bank Holidays and Pack Monday. Digby Hall, Hound Street, DT9 3AA (next to library). Refreshments available, free, no need to book. For more information, call Mel: 07860 592407 or Jim: 07719 074485 email: admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk
The Townswomen’s Guild meet at 2pm at Dorchester Community Church, Liscombe Street, Poundbury for a talk on A Butchers Blog by Richard Balson. Richard provides meat from his 508-year-old butcher’s shop in Bridport, with 500 years of family experience of behind the block. The butchers have been named Britains oldest family business running since 1515, so should have plenty of stories to tell making this talk interesting and informative. Visitors £4.
Tuesday, March 10
The Mayor of Dorchester will open Poundbury Gardens’ 20-year celebrations at 10am, with a cake cutting ceremony. The Mayor and Mayoress Andy Canning and Mel Lane, will cut the cake at The Engine Room.
Wednesday, March 11
Live Laugh Love Ladies Club – at Crossroads, 1 Crown Square, Poundbury. 7pm-9pm. Speaker Reg Pengelly on Thomas Hardy and the Well Beloved. Sally 07703 171545., email sallyannchildsslade@gmail.com livelaughloveladies.club/sallycs
There’s a Rebecca necklace workshop 10am-12pm at Beads with a Twist, 3 Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
Weymouth Memory Café is held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 2pm-3.30pm at St Andrew’s Church Rooms, 4 Church Rd, Preston, Weymouth DT3 6BU, just round the corner from the bus stop. People living with dementia and their carers/ families and just turn up and it’s free, with no need to book. Email admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk or call Mel on 07860 592407 or Jim on 07719 074485.
West Dorset Community Orchestra meet for rehearsal in the Christian Fellowship Hall, East Street car park, Bridport DT6 3PL 6.30pm-7.45pm. New members welcome. 01308 456297 westdorsetmusic.org.uk
Thursday, March 12
Sherborne & District Gardeners’ Association is visiting Castle Gardens for a discount afternoon at 2.30pm. For info Richard Newcombe 01935 389375.
Friday, March 13
Dorchester Oddfellows host a coffee and get together with bring and buy 10.30-12pm in Crossways Village Hall. All welcome. Mary 01305 853125 marybrewer44@icloud.com
There’s a Glass Fusing workshop 10am-12pm at Beads with a Twist, 3 Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
Saturday, March 14
Dorset Chamber Orchestra’s Concert for Youth at St Mary’s Church, Dorchester at 4pm. A unique colourful celebration of art and music. Mussorgsky’s vivid Pictures at an Exhibition is brought to life by local children and musicians from Wessex Music with special guest Martin Clunes narrating. Tickets are £13 for adults and £1 for under 19s at dorsetchamberorchestra.org or Linda Ryall on 01305 269069
There’s a vintage toy fair in Sherborne at the Digby Memorial Hall, DT9 3NL, from 8.30am (£5 entry, £3 after 9am), closing at 1.30pm. Around 30 toy sellers, offering vintage favourites and rare items, who will also buy items visitors bring along. The fairs will also be held on Saturdays May 9, July 18, October 3, November 28 and December 19. To book a stall call Hilary on 07736 666414 or hilarychisholm@aol.com.
St Peter’s Church Dorchester (DT1 1XA) hosts a lunchtime concert in Lent 12.30-1.15pm – David Bednall’s Stabat Mater performed by a consort of voices, violinist Bryony Smith with the composer at the organ. Free.
There’s a country dance at Broadmayne Village Hall at 6.30pm. Tickets £12.50 to include a ploughman’s. Barry on 07709 849701 or the village shop.
‘Who do you think you are? A family mystery: unlocking the truth using DNA’, is a talk at Chideock Village Hall, 6.30pm. Tickets £10 to include fresh pizza and salad supper. Bar available. 07484 709719 or email: suzypea@btinternet.com
Cantamus presents ‘This is my delight’, a concert of beautiful choral music for spring, including new pieces by Dorset composer Matthew Coleridge. St Andrew’s Church, Charmouth, at 7pm. Tickets £12 on the door. Refreshments available. cantamus-dorset.org
There’s bingo at Maiden Newton Village Hall, doors 2pm, eyes down 2.30pm.
Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Tibbs Hollow. 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. Visitors welcome.
Repair Cafe Weymouth at Southill Community Centre, 137, Radipole Lane, Weymouth, DT4 9SS, 10am-12.30pm. Bring items for repair by specialist volunteers for optional donation. Electrical, clocks, jewellery, sewing and leather repairs, mechanical, sewing machines etc. repaircafeweymouth.org
Southill Gardening Club holds its spring show 2pm-4pm at Southill Community Centre. Non-members welcome: view horticulture, floral art, handicrafts, preserves, and cookery. Drinks and cakes available. Info Nigel Smith on 01305 788939.
Dorchester Poverty Action is holding a coffee morning with free refreshments 10am-noon in the United Church Hall near the library. Books, cakes, bric-a-brac and nearly-new, plus a raffle.
John Drabik gives a talk on the history and making of stained-glass windows at St Nicholas Church, Broadwey, Weymouth (DT3 5DN). 2.30pm, doors 2pm. Followed by a concert from guitarist Adrian Wood. Tickets £10 with tea and cake included. Accompanied children go free.
Is Mother’s Day hard for you? Enjoy a safe space 2pm-4pm at St Mary’s Church, Burton Bradstock (DT6 4QY). Whatever your story, enjoy an informal gathering to sit quietly, light a candle or chat over a cuppa. More info: bvchurchesta@outlook.com
Sunday, March 15
Concert at Cheap Street Church, Sherborne at 3pm. Wessex Strings is an orchestra of keen amateur, semi-amateur and professional musicians formed in 1997. Rehearsals are at Raleigh Hall, Sherborne, on Wednesdays 7.30pm-9.30pm, experienced new players of about Grade 7 standard upwards welcome. No audition. Call Gareth Price: 07543 636380.
Mother’s Day afternoon tea at 12.30pm-2.30pm at Mapperton. Garden entry is included, perfect for a gentle spring stroll to enjoy the daffodils. Booking required. It’s also Daffodil Week until Thursday, March 19 11am-3pm. Enjoy swathes of daffodils lining grassy banks, where snowdrops still linger. Early crocuses form soft carpets beneath the acer griseum, while primroses and camellias brighten the lawns and grottoes as the gardens awaken. Mapperton.com
Monday, March 16
There’s a Gemstone Tree workshop 10am-12pm at Beads with a Twist, 3 Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book on 01258 472229 or beadswithatwist.com/workshops
Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks programme continues with David Leech on Pelham Puppets at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Close, Weymouth DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. £4 non-members.
An Evening of Watches & Dinner: 100 Years of the Rolex Oyster will be held at 7pm at the King’s Arms, Dorchester.
£90 per person for a two-course meal, tea and coffee. Limited to 30 guests. Join Michael of SKJ Watches for an intimate evening exploring one of the most significant milestones in horological history. The talk will cover the groundbreaking waterproof case, the story of Mercedes Gleitze’s Channel swim and the evolution of the Heuer Carrera. Book via skjwatches@hotmail.co.uk or 07816 836199.
Tuesday, March 17
There’s a Silver Clay workshop 9.30am-4pm at Beads with a Twist, Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
Turn Lyme Green talk: What’s Happening to our Wildlife? At 7pm in the Driftwood Cafe, Baptist Church, top of Broad Street, Lyme Regis. Paul Butter has been observing gardens and open spaces. He will report on changes to patterns and how we can protect and encourage wildlife in our own gardens.
Beaminster Horticultural Society will enjoy a presentation by David Pearce, curator of Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens. A whistle-stop tour of his career including studying at RHS Wisley, becoming kitchen gardener to the King, then finally as the youngest ever curator of Abbotsbury. Beaminster Public Hall, DT8 3EF. Doors 7pm. Raffle, bar, refreshments. Plants may be available. Guests £3. bemhortsoc@gmail.com
Wednesday, March 18
West Dorset Community Orchestra meet for rehearsal in the Christian Fellowship Hall, East Street car park, Bridport DT6 3PL 6.30pm-7.45pm. New members welcome. 01308 456297 westdorsetmusic.org.uk
Thursday, March 19
Sherborne Historical Society meets at Digby Hall, Hound Street for their AGM at 7.45pm, followed by a talk by Maj Gen Peter Williams on Rudolf Hess: a most curious life and death. The extraordinary saga of Hitler’s deputy, who flew to Scotland in 1941. Members free, visitors £5. sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk
There’s a Wire Wrapped Pendant workshop 10am-1pm at Beads with a Twist, Market Place, Sturminster Newton. Book at beadswithatwist.com/workshops or call 01258 472229.
Friends of Bridport Millennium Green meet at 2.30pm at the WI Hall for a talk by Bruce Upton on Elections in a Rotten Borough (skulduggery in Bridport elections). £5 on door. 01308 423078.
All are welcome at a memory café in Bridport’s St Swithun’s Church Hall, North Allington, DT6 5DU, 2pm-3.30pm (1st & 3rd Thursdays). Refreshments available, free, no need to book. Mel: 07860 592407 or Jim: 07719 074485 email: admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk
Cash bingo at Charlton Horethorne hall every 3rd Thursday open 6.30pm, eyes down 7pm. 01935 814199. Proceeds to hall funds.
Friday, March 20
Illustrated talk on ‘Dorset in Art’ by Pam Simpson, Art Historian at Maiden Newton Village Hall at 7pm. Tickets £7.50 on door, to include refreshments. Hosted by Maiden Newton Art Group.
Martinstown Charity Group is hosting a quiz in support of Dorset Mind. Tickets in advance from Martinstown village shop. £15 to include a chilli and jacket potato supper and a great quiz.
Saturday, March 21
Bridport Big Band in concert at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church at 7.30pm. Tickets £12 on door or £10 in advance from Pete 01305 812637.
Two big birthdays are being celebrated in Bridport 10am-4pm. The RBL Hall is marking 150 years as a community meeting place and the Royal British Legion’s Women’s Section is marking 100 years.
All welcome at the hall in Victoria Grove to enjoy displays on Bridport signwriter George Biles, photographer Joseph Potts, plus war and home life exhibits and Edwardian costume. Acapella group Local Vocals will sing at 10.30am. Coffee, tea and birthday cake available throughout the day.
Beaminster Horticultural Society will hold its open spring show at the Public Hall, DT8 3EF from 2pm, cups presented 4pm. Raffle, tea and cake £3. Admission £1. Entries close at 2pm on Wednesday, March 18. Further details from beaminstershowsec@icloud.com
Pocket Sinfonia play Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite and Grieg’s Holberg Suite at 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Beaminster, DT8 3BA. £20/15. Seating in the round for an intimate, immersive show. beaminsterfestival.com or 0333 666 3366.
Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 5 or 7 mile walk from Bridport. 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. Visitors welcome.
Cantamus presents This is my delight, a concert of beautiful choral music for spring, including new pieces by Dorset composer Matthew Coleridge. St Mary’s Church, Norton-sub-Hamdon, at 7pm. Tickets £12 from Norton Shop or on door. Refreshments available. cantamus-dorset.org
Duncan Honeybourne plays Tchaikovsky with The Dorset Sinfonia at St Mary’s Church, St Mary St, Weymouth, DT4 8PU at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 on door or from the Dorset Sinfonia website.
A coffee morning will be held at All Saints church, Wyke Regis, 10am-noon. All welcome: coffee, tea, cakes, books, Fairtrade stall.
Sunday, March 22
An open mic poetry afternoon due to be held at the Occasional Bookshop in Dorchester has been cancelled. Queries to: julian@nanglerarebooks.co.uk
Monday, March 23
Sherborne Memory Café is held 2nd & 4th Mondays 10.30am-noon. Digby Hall, Hound Street, DT9 3AA (next to library). Refreshments, free, no need to book. Call Mel: 07860 592407 or Jim: 07719 074485 email: admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk
Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks programme continues with Dr Will Ward on Churchill’s Secret Army at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Close, Weymouth DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. All welcome, £4 non-members.
Tuesday, March 24
Dorchester Oddfellows will hold their regular coffee and chat at The Kings Arms Hotel, 30 High East Street, DT1 1HF, 10am-12pm. The first two coffees/teas are on the Oddfellows, bar snacks are available to buy. Rosemary 07788 436797 rosemarywdt2@gmail.com
Bridport U3A host a talk at 2pm at United Church Hall, East Street, DT6 3LJ called Johnny Remember Me. Brian and Jacqueline Sutton on the exciting 50s and 60s, the days of characters like John Leyton and screaming Lord Sutch. Guests £3.
There’s a Serenity Bracelet workshop 10am-1pm at Beads with a Twist, 3 Market Place, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AS. Book: beadswithatwist.com or call 01258 472229.
The Ukrainian National Opera presents Madame Butterfly at Weymouth Pavilion at 7.30pm. Tickets £37-£42: 01305 783225 or weymouthpavilion.com
Wednesday, March 25
West Dorset Community Orchestra meet for rehearsal in the Christian Fellowship Hall, East Street car park, Bridport DT6 3PL 6.30pm-7.45pm. New members welcome. 01308 456297 westdorsetmusic.org.uk
Weymouth Memory Café is held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 2pm-3.30pm at St Andrew’s Church Rooms, 4 Church Rd, Preston, DT3 6BU. People living with dementia and their carers/families can just turn up, free, no need to book. Contact admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk or call Mel on 07860 592407.
Thursday, March 26
Turn Lyme Green and Woodroffe School’s PTFA will host a fundraising quiz promoting gardens and bees March at 7.30pm at the Royal Lion Hotel, Lyme Regis.
Anne Swithinbank, well-known as a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time will join as quiz master. To book, email Turn Lyme Green – enquiries@turnlymegreen.co.uk or ring 01297 446066. £3 per person/ £15 for table of 6.
Saturday, March 28
A film night: Four Mothers at Wyke Regis Memorial Hall, 7pm. 2024 Irish comedy, the story of a novelist on the brink of success, who is a full-time carer for his mutely-defiant mother. Rated 15. £6.50, includes glass of wine, beer or soft drink. Book at parishofwykeregis.org.uk/events, or contact Jeff on 07710 096174.
Cantamus presents This is my delight, a concert of beautiful choral music for spring, including new pieces by Dorset composer Matthew Coleridge. Holy Trinity Church, Bothenhampton, Bridport, at 7pm. Tickets £12 on the door. Refreshments available. cantamus-dorset.org
Book, puzzle and game sale 10am-11.30am at the D’Urberville Centre, Wool BH20 6DL. Four books for £1.
Piddle Valley Gardens Club present their spring show, at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. 2pm-4pm, entrance free. Fruit, veg, flowers, crafts, photography. Refreshments available.
Dorset Diggers Community Archaeology Group will be at Stratton village hall at 2pm for a Love the Past talk by Dr Hayley Roberts of Past Participate on the surveying of the Valley of the Stones on the Dorset Ridgeway. Plus, the rare ‘polishing boulder’ known as a polissoir, which is over 5,000 years old. It would have been used to make stone axe heads – an essential tool for Stone Age communities. The artefact was discovered during this community archaeology project. £5 non-members.
Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Abbotsbury. 01308 898484 or 01308 863340.
Dorchester Arts presents Helios, the latest awe-inspiring installation by Luke Jerram at the Corn Exchange. This spectacular seven-metre illuminated sculpture of the sun is on show until Monday, April 6. Free, although donations welcome. dorchesterarts.org.uk
Nearly next door to the sun, there will be a moon. British Naturism members will be visiting Dorset County Museum for a third time – this time to enjoy an exhibition called People Watching, 6.30pm-9pm. Non-members £25. Book at bn.org.uk/events
An Easter family fun day in aid of Angel Rabbit Rescue is being held 10am-4pm at Cerne Abbas village hall. Pop-up café, craft stalls, food and drink, a duck race on the river and an egg hunt, plus meet the Easter Bunny.
Sunday, March 29
Netherbury Repair Café is held at the hall on the last Sunday of the month, 10am-12pm. Bring your tools to be sharpened, and items to be fixed: electricals, bikes, textiles, ceramics, electronics, wooden and metal items. Home-made cakes, vegan and vegetarian-friendly. Call Lisa Willis on 07870 950 666 or info@repaircafenetherbury.org
There’s a Pilgrimage of Peace for Palm Sunday at 2.30pm at St Nicholas’ Church in Abbotsbury – a circular walk of about two miles to St Catherine’s Chapel and back. Readings, songs about peace, dogs on leads welcome. Hilly – wear appropriate clothing.
Monday, March 30
Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks programme continues with Jeff Little on The Portland Spy Ring at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Close, Weymouth DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. All welcome, £4.
Piddle Valley Gardens Club host a talk by Jeanette Hampstead of Hedgehog Rescue of Hazelbury Bryan at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. 7.15pm. £2.
Tuesday, March 31
Organist Paul Cheater will play Easter reflections through music at St Mary’s Church in Litton Cheney, 6pm. A spiritual journey to the cross, music, silent prayer.
The Easter Story: Activities for children and their families. Stories, drama, song and craft 10.30am-12pm at St Mary’s Church, Edward Road, Dorchester DT1 2HL. Free, dorchesterstmarys@gmail.com to book a place.
Wednesday, April 1
Dorchester & District Gardening Club is holding its spring show from 7.30pm with horticulture, cookery, flowers, photography and handicrafts. United Church Hall, 49/51 Charles Street, Dorchester DT1 1EE. Gardening quiz and social evening (bring nibbles) and a draw. £1 on door. Email dorchestergardening@gmail.com for the schedule.
Bridport Camera Club is hosting a talk by celebrated explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell, on The Conquest of the Blue Nile.
Arts Centre DT6 3NR, 7pm. One of the most famous expeditions of the 20th century. You will be awestruck – and splitting your sides! Tickets £12 at bridportcameraclub.co.uk
Thursday, April 2
Memory café in Bridport’s St Swithun’s Church Hall, North Allington, DT6 5DU, 2pm-3.30pm (1st & 3rd Thursdays).
Refreshments available, free, no need to book. Mel: 07860 592407 or Jim: 07719 074485 email: admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk
Maundy Thursday daytime Holy Communion service at 10am in St Aldhelm’s Church, Spa Road, Weymouth, DT3 5EW.
Friday, April 3
Beaminster Museum reopens for 2026 with a new exhibition. Fire, Flood, Frost explores the dramatic and often devastating impact of natural forces on Beaminster and its surrounding villages – and the resilience and ingenuity of the community. beaminstermuseum.co.uk DT8 3NB, open Tues, Thurs, Sat and Bank Holidays 10.30am-4pm. Sun 2pm-4.30pm. Free.
Easter Saturday
Bingo at Maiden Newton village hall, 2pm, eyes down 2.30pm.
Easter Monday
Alweston car boot sale, DT9 5HT: Sellers 7am, buyers before 7.30am £5, after, donation.
Wednesday, April 8
Weymouth Memory Café is on 2nd/4th Wednesdays 2pm-3.30pm at St Andrew’s Church Rooms, 4 Church Rd, Preston, DT3 6BU. Free, no need to book. Contact admindorset@alzheimers.org.uk or call Mel on 07860 592407.
Friends of Lodmoor Country Park: free ‘Chicks on Sticks’ Easter egg hunt 2pm-3pm – meet by the play area. Find five different coloured chicks and bring to a volunteer for a prize.
Thursday, April 9
Sherborne & District Gardeners’ Association meets at the Main Digby Hall, Hound Street, at 7.30pm for their spring show.
Friday, April 10
Dorchester Oddfellow host a coffee, get together and bring & buy 10.30am-noon at Crossways village hall. All welcome.
Saturday, April 11
Repair Cafe Weymouth at Southill Community Centre, 137, Radipole Lane, DT4 9SS, 10am-12.30pm. Bring items for repair for optional donation. repaircafeweymouth.org
There’s a flea market at Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne DT9 3NL, 8.30am (£5 entry, £3 after 9am), till 1.30pm. Book a stall: Hilary: 07736 666414 or hilarychisholm@aol.com
Cattistock Point-to-Point at Chilfrome, Nr. Maiden Newton. Pony and steeplechase races. A big screen will show the races and The Grand National. Local food, bar, bookies, ice cream, stalls and kids’ entertainment. Info at pointingwessex.co.uk, or njatkinson10@gmail.com