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Wednesday, November 4

West Dorset Community Orchestra rehearse in the Christian Fellowship Hall, East Street car park, Bridport DT6 3QE 6.30pm-7.45pm every Wednesday. New members very welcome. Four rehearsals free. westdorsetcommunityorchestra.co.uk or 01308 456297.

Thursday, November 5

  • Dorchester Oddfellows: bonfire party 7pm at Lower Muckleford Farm (DT2 9SW). Fireworks and refreshments including filled rolls and something to drink £10. Call Rosemary Rogers 07788 436797 /rosemarywdt2@gmail.com
  • Sherborne Historical Society hears from Dr Nicola Tallis at 8pm, on Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen. The story of Elizabeth I’s youth as she steered her way through perilous waters towards England’s throne. Digby Hall, Hound Street DT9 3AA. Non-members: £5. sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk
  • There’s a surplus food stall and clothes bank every Thursday, 9.30-10am, everyone welcome, St Swithun’s Church Hall, Allington, Bridport. Call the food stall 07778 159826 or the clothes bank 07569 077385.
  • Weymouth Town Council’s annual bonfire night and firework display kicks off at 5pm with food, drink and stalls on the prom. A drone display will illuminate the sky at 7.15pm before the bonfire is lit at 7.40pm. At 8pm the firework display will be fired from a boat. Can’t make it? See Weymouth Town Council on Facebook to view a livestream. 
  • Community coffee morning 9.30am-11.15am, bacon rolls, cakes, St Swithun’s Church Hall, Allington, Bridport.

Friday, November 6

  • Acclaimed singer-songwriter Kirsty McGee shares the stage with German-Brazilian newcomer Nina Freckles, with guitars, bass flute and the unusual sound of musical saw at 7.30pm at Chetnole village hall. Bar (cash/card). Tickets £12.50 from Blair Sibun 01935 872420 or Jeff Shipp 01935 873247 or chetnolevillagehall.com. The Chetnole Inn next door will be serving an early supper.
  • Metal detectorists Keith Brown and Gillian Greening present a talk at Godmanstone village hall. Doors 6.30pm, 7pm start. Handle gold, silver and bronze coins and artefacts from the Iron Age to post medieval. Tickets £5 from godmanstonevh@gmail.com. Refreshments to buy. 

Saturday, November 7

  • There’s a toy and flea market at Sherborne’s Digby Memorial Hall, DT9 3NL, from 8.30am-1.30pm (£5 entry, £3 after 9am). 
  • A community café and table top sale at Crossways Youth and Community Centre on Old Farm Way 9am-noon. Free pitches.  To reserve a pitch, email bookings@crosswaysycc.org
  • Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 6 mile walk from Cerne Abbas. Call 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. New members and visitors welcome.
  • The Myths and Legends of Dartmoor will be uncovered by Robert Hesketh in his talk to the Friends of Weymouth Library at 10.30am. Tales of pixies, of the Devil interfering in strange ways, and of curious omens and ghostly happenings. Entry £3.  All welcome. 01305 832613.
  • There’s bingo at Maiden Newton village hall, doors 2pm, eyes down 2.30pm.
  • A Christmas fayre will be held at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church, Melcombe Avenue DT4 7TH 10am-2pm. Crafts, coffee, cakes and bacon butties Plus bric-a-brac for Dorset County Hospital Critical Care Appeal. Free entry.
  • Repair Cafe at Southill Community Centre, 137, Radipole Lane, Weymouth, DT4 9SS, 10am-12.30pm. Bring items for repair by specialist volunteers for an optional donation. Every 2nd Saturday of the month. repaircafeweymouth.org 
  • Choral Matins for Remembrance St Peter’s Dorchester 11am. Free.
  • Bridport Folk Festival is holding a fundraising concert at the town hall at 7.30pm, with Graham Moore, John Waltham, Alan Twelftree and the Dorset Fiddlers. Tickets £10 from Bridport TIC or Ticketsource (search for Bridport).
  • Lunchtime concert 12.30-1pm at St Peter’s Church Dorchester. Danny Mitchell (French horn) and Rob Taylor (piano). Free.
  • Weymouth’s annual service and parade for Remembrance Sunday will be held at the war memorial on the prom from 10.30am, with music by the Salvation Army. To signal the start of the two-minute silence, members of the Nothe Fort Garrison will fire the first cannon from the beach at 11am, followed by a second at 11.02am to mark the end. There will be a wreath laying service then a parade to the US Memorial where a short wreath laying ceremony will also take place. 
  • Dorset Cottage Garden Society will meet at Puddletown village hall, 2pm for a 2.30pm start. Presentation by medicinal herbalist Julie Wood. Plant stall, raffle, refreshments. Guests £5.

Monday, November 9

  • Dorchester Oddfellows tabletop games 2pm-5pm at PIP Café Poundbury, St John Way, Poundbury, DT1 2FG. Free event to include tea, coffee and cake. Please phone or email Rosemary for further details 07788 436797/rosemarywdt2@gmail.com
  • Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks welcomes Graham Perry on Weymouth’s Tudor Buildings at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Drive, Weymouth DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. Tea from 2pm. Non-members £4.
  • Dorchester Townswomen’s Guild meet at the community church in Liscombe Street, Poundbury, (DT1 3DF) at 2pm for a talk by comedy magician Jude Coram.

Tuesday, November 10

  • Royal British Legion, Dorchester Branch will hold a meet and greet social event 11am-1pm at The Junction Hotel, Great Western Road, DT1 1UF. All welcome.
  • The Maiden Newton History Group, formed last month, will meet for the second time in the skittle alley of the Chalk and Cheese pub at 7pm. All welcome. Follow the Maiden Newton and District Community Museum Trust on Facebook for updates.
  • Weymouth Art Group hosts an exhibition 10am-4pm at Southill Community Centre. Free entry, original artwork, free refreshments.

Wednesday, November 11

  • Live Laugh Love Ladies Club meet at The Octagon Cafe, 4 Pummery Square, Poundbury. 7pm-9pm. Speaker: Hannah Bird, on cybercrime prevention. Call Sally 07703 171545, email sallyannchildsslade@gmail.com
  • Loders Local History Group meet 7.30pm-9pm in the village hall. AGM then a talk by Bernard Paull on Askers Roadhouse 1929 to 1990… and Beyond! From Elegance and Glamour to Raves and a Raging Inferno. All welcome. Free. Refreshments.
  • A Remembrance Service will be held at 10.55am at the Memorial Area at County Hall, Dorchester. The service will begin with the Proclamation of Peace read by Dorchester Town Crier Anthony Harrison. The raising of the Flag of Peace throughout Nations will follow. Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset Michael Dooley will deliver the Exhortation, followed by the sounding of the Last Post. The Kohima Plea will be delivered by Captain Nirmal Rai for the Brigade of Gurkhas. St Osmund’s School Choir and Durnovaria Silver Band will perform. All welcome.

Thursday, November 12

  • Sherborne & District Gardeners’ Association meet at the Main Digby Hall, Hound Street to hear from Simon Goldsack on garden design at 2.30pm. Non-members £3. Richard 01935 389375.
  • Wild and Messy Church, 3.30-5.30pm. Crafts and hot dinner for children and carers all welcome, St Swithun’s Church Hall, Allington, Bridport, call 07704 959426.
  • Simply Dance is a feel-good dance class for those who’d like to dance but don’t consider themselves dancers. Easy pace, learn a bit of everything: line, disco, solo tango, jazz… simple steps and fun moves. Thursdays at 10.15am. Comrades Hall, Broadwindsor. Just turn up, pay as you go! Anne 07734 447833 annehickey10@gmail.com
  • Dr Zoe Randle will give a talk entitled Take Me To The River – a talk on the rivers flowing into Poole Harbour – to the Piddle Valley Twinning Association at 7.30pm in Piddlehinton village hall (DT2 7TE). £10. Bar & nibbles. 01300 348015/01300 348670. 
  • Chesil Bank Writing Shed meets 7pm-9pm at Portesham village hall. Whatever your writing genre, challenge yourself with fun writing prompts. New writers always welcome. lindaph.co.uk

Friday, November 13

Dorchester Oddfellows host a coffee and get together with bring and buy 10.30am-noon Crossways village hall. Call Mary Brewer 01305 853125 marybrewer44@icloud.com

Saturday, November 14

  • Weymouth Bay Methodist Church (DT4 7TH) host Dorchester Big Band with Geoff Miller in concert at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 cash on door or £12 in advance from Pete 01305 562985.
  • Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Corscombe. Call 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. New members/visitors welcome.
  • The Harvest Film Festival returns to Lower Hewood Farm, nr Chard (TA20 4NR). Guest curated by arts collective Chasing Cow, featuring a hand-picked selection of films, live music and talks around Apocalyptic Visions.The programme including screenings of Roberto Rossellini’s gently poetic The Flowers of St Francis (1950), the independent historical drama Winstanley (1975), and the little known British sci-fi The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961). Plus talks on medieval wall paintings and the anthropology of climate change, and live music from Aidan Simpson. Lunch and dinner made with local produce available, and a bar in the evening. Tickets (£10-£15) at harvestfilmfestival.com
  • Dorset County Orchestra perform at Dorchester Dorford Centre at 7.30pm. Villa-Lobos, Strauss, Swale and Brahms. Tickets on the door or ticketsource.co.uk/dorset-county-orchestra
  • Frampton’s ever-popular Christmas fair will be held in the village hall (DT2 9NG) 10.30am-3pm, with wonderful stalls featuring local makers, lunches and refreshments. £1, kids free.
  • All Saints Church Wyke Regis hosts Parnham Voices for The course of True Love at 7pm. The choir from Beaminster is one of the best amateur a capella groups in the area and has an extensive repertoire from the 1500s-1900s. £10 including wine or soft drink. Cash bar. Book at  parishofwykeregis.org.uk/events, or pay on the door.

Sunday, November 15

St Peter’s Church Dorchester will hold a Choral Eucharist at 10.30am. Free.

Monday, November 16

  • Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks welcomes James Farquharson speaking on The Black Death in Weymouth at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Drive, DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. Tea from 2pm. Non-members £4.
  • Sherborne Literary Society meets to hear Amy Jeffs in conversation with Lou Troup (Chair of SLS), discussing her latest book, Arthur – A New Life at Cheap Street Church. Doors 6.30pm for 7pm start. The Sunday Times bestselling author has woven a tapestry of fascinating Arthurian tales. It’s a story that we THINK we know – but do we? Join us for a truly fascinating evening. Tickets £15, £8 for students and U18s from Winstones or at sherborneliterarysociety.com where you can also become a member for £10pa, and receive discounted tickets, priority booking and 10% off books at Winstone’s bookshop. 

Tuesday, November 17

  • Beaminster Horticultural Society will enjoy a presentation by Chelsea gold medal winner Joy Michaud of Sea Spring Seeds on choosing the right variety of vegetable. Public Hall, DT8 3EF. Doors 7pm. Guests £3. Raffle, bar, plants. bemhortsoc@gmail.com
  • Dorchester Oddfellows host a whist drive at the Trumpet Major, Alington Avenue, DT1 2AB at 2pm. £5 per player. Have a go and enjoy a slice of cake.
  • Live Laugh Love Ladies Club, Tropic Skincare free event at The Octagon Cafe, 4 Pummery Square, Poundbury, 11am-2pm. No need to book, just turn up! 
  • Owermoigne Flower Club will be hosting a demonstration by Carolyn Vanstone entitled The Christmas Story at 2pm at Owermoigne Village Hall, Pollards Lane, DT2 8XD. Visitors £7, includes refreshments. Arrangements will be raffled. ofcprogramme@gmail.com or call 07934 764094.

Thursday, November 19

  • There’s cash bingo at Charleton Horethorne village hall (DT9 4FY), 6.30pm, eyes down 7pm. 01935 814199. Proceeds to hall.
  • Sherborne Historical Society meets at 8pm for a talk by Dr Eleanor Parker on Winters in the world: A journey through the Anglo-Saxon year, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Digby Hall, Hound Street DT9 3AA. Non-members: £5. sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk
  • Friends of Bridport Millennium Green meet at 2.30pm at the WI Hall, North Street for a talk by Bruce Upton on Creeping like snails – a history of children going to school. Tickets £6 (cash on door) contact 01308 423078.

Friday, November 20

  • Dorchester Oddfellows will see WOW Youth Musical Theatre’s We Will Rock You at Weymouth Pavilion – a rock musical based on the hits of Queen. Non-members £25. To book contact 07788 436797/rosemary.rogers@ oddfellows.co.uk
  • It’s Throwback Friday at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Close, Weymouth DT4 7BG. 50s to 80s mix with DJ Tommy. Fantastic raffle hampers to be won. Play retro games! £8 incl refreshments. Proceeds to Casterbridge Manor Care Home. Erica at activities@ casterbridgemanor.co.uk
  • There’s an autumn fun quiz 6.30pm-10pm, £5 with raffle and bingo, at St Swithun’s Church Hall, Allington, Bridport. Call 07741 457505 to book a table.
  • Friends of St Michael’s Church, Beer Hackett are hosting an evening of Jingle and Jazz with the Julie Dunn Quartet at Thornford village hall (DT9 6QB). Doors 6.30pm. Tickets £12.50 on door or at friendsofst michaelschurchbeerhackett.org
  • There’s bingo and a raffle at Crossways Youth and Community Centre on Old Farm Way – doors 2pm. £5 for six books, with a £1.50 cash flyer.

Saturday, November 21

  • A barn dance will be held for the Come Together Bridport Appeal in support of Bridport Arts Centre, featuring Chris Toyne, accordionist, and Jane Thomas, caller, at St Mary’s Church House Hall, South Street at 7pm. All welcome, no partner needed. Bring and share supper, raffle (donated items appreciated). Book for £12, on the door £15. All money to the appeal. Contact Monty: 07835 183 367, monty3dayslate@yahoo.co.uk
  • A Christmas Fair will be held at Bryanston School near Blandford (DT11 0PX), today and tomorrow. Wessex Events will host the fair, with more than 90 stands, selling food, drink, crafts and homeware gifts. Wooden reindeer making workshops, local musicians, a street food area and lots for children to enjoy including a Frozen themed room and a craft room.  Entry £4, U16 free.
  • Upwey & Broadwey History Weekend 10am to 4pm today and tomorrow, at the Memorial Hall, DT3 5NG, looking back at village life over 100 years, schools, businesses, sports and much more. Free.
  • Beaminster Singers perform Matthew Coleridge’s achingly beautiful Requiem with soloists Emily Hicks and Verity Stroud and cellist Dom Soundy, led by conductor Kris Emmett. They will also perform Vivaldi’s best-known Gloria in D Major. St Mary’s Church, 7.30pm. Tickets £18 (U18s free) from Yarn Barton in Fleet Street, the church office in Hogshill Street or on the door. 
  • Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 6 mile walk from Abbotsbury. Call 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. 
  • Dorset Chamber Orchestra’s second concert of its 40th anniversary season is at St Mary’s Church, Dorchester at 7.30pm, exploring how Spanish music has inspired composers. It features Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the prize-winning guitarist Eva Victoria Schockmel. Tickets £18 (U25s £5) from dorsetchamberorchestra.org or Linda Ryall on 07919 430790.
  • Sherborne’s secondhand book, map and printed ephemera fair will be held 10am-4pm at Digby Memorial Church Hall, Digby Road, DT9 3NL.
  • The Waterfolk choir sings at St Nicholas Church, Dorchester Road, Broadwey, Weymouth (DT3 5DN). Doors 2.30pm. Proceeds to WaterAid and the church repair fund. Tickets £10 incl tea / coffee and homemade cakes. U16s free. contact Susana on 07944 617553 or email susanamalik@yahoo.com
  • The Dorchester Committee of the Children’s Society host a quiz night at St George’s Church Hall, Fordington. Teams of six but you can join a committee team. Tickets £10 incl ploughman’s. Jane Culliford on 01305 264360. Doors 7pm for a 7.15pm start. Bring your own drinks.
  • A fair is being held for Arthrits Research at The Public Hall, Beaminster DT8 3EF 10am-1pm, with crafts, bring and buy, cakes, produce and more. Entry £2.
  • A coffee morning will be held at All Saints church, Wyke Regis, 10am-noon. All welcome.
  • Wyke Regis Memorial Hall hosts a film night: Scott of the Antarctic at 7pm, chronicling the story of English explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (John Mills) who wanted to be the first to reach the South Pole. £6.50 incl wine, beer, or soft drink. Book at parishofwykeregis.org.uk/events, on 07710 096174, or pay on door.
  • There’s a wreath making workshop at Minterne (DT2 7AU) 2pm-5pm. Enjoy a walk to gather foliage and tea, coffee, mulled wine and festive nibbles and take your wreath home for £75. Head to the bookings page at minterne.co.uk

Sunday, November 22

The Occasional Singers perform Comfort and Joy! Advent concert at 3pm at St Mary’s Church, Edward Road, Dorchester DT1 2HL. From 1596 to the present day, composers incl Monteverdi, Poulenc, MacMillan. Free. 

Monday, November 23

Weymouth Museum Teas and Talks welcomes Sam Johnson on the work and archive at the Dorchester-based Dorset History Centre at the Centenary Club, 21 Jubilee Drive, Weymouth DT4 7BG at 2.30pm. Tea from 2pm. Non-members £4.

Tuesday, November 24

  • Dorchester Oddfellows meet 10am-noon for their regular coffee and chat at The Kings Arms Hotel, 30 High East Street, Dorchester, DT1 1HF. The first two coffees/teas are on the Oddfellows, bar snacks available. Rosemary 07788 436797/ rosemarywdt2@gmail.com
  • There’s a Turn Lyme Green talk on plant based eating: small changes… big impact, at 6.45pm for 7pm at Driftwood Cafe, Baptist Church, Top of Broad Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3HR. Free, all welcome. Refreshments. enquiries@turnlymegreen.co.uk
  • Dorchester’s The Winterbourne Hospital is hosting a free event at 6pm on Arthrosamid® injections, a new non-surgical option for knee arthritis, with consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr Caesar Wek. Learn all about this innovative treatment designed to cushion the knee joint, reduce pain and improve mobility. Q&A and refreshments included. Head to Herringston Road, DT1 2DR. Book on the hospital’s Facebook page, or call 01305 756640 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) or email customerservicewinterbourne@circlehealthgroup.co.uk
  • Bridport U3A monthly talk at United Church Hall, East Street, DT6 3LJ at 2pm. Marcus Paul on John Buchan, the man behind The Thirty-Nine Steps. Talks last an hour before Q&A then refreshments. Guests £3.
  • Beaminster Museum talk: The Royal Visit That Went Wrong. Alan Jenkins, former planner of Royal Visits to Dorset, reveals the extraordinary detail behind these occasions, including what happened when Princess Anne visited Dorchester. 2pm. Entry £6 on door. Refreshments. Whitcombe Rd, DT8 3NB.

Thursday, November 26

  • Royal British Legion, Dorchester branch meeting at The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, DT1 1RR, 7pm. dorchesterdorset. secretary@rbl.community
  • A festive evening is promised at the Digby Hall in Hound St, Sherborne (DT9 3AA), 6.45pm for a 7.30pm start. Beryl Cotton will demonstrate flower arrangements for Christmas, which will be raffled at the end. Tickets £15 or £20 on the door including refreshments, from sherborneflowerclub@gmail.com
  • There’s a wreath making workshop at Minterne (DT2 7AU) 4pm-6.30pm. Enjoy tea, coffee, mulled wine and festive nibbles and take your wreath home for £65. Head to the bookings page at minterne.co.uk

Saturday, November 28

  • Dorchester Oddfellows host Christmas prize bingo at Crossways Village Hall, eyes down 7.30pm. Refreshments and raffle, contact Mary Brewer 01305 853125 marybrewer44@icloud.com
  • A Christmas fayre will be held at St Swithun’s Church Hall, Allington, Bridport noon-2.30pm, with Father Christmas, gifts, decorations, raffle, tombola, homemade soup, rolls and cakes. Call 07741 457505.
  • Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7.5 mile walk from Osmington. 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. New members/visitors welcome.
  • Weymouth is attempting the Elf World Record for the first of four Christmas weekends in the town centre. After the elves and the lights switch on, steampunks, pirates and faeries arrive for the Yuletide Weekend, with Professor Elemental headlining and tea-duelling. weareweymouth.co.uk  
  • 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. Contact Hilary on 07736 666414 or hilarychisholm@aol.com to book a stall.
  • Royal British Legion, Dorchester Branch meet and greet event 11am-1pm at The Junction Hotel, Great Western Road, DT1 1UF. All welcome.
  • Sturminster Newton will be filled with festive fun, laughter and a little North Pole magic all day before the annual lights switch-on. Wear an elf hat! sturminster-newton.org.uk/event/ make-stur-sparkle-2026
  • St Peter’s Church Dorchester hosts a Choral Evensong and candlelit Advent carol service at 4.30pm, sung by University Music Chamber Choir Bournemouth. Free.

Sunday, November 29

  • Netherbury Repair Cafe will be held 10am-noon at the village hall. A new volunteer will be fixing electrical items and regular volunteers can sharpen knives and fix bikes, textiles, ceramics, wooden and metal items. They love a challenge! Please bring along any spare parts. Cafe with home-made cakes. Lisa Willis 07870 950 666 or info@repaircafenetherbury.org/repaircafenetherbury.org
  • There’s a Benefice Eucharist with Advent carols and live music at St Mary the Virgin, Powerstock at 11am.

Monday, November 30

  • The Piddle Valley Gardens Club will host a speaker from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who will talk about ‘Gardening the Globe’ and how they manage and enhance the horticultural design of their cemeteries around the world. 7pm for 7.30pm. All welcome, guests £2. Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall. 
  • The Golden Cap Association host an illustrated talk at 2.30pm in the United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport (DT6 3LJ). Daisy Meadowcroft, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s ranger in charge of pioneering rewilding project  Wild Woodbury, in Bere Regis. Visitors £5. incl refreshments.

Wednesday, December 2 

  • Live Laugh Love Ladies Club at The Octagon Cafe, 4 Pummery Square, Poundbury. 7pm – 9pm. Speaker is Paige House of House of Bloom. Sally 07703 171545, sallyannchildsslade@gmail.com, livelaughloveladies.club/sallycs
  • A joint concert with West Dorset Community Orchestra and Sir John Colfox Academy students at 7pm in Sir John Colfox Academy hall, Ridgeway, Bridport DT6 3DT. Interval refreshments and a raffle. Tickets £5 (cash only) from the Bookshop, South Street, Bridport or £5.50 on the door. Under 18s free.

Thursday, December 3

  • Sherborne Historical Society will hear a talk by Dr Adrian Stevens on A Lancaster Pilot’s War 1941-45, the story of Flight Lieutenant ‘Stevie’ Stevens, 57 Squadron, RAF. Digby Hall, Hound Street DT9 3AA, 8pm. Guests £5. sherbornehistoricalsociety.co.uk
  • Encore Singers will be staging their Christmas concert at the United Church, South Street, Dorchester, DT1 1BY at 7.30pm. Free, with a retiring collection for Julia’s House. Songs from the shows, popular pieces and seasonal music. There’ll even be a chance to join in with a few of your favourites.

Friday, December 4

Enjoy coffee and chat with the Oddfellows at The Bull Hotel, 34 East St, Bridport DT6 3LF 10am-noon. The first coffee/tea on the Oddfellows, bar snacks are available to buy. 07788 436797 rosemary.rogers@ oddfellows.co.uk 

Saturday, December 5

  • There’s bingo at Maiden Newton village hall, doors 2pm, eyes down 2.30pm.
  • Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Culpepper’s Dish, nr Briantspuddle. 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. New members/visitors welcome.
  • It’s Small Business Saturday, celebrating independent businesses and encouraging people to shop local. Sturminster Newton will be marking the day by welcoming car and bike enthusiasts into town, bringing an extra buzz to the day. There will also be free parking and everyone is invited to take part in Stur’s own Christmas Jumper Day.
  • Symondsbury Mummers will be performing at 7pm at White Horse, Litton Cheney.
  • There’s a wreath making workshop at Minterne (DT2 7AU) 9am-noon. Enjoy a walk to gather foliage and tea, coffee, mulled wine and festive nibbles and take your wreath home for £75. minterne.co.uk

Sunday, December 6

  • Dorchester Oddfellows will host a carol service at 3pm at St Nicholas Church in Moreton (DT2 8RH, followed by mince pies at Crossways village hall (DT2 8JA).
  • Symondsbury Mummers will be performing at Symondsbury Christmas Fair (Symondsbury Christmas Fair) at 2pm.
  • An open mic poetry afternoon will be held 3pm-5.30pm at The Occasional Bookshop, 16 Durngate Street, Dorchester, DT1 1JP. All welcome. Free entry. (Doors open 2.30pm)

Monday, December 7

  • Dorchester Oddfellows host an afternoon of tabletop games 2pm-5pm at PIP Café Poundbury, St John Way, (DT1 2FG). Free event to include tea and coffee and cake. Rosemary for further details 07788 436797/rosemarywdt2@gmail.com
  • St Swithun’s Band Concert, at St Swithun’s Church, Allington, Bridport, doors 7pm. Christmas music and carols & mince pies, call 07741 457505.
  • Acrylic and watercolour artworks will be for sale by local artists Helen Willis and Jane Scutt at the Duchess of Cornwall pub in Poundbury (DT1 3DD) until January 3. 20% of all sales will be donated to the Lexi May Trust.