What's on at the moment

April 2016

 

Weymouth area

1 Easter Bunny egg hunt - Bennetts Water Garden 10am-5pm;
8/9/10 Pirate Parlay - Weymouth's fourth Pirate festival around Weymouth harbourside;
9 Seashore foraging walk, Weymouth 12.00pm-3.30pm;
16/17 Weldmar Colour Run – Lodmoor Events Area; www.weld-hospice.org.uk/colour 11am both days;
24 Outside Theatre - Shalespeare's A midsummer Night's Dream - Nothe Fort, Weymouth - 6pm-8.30pm;
 

 Around Weymouth

3 Bournemouth Bay Fun Run;
3-4 Art workshop making dinosaurs from plastic cutlery and wire and paper seabirds - Durlston Country Park 10am-4pm;
4 Mystery Masterpiece art sale - Marine Theatre Lyme Regis 11am-9pm;
4 Hapa Zome (Leaf dyeing) Creative Workshop - 10am-12.30pm Hardy Visitor Centre - Thorncombe Woods, Higher Bockhampton;
5 Wildlife walk - 8am-10am Hardy Visitor Centre - Thorncombe Woods, Higher Bockhampton;
6 Go Wild at Durlston - free drop-in activities - Durlston Country Park 11am-3pm;
6 Craft academy at Dorset County Museum - 10.30-12.30 Dorset County Museum Dorchester;
7 Clifftop walk - 11am Durlston Country Park;
7 Family Orienteering - 2pm-4pm Durlston Country Park;
7 Stargazing with the Wessex Atronomical Society - 8.30pm-10.30pm Durlston Country Park;
7 Meet the Teenage Mutuant Ninja Turtles - 10am-6pm Adventure Wonderland, Hurn, Christchurch;
8-10 Spring Steam Gala - Swanage Railway;
9 Brunch and Belemnites - 11am-4.30pm guided walk and brunch on the Jurassic Coast at Eype and West Bay - meet Highway Farm, Bridport;
9 Cantamus - Music for all seasons - 6.30pm-9pm St Mary Magdelene, Loders;
9 Fossil Discovery Day - 10am-4pm Durlston Country Park;
9 Hidden Heritage Conference - 9am-5.30pm Corn Exchange, Dorchester;
9 Model Show - 10am-4pm Parstone Grammar School, Poole;
10 Guided bird walk - 10am Durlston Country Park;
10 Charity Plant fair - Mapperton House Beaminster 10am-4pm;
10 Vintage handmade fair - Marine Theatre Lyme Regis - 12.00pm-5pm;
11 Landskipping: A talk by Anna Pavord 2.30 pm - Bridport Literary Festival;
11 Charlotte Bronte: A talk by Claire Harman 2.30 pm - Bridport Literary Festival;
12/26 Durlston Castle Tour - 10.30am Durlston Castle, Durlston Country Park;
13 Morrish & Banham wine tasting, 7pm Brewery Square, Dorchester;
15 Stargazing with the Wessex Atronomical Society - 8.30pm-10.30pm Durlston Country Park;
15-27 Not Black and White - Art exhibition - The Town Mill, Lyme Regis 10.30am-4.30pm;
16-17 Thundercat racing Bournemouth Seafront;
17 Seashore scavengers - Knoll Beach Discovery, Studland 10.30am-12.30pm;
17 Shaftesbury Super Sunday - Local Farmers Market - High Street Shaftesbury 10am-3pm;
18 Button making workshop - 10am-12.30pm Hardy Visitor Centre - Thorncombe Woods, Higher Bockhampton; 
19 (until 3 May) - 'Progression' art exhibition - Durlston Castle, Durlston Country Park 11am-5pm;
21 Bollinger tasting - 6.30pm Seaside Boarding House - Burton Bradstock;
21 Creating and developing a sketchbook - Art workshop with Wagtail Arts - Rousdon, Lyme Regis 10am-4pm;
21-23 Outdoor theatre - The Company of Wolves - Durlston Castle, Durlston Country Park7.15pm
22 Bollinger tasting - 6.30pm Cafe Paninis - Dorchester;
22-24 Bournemouth Jazz Festival - various venues Bournemouth;
23 Powerstock Cider Festival - Powerstock Hut, Powerstock;
23 RNLI cCollege food and drik festival - RNLI West Quay, Poole - 11am-5pm;
23 Plant fair - Knoll Gardens, Wimborne 10am-4pm;
23 Wessex Local Craft and Food Producers Market - Brownswood Hall, Poundbury 10.30am-4pm;
24 Bridport Vintage Market - last Sunday of every month - 10am-4pm;
24 Dada Garden - celebrating a centurty of Dada - Priest's House, Wimborne - 1.30pm-6pm;
24 Swanage Classic Car Rally - 11am-4pm;
24 The Folkish Festival - Upton Country Park - Poole 12pm-9pm;
25 Hapa Zome (Leaf dyeing) Creative Workshop - 10am-12.30pm Hardy Visitor Centre - Thorncombe Woods, Higher Bockhampton;
28 Clifftop walk - 11am Durlston Country Park;
28/29 Natural History Painting - Art workshop with Wagtail Arts - Rousdon, Lyme Regis 10am-4pm;
29/30/1/2 May Beer Festival - The Greyhound Inn - Corfe Castle 12pm-11pm;
29/30/1 May Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2016 - Town Beach, Lyme Regis - 10am-5pm;
29-11 May 'Sea Journal' Art exhibition - The Town Mill Lyme Regis 10.30am-4.30pm;
29-3 May Sherborne Music Festival 2016;
30 Animated Dinosaur Movie Making Workshop - Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis - 10.30am/12pm/1.45pm/3pm;
30 Canoe and Kayaking open day - Wimborne - 11am-4pm;
30 (until 2 May) Craft and Garden Fair - Sherborne Castle - 10am-6pm;
30 Spirng Greens - foraging for wild foods with Hedgerow Harvest - Toller Pocorum - 9.30am-5pm;
30 Tigfer day - see the World's last remaining Tiger I tank in action - Bovington Tank Museum - 10am-5pm;
30 (until 15 May) Tulip Festival - Forde Abbey, Chard - 10am-4pm;
 

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