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July 2026

Wednesday to Sunday July 1 to 5: Jay Miller’s circus, Crown Meadows, Blandford

Friday and Saturday July 3 and 4: Dorset Beer Festival, The Brewery, Blandford St Mary, see https://www.dorsetbeerfestival.co.uk/

Friday July 3: Ha Hum Ah present The Scarlet Pimpernel, outdoor theatre at Winterborne Stickland Sports Club. 7pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday July 4

• Family Fun Day, The Blandford School, 9am to 6pm, raffle tickets on sale on the day until 4pm
• The Rude Mechanicals present The Wife, Stourpaine village hall field, 7.30pm, see https://www.therudes.co.uk

Sunday July 5:

• Summer Fair, The Old Grainstore Emporium, Shaftesbury Lane, Blandford, 10.30 to 3.30pm
• Hub Fest, Luccombe Hub, 12 noon to 6pm, DT11 OBD

Monday July 6:- Blandford Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Julia Harrison – Backwards and Forwards, further details 01258 452889.

Tuesday July 7: Daytime Disco, Blandford Corn Exchange, 2 to 4pm, tickets £3.50 on the door

Wednesday July 8:

• McCarthy & Stone Open Day, Barley Place, Blandford St Mary, 11am to 3pm
• DBA Blind Book Club, Blandford Town Museum, 11am, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Friday July 10: Antiques Valuation Roadshow, Blandford Parish Centrem 9am to 12.30pm, see www.freeantiquesvaluations.com

Saturday July 11:

• Coffee morning and plant sale, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Armed Forces Expo, Blandford

Sunday July 12:

• Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Railway Extravaganza!, Spetisbury Station, 70 years since the closure of the station, 60 years since the closure of the Somerset & Dorset Railway

Thursday July 16: The King and Queen visit Blandford, see www.blandfordinfocentre.uk/news.

Saturday July 18: CleanUp Blandford Litter Pick from the blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am to noon

Sunday July 19: Blandford Geology Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday to Saturday July 21 to 25: Dorset Opera, Coade Hall, Bryanston, (Samson et Delila by Saint Saëns and L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti), bookings open March, see www.dorsetopera.com

Tuesday July 21: Strictly Come Tea Dancing with the Soggy Biscuit Dance Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm

Saturday July 25:

• Forever Gold Ltd valuation event, Blandford Parish Centre, 12.30 to 2pm, see forevergold.co.uk
• Dirty DC (ACDC tribute band), Corn Exchange, Blandford, see www.blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/corn-exchange/events
• The Rude Mechanicals present The Wife, Child Okeford recreation ground, 7.30pm, see https://www.therudes.co.uk

Sunday July 26: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday July 28: Wellness Walkin, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

Wednesday July 29: Creative Clay for All, children’s workshop for ages 7+, Ibberton village hall,1pm, details 07771 561099 or https://artsreach.co.uk/whats-on/category/young-people

Thursday July 30:

• Ask an Archaeologist, Blandford Town Museum, 10am, See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Fashion Museum workshops: 10.30-12noon Make it Yours! 13.15-14.45 Kumihimo bracelets: see https://www.blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk/events

Friday July 31:

• Festival of Archaeology: Family activities, Blandford Town Museum, 10 am – 4 pm. See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Fashion Museum workshops: 10.30-12noon Pirates, 13.15-14.45 Magical Unicorns, see https://www.blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk/events
• “Last Friday” social event in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30 – 9 pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

June 2026

Monday June 1: Blandford Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Jenny York – Barking Mad, further details 01258 452889.

Tuesday June 2: Daytime Disco, Blandford Corn Exchange, 2 to 4pm, tickets £3.50 on the door

Friday June 5: Wessex Acoustic presents Pete Coe, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Sunday June 7:

• Blandford Hidden Gardens, 11am to 5pm, tickets from Blandford Information Centre and Blandford Town Museum. Please visit this page for more information.
• Open Farm Sunday: Knife Hill Farm, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0NA, 11am to 4pm

Wednesday June 10: DBA Blind Book Club, Blandford Town Museum, 11am, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Friday June 12 and Sunday June 14: Gardens Open for the NGS, The Old School House and Penmead Farm, The Street, Sutton Waldron DT11 8NZ and DT11 8PF, 3 to 6pm Friday, 2 to 6pm Sunday, see www.ngs.org.uk

Saturday June 13:

• Coffee morning and plant sale, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Bee Keeping Experience, The Honeybee Centre, Holloway Lane, Shillingstone, 2 to 5.30pm

Sunday June 14:

• Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Garden Open for the NGS, Cherry Cottage and Shillingstone House, DT11 0SF 10am to 4pm; Hanford School, Child Okeford, DT11 8HN, 11am to 3pm; Tumblins, Winterborne Stickland DT11 0ED, 10.30am to 4.30pm, see ngs.org.uk

Tuesday June 16: Strictly Come Tea Dancing with the Soggy Biscuit Dance Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm

Thursday June 18: Wessex Water Community Dropin, Blandford Library, The Tabernacle, 10am to 12noon and 1 to 2pm

Friday June 19: Capitol Motown and Soul Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7.30pm, tickets from www.ticketsource.com/blandford-forum-town-council

Saturday June 20:

• CleanUp Blandford Litter Pick from the blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am to noon
• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm

Saturday and Sunday June 20 and 21:

• Pimperne Open Gardens
• Garden Open for the NGS, The Hollow, Iwerne Minster, DT11 8NJ, 2- to 5pm (and Wednesday June 24), see www.ngs.org.uk

Monday to Sunday June 22 to 28: Chalke History Festival, Broad Chalke, see www.chalkefestival.com

Friday June 26:

• Blandford U3A Open Meeting, Anthony Kelly: Evolution – where has it got us?, Durweston village hall, 2 for 2.15pm, see blandford.u3asite.uk
• “Last Friday” social event in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30 – 9 pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Saturday June 27:

• National Armed Forces Day
• Bee Keeping Experience, The Honeybee Centre, Holloway Lane, Shillingstone, 2 to 5.30pm

Sunday June 28: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday June 30: Wellness Walkin, Blandford Corn Exchange

May 2026

Friday to Sunday May 1 to 3: Teddy Rocks, Charisworth Farm, Thornicombe, see www.teddyrocks.co.uk

Saturday May 2: Blandford Bowling Club Open Day, 10am to 4pm, see https://blandfordbowlingclub.com/

Sunday May 3: Holistic Fair, Corn Exchange

Tuesday May 5:

• Daytime Disco, Blandford Corn Exchange, 2 to 4pm, tickets £3.50 on the door
• Eugene Onegin, RBO Live Screening, 6pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday May 8:

• A Night at the Movies with the Stour Valley Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7pm, https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/category/whats-on
• Wessex Acoustic presents Sherburn Bartley Sanders, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Saturday May 9:

• Coffee morning and plant sale, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Artisan Craft Market, Corn Exchange, Blandford
• Charlton Marshall village hall Spring Plant and Craft Fair, 10.30am

Sunday May 10: Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Wednesday May 13:

• DBA Blind Book Club, Blandford Town Museum, 11am, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/
• The People’s Emergency Briefing, a screening of the film on the threats of climate change , Town Hall, Blandford 7pm, hosted by the Blandford Environmental Trust and Town Museum, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events.

Thursday 14 May:  Community drop-in for flood affected residents, Pamela Hambro Hall, Winterborne Stickland, DT11 0NT , for details email floodwessex@environment-agency.gov.uk

Friday May 15: Blandford Mayor Making, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10 for 10.30am

Friday to Sunday May 15 to 17: Three Okefords Preservation Society Rally, East Brook Farm, Shillingstone, DT11 0SZ, shuttle bus Saturday and Sunday from Morrisons Car park, Friday from 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5pm, shuttle bus Saturday and Sunday from Morrisons Car park, see https://www.threeokefordsrally.co.uk/

Saturday May 16: 

• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm
• The Ultimate Tribute to Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga & Dua Lipa, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7pm, tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council

Saturday and Sunday May 16 and 17: Garden Open for the NGS, Murtle Cottage, Woolland, DT11 0ES, 10am to 5.30pm. see www.ngs.org.uk

Sunday May 17, Tuesday May 19 and Sunday May 24: CWGC War Graves Tours, Blandford Cemetery, 11am

Tuesday May 19:

• Illustrated talk, ‘With Skills at their Fingertips, by Rachael Holtom, Blandford Fashion Museum, 2pm, book tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/illustrated-talk-by-rachael-holtom-with-skills-at-their-fingertips-tickets-1985049543621?aff=oddtdtcreator
• Strictly Come Tea Dancing with the Soggy Biscuit Dance Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm

Friday May 22: Jonathan Porritt introduces his new book: Love Anger and Betrayal, Just Stop Oils Young Climate Campaigners, hosted by the Blandford Green Party, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 6.30 for 7pm, free tickets must be booked in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-love-anger-and-betrayal-with-jonathon-porritt-tickets-1987119476847

Friday to Sunday May 22 to 24: Crown Fest, Crown Hotel, Blandford

Saturday May 23:

• CleanUp Blandford Litter Pick from the blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am to noon
• Ring Wrestling Stars, Corn Exchange, Blandford

Saturday and Sunday May 23 and 25: Bryanston Summer Fair, Bryanston School, 10am to 5pm

Sunday May 24:

• The Rebel Makers, An Alternative Market, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am
• Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Garden Open for the NGS, Tumblins, Winterborne Stickland DT11 0ED, 10.30am to 4.30pm, see www.ngs.org.uk

Tuesday May 25: Wellness Walkin, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

Thursday May 28: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group talk: Barrows and Burials at two prehistoric sites in Wiltshire with Dr Clare Randall, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AA, 7:30pm, entry £3 (free for Museum members). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday May 29: Blandford Town Museum AGM and Last Friday social, 6.30pm, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events.

Friday to Sunday May 29 to 31: Blandford Camera Club exhibition

Saturday May 30:

• Food Fight! The Role of Food as a Weapon during World War2, talk by Lt Col Retd R J Taylor, Town Hall in the Corn Exchange, 11am, book free tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council
• Bee Keeping Experience, The Honeybee Centre, Holloway Lane, Shillingstone, 2 to 5.30pm

April 2026

Wednesday April 1:  Easter Nature Trail, Angus Wood, St Leonard’s Avenue, 1.30 to 4pm

Thursday April 2: Maundy Thursday

• Easter Decorations workshops, Blandford Fashion Museum, 10.30am and 1.30pm, tickets £5 from blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk/events
• Holy Communion, Blandford Parish Church, 7pm
• A Time with Jesus, Colehill Methodist Church, 7pm

Friday April 3: Good Friday

• Family Breakfast, Blandford Parish Centre, 9am
• BFPC Parish Boundary Walk, 10am
• Footsteps to the Cross, Blandford Methodist Church, 10am
• Easter Family Fun Day, Blandford United Football Clubhouse, free entry, from 1pm. See https://akfff.com or find out more from akellyfff@gmail.com
• Last Hour at the Cross, Blandford Parish Church, 2pm
• Barn Dance with Black Sheep, Corn Exchange, Blandford, , tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council or from the Town Clerk’s office, Church Lane, Blandford

 Saturday April 4:

• Spring Craft Fair, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 9.30 to 12.30pm
• Artisan Craft Market, Corn Exchange, Blandford

Sunday April 5: Easter Sunday

• Dawn Service (on the Milldown), 6am
• Easter Celebration, Blandford Parish Church, 10am
• Celebration, ‘Jesus is Alive’, Blandford Methodist Church, 10.45am
• United Celebration with Baptisms, Blandford Parish Church, 12 noon

Monday April 6: Bank Holiday

Tuesday April 7:

• Daytime Disco, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm
• Siegfried, RBO Live Screening, 5:15pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Wednesday April 8: Charlton Marshall Film Night, Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 7 for 7.30pm

Thursday April 9:

• Easter Egg Hunt, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon
• FES (Film Expo South) Film Festival, Ibberton village hall, 6.30pm, six family films, bookings 07771561099

Friday April 10: Dan Clarke Evening of Mediumship, Corn Exchange, Blandford

Saturday April 11:

• Coffee morning and plant sale, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Charity Craft Market, Corn Exchange, Blandford
• The History and Ongoing Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Stew Kilby, Town Hall, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 11am to 12.30pm, see https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council/

Sunday April 12: Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday April 17: Frankie’s Guys (Four Seasons tribute band), Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7.30pm, tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council or from the Town Clerk’s office, Church Lane, Blandford

Saturday April 18:

• Talk on Medieval Stone Carvings – adults only – Blandford Town Hall. 11am, register for free tickets on 01258 454500 or ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council
• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm
• Mayor’s Charity Bingo Night, Corn Exchange

Tuesday April 21:

• Blandford Fashion Museum lecture by Anya Glinsky– “Clean and Occasionally Decent”: Personal Hygiene Across the Ages. 2pm, tickets blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk/events
• The Magic Flute, RBO Live Screening, 6:45pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Thursday April 23:

• Community drop-in for flood affected residents Pimperne Village Hall, Blandford, DT11 8UZ 3 to 7pm, for details email floodwessex@environment-agency.gov.uk
• Blandford Museum Archaeology Group talk: Local Archaeology, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AA, 7:30pm, entry £3 (free for Museum members). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday April 24:

• Blandford Museum Friday talk: “Rush Cutting in the Stour Valley” by Anna Lewington, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £8 (£5 for Museum members, free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• An evening with Julie Montagu, Countess Sandwich of Mapperton, Town Hall, Corn Exchange complex, 7pm, tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council

Saturday April 25:

• CleanUp Blandford Litter Pick from the blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am to noon
• Blandford Bowling Club Juniors Open Day, 10am to 1pm, see https://blandfordbowlingclub.com/

Sunday April 26: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday April 28: Wellness Walkin, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noonCoffee morning and plant sale, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

March 2026

Tuesday March 3:

• Daytime Disco, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm
• Giselle, RBO Live Screening, 7:15pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

 

Thursday March 5: Wessex Water Community Dropin, Blandford Library, The Tabernacale, 10am to 12noon and 1 to 2pm

Friday March 6: Gav Robertson & Dyad Prod present General Medical Emergency, Winterborne Stickland village hall, 7.30pm, details 01258 881329 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday March 7:

• Blandford Literary Festival International Women’s Day event, Together We Are Stronger, Corn Exchange, Blandford, from 9.30am. Please visit this page for more information.
• Spring Supper & Sounds with the Otis Jay Blues Band, Durweston village hall, from 7pm, tickets £8.50, tickets https://buytickets.at/durwestonvillagehall
• The Mark Harrison Band, Portman Hall, Shillingstone, 7.30pm, details 01258 860319 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday March 8: Wedding Fair, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

Wednesday March 11: Charlton Marshall Film Night, The Roses, 7 for 7.30pm

Thursday March 12: Three Cane Whale present Hibernacula, Ibberton village hall, 7.30pm, details 07771 561099 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Friday March 13: An Evening with Simon Hoare MP, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7pm, see https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/corn-exchange/events

Saturday March 14:

• Spring Community Expo, Corn Exchange, Blandford
• Merry Hell Folk Night, Corn Exchange, Blandford, tickets 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Tuesday March 17: Soggy Biscuit Dance Band (Afternoon Session), Corn Exchange, Blandford

Friday March 20:

• On a Mission from God – a tribute to the Blues Brothers, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 8 to 10pm, , tickets online from ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council or from the Town Clerk’s office, Church Lane, Blandford
• Farnham Maltings present All For Your Delight, Child Okeford village hall, 7.30pm, details 01258 861621 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday March 21:

• CleanUp Blandford Litter Pick from the blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am to noon
• Artisan Craft Market, Corn Exchange, Blandford
• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm

Tuesday March 24: Blandford Fashion Museum lecture by Anya Glinsky –Pants: A Brief History, 2 pm, tickets www.blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk/events

Thursday March 26: Blandford Archaeology Group talk on Social and genetic transformation in southern England, 2500 BC, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion The Plocks, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AA, See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday March 27:

• Blandford Museum Friday talk: Blandford Parish Centre, Linda Scott-Giles, Town Clerk to Blandford Forum Town Council, talk on the Corn Exchange project, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Pub Night, Durweston village hall, 7 to 11pm, free admission
• Wessex Acoustic presents Jez Lowe, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Saturday March 28: Friends of Blandford Hospital Spring Fair, Corn Exchange, Blandford

Sunday March 29: Palm Sunday – Bach: St John Passion with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Wessex Baroque Collective, Milton Abbey, 3pm, Tickets: £25 in advance, https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bschoir, (£28 on the door), £5 Students/under18

Tuesday March 31: Wellness Walkin, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

February 2026

Tuesday February 3: Daytime Disco, Corn Exchange, Blandford. 2-4pm

Saturday February 7:

• The History of Blandford Camp by Lt Col (Retd) RVJ Brannigan, Town Hall, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 11am to 1pm, book at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council
• “Folklore, legends & Myths” free family event, Blandford Library, 2:15 – 3:45pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events.

Monday February 9: Woolf Works, RBO Live Screening, 7:15pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Wednesday February 11: BSO Tea Time Trio Cake Concert, Child Okeford village hall, 11am, details 01258 861621 or see www.artsreach.co.ukhttp://www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday February 14: Mayor’s Charity Valentine Dance, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7pm, https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/category/whats-onhttps://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/category/whats-on

Monday February 16: Shrek Musical Workshop for 5 to 8 year olds, The Blandford Performing Arts Academy, The Grain Store, Shaftesbury Lane, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

Wednesday February 18: How to Catch a Book Witch 11am followed by puppet workshop 12 noon, Child Okeford village hall, details 01258 861621 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday February 21:

• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm
• Dorset’s Got Talent, supporting Naomi House Hospice, Pimperne village hall, 7pm, for talents or tickets (£5) call Jackie on 07879003567
• Rotary Quiz Night raising funds for local schools’ projects, Blandford Corn Exchange, 7 to 9pm, £10 per person, details blandfordstourrotary@gmail.com or 07801 377445

Tuesday February 24:

• Wellness Walkin, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon
• Homelium Carers Coffee Morning, 11am to12:30pm at ‘The Kitchen at Blandford’ in Salisbury Street

Wednesday February 25: BSO Tea Time Trio Cake Concert, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 11am, details 07983 231596 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Thursday February 26: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture “In the Shadow of the Church: discovering the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Iwerne Minster ” by Richard Mc Connell, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 7:30 to 9:30pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events.

Friday February 27:

• Wessex Acoustic presents Wildwood Jack, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk
• Blandford Museum Friday talk “The Voyages of Molly” by Steve Richardson, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday February 28: Epic Comedy with Tony Law, Joey Page, Elaine Fellows and host Paul Cox, Corn Exchange, Blandford, doors open 7pm for 8pm start, https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/whats-on

January 2026

Thursday January 1: Happy New Year!

Friday January 9: Johnny Cash Roadshow, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7.30 to 10pm, tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council or from the Town Clerk’s office, Church Lane, Blandford

Saturday January 10: Artsreach presents Graffiti Classics, Blandford Corn Exchange, 7:30pm. See artsreach.co.uk/event/graffiti-classics

Wednesday January 14: La Traviata, RBO Live Screening, 6:45pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Saturday January 17:

• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm
• Quiz Night, Blandford Parish Centre, 7pm, supporting Nourish, teams of up to 6, register with tina@bfpc.org.uk

Monday January 19: Homelium CareGiver Coffee Morning, The Kitchen, Salisbury Street, Blandford, 11am to 12.30pm

Thursday January 22:

• Hamlet, National Theatre Live Screening, 7pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Blandford Architectural Group Lecture by Jon Millward from Bournemouth University on his findings at Waddon Hill in West Dorset, exploring the relationship between a Late Iron Age Hill fort and a Roman fort, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.30pm

Friday January 23: BBC Radio 4 Any Questions, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 6:30pm. Free Entry by ticket only from the Town Clerk’s Office or www.ticketsource.co.uk.

Sunday Janurary 25: Artsreach presents Sarah McQuaid, Milborne St Andrew Village Hall, 7:30pm. See artsreach.co.uk/event/sarah-mcquaid

Tuesday January 27: Wellness Walkin, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

Friday January 30:

• Blandford and District U3A Open meeting, Durweston village hall, 2pm, Francis Burroughes on entertainer Stanley Holloway
• Blandford Town Museum New Year Quiz, Blandford Parish Rooms, 6:30 for 7pm start, entry £10. See blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or phone Clara on 01258 450639 for information and bookings.
• Simon Lane -50s Swing & Rock ‘n’ Roll, Corn Exchange, Blandford 7.30 to 10pm, , tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council or from the Town Clerk’s office, Church Lane, Blandford

December 2025

For details of church services in and around Blandford please visit this page.

Monday December 1: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Pamela Lewis – ‘Christmas’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Wednesday December 3: Blandford Civic Carol Service, Blandford Forum Parish Church

Friday December 5: Blandford Yuletide Festival, see blandford-yuletide-festival.org.uk/

Saturday December 6:

Small Business Saturday – free parking in Blandford’s main car parks (time limits still apply)

Pimperne Christmas Market, 10am to 3pm, Lukins Fitness Centre

Durweston Primary School Christmas Fair, village hall, 11am to 2pm

Tuesday December 9: Lloyds Community Banker, Parish Centre, 9.30am to 3.30pm

Wednesday December 10: Four Letters of Love, Moviola Film Night, Charlton Marshall village hall, doors open 7pm

Thursday December 11: Blandford & Mortain Twinning Association AGM, Blandford Corn Exchange 7pm

Friday December 12: Wessex Acoustic presents Gerry Colvin Band – Christmas Baubles, Blandford Corn Exchange, 8pm, tickets 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Saturday December 13:

• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4.30pm
• Carols in the Park with the Riverside Church, outside Bellway Sales Office, Roman Avenue, Blandford St Mary, 5.30pm, see RiversideChurchBlandford.co.uk
• Silent Disco (11-18 years old), Blandford Corn Exchange, 7pm https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/whats-on
• Garrick & Etheridge, Portman Hall, Shillingstone, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Monday December 15: Homelium Caregiver Coffee Mornings, The Kitchen, Salisbury Street, Blandford, 11am

Tuesday December 16: BSO Brass Octet Winter Fanfare, Blandford Parish Church, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Friday December 19:

• Christmas Cheer Morning, Corn Exchange
• Blandford Stour Valley Band Christmas Concert, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7.30pm, tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council or from the Town Clerk’s office, Church Lane, Blandford

Saturday December 20:

• Cats Protection Coffee Morning, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 9am to 1pm

• André Rieu’s Christmas Concert, screening at 2pm; Film: Miracle on 34th Street, 6:30pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston,  www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Sunday December 21: The Nutracker, RBO Live Screening, 2pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Monday December 22:

• Mr Merlin (children’s entertainment), Corn Exchange, Blandford (two shows), 10.30am and 11.45am, supporting the Mayor’s charities – TREADS, Blandford Fashion Museum and the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. (book free tickets online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council)
• Films: Arthur Christmas (U), 2:30pm; How the Grinch Stole Christmas (PG), 5pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Tuesday December 23:

• Lloyds Community Banker, Parish Centre, 9.30am to 3.30pm
• Films: The Polar Express (PG), 2:30pm; Home Alone (PG), 5pm; Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, (15), 8pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Rugby Dinosaurs Carols, Blandford Rugby Club, East Street, 7.30pm

Wednesday December 24: Films: The Muppet Christmas Carol (U), 2:15pm; Elf (PG), 4:30pm. The Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Thursday December 25: Christmas Day

November 2025

Sunday November 2: Commonwealth War Graves Memorial Service at the Blandford Cemetery led by the Blandford and District Branch of the Royal British Legion, 10.45 to 11.15 am.

Monday November 3: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, for A G M, details 01258 452889

Tuesday November 4: Anya Glinski presents Elizabeth – The Last of the Tudors, Blandford Fashion Museum, 2pm, bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/

Friday November 7: Schools Remembrance, Blandford Parish Church church yard, 10.30am

Sunday November 9:

• Remembrance Sunday Parade and Church Service, Town Hall (Corn Exchange) and Blandford Parish Church, from 2.30 pm
• Free parking in Blandford’s main car parks

Tuesday November 11: Armistice Day

Piper and two minutes silence, Blandford Market Place, from 10.40am

Friday – Sunday November 14-16: Blandford Literary Festival 2025. Various venues, see https://blandfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/schedule-overview-2025/.

Saturday November 15: Dreaming the Great Bear with Nick Hennessey, Child Okeford village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday November 16: Charlton Marshall Village Hall Christmas Fair, DT11 9PF, 10.30am to 3pm for Christmas gifts and treats for now. Local bakers, knitters, crocheters, jewellery makers and stocking fillers for the pets in your life and all the family. Car park, refreshments and charity raffle. http://www.cmvh.org.uk

Wednesday November 19: Dorset Blind Association Book Club, Blandford Town Museum, Beres Yard, Blandford, 11am to 12 noon, details 07761459997

Friday November 21:

• Wessex Acoustic presents Brooks Williams, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets 01202 732239, 07590 411515, kd.79@live.com or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk
• Firelight Trio, Winterborne Stickland, 7.30pm, and 4pm dance workshop, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday November 22: Blandford Hedgehog Group coffee morning and stalls, Blandford Parish Centre DT11 7DW, 9.30am to 2pm

Saturday and Sunday November 22 and 23: Bryanston Christmas Fair, Bryanston School, 10am to 4pm, adult entry £4, free parking on site and free shuttle bus from Blandford Information Centre

Tuesday November 25:

• Wellness Walkin Day, Corn Exchange, Blandford 10am to 12 noon
• North Dorset Trailway Network AGM, Stourpaine village hall 7.30pm

Thursday November 27:

• Ask an Archaeologist, Blandford Town Museum, 10am, See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture, “Beker People” by Marc Vander Linden, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 7:30 to 9:30pm, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday November 28:

• Free parking in Blandford’s main car parks for Christmas Shopping Day
• Blandford Museum Friday talk, Subject and speaker TBC, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday November 29:

• Mayors Charity Bingo Night, Corn Exchange, Blandford
• Hot Fingers, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday November 30: Blandford Corn Exchange, Town Hall and Council Chamber Opening Event, 12 noon to 5pm, free entry

October 2025

Monday October 6: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Cathryn Brown – ;A Flower Prescription’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Tuesday October 7: The Age of Chivalry and Renaissance 1350—1530: An Illustrated talk by Anya Glinski, Blandford Fashion Museum, 2pm, bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blandford-fashion-museum-58573886033?msockid=3c71547a14e0662524904157157f67f3

Friday October 10: Glass Fusion, Christmas is Coming, Blandford Fashion Museum, 10.30am, bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blandford-fashion-museum-58573886033?msockid=3c71547a14e0662524904157157f67f3

Saturday October 11: Coffee morning and plant sale (weather permitting), Blandford Town Museum Garden 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Thursday October 23: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture, “Ripples in the Gene Pool: Who are we – an overview of the people who have contributed to being British” by Julian Richards, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 7:30 to 9:30pm, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday October 24: Blandford Museum Friday talk: “Railways in Blandford. A celebration of 200 years of rail travel”, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday October 25:

• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am
• Launch of RBL Branch Poppy Appeal, procession to Legion House to Parish Church and Field of Remembrance, 11am

Sunday October 26: Jackie’s Quiz for the Poppy Appeal, Pimperne village hall, 7pm, £2 per person

Monday October 27: Shivers & Shadows with Squashbox Theatre, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 2pm, followed by post-show puppet workshop, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Tuesday October 28: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Tarrant Gunville village hall, 10am to noon

Friday October 31: Halloween Spectacular, Angus Wood, St Leonards Avenue, 6pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or https://www.facebook.com/BlandfordEnvironmentalTrust/

September 2025

Monday September 1:

• Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Sally Taylor – ‘Sallying Forth Yet Again’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00
• Nature Trail and Quiz, Angus Wood, St Leonards Avenue, Blandford, 1.30 to 4.30pm

Tuesday September 2: Not Quite the Dark Ages: An Illustrated talk by Anya Glinski, Blandford Fashion Museum, 2pm, bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/

Thursday September 4: Dorset Local Plan consultation, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 2 to 7pm

Saturday September 6: Dino Day! Featuring the Iguanodon Restaurant, Family event at Blandford Town Museum, 11 am – 4 pm, free admission, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday to Sunday September 12 to 21: Dorset Architectural Heritage Week (DAHW), see https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/ or Click here for details of events in Blandford.

Friday September 12: DAHW Blandford Cemetery Chapel, Salisbury Road, Blandford, 10am to 2pm

Saturday and Sunday September 13 and 14: Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival, see www.cheesefestival.co.uk

Saturday September 13:

• Free parking in Blandford’s main car parks
• Town Crier’s competition and Mayor’s Civic Day
• Coffee morning and plant sale, Blandford Town Museum Garden 10am to 12 noon, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Shroton Fair

Sunday September 14:

• DAHW Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket. blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or see https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/
• DAHW Blandford Geology Walk with a Civic Group guide, 2.30pm from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or see https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/

Saturday September 20:

• Cats’ Protection Coffee Morning, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford DT11 7DW, 9am to 1pm
• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Open Meeting on Progress at the Blandford Town Museum, 10am to 5pm, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• DAHW Blandford Fashion Museum (bookable, 10am to 4pm) and Blandford Masonic Hall 10.30am to 1pm

Sunday September 21: DAHW Blandford Heritage Walks with a Civic Group guide, 11am and 2.30pm from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday September 23: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Spetisbury village hall, 10am to noon

Wednesday September 24: Dorset Blind Association Blind Book Club, Blandford Town Museum, 11am to 12 noon, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Thursday September 25:

• A Georgian Ladies Boudoir, Blandford Fashion Museum, 1pm, bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
• Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture, “New Light on the ‘Dark Ages’ in Dorset” by Lilian Ladle, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 7:30 to 9:30pm, blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday September 26: 

• Blandford U3A Open Meeting, Durweston village hall, 2pm: The Big Yellow Bus Garden Project; cost £1.50 for tea/coffee & cake, see https://blandford.u3asite.uk
• Last Friday” social event in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30 – 9 pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Saturday September 27: Blandford Forum Gardeners talk, Maple trees, beautiful and versatile, Blandford Museum Victorian Garden, 2 to 4pm, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Sunday September 28: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

August 2025

Friday and Saturday August 1 & 2: Festival of Archaeology: Family activities, Blandford Town Museum, 10 am – 4 pm, entry £2. See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday to Tuesday August 1 to 5: Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase 2025, Purbeck School, Wareham, BHJ20 4PF, 10am to 4pm, see www.dorsetartsandcrafts.org

Saturday August 2:

• 200 Years of Railways in Blandford, Blandford Town Museum in the Market Place marks the 200^th anniversary of the first passenger railway service in the world, 11am to 3pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• and Blandford Model Railway club open day at the Scout hut in Eagle House Gardens, Blandford Forum, DT11 7BS.
• Country & Western Festival, Winterborne Stickland Sports Club, 4 to 11pm, book online at sticklandsportsclub.co.uk

Sunday August 3: Blandford Geology Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Thursday August 7: Dorset National Landscape consultation, Blandford Market, see https://dorset-nl.org.uk/

Friday August 8: Jamie Jigsaw, Woodhouse Gardens, free summer holiday entertainment, 10am to 1pm

Saturday August 9:

• Coffee morning and plant sale in the Town Museum Garden, 10am, see https://blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Teddy Bear’s parachute jump & zipline, £2 a jump, other activities and refreshments, Durweston village hall, 2 to 5pm

Sunday August 10: 

• Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Treasure Island with Treehouse Theatre, Portman Hall, Shillingstone, 3pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Tuesday August 12: Music in the Gardens with the Stour Valley Band, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 7 to 8pm, see blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk

Wednesday and Thursday August 13 and 14: Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show, Motcombe

Friday August 15: A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Three Inch Fools, Winterborne Stickland Sport & Social Club, 7pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday August 16:

• Cats’ Protection Coffee Morning, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford DT11 7DW, 9am to 1pm
• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• VJ Day commemoration & community celebration, Legion House, Church Lane, Blandford, 10am to 2pm
• The Valley Gardening Club Summer Show, raffle, refreshments, enetrance 50p (children free), Pamela Hambro Hall, Winterborne Stickland (DT11 0NT) 2.30 to 4.15, see https://sites.google.com/view/valleygardeningclub

Sunday August 17:

• Blandford Skate Fest, free workshops, competitions and demonstrations, Stour Park, Blandford St Mary, 10am to 4pm, see https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk
• Eco-Friendly Flower Festival, Holloway Farm, Shillingstone, 11am to 4pm, tickets £10 from dorsetflowerfestival.org or 07599 894824

Sunday August 24: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Monday August 25: Bank Holiday Summer Fayre and Fun Day, Marsh & Ham, Blandford, from 10am

Friday August 29: “Last Friday” social event in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30 – 9 pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Thursday to Sunday August 28 to 31: End of the Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, see www.endoftheroadfestival.com

Sunday August 31: Closing date for Town Council’s annual Tree Photography Competition, see https://blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/annual-tree-photography-competition

July 2025

Wednesday July 2: Friends of Blandford Community Hospital AGM, hospital restaurant, 6.30pm

Saturday July 5:

• Free parking, Blandford’s main car parks
• Armed Forces Day Expo, Blandford RBL, Church Lane, 10am to 2pm
• Green Fair at the Arches, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or https://www.facebook.com/BlandfordEnvironmentalTrust/
• Wine Tasting 2025, the Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, tickets £12 from enquiries@oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk

Monday July 7: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Denise Jones – ‘Artful Flowers’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Saturday July 12:

• Coffee morning and plant sale in the Town Museum Garden, 10am, see https://blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Give and Take Day to recycle electrical items, Blandford Parish Centre, 9am to 2pm

Sunday July 13: Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Thursday July 17: Sip and Paint at the Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, 7 to 9pm

Friday to Sunday July 18 to 20: Shaftesbury Fringe – Hardy Annuals with Richard Hall, Jan Wyld and Richard Willetts, July 19 and 20 St Peter’s Church Hall, July 20 Gold Hill Museum 5.30pm

Saturday July 19: War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am

Sunday July 20: Table Top, car boot and jumble sale, Pimperne village hall, 10am 2pm

Tuesday to Saturday July 22 to 26: Dorset Opera Festival, Coade Hall, Bryanston, Rigoletto by Giuseppe and Verdi Double bill: Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni & Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini, see www.dorsetopera.com

Wednesday July 23: Blwgras from Wales with Taff Rapids, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Friday July 25: “Last Friday” social event in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30 – 9 pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Saturday July 26:

• Fundraiser: From Me to Brew. Tea, cakes and live music in the Museum Garden, 10 – 12am, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Milton Abbas Street Fair

Sunday July 27: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday July 29: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Okeford Fitzpaine village hall, 10am to noon

Tuesday July 29 to August 21 (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays): Kids Club for 5–12-year-olds, The Children’s Centre, Black Lane, Blandford, details youthsupport@treads.org.uk

Wednesday July 30: Mythical Masks with Sarah Butterworth, Children’s Workshop, Ibberton village hall, 10.3am, details phone 07771561099 or see www.artsreach.com

Thursday July 31:

• Ask an Archaeologist, Blandford Town Museum, 10am, followed by Family Archeology activities, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Twelfth Night with Miracle Theatre, Ibberton village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

June 2025

Sunday June 1: Blandford Geology Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Monday June 2: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Carolyn Vanstone – ‘Cartoon Capers’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Tuesday June 3: Blandford Fashion Museum lecture by Anya Glinsky, New Illusions, 1928-1938, book at Cavalcade of Costume Ltd – Art Tickets

Wednesday June 4:

• Wessex Water community dropin, Blandford Library, 10am to noon and 1 to 2pm
• Start of free 6 week course, Getting to Grips with Your Tablet or Smartphone, 1.00 to 3.30pm, Blandford Adult Learning Centre, call 01202 123444 for information or to book

Thursday June 5: A Streetcar Named Desire (National Theatre Live), Coade Hall, Bryanston, 7pm, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday to Sunday June 6 to 8: Wimborne Folk Festival

Friday to Thursday June 6 to 19: Dorset Council Climate Change exhibition at Blandford Library

Saturday June 7:

• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am
• Bee Experience Day, Shillingstone Church Centre, 2.00 to 5.30pm

Sunday June 8: 

• Blandford Hidden Gardens, 11am to 5pm, tickets £7 from Blandford Information Centre or Town Museum from May 24,  see https://www.facebook.com/BlandfordEnvironmentalTrust/
• Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

• Open Farm Sunday, Rawston Farm, Tarrant Rawston DT11 8SF, 11am to 4pm

Friday June 13: Wessex Acoustic folk present Fleetwood Cave, Royal British Legion, Blandford 8pm, tickets 01202 732239 or 07590 411515 or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Friday and Saturday June 13 and 14: Dorset Beer Festival, Brewery, Blandford St Mary

Saturday June 14: Coffee morning and Plant Sale in the Town Museum Garden, 10am, see https://blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Saturday June 21:

• Cats Protection Coffee Morning, Woodhouse Gardens, 9am to 1pm
• East Street Research Open Day, Blandford Town Museum, 11am to 3pm
• Bee Experience Day, Shillingstone Church Centre, 2.00 to 5.30pm

Sunday June 22: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday June 24: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Durweston village hall, 10am to noon

Friday June 27: Blandford U3A Open Meeting, Durweston village hall, 2pm: Alban O’Brien – Thomas Hardy and Blandford Form; cost £1.50 for tea/coffee & cake, see https://blandford.u3asite.uk

Friday and Saturday June 27 and 28: Dorset Fest, Bulbarrow Farm

Friday June 28: “Last Friday” social event in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30 – 9 pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29: Iwerne Minster Open Garden

Sunday June 29: Big Yellow Bus Family Bike Ride

May 2025

Thursday May 1:

• Kneesup Healthy Living AGM, The Studio, East Street, Blandford, 2.30pm
• Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture: “Excavation at Weymouth”, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 7.30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday to Sunday May 2 to 4: Teddy Rocks, Charisworth Farm, Thornicombe, see www.teddyrocks.co.uk

Saturday May 3:

• Blandford Evening WI Arts & Crafts, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 10am to noon, refreshments, tombola and stall, free entry
• Blandford Bowling Club Open Day, Park Road, 10am to 4pm
• Spring Fair, Charlton Marshall village hall

Monday May 5:

• Holy Trinity Church Spring Fair, Stourpaine House, Manor Road, Stourpaine, 10.30 to 12.30pm
• VE Day 80^th anniversary family event, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, 12 noon to 4pm, www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk

Tuesday May 6: Blandford Fashion Museum lecture by Anya Glinsky, Masquerade, 1918-1928, book at Cavalcade of Costume Ltd – Art Tickets

Thursday May 8:

• VE Day 80^th commemoration, proclamation Legion House 19am and Beacon Lighting, Woodhouse Gardens, 7,30pm
• VE Day 80^th commemoration, Child Okeford village hall, 7 for 7.30pm, tickets £15 from serocharity@gmail.com

May – 8th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 29th, 30^th, Extours Ghost Walks, 7 and 9pm, booking essential at https://extours.co.uk

Friday May 9: Sons of Pitches, Coade Hall, Bryanston, 7.30pm, .see https://tickets.Bryanston.co.uk

Saturday May 10:

• Coffee morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 11am
• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am

Saturday May 10 to Monday May 26: North Dorset Photo Competition exhibition, various locations in Blandford, see https://www.blandfordinfocentre.uk/north-dorset-photo-competition/

Sunday May 11: 

• Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Bob’s Big Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, 7.30pm, www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk

Monday May 12: Blandford BID meeting, Royal British Legion, 7pm, see https://www.blandfordinfocentre.uk/blandford-bid-meeting/

Wednesday May 14: Die Valkurie (Royal Opera screening), Coade Hall, Bryanston, 5.15pm, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Saturday May 17:

• Plant sale, barbecue and Petanque, Stourpaine village hall, DT11 8TJ, 10am to 4pm
• Race Night, Pimperne village hall, supporting Teddy 20, first race 7.30pm

Sunday May 18: Blandford St Mary Fun Day, Pigeon Close, DT11 9PP, 10am to 4pm

Monday May 19: Blandford Fashion Museum AGM, Lime Tree House, 11am

Thursday May 22:

• Blandford Town Council Mayor Making, Blandford Parish Church, 10 for 10.30am start
• Ballet to Broadway – The Wheeldon Works (Royal Opera screening), 7.15pm, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday to Monday May 23 to 26: Cursus Festival, Myncen Farm, Cranborne Chase: for more information and tickets, visit: www.cursusfestival.com

Saturday May 24: Blandford Fashion Museum Family Workshop, 10.30 to 12 noon, A Gallop of Unicorns, book at Cavalcade of Costume Ltd – Art Tickets

Saturday and Sunday May 24 and 25:

• Music and Beer FestIval, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, from 12 noon, www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk
• Shrotonbury Family Friendly Festival, The Cricketers, Shroton (Iwerne Courtney)

Sunday May 25: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday May 27: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Child Okeford village hall, 10am to noon

Friday May 30: 

• Half Term Nature Trail and Quiz, Angus Wood, St Leonards Avenue, 12.30 to 4.30pm
• Town Museum AGM and Last Friday social, 6.30pm, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/

Saturday and Sunday May 31 and June 1: Art Fair, Stourpaine village hall, 10am to 4.30pm

April 2025

Friday April 4: Quimantu & the Palida Choir present The Surtierra Tour, Blandford Parish Church, 7.30pm, details 01305 269512 or www.artsreach.co.uk

Monday April 7: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Martina Coleman – ‘Footlights and Clapperboards’, details 01258 452889, :guests £6.00

Tuesday April 8: Blandford Fashion Museum lecture by Anya Glinsky, Between Dreams and Reality 1900-1918, book at Cavalcade of Costume Ltd – Art Tickets

Wednesday April 9: Film Night, Charlton Marshall village hall

Thursday April 10: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture: A New Perspective on Hod Hill and its landscape (Dave Stewart), Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 7.30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday April 11: Free Easter Egg Hunt, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 10am to noon, book your place at https//ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council

Saturday April 12: 

• Art4U, Pimperne village hall, 9am to 12.30pm, details 07773427190 or art4upimperne@gmail.com
• Coffee morning in the Town Museum Garden, See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am
• Tom Clements Music, Brewery Tap, Blandford St Mary. 7 to 11pm

Sunday April 13: Blandford Heritage Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from the Marsh & Ham car park behind Morrisons supermarket, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Monday April 14:

• Blandford Fashion Museum Family Workshop, 10.30 to 12 noon, Decorate a hat for Easter, book atCavalcade of Costume Ltd – Art Tickets
• Blandford Town Assembly, 6pm, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion

Wednesday April 16: 

• Children’s Easter Nature Trail, Angus Wood, St Leonard’s Avenue, 12 noon to 3pm, free entry
• Easter Bingo and raffle for Lymphona Cancer, Pimperne village hall, eyes down 7.30pm

Thursday April 17: Blandford Fashion Museum Family Workshop, 10.30 to 12 noon, Make an Easter Card, book at
Cavalcade of Costume Ltd – Art Tickets

Friday to Monday April 18 to 21: Easter Weekend Nature Trail, 10am to 3pm, Los, Down road, Pimperne

Friday April 18: Good Friday

Saturday April 19: Blandford Forum Gardeners’ Group Launch, Blandford Town Museum, 1 – 3:30pm, all welcome. See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/ for details.

Sunday April 20: Easter Sunday

Monday April 21: Bank Holiday

Friday April 25: Blandford Museum Friday talk, St Leonard’s Chapel and Leprosy in Medieval England, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk

Saturday April 26: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Quiz Night and fish and chip supper, Parish Centre, The Plocks, DT11 7DW, 7pm, £13 per person, book with Gerald 01258 458358. See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk

Sunday April 27: Blandford Perimeter Walk with a Civic Group guide, 11am from in front of Greyhound House in the Market Place, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Tuesday April 29:

• Wellness Walkin Clinic, Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 10am to noon
• Blandford & District Floral Group visit to Weston Holme Gardens, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

March 2025

Monday March 3: Blandford & District Floral Group meet Tarrant Keyneston Royal hall, 2pm, Katie Baxter ‘A Touch of Vintage’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Friday March 7: Comedy Bangers and Mash Night, Crown Hotel, Blandford, food 7pm, show starts 8pm, Tickets from hotel reception or online at: bit.ly/4iDkw66

Saturday March 8:

• Blandford Literary Festival interactive event celebrating women’s achievements, triumphs and creativity on International Women;s Day, 9AM to 6pm, details tbc, see www.blandfordliteraryfestival.co.uk

Sunday March 9: Nicholas Collett in The Ghost of a Smile, Portman Hall Shillingstone, 7.30pm, details 01258 860319 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Monday March 10: Fly the Flag for the Commonwealth, Legion House, Church Lane, Blandford 10am

Wednesday March 12: Film Night, Charlton Marshall village hall

Thursday March 13: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture: “Drowning Dorset”, 7:30pm at Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DN, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday March 14: The Faulty Towers Dining Experience, Crown Hotel, Blandford, 6.45pm

Saturday March 15:

• Cat’s Protection League coffee morning and stalls, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 9 to 1pm
• War on Waste/CleanUp Blandford litterpick, from blue bridge, Marsh & Ham, 10am

Sunday March 16: Easter Craft Fair, Pimperne village hall, DT11 8UZ, 10.30am to 3.30pm

Wednesday March 19:

• Livewell Dorset, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 9am to 1pm
• “Reaching Out With Sound” launch event #1, Blandford Town Museum, 2pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or phone 07701090227 to reserve your place.
• Valley Gardening Club, Pamela Hambto Hall, Winterborne Stickland, 7.30pm: Hambro Hall, “Chelsea or Bust – My Chelsea Adventure”, by Claire Hart, non-members £3

Thursday March 20: The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, live screening 7:15pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday March 21: The Samurais Live at Durweston, 8pm

Tuesday March 25: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Stourpaine vill age hall, 10am to noon

Wednesday March 26: “Reaching Out With Sound” launch event #2, Blandford Town Museum, 2pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events or phone 07701090227 to reserve your place.

Thursday March 27:

• “Ask an Archaeologist”, Blandford Town Museum, 10 – 11:40am by appointment only, 12am – 1pm drop-in, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/event/
• National Theatre Live: Dr Strangelove, 7 pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday March 28:

• Closing date for North Dorset Photo Competition, see https://northdorsetphoto.co.uk
• Blandford U3A Open Meeting, Durweston village hall, 2pm: Alice G May – The House that Sat Down; cost £1.50 for tea/coffee & cake, see https://blandford.u3asite.uk
• Blandford Museum Friday talk: “Rev. John Hutchins – Dorset Historian”, Blandford Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events.
• Wessex Acoustic folk present Phil Beer, Royal British Legion, Blandford 8pm, tickets 01202 732239 or 07590 411515 or via website at www.wimborne-acoustic.co.uk

Saturday March 29: PMAC Productions present Nancys Orange/Butterfly Collector, Child Okeford village hall, 7.30pm, details 01258861621 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday March 30:

• Mothers’ Day afternoon tea, Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, 12 noon to 3pm, £15 pp
• Quiz Night for Julia’s House, Pimperne village hall, starts 7pm, £2 pp, soft drinks for donations and raffle

February 2025

Saturday February 1: Bingo for EscapeLine, Royal British Legion, see www.escapeline.org.uk

Monday February 3: Blandford & District Floral Group Birthday Lunch, Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, details 01258 452889

Wednesday February 5: Macbeth (David Tennant and Cush Jumbo), screening 7pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday February 7: Come and Sing Day with Durweston Choral Society, Durweston village hall, 10 am to 5pm, £30 to include music (Mozart’s Vespers and ‘Arie Antique’), details and registration www.durwestonchoralsociety.org

Saturday February 8: Tango Calor trio, Portman Hall, Shillingstone, 7.30pm, call 01258 860319 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Wednesday February 12: Film Night, Charlton Marshall village hall, Freud’s Last Session with Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode, 7pm for 7.30pm start, £5 pp, cash or card

Thursday February 13: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture: “Ancient DNA and human migration”, 7:30pm at Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DN, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday February 15: The Neil Maya Quartet: The Charlie Parker Story, Sturminster Marshall Memorial Hall, 7:30 pm, call 07903 057427 or visit www.artsreach.co.uk.

Tuesday February 18: Half term skittles and quiz, the Old PowerHouse, Bryanston, 2 to 4pm, https://www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Wednesday February 19: Livewell Dorset, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 9am to 5pm

Thursday February 20: National Theatre Live: The Importance of being Earnest, screening 7pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Saturday February 22: Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/271141423766157/>

Sunday February 23:

• Poetry Please, The Well, St Johns Church, Spetisbury, 3pm, details lornalease@gmail.com
• Quiz Night, Pimperne village hall, starts 7pm, £2pp, raffle refreshments for donations, supporting the Alzheimers Society

Tuesday February 25: Wellness Walk-in Clinic, Tarrant Hinton village hall, 10am to noon

Wednesday February 26: Bingo Night for Pimperne Sports Club, Pimperne village hall, eyes down 7.30pm

Thursday February 27:

• Starting this week, every Thursday, Local Crafts and Collectibles, Blandford Parish Centre, 9am to 3pm
• The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake, live screening 7:15pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday February 28:

• Arthur & Kerran, Music for Cows, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 7.30pm, details 01258 839060 or see www.artsreach.co.uk
• Blandford Museum Friday talk: “A Ship, A Gate and A Country Estate” by Steve Richardson, Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. Entry £6 (free for Friends and Patrons of the Museum). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

January 2025

JANUARY 1 – Happy New Year!

Wednesday January 1: New Year bonfire and fireworks at The Shack, Spetisbury, 5pm, under 5s free, under 16s £3, adults £5, all proceeds to the Church Tower Fund

Thursday January 2: Christmas holiday Football, Spetisbury Primary School, 10am to 1pm, suitable for school years 1 to 4, see Kevin Smith Total Sports on Facebook

Monday January 6: Start of 10 week Blandford Ukulele Group Baby BUG course for beginners, all ages welcome, details 07811 804012

Friday January 17: Windrush, ‘Music for Midwinter’, Blandford Parish Church, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday January 18:

• Mini Sweet Chestnut hurdle making with the Dorset Coppice Group at their living classroom in Norton Lane, Durweston, DT11 0QF 10am to 4pm, for details and to book email info@dorsetcoppicegroup.co.uk
• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/271141423766157/
• Haversham: the secrets behind the veil (solo theatre with Heather Alexander), Ibberton village hall, 7.30pm, see artsreach.co.uk

Saturday January 25: Resonate Acapella open afternoon and vocal health workshop, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 1.30 to 4.30pm, details 07811 804012

Tuesday January 28: Wellness Walkin Clinic, Portman Hall, Shillingstone, 10am to noon

Thursday to Saturday January 30, 31 and February 1: Tarrant Valley Players pantomime, The Wind in the Willows, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm), tickets 0333 6663366 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/thetarrantvalleyplayers

Friday January 31:

• Blandford U3A Open Meeting, Durweston village hall, 2pm: Rosemary Legrand – Spring in Japan; cost: £1.50 for Tea / Coffee & Cake,  see https://blandford.u3asite.uk
• Blandford Museum Quiz, Blandford Parish Centre, 7pm, See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

December 2024

Please click here for details of Christmas Church services and carol concerts

 

Sunday December 1:

• Olde Christmas Fayre, The Old Grainstore Emporium, Shaftesbury Lane, Blandford, 10am to 4pm
• Christingle Service, crafts from 3pm, Charlton Marshall Parish Church, 4pm
• Christmas Craft Fair, supporting Blandford Youth Centre and Boxing Club, Durweston village hall, 10.30am to 3.30pm

Monday December 2:

• Wessex Water dropin, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon,(followed by bookable appointments, https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/community-drop-ins
• SOLD OUT! Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, 2pm for demonstration by Angela Turner, ‘A Natural Christmas’, open meeting, details 01258 452889

Wednesday December 4:

• Advent Coffee Morning, Stourpaine Church, 10.45am
• Civic Carol Service, Blandford Parish Church, 6pm

Friday December 6:

• Blandford Yuletide Festival, Market Place, 6pm Christmas Tree Lights switch on followed by Community Carol singing, with the Mayor of Blandford, Father Christmas and The Blandford Stour Valley Band. Everyone is encouraged to bring a lantern and assemble in the Market Place in front of the Parish Church. Festive entertainment and street stalls. No lantern parade and no laser display this year. For more details, see www.blandford-yuletide-festival.org.uk.
• Crown Hotel Charity Christmas Fair, 4 to 9pm

Friday December 6 and Saturday 7: Christmas Dinner Dance, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7 – 11pm, see https://www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Saturday December 7:

• Free parking in Blandford for Small Business Saturday.
• Christmas Craft Fair, Lo Coffee Shop, Lukins Fitness, Pimperne 10am to 3pm
• North Dorset Trailway volunteer task day, off Hine Town Lane, Shillingstone, 10am to 3pm, details from the Rangers on 01258456970
• Durweston Primary School Christmas Fair, 11am to 2pm

Friday December 13:

• “On The Piste”, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 6pm to midnight, see https://www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/
• Santas Grotto, The White Horse Inn, Stourpaine, 6pm

Saturday December 14:

• Christmas Country Evening with Blandford Linedance, Blandford Parish Centre, The Plocks, 7 to 10pm
• “A Christmas Carol”, Milborne St Andrew Village Hall, 7:30pm, entry £12.50 (under 18s £6), details 01258 839060 or www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday December 15:

• Christmas Showcase by The Performing Arts Theatre Academy, The Blandford School, 10am
• Christmas at the Station: seasonal refreshments, gifts and entertainment at the Spetisbury Station Project, 10am to 2pm, see www.spetisburystationproject.co.uk
• The Royal Ballet: Cinderella, live screening 2pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Children’s Christmas Storytime, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 4:30-6pm, see https://www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Thursday December 19: Christmas Windows – A celebration with trees made of recycled materials by local groups and businesses, St Mary’s Church, Blandford St Mary, DT11 9LD, 10am to 11.30am

Friday December 20:

• Christmas Cheer Coffee, Blandford Royal British Legion Club, 10am to 12 noon, with the Mayor of Blandford and the Stour Valley Band
• Free parking in main Blandford car parks (time limits still apply)
• Carol Singing around Bryanston, starting from the village post office, 6 to 8pm

Sunday December 22: The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker, screening 2pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Thursday December 26: Boxing Day Quiz, Blandford Royal British Legion Club, doors open 12noon to 4pm

Tuesday January 31:

New Year’s Eve Drinks and Dancing with the Shooting Stars disco, Blandford Royal British Legion Club, Blandford, 7pm til late, tickets £2

New Year’s Eve Party, The Old Powerhouse, Blandford, 7 pm to 1am

November 2024

Click here for details of Remembrance Events in Blandford.

Saturday November 2: Open Meeting on Museum building plans, Blandford Town Museum, 2pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Sunday November 3: Commonwealth War Graves Memorial Service, Blandford Cemetery, 11am

Monday November 4:

• Parky Café (Parkinson’s Awareness meeting), The Brewery Tap, Nourish, Whitecliff Mill Street, Blandford , 2 to 4pm, details parkycafebl@btinternet.com
• Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, details 01258 45288

Tuesday November 5: Charity Golf and Coffee Morning, Ashley Wood Golf Club, 9am to 2pm, non-golfers welcome, visitor Tee Times can be booked online https://visitors.brsgolf.com/ashleywood

Thursday November 7: Allison Lupton, Shane Cook & Kyle Waymouth, Blandford Parish Church, 7:30pm, entry £12.50 (under 18s £6), details 01258 480698 or artsreach.co.uk

Friday November 8:

• Schools Remembrance ceremony, outside Blandford Parish Church, 10.30am
• Firework Extravaganza, The Blandford School, gates open 6pm for fireworks at 7.15pm, refreshments on sale, tickets £8 adults, children 34.50, family £22 from Sweetpea Florist, Ruby’s Salon or school reception

Saturday November 9:

• Come and Sing Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man (celebrating Karl Jenkins’ 80^th birthday and marking Remembrance Sunday), Blandford Forum Parish Church, registration from 9.30am, performance 3.30pm, details 01202 632678 or http://warehamchoral.uk
• Coffee Morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden (weather permitting), 10am to noon, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• “Knot” circus and dance show, Child Okeford Village Hall, 7:30pm, entry £12.50 (under 18s £6), details 01258 861621 or artsreach.co.uk

Sunday November 10: Remembrance Sunday, parade and wreath laying outside Blandford Parish Church, from 2.45pm

Monday November 11: Armistice Day, two minute silence in the garden of Legion House, Church Lane, Blandford, 11am

Thursday November 14:

• Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture: “Operation Nightingale – Barrow Clump and Anglo-Saxon cemetery”, 7:30pm at Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DN, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Pentabus present “Make Good: The Post Office Scandal”, The Pamela Hambro Hall, Winterborne Stickland, 7:30pm, entry £13 (under 18s £6), details 01258 881329 or artsreach.co.uk

Friday to Sunday November 15 to 17: Blandford Literary Festival, see https://blandfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/

Saturday November 16:

• Films “Trolls Band Together” 10:30am, and “Hamlet” 2pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Casino Royal Night, Club 1896, Ashley Wood Golf Club, 7pm, ask staff for details
• Fabulous Forum, showcasing the youth of Blandford, Blandford Parish Church, 7 to 9pmDorsetborn present ‘Fort’, Ibberton village hall, 7.30pm, details 07771 561099 or www.artrsreach.co.uk

Sunday November 17: Bob’s Big Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, entry £2, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Friday November 22: Wessex Acoustic presents Anthony John Clarke and Julia Porter , Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets £15, 01202 732239, https://wimborne-acoustic.co.uk/

Saturday November 23: Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/271141423766157/

Sunday November 24:

• Christmas Fair, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/
• RACE Night, silent auction, raffle and bar, supporting local charities and Julia’s House Children’s Hospice, Child Okeford Village Hall, from 7pm, tickets £15 from serocharity@gmail.com

Tuesday November 26: Wellness Clinic, Charlton Marshall village hall, 10am to 12 noon

Thursday November 28: Portable Antiquities Scheme: Archaeological Finds Day, Blandford Town Museum, 10am – 1pm (before 12:00 by appointment only). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday November 29:

• U3A Member’s Christmas Meeting. Speaker: Dr. Cindy Wood – A history of Christmas celebrations, Durweston Village Hall, 2 – 4 pm, see u3asites.org.uk/blandford/events
• Blandford Museum Friday talk: details TBC, Parish Centre, 7.00 for 7.30pm. See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events
• Comedy Night and pizza, the Crown Hotel, Blandford, food from 7.00 pm, show 8.00pm, tickets £25 from 01258 456626 or via Eventbrite

Saturday November 30:

• “The Snowman (interactive)”, Child Okeford Village Hall, 3pm, entry £8 (under 18s £6), details 01258 861621 or artsreach.co.uk
• Durweston Choral Society presents A Candlelit Concert ‘On Christmas Night’, Durweston Parish Church, 6pm, tickets £17 from jgedcf@talktalk.net or 07860 645073

October 2024

Saturday October 5:

• Blandford Camera Club Autumn Challenge – 5 themes, 5 images, 5 hours, 10am from The Old Water Tower, Station Court, Blandford DT11 7RU, see www.bfcclub.co.uk
• Oktoberfest, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7 – 11pm, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/
• Petals & Tales, Sturminster Marshall Memorial Hall, 2pm, entry £8 (under 18s £6), see artsreach.co.uk

Monday October 7:

• Wessex Water drop-in, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon, (followed by bookable appointments, https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/community-drop-ins/)
• Parky Café (Parkinson’s Awareness meeting), The Brewery Tap, Blandford St Mary, 2 to 4pm, details parkycafebl@btinternet.com
• Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, 2pm for demonstration by Melanie Smith, ‘Pretty as a Picture’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Tuesday October 8: New exhibition on Alfred Stevens, Blandford Town Museum, during Museum opening hours, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Thursday October 10: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture: “Excavations at Coombe Bissett”, 7:30pm at Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DN, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday October 12: Coffee Morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden (weather permitting), 10am to noon, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Tuesday October 15: The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, live screening 7:15pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Saturday October 19:

• Clean Up Blandford/War on Waste Litter Pick, 10am to noon, meeting point to be arranged, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/ or www.facebook.com/BlandfordWOW
• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/271141423766157/

Sunday October 20:

• Counters Creek acoustic folk, Musicians’ Workshop 3 to 5pm and concert 7.30pm, Portman Hall, Shillingstone, details 01258 860319 or www.artsreach.co.uk
• Bob’s Big Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, entry £2, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Wednesday October 23: Bingo Night, supporting Blandford Youth Club, Pimperne village hall, doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm, details k.jamesbyc@gmail.com

Friday October 25: Blandford Museum Friday Talk: Victorian Funerals by , Blandford Parish Centre, 7 for 7:30pm, entry £6, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Saturday October 26:

• Launch of Blandford RBL Poppy Appeal and opening of Field of Remembrance, Blandford Parish Churchyard, 10.30am
• Films: “Kung Fu Panda 4” 10:30am, and “Bob Marley – One Love”, 2pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Halloween Spooktacular, Angus Wood, St Leonard’s Avenue, Blandford, 6 to 8pm, see Facebook Blandford Environmental Trust
• Charity Halloween Disco, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7 – 11:30pm, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Sunday October 27: The Royal Opera: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy, screening 2pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Monday October 28: Fideri Fidera presents Oskar’s Amazing Adventure, Milborne St Andrew Village Hall, 2pm, followed by post show workshop 3pm, entry £8 (under 18s £6), details 01258 839060 or www.artsreach.co.uk

Tuesday October 29: Wellness Clinic, Blandford Camp, 10am to 12 noon

Thursday October 31: Halloween Special Films: “Coco” 10:30am, and “Scream VI”, 7:30pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

September 2024

Sunday September 1:

• Pimperne Village Fete, village hall from 1pm
• Bob’s Big Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, entry £2, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Monday September 2:

• Parky Café (Parkinson’s Awareness meeting), NEW VENUE, Nourish, United Reformed Church Hall, Salisbury Street, Blandford, 2 to 4pm, details parkycafebl@btinternet.com
• Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, 2pm for demonstration by Andrea Hillyard: “Relax”, details 01258 452889, guests £

Thursday to Sunday September 5 to 8: Fun Fair, Crown Meadows, Blandford

Friday to Sunday September 6 to 15: Heritage Open Days and Dorset Architectural Heritage Week (DAHW), https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/. Click here for details of events in Blandford.

Saturday September 7:

• Open Day at Blandford Masonic Hall for DAHW, West Street, 10am to 1pm, https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/
• WW2 Air Raid Shelter at Yonder, Milldown Road, Blandford DT11 7DE open for DAHW, 10am to 4pm  see https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/
• Blandford United Family Fun Day, Park Road Recreation Ground, Blandford, adults £5, under 18s free, 1to 6pm, live music from 6.30pm
• Films: “Migration” 10:30am, and “Wicked Little Letters”, 2pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Charity Race Night, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7 – 11pm, entry £5, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Sunday September 8: DAHW Town Heritage walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park, see , https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/

Tuesday September 10: The Royal Opera: The Marriage of Figaro, live screening 6:30pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Thursday September 12:

• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie, screening 7pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
• Blandford Archaeology Group lecture by Nigel James, Roman discoveries at Stalbridge, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 7.30pm, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Friday September 13:

• Blandford Cemetery Chapel, Salisbury Road, open for DAHW, 10am to 2pm, https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/
• Wessex Acoustic presents Chris Leslie, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets £15, 01202 732239, https://wimborne-acoustic.co.uk/

Saturday September 14:

• Coffee Morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to noon, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Free entry to Blandford Fashion Museum for DAHW (tickets must be booked at www.ticketsource.co.uk/dahw2024 ) https://www.edht.org.uk/dahw/
• Dorset Greener Homes (www.dorsetcan.org/greener_homes), solar installation at 18 Tudor Gardens DT11 7PL open to visitors 1 to 4pm, www.dorsetcan.org/greener_homes

Sunday September 15:

• DAHW guided heritage walk, meet 11am at the flood wall in Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Stour Valley Band Concert and cream tea, Blandford Parish Church, 3.30pm, celebrating the church’s recent restoration. Tickets £10 (under 12s free) from the Parish Office in The Tabernacle, by calling 01258 456260 or on the door

Saturday September 21:

• Blandford War on Waste/Cleanup Blandford Campaign Litter Pick, from the blue bridge, Marsh and Ham, Blandford, 10 AM to 12 noon, see https://www.facebook.com/BlandfordWOW
• Spetisbury Apple Day, The Shack, 11am to 4.30pm, apple pressing, stalls, crafts, live entertainment and refreshments
• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, 1.30 to 4pm, https://www.facebook.com/groups/271141423766157/

• Charity Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7 – 11pm, entry £5, see oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Sunday September 22:

• Town Perimeter walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

• Dorset Greener Homes solar installation at 18 Tudor Gardens DT11 7PL open to visitors 1 to 4pm, see dorsetcan.org/greener_homes

Tuesday September 24: Wellness Clinic, Winterborne Stickland, 10am to 12 noon

Friday September 27:

• U3A Open Meeting. Speaker: Dawn Lawrence: “2 Steps Behind” (on the endangered wildlife of the world), Durweston Village Hall, 2 – 4pm, see u3asites.org.uk/blandford/events
• CANCELLED: Last Friday in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Saturday September 28: Community Expo, Legion House (RBL), Church Lane, 10am to 1pm

Sunday September 29: Bob’s Big Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, entry £2, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

August 2024

Thursday August 1: Miracle Theatre present their 45^th anniversary tour open air production Love Riot, Ibberton village hall, 7pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Friday August 2: Free summer holiday children’s entertainment with Jamie Jigsaw, Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford, 10am to 1pm, see blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/

Saturday and Sunday August 10 and 11: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at the Golden Age of Aviation, Compton Abbas

Saturday August 10: Coffee Morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to noon, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Sunday August 11: Town Heritage walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday August 12 to Friday 16: Artori Academy Summer School, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 10:30am – 3:30pm, www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Thursday August 15:

• Artsreach: “Illuminated Horses” creative workshop for children (10-18), Sturminster Marshall Memorial Hall, 10:30am, £10, see https://artsreach.co.uk/event/illuminated-horses
• National Theatre Live: Present Laughter, screening 7pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday August 16: Upcycled Jewellery & Art workshop, Blandford Fashion Museum, 2 to 4pm, for details and to book see https://fashion-museum-blandford.arttickets.org.uk/

Saturday August 17:

• Tarrant Gunville Horse and Comic Dog Show, Eastbury Park, Tarrant Gunville, DT11 8JQ, 8.30am to 4.30pm, £7 per car
• Clean Up Blandford/War on Waste Litter Pick, 10am to noon, see https://www.facebook.com/BlandfordWOW
• Blandford Parish Church Roof Tour, 10.30am, £5 per head, reserve a place by calling 07985 090360

Sunday August 18:

• Skatefest, Blandford Skate Park, 10am – 4pm, Stour Meadows, see blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk/
• Car Meet 2024, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 10 – 11:30am, www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/
• Dorset Eco-Friendly Flower Festival, Holloway Farm, Shillingstone, 11am to 5pm, tickets £10 on the door, £8 online at dorsetflowerfestival.org, 07599 894824

Wednesday August 21: Blandford Breast Cancer Support Group Cream Tea and Raffle, 10am to 3.30pm, Lo’s coffee shop, Pimperne

Saturday and Sunday August 24 and 25: Dinosaur Trail in support of Blandford Youth Club, Lo’s Café, Pimperne, 10am to 3pm

Sunday August 25: Town Perimeter walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday August 26: Family Open Day, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 12 – 3pm, www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Tuesday August 27: Wellness Clinic, Pimperne village hall, 10am to 12 noon

Thursday to Saturday August 29 to 31: Bournemouth Air Festival

Friday August 30: Last Friday in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Saturday August 31: André Rieu’s 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of Love, screening 4pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

July 2024

Monday July 1:

• Parky Cafe (Parkinson’s Awareness meeting), The Brewery Tap, Blandford St Mary, 2 to 4pm, for details email: parkycafebl@btinternet.com
• Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, 2pm for demonstration by Coral Gardiner, ‘Along the Silk Road’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Thursday July 4: The Acoustic Connection, live music at the Brewery Tap, Blandford, from 7 pm. See www.facebook.com/acousticconnectionevents

Sunday July 7: Big Lunch, Orchard Street, noon to 7pm

Saturday July 13:

• Green Fair at the Arches, Langton Meadows, 12am to 5pm, see blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Shroton Fair, The Glebe, 12 noon to 4.30pm

Sunday July 14: Town Heritage walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday July 15: Strictly Come Tea Dancing, Charlton Marshall village hall, Green Close, 2 to 4.30pm

Saturday July 20:

• Clean Up Blandford/War on Waste Litter Pick, 10am to noon, meet at the Mortain (Blue) bridge on Marsh & Ham, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Blandford Parish Church Roof Tour, 10.30am, £5 per head, reserve a place by calling 07985 090360
• Tribute Act (TBA), The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Sunday July 21: Geology walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Greyhound House, Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday to Saturday July 23 to 27: Dorset Opera Festival, Coade Hall, Bryanston, see www.dorsetopera.com

Thursday July 25: Portable Antiquities Scheme: Archaeological Finds Day, Blandford Town Museum, 10am – 1pm (before 12:00 by appointment only). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday July 26: Last Friday in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Sunday July 28

• Farmers Market, Blandford Market Place, 10am to 3pm, www.bestindorset.com
• Town Perimeter walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Greyhound House, Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Bob’s Big Quiz, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 7:30pm, entry £2, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Tuesday July 30: Blandford Group Practice Wellness Clinic & Coffee Morning, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 10 – 12 am, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

Wednesday July 31: Moo Music interactive music class for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolars, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 10 – 12 am, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk/

June 2024

To Sunday June 9: Dorset Art Weeks. Studios and galleries open daily, see www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk/events

Saturday June 1 to Sunday June 9: D-Day Memorial events

• Saturday June 1:Friends of the Tarrant Rushton Airfield memorial service with Blandford Armed Forces & Veterans, the Glider Pilot Regiment Society and Blandford Royal British Legion, Tarrant Rushton airfield, 1pm
• Wednesday June 5: D-Day RAF Memorial, Tarrant Rushton airfield
• Thursday June 6 to 9: D-Day 80^th anniversary exhibition, Woodhouse Gardens
• Thursday June 6: 12 noon – DD event, parish churchyard, 6.30pm ringing of church bells (TBC), 8 to 9.30 D-Day anniversary beacon lighting, Woodhouse Gardens
• Saturday June 8: D-Day Lunch and Armed Forces Exhibition, 10am to 1pm, Royal British Legion

Saturday June 1:

Coffee morning and fundraising event for the Blandford Hedgehog Group, stalls and raffle, Blandford Parish Centre, 10.am to 2pm

Guided tour of the stones of Blandford Forum Parish Church with local geologist John Scott, 12.15 to 1pm, free of charge

Films: “Wish”, 10:30am, and “Oppenheimer”, 2pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Monday June 3: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, 2pm for demonstration by Jenny York, ‘Barking Mad’, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Tuesday June 4: Blandford Fashion Museum lecture, 2.30pm, Costume history from 1825-1840, an illustrated presentation by Anya Glinsky , costume designer and costume history lecturer. Cost £15/Members £12, book online at  www.blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk/events or email lynn.dean4@btinternet.co.uk

Thursday June 6: The Acoustic Connection, live music at the Brewery Tap, Blandford, from 7 pm. See www.facebook.com/acousticconnectionevents

Friday to Sunday June 7 to 9: Wimborne Folk Festival, see www.wmff.co.uk

Saturday June 8:

• Big Help Out Coffee Morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to noon, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Church Fete, St Nicholas, Child Okeford, 2 to 4pm
• Tarrant Gunville Church Fete, in the gardens of Gunville Manor, from 2.15pm

Sunday June 9: Blandford Hidden Gardens, 11am to 4pm, tickets from Information Centre, Town Museum and participating gardens

Saturday June 15: Clean Up Blandford/War on Waste Litter Pick, 10am to noon, meet at the Mortain (Blue) bridge on Marsh & Ham, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Sunday June 16: Town Heritage walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday June 17: Strictly Come Tea Dancing, Charlton Marshall village hall, Green Close, 2 to 4.30pm

Friday June 21: Wessex Acoustic presents Banter, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets £15, 01202 732239, https://wimborne-acoustic.co.uk/

Saturday June 22:

• “From Me to Brew” fundraiser, Blandford Town Museum Garden, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Family workshop, Bags and Fans, Blandford Fashion Museum, 10.30 to 12 noon, for details and to book see https://fashion-museum-blandford.arttickets.org.uk/
• Films: “Mary Poppins Returns”, 10:30am, and “The Miracle Club”, 2pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk:

Saturday and Sunday June 22 and 23: Pimperne Open Gardens, tickets £5 from the village hall from 1pm

Sunday June 23:

• Town Perimeter walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Greyhound Passage in the Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Tuesday June 25 :– Wellness Clinic and Men’s Health, Sealy Suite, the Crown Hotel, Blandford, 10am to 7pm, details to be confirmed

Friday June 28:

• Blandford & District U3A Open Meeting, Durweston village hall, 2pm: Lilian Ladle – The rise and decline of Druce Farm Roman Villa c.65 – c.650 AD, see Blandford & District u3a: Events (u3asites.org.uk)
• Last Friday in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• The Rude Mechanicals present The Dressing Book, Stourpaine recreation ground, 7.30pm, (picnics from 6pm), see www.therudes.co.uk

Saturday June 29: Armed Forces Day

May 2024

Wednesday May 1: The Royal Opera: Carmen, live screening 6:45pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Thursday May 2:

• Local elections (town, parish and county councils)
• The Acoustic Connection, live music at the Brewery Tap, Blandford, from 7 pm. See www.facebook.com/acousticconnectionevents

Friday May 3 to Sunday May 5: Teddy Rocks, Charisworth Farm, see www.teddyrocks.co.uk

Saturday May 4:

• Blandford Parish Church Spring Fair, 10am to 2pm
• Open Day, Blandford Constitutional Club, Dale House, Salisbury Street, from 12 noon
• Films: “Wonka”, 10:30am, and “One Life”, 2pm at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk
  

Sunday May 5: Geology walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Greyhound Passage in the Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday May 6: Bank Holiday

Saturday May 11:

Coffee Morning, Blandford Town Museum Garden, 10am to noon, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Blandford Bowling Club Open Day, Milldown Road, Blandford, 10am to 4pm, see www.blandfordbowlingclub.com

 

Saturday and Sunday May 11 and 12: Steam Up at the White Horse, Stourpaine

Sunday May 12: Town Heritage walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Monday May 13: Blandford & District Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, DT11 9JE, 2pm for workshhop, details 01258 452889, guests £6.00

Wednesday May 15:

• Blandford Fashion Museum Lecture, 2pm,  The Hidden Life of Clothing: Historical Perspectives on Fashion and Sustainability with Rachel Worth, tickets £15/£12 from https://fashion-museum-blandford.arttickets.org.uk/blandford-fashion-museum
• Bingo at the Old Powerhouse, Bryanston, raising money for Bryanston’s defibrillator, doors open 6.30 for eyes down 7.30pm, enquiries@oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk

Thursday May 16: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group Lecture, details TBC, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday May 18:

• Cat’s Protection Coffee Morning, Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 9.30 to 1pm
• Clean Up Blandford/War on Waste Litter Pick, 10am to noon, meet at the Mortain (Blue) bridge on Marsh & Ham, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Blandford Parish Church Roof Tour, 10.30am, £5 per head, reserve a place by calling 07985 090360

Sunday May 19:

• Blandford St Mary Fun Day, 10 to 4pm, Chettell Way playpark grass area, DT11 9PP
• Pimperne Spring Craft Fair, crafts and refreshments, 10.30am to 3.30pm, Pimperne village hall
• 42nd Street: the Musical, live screening 2pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Monday May 20: Strictly Come Tea Dancing, Charlton Marshall village hall, Green Close, 2 to 4.30pm

Wednesday May 22: The Royal Ballet: The Winter’s Tale, live screening 7:15pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday May 24:

• Mayor Making Ceremony, Blandford Parish Church, 10.30am
• Wessex Acoustic presents PJ Wright and Guy Fletcher, Royal British Legion, Blandford, 8pm, tickets £15, 01202 732239, https://wimborne-acoustic.co.uk/
• (to Sunday May 26): BH May Beer Fest, The Old Powerhouse, Bryanston DT11 0PR, 4pm – 23:50pm, see www.oldpowerhousebryanston.co.uk.
• (to Sunday May 26): Cursus Festival, Myncen Farm, DT11 8DH, see www.cursusfestival.com

Saturday May 25:

• Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, Blandford, 1.30 to 4pm, see (20+) Facebook
• The Dream Ticket: Tottenham Singers in Concert: Faure’s Requiem, Rutter’s Gloria and other pieces, Blandford Parish Church, 7.30pm, tickets from the parish office or online from www.tottenhamsingers.com

Saturday and Sunday May 25 and 26: Bryanston Summer Fair, Bryanston School, 10am to 5pm

Saturday May 25 to Sunday June 9: Dorset Art Weeks. studios and galleries open daily, see www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk/events

Sunday May 26:

• Farmers Market, Blandford Market Place
• Town Perimeter walk with a Blandford Civic Society Guide, starts 11am from Greyhound Passage in the Market Place, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/
• Choral Evensong with the Tottenham Singers including  Stainer’s ‘I Saw the Lord’, Blandford Parish Church

Tuesday May 28: NEW VENUE – Wellness Clinic, Sealy Suite, the Crown Hotel, Blandford, 10am to 12 noon

Thursday May 30: The Royal Ballet: Message in a Bottle (based on the songs of Sting), screening 7:20pm, at Coade Hall, Bryanston School, www.tickets.bryanston.co.uk

Friday May 31:

Puppetry Workshop (Age: 7+), Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion, 2 to 5mp, details 01258 920355 or info@theartoriaacademy.co.uk

Last Friday in the Victorian Garden, Blandford Town Museum, 6:30pm, see www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events/

Friday May 31 to Sunday June 2: Crown Fest, Crown Hotel, live music from 6pm, indoor market 11am to 3pm Sat and Sun. see Crown Fest 2024 – Facebook

December 2022

Friday December 2:

Friends of Milborne St Andrew First School Christmas Fair, at the school, 3 to 5pm

Blandford Yuletide Festival, town centre 5 to 9pm, lantern parade from Morrisons car park 6pm,Christmas tree lighting 6.20pm, carol singing 6.30pm, Father Christmas in grotto in Corn Exchange, late night shopping, craft and food stalls, seasonal entertainment throughout. Roads closed from 4pm to 10pm in Market Place, Church Lane, and from Sheep Market Hill junction with East Street and from car park entrance in West Street.

Owdyado Theatre present ‘Twisted Christmas’, Winterborne Stickland village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday December 3:

Christmas Fair, Brewery Tap, Blandford St Mary, from 10am – Santa arrives 11am, live music, story telling at midday, family magic show 3pm, disco 7.30pm

Yuletide Festival Christmas Concert with Rokit and Special guests , Corn Exchange, 7.30pm

Sunday December 4: Family Christmas Showtime, Corn Exchange, Blandford

Monday December 5:

Light up a Life service, round the Christmas tree at The Crown Hotel, Blandford, 6.30pm

Panda Pre-School Christmas Bingo, Royal British Legion, Church Lane, Blandford, eyes down 7.30pm

Friday December 9:

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop in aid of the Friends of Blandford Community Hospital, Child Okeford village hall, 9.30am to mid-afternoon, £17.50 to include ring and moss, details 01258 860663 or email susan.grant99@googlemail.com

Stour Valley Dog Rescue Prize Bingo, Corn Exchange, 7pm Wessex Acoustic Folk, Gerry Colvin Band + Marion Fleetwood, Blandford Royal British Legion, 8pm, see www.wessex-acoustic.co.uk

Saturday December 10:

Lions Christmas Fair for Mayor’s Charity, Corn Exchange 9am to 3pm

Carols on the Green: Blandford Churches Together on the Persimmon Estate, 4pm

The Ambassadors Big Band for Mayor’s Charity, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7 to 10pm, details 01929 471809

Sunday December 11:

Carols by Candlelight, Blandford Parish Church, 5.30pm

Royal Opera House Live Screening of ballet The Nutcracker, Bryanston School, 2pm, see https://tickets.bryanston.co.uk/

Wednesday December 14:

RBL Carols in the Garden, Church Lane, Blandford 7.30pm

Moviola presents ‘The Railway Children Return’, Fontmell Magna village hall,  7 for 7.30pm AND  Charlton Marshall village hall, 7 for 7.30pm

Friday December 16:

Mayor’s Charity Bingo, Corn Exchange, 7pm

Christmas at Bryanston – The Greatest Showman, 7.30pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Saturday December 17:

Cats Protection Coffee Morning, Woodhouse Gardens, 9am to 1pm

Christmas at Bryanston – Frozen 4pm, Beauty and the Beast (sing-along) 7pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Sunday December 18:

Christingle Service, Blandford Parish Church, 11am

Football World Cup Final, Blandford Parish Church, 2.30pm

Christmas at Bryanston – Last Christmas, 7pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Monday December 19: Strictly Come Dancing, Corn Exchange, 2.30 to 4.30pm

Wednesday December 21: Christmas at Bryanston – Encanto (sing-along) 4pm, A Christmas Carol 7pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Thursday December 22: Christmas at Bryanston – Home Alone 5pm, It’s a Wonderful Life 7.30pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Friday December 23: Christmas at Bryanston – Frozen 2 to 4pm, Elf 6.30pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Saturday December 24:

Crib Service, Blandford Parish Church, 3pm

Christmas at Bryanston –, Polar Express, 3pm, see www.bryanston.co.uk/events

Midnight Communion, Blandford Parish Church, 11.15pm

Sunday December 25:

Christmas morning service, Blandford Parish Church, 10am