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October 2026

Friday October 2:

  • Artisan Arts & Crafts, Corn Exchange, Blandford 10am to 3pm
  • Lung and a Half Full Theatre present Tales for an Unruly Audience, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Saturday October 3:

  • Oktoberfest, Blandford Constitutional Club, doors open 7pm
  • Rushni, South Asian music and dance, Blandford Corn Exchange, 7pm, tickets 07729 784630 or see www.artsreach.co.uk

Sunday October 4: Lung and a Half Full Theatre present Tales for an Unruly Audience, Child Okeford village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Monday October 5: Blandford Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Allison Finch – What a Sweetie, further details 01258 452889.

Sunday October 11: Celebrate the Church Year through music and readings, Blandford Parish Church, 4pm, retiring collection for the Diocesan Sudan Link

Monday October 12: Duane Forest presents How Reggae changed the world, Winterborne Stickland village hall, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Wednesday October 14:

  • DBA Blind Book Club, Blandford Town Museum, 11am, www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/
  • Bingo Night in aid of Blandford Allotment Society, British Legion, Blandford, eyes down 7.30pm

Thursday October 15: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group talk: Archaeology at Arne, Wareham. Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum, 7:30pm, entry £3 (free for Museum members). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Friday October 16: Blandford Museum Fundraising concert with the Gravellers: Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum, 7:30pm, supporting the Beres Yard Museum Development Project, advance tickets £12 (£15 on the door), accompanied under-16s free. See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events.

Saturday October 17:

  • Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, DT11 7BT, 1.30 to 4pm
  • Sing Together on World Singing Day, Blandford Parish Centre, DT11 7DW, 2 to 4pm, supporting the Village Africa Ambulance Appeal

Tuesday October 20: Strictly Come Tea Dancing with the Soggy Biscuit Dance Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm

Friday October 23: Quiz Night, Blandford RBL Club, 8pm

Saturday October 24:

  • Friends of Blandford Hospital Autumn Fair, Blandford Corn Exchange
  • Blandford Museum Archaeology Group quiz, Blandford Parish Room, 7pm, entry £14 (includes a fish and chip supper). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Sunday October 25:

  • Blandford Poppy Appeal launch, 11am, procession from Legion House in Church Lane to the Parish Church Field of Remembrance
  • Nepal Flood Disaster Fund Concert with the Rokit Choirs and Stour Valley Band, The Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum, 7pm. Tickets £10 each from rokitchoir.com
  • Storyteller David Mynne presents Widdershins, Child Okeford village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

 Monday October 26: Mad4Animals – interactive animal show!  Corn Exchange, Blandford, see www.ticketsource.com/blandford-forum-town-council

Tuesday October 27: Wellness Walkin, Blandford Corn Exchange

Wednesday October 28: Spooky Crafts, Woodhouse Gardens, details dwsweets76@gmail.com

Thursday October 29: HallowFest, Bere Marsh Farm, Shillingstone, DT11 0QY, 2-7pm, ages 11 to 16, free entry, fairground games, pumpkin carving, crafts, a bonfire, food and much more! Spaces are limited, so book your FREE place here : https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/dY6VUbZ5bA

Friday October 30:

  • Blandford Museum Friday talk: “Victorian Cemeteries – A favourite resort of the living” by Julie Dunk, Blandford Town Hall, 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
  • Halloween Pub Night, Durweston village hall, 7 to 11pm

Saturday October 31:

  • Halloween Party for under 5s, Charlton Marshall village hall, 2 to 5pm
  • Halloween Spooktacular, Angus Wood, St Leonard’s Avenue, 6 to 9pm
  • 80s night / Halloween Party, Corn Exchange, Blandford, see https://bh.events/tickets/

November 2026

Sunday November 1: Blandford RBL Festival of Remembrance, Cross of Sacrifice, Blandford Cemetery, from 10.50am

Monday November 2: Blandford Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, -A.G.M, further details 01258 452889.

Tuesday November 3: Damien Lewis talks about his new book ‘Behind Enemy Lines’, Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Camp, tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/behind-enemy-lines-a…

Wednesday November 4: Singer/songwriter Hannah Scott, Ibberton village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Friday November 6:

  • Local schools laying crosses in the churchyard and a two-minute silence, Blandford Parish Church, 10:30am.
  • RBL Blandford Festival of Remembrance, Corn Exchange, Blandford, doors open 6pm for 7pm start, see www.facebook.com/blandfordforumtowncouncil for details.

Sunday November 8: Remembrance Sunday,

  • Free parking, main Blandford car parks (time limits apply)
  • Service and parade, Blandford Town Centre, 2.45pm

Wednesday November 11: Armistice Day

Friday to Sunday November 12 to 15: Blandford Literary Festival, Corn Exchange and Blandford Town Museum, see website https://blandfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/

Tuesday November 17: Strictly Come Tea Dancing with the Soggy Biscuit Dance Band, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 2 to 4pm

Wednesday November 18: Ropetackle Storytellers present Jekyll & Hyde, Child Okeford village hall, 7.30pm, see www.artsreach.co.uk

Thursday November 19: Blandford Museum Archaeology Group talk: Mortar shipwreck at Poole. Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum, 7:30pm, entry £3 (free for Museum members). See www.blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/events

Saturday November 21: Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, DT11 7BT, 1.30 to 4pm

Tuesday November 24:

  • Wellness Walk-in, Blandford Corn Exchange
  • Gerald Dickens: A Christmas Carol, Blandford Corn Exchange, 7.30pm, tickets £12.50 from https://www.ticketsource.com/

Friday November 27:

  • Blandford Museum Friday talk: “Tales from East Street”, venue TBA, 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
  • Blandford U3A Open Meeting, Call My Bluff  and interactive fun afternoon, Durweston village hall, 2 for 2.15pm, see www.blandford.u3asite.uk
  • Family Christmas Quiz, Durweston village hall, 7.15pm

Saturday November 28:

  • Free parking, main Blandford car parks (time limits apply)
  • Tutti Frutti present Red Robin’s Winter Song, Milborne St Andrew village hall, 10.30am, and Blandford Corn Exchange, 2pm, see artsreach.co.uk
  • Are You Ready For Love – A Tribute to Sir Elton John), Corn Exchange, Blandford, 7 to 11pm, tickets from £25 available from: https://bh.events/tickets/

Forward Planning

Friday December 4: Yuletide Festival, Blandford Town Centre

Saturday December 5: Free parking, main Blandford car parks (time limits apply)

Monday December 7: Blandford Floral Group meets Tarrant Keyneston village hall, 2pm, Alison Penno – Winter Wonderland. (Open Meeting – Visitors by ticket only), further details 01258 452889.

Wednesday December 9: Civic Carol Concert, Blandford Forum Parish Church

Friday and Saturday December 11 and 12: Oh No It Isn’t present Blandford’s pantomime: Cinderella and the Velvet Slipper, Corn Exchange, Blandford, see https://www.ohnoitisntpanto.co.uk/ 

Saturday December 12: Blandford Repair Café, Scout Hut, Eagle House Gardens, DT11 7BT, 1.30 to 4pm

Tuesday December 15:

Thursday December 17: Elvis Tribute night with Gary J Foley, Crown Hotel, Blandford, tickets £20, available from hotel reception.

Friday December 18: Christmas Cheer Coffee Morning in the Corn Exchange (free drop-in refreshments and music)

Saturday December 19:

  • Artisan Arts & Crafts, Corn Exchange, Blandford 10am to 3pm
  • Mayor’s Christmas Concert, Corn Exchange, Blandford

Monday December 21: Mr Merlin & Okey Dokey the Dragon – Festive Family Entertainment!, Corn Exchange, Blandford, 10:30AM – 11:15AM and 11.45 to 12.30pm, tickets online from www.ticketsource.co.uk/blandford-forum-town-council

Thursday December 31: New Year’s Eve Party, with The Replicas Rock Band, Blandford RBL Club, from 7pm, see https://www.facebook.com/BlandfordBritishLegionClub

Friday January 1: Happy New Year!

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