Events and what's on in Dorset
There's never a dull moment here! With a huge choice of events in Dorset taking place throughout the year, you'll be entertained no matter when you visit.
You'll find tasty food festivals like the award-winning SEAFEAST - The Dorset Seafood Festival, red arrows and other spectacular flying displays at the Bournemouth Air Festival, fireworks aplenty, music festivals such as the Wessex Folk Festival, some fantastic theatre productions, comedy shows and of course some slightly quirkier events to enjoy (Bridport Hat Festival we're looking at you!)
Dorset County Show and Melplash Show are just two of many events giving you the chance to discover rural life in Dorset.
Whatever your interests, you'll find details of what's on in Dorset on this page. Use the tabs to browse events today, this weekend, this week or next week - or just use the calendar to find out what's on when you're visiting.
Have an eventful visit!
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Charlie Cook's Favourite Book
Genesis Connected
Harmony & Health Holistic Fair
The Sensational 60's Experience
WIMBORNE PLEIN AIR
BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair
Birds of prey experience at Mapperton
Shaftesbury Feastival
Go Nuts at Monkey World this Bank Holiday!
Tracks and Wheels
Earth, Sea & Sky
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Six Chick Flicks
The Bohemians
A Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond Tribute
Abba Tribute Night
Diesel Gala
Dorset Blind Association Motor Show
Heath and Harbour Hullabaloo
Kevin Quantum: Momentum
Spring Plant Fair at Athelhampton
Kohima 80 Evening
Some Guys Have All The Luck
The ELO Experience
Hidden in Plain Sight: Nuclear Bunker Tour
Tale of Two Piers at Swanage Pier
The Bon Jovi Experience
Christchurch Cheese & Chilli Festival
Dorchester Walking Festival
Magic of Thailand
Poole Lifeboat Festival
Spring Autojumble
Taylormania - Taylor Swift Era's Tribute Concert
Mission: The Songs of Bond
Anyway Up Bingo!
Rat Pack Live
D-Day Dance
That'll Be The Day
Typically Tina Turner Tribute
Abbotsbury Swannery Food & Craft Fair
Cursus Cider & Music Festival
Swanage Pier Cruise
Sherborne Castle Country Fair & Rare Breeds Show
Jurassic Live! - The Jurassic Musical Adventure
A talk about John Brown in Dorchester
Brian Butterfield's Call of Now
May Half Term at Farmer Palmers
The Take That Experience
Tudor Rebellions Study Day at Athelhampton
Crown Fest 2024
May Half Term at RockReef
May Half Term at The Tank Museum: D-Day Deceptions
Pirates of the Nothe Fort
The McCartney Songbook
Tale of Two Piers at Swanage Pier
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