Friday 3rd May

Scarecrow Trail – Heroes & Villains (to 12th May)
Placed – Festival Art Exhibition by Tim Steward and Mary Chamberlain (to 12th May)
2pm – Opera Brava – The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe children’s opera
6.30pm – The Festival Launch Party TICKETS CLOSED

Saturday 4th May

9.30am – Family Dog Show
10am – John Rutter Come & Sing
10.30am to 4.30pm – Local Artists exhibition (to 12th May)
12noon – Grand Opening and Tower Abseil
2pm –Block printing workshop SOLD OUT!
3pm –Pre-historic Dorchester walk  SOLD OUT!
3.30pm – Block printing workshop
6.30pm – Industrial Light & Magic, Special Effects & Star Wars:Andor

Sunday 5th May

9am – Mindful Art for Wellbeing
10am –Nick Cope  SOLD OUT!
10.30am – Festival Circus Service
11.30am –  Author adventure! How to Write Your Book 
12.30pm – Nick Cope  SOLD OUT!
12.30 to 4.30pm – Tentertainment!
2.30pm – Pubs and Shops Walk  SOLD OUT!
3pm – Bonsai workshop  SOLD OUT!
5pm – Duck Race
7pm Birdsong Walk – Evensong SOLD OUT!
7.30pm – Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Bank Holiday Monday 6th May

8.30am –May Morning Breakfast
11am – Festival Charity Fun Run
12noon to 4pm –Science mad!
1pm – Science show – The Science of Magic
1.30pm – Houses and History Walk  SOLD OUT!
2pm – Custard Walk
2.30pm – Science Show – Meet the Elements
4pm – Opera in the Manor House Garden
7.30pm – Folk Night with Sam Kelly & Restless Oceans

Tuesday 7th May

6pm – Stories from the Library of Life (film)
7.30pm – Jazz Supper with Cate Cody SOLD OUT!

Wednesday 8th May

10am to 3.30pm – Breathe – reflective art workshop day
6pm – Carnival of the Animals with Maki Sekiya and Ilya Chetverikov 
7.30pm – Francis Spufford author event SOLD OUT!
8pm – Sounds From Celestial Sphere- concert with 2 pianos

Thursday 9th May

9.30am – Little City
10.45am –Little City
6pm – Amici della Voce
7.30pm – Comedy Night SOLD OUT!

Friday 10th May

10am – Mindful Movement for Wellbeing
2pm – Music for Autism
7.30pm – Red Priest
7.30pm – Pour my Bluff  SOLD OUT!

Saturday 11th May

5am – Dawn Chorus Walk (followed by breakfast)  SOLD OUT!
9am-1pm –Latte Art Workshop & Throwdown
10am – Quintessential
10am to 5pm – Food & Gift Fair
10am – KB.Eats plant based baking demo
1pm – Lego Masterbuilders Club
2pm – Priest Poets
2pm, 3.15pm, 4.30pm –Mad Hatters Tea Party
3.30pm – Lego Masterbuilders Club
4pm The Tallis Scholars Masterclass
7.30pm The Tallis Scholars
8pm Open Mic

Sunday 12th May

10.30am – Festival Service with BBC Junior Young Chorister of the Year
12noon to 5pm – Food & Gift Fair
10.30am – Five Little Pigs – seasonal & local demo
1pm –Cygnets Art School (age 5-13) – Clay Squirrel
2pm – Paul Welburn – British nostalgia with a twist cookery demo
2pm – Taste Tibet cookery demo  SOLD OUT!
3pm –Cygnets Art School (age 5-13) – Butterfly drawing
7.30pm – Illuminated Big Band Night – BBC Elstree Concert Band & Oxford Collutorium Singers