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Events for 9th May, 2026

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Scarecrow Trail – Historical Figures

Dorchester High St, Dorchester on Thames

The 2026 Scarecrow historical figures are listed below.  Congratulations to the Line family for their winning scarecrow - Howard Carter and Tutankhamun Dorchester Festival 2026 Scarecrow Trail Answers (most popular scarecrow: Howard Carter and Tutankhamun) No Address Who is the historical figure? 1 Dorchester Abbey Museum Geoffrey Chaucer 2 Village Hall, Queen’s St (Dorchester Historical [...]

£5

The Hallidays Community Art Installation – Impressions of Dorchester

Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames

This event is FREE and available for viewing throughout the Festival week A collaborative installation of small artworks created by a variety of groups within the local community and by the young people of our charity partner, Be Free Young Carers. Designed and led and by Oxford-based artist Emma Coleman-Jones, individual responses to The Abbey, [...]

Free

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Dorchester Rectory Enter by Dorchester Abbey Tower gate, Dorchester on Thames

Tickets : £15 children under 10 / £20 adults / £25 with Prosecco Children too young for their own seat may sit on a parent's lap and share their tea. 1 hour teas starting at 2pm / 3.15pm / 4.30pm Tumble down the rabbit hole to enter the world of Alice in Wonderland and eat a [...]

£15 – £25

Quintessential – children’s concert

Dorchester Abbey High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames

Tickets £8 adults / £6 children (under 16) A fun family concert! Would you like to take your children to a concert but you’re worried in case they make a noise during the performance?  Would you like to know more about wind instruments and ask the players questions?  This is the concert for you! Featuring [...]

£6 – £8

Birdsong Walk – Evensong

Hurst Bridge

Tickets £15 limited numbers! Bird song is at its best in May, so join local naturalists Richard Tilley and Roger Seabrook for a guided evening amble around Dorchester’s three water meadows, courtesy of the Hurst Water Meadow Trust. Relax into a gentle walk listening to the birds sing their final songs of the day and [...]

£15