This workshop is also run at 3:15pm Make your Teddy a jolly quilt or sleeping bag to keep them cosy for their Dorchester Abbey sleepover adventure! Choose the perfect materials to suit your teddy's style (or match their pyjamas!) and create a sleeping bag just the right size. Children under 6 must be accompanied by [...]
This workshop is also run at 2pm Make your Teddy a jolly quilt or sleeping bag to keep them cosy for their Dorchester Abbey sleepover adventure! Choose the perfect materials to suit your teddy's style (or match their pyjamas!) and create a sleeping bag just the right size. Children under 6 must be accompanied by [...]
This workshop is also run at 1pm Calling all young engineers, architects and inventors. Join Master Builders Club at The Dorchester Festival and help bring our story to life with LEGO. Master Builders Club will be providing 1000’s of LEGO bricks that will transform the village hall into a LEGO fans paradise. All you need [...]
Tentertainment tickets £5 (adults free) Rain or shine, roll up for fabulous tentertainment for all ages. Lunch, tea and amazing cakes available from 12.30pm while children are entertained for the whole afternoon. All their favourite parties rolled into one so turn up in fancy dress prepared to PARTY! Duck decoration all afternoon in preparation for [...]
In a relaxed and supportive environment you will learn how to draw your dog (or a dog breed of your choice). You'll work with charcoal and chalk to create a finished head and shoulder portrait with dog portrait experts Molly & Maud! The workshop begins with lots of warm up exercises so you are nicely [...]
Throughout this Bank Holiday afternoon there will be FREE hands on science experiments and environmental tables for all ages! There are 2 shows by Bright Sparks Science, for which you'll need tickets: Science of Magic (1-1.45pm) and the Science of Flight (2.30-3.15pm) These are brilliant shows which capture the excitement of science with the unbeatable [...]
In this one hour session Esther will provide a calm space for pre-school children to learn yoga positions in a fun way, using music, creativity, story-telling, and mindfulness tools as well. The yoga will be followed by crafts with refreshments available for all ages. Parents can join in, come back when the time is up [...]
Following our fastest ever sell out gin tasting event at the last festival, this time we are venturing into the world of cocktails with the help of Soiree Cocktail Bar in Wallingford. The talented Bar Manager from Soiree of Wallingford, James Lacey, who featured in Diageo’s top 100 UK bartenders in 2019, will join us [...]
Come and meet some of the team from Daybreak - a dementia day care charity with centres in Greater Leys, North Oxford, Kidlington and Littlemore Find out more about the power of art to reach those with dementia in conjunction with the "Science Together" Project at Oxford University Listen to a live solo performance of "world [...]
Roll your sleeves up for an afternoon of baking delicious Scandi goods including the ultimate perfect cinnamon bun or the Nordic favourite cardamom bun! Expert Scandi chef, Claire Andersson, chef owner of Skogen Kitchen, will guide you through the process of bun making and other Scandi baking treats in the delightful surroundings of a Dorchester [...]
Cookery Workshops for Children There is also a Mrs Bun the Baker cookery workshop for older children 6-11 later in the day Bring your aspiring little chef to the Village Hall kitchen for a 90 min hands-on cooking class with Mrs Bun the Baker, whilst you relax and enjoy a cup of coffee and watch [...]
This masterclass is free to watch but is not available to join in - the participants are from local secondary schools Come and watch the Kings Singers inspire musicians of the future as they run a masterclass focusing on singers from local schools. This group will perform at the end of the evening concert. We’re [...]
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