This exhibition is FREE to visit Drawn to Imperfection is a collection of 21 large scale contemporary portraits offering an engaging invitation into the story of the Bible. These portraits offer a unique window into the humanity and vulnerability of those found in the pages of the Bible, giving audiences the opportunity to meet these [...]
Scarecrow entry for scarecrow makers: £5. Dorchester Folk can enter a scarecrow for the Scarecrow trail or you can simply stroll around the village and see if you can work out what they are during Festival week The theme is Historical Figures! If you'd like to enter a scarecrow - they can be really simple, [...]
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, [...]
Tickets £62 6.30pm 'til late! Get your party clothes on, bring your friends and join in the fun in our fabulously decorated party tent. By popular demand we have booked the same fantastic food and band you all raved about in 2024; you won’t be disappointed! THE unmissable village party of the year! Tables of [...]
The work will be available to view 11am-5pm Weekends & BH Mon Dorchester Artists including Sophia Stewart-Liberty Tracy Lester Ed Metcalfe Carol Golding Simon Clements Bill Maish will be exhibiting their work in the Dorchester Abbey Guest House. 25% of all sales will go to the Festival Charities - Dorchester Abbey and Be Free Young Carers [...]
£6 Tickets only needed to enter a dog - spectators FREE! A fun day out for all the family and your dog held in the beautiful grounds of Dorchester Abbey. The show ring will be a calm and safe area for your dog to take part in the classes throughout the day. There will be [...]
Brave volunteers will abseil down the 100 foot Dorchester Abbey tower to raise money for the Festival charities - Dorchester Abbey and Be Free Young Carers Come and cheer them on! There will a bucket collection while they abseil in aid of the Festival charities This event is managed by Jamie Wakeham from Gallery Bouldering [...]
Tickets £20 Cygnets Art School are also running an Anime workshop at 3pm Calling all young budding artists 5-13yrs! A 90 minute workshop with a Spring theme: a class using dip pen and inks to create some beautiful, vibrant chicks. We provide all the materials, just turn up in messy clothes and no need for parents to [...]
Tickets £13 Children (under 16) free There will be a section of seats reserved at the very front of the nave for Festival Friends at this concert. Festival Friend privileges include early booking and the best seats in the house! Do consider becoming a Friend – find out more about it here. Amici Della Voce [...]
Cygnets Art School are also running a spring chick drawing workshop at 1pm Calling all young budding artists 5-13yrs! A 90 minute workshop with a Anime theme: creating a watercolour Tortoro masterpiece from the Studio Ghibli films. We provide all the materials, just turn up in messy clothes and no need for parents to stay! Cygnets Art [...]
Tickets £8 (children free) There will be a section of seats reserved at the very front of the nave for Festival Friends at this concert. Festival Friend privileges include early booking and the best seats in the house! Do consider becoming a Friend – find out more about it here. The Director of the [...]
Brian Bilston tickets £25 / £20 / £15 Recommended for age 14 and over There will be a section of seats reserved at the very front of the nave for Festival Friends at this concert. Festival Friend privileges include early booking and the best seats in the house! Do consider becoming a Friend – find out [...]
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