Priest Poets Tickets £8 children (under 16) free Join three young priests as they share their poetry and discuss life, literature and faith. Featuring a former actress, a doctor of Languages and literature and our own local curate! Laura Darrall Laura Darrall is a performance poet and Anglican priest, she is a regular presenter on Radio [...]
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 [...]
This masterclass is free to watch but is not available to join in - the participants are from local secondary schools Come and watch Peter Phillips inspire musicians of the future as he runs a masterclass focusing on singers from local schools. We’re delighted to welcome Peter and his world-famous early music ensemble The Tallis [...]
The Tallis Scholars Tickets: £35 /£28 /£20 Tickets for this event will be sold as specific seats - book early to get the best seats! Why not consider becoming a Festival Friend? You get to book 2 weeks before the box office officially opens and get free drink tokens and access to a front seat [...]
£5 tickets for audience only. Children (under 16) free Performer registration is at 7.30pm This Open Mic evening is a great evening out for all ages watching (and sometimes participating in) eclectic performances in a lovely friendly atmosphere. The bar will be open with great beer and good wines. We now have plenty of performers [...]
Come to this special Dorchester Abbey Festival service with Guest Speaker Paul Cook, Head of Advocacy at Tearfund, and this year's Junior BBC Chorister of the year Belinda Gifford-Guy This service will be packed with favourite hymns and a lovely anthem from our amazing Dorchester Abbey choir. A bit of peace and quiet in the [...]
Aimee Collins, head chef at Wallingford’s Michelin-recommended restaurant, Five Little Pigs, will be showcasing the best of spring with some recipes using seasonal and local ingredients. Expect new season rhubarb, foraged wild garlic and blushing pink lamb. There’ll be suggestion of cocktails to make too, including a rhubarb sour and wild garlic Bloody Mary. Five [...]
Cygnets Art School are also running a butterfly drawing workshop at 3pm Calling all young budding artists 5-13yrs! A 90 minute workshop with a Spring theme: a class on clay modelling where the kids will sculpt a beautiful red squirrel. We provide all the materials, just turn up in messy clothes and no need for [...]
Chef Patron of The Cygnet at the Swan Inn Paul Welburn (previously awarded Michelin stars at The Oxford Kitchen 2018 and Rhodes W1 2008) has trained and worked with some of the best chefs in the UK, cooking gently nostalgic British dishes with modern twists with influences from abroad. His career has already spanned top [...]
This event is SOLD OUT. If you would like to go on a waiting list, follow the box office link to the right and register your interest. If there are requests for box office returns we will contact the waiting list in turn to see if tickets can be resold. Husband and wife team Julie [...]
Cygnets Art School are also running a clay squirrel workshop at 1pm Calling all young budding artists 5-13yrs! A 90 minute workshop with a Spring theme: a class drawing butterflies in soft pastels and ink. We provide all the materials, just turn up in messy clothes and no need for parents to stay! Cygnets Art [...]
Big Band tickets £20 / £15 adults Children (under 16) half price There will be a section of seats reserved at the very front of the nave for Festival Friends at this concert. Do consider becoming a Friend – find out more about it here. West End Showstoppers Illuminated by fabulous showstopping lighting, the BBC [...]
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