What’s On – Local events guide

(doors open at 7:00 pm). The fabulous Chris Jagger is playing with Eliet Mackrell on fiddle & David Hatfield on double bass, helping to raise money for urgent repairs to the church. It’s going to be a fantastic concert!!! Contact Susana for tickets £25 p.p. Cash Bar

7:00 pm. Fun Quiz evening with all proceeds going to ‘The Leprosy Mission’. £5 person which includes coffee/tea and cake. Please pre-book if possible, come as a team of 4-6 or join a team on the night. To book contact Gill on 07503 177699 or email as per link below.

Brownsea Island is a haven for bird enthusiasts and nature lovers alike. Our guided walks, led by an expert Dorset Wildlife Trust ranger, take you through the island’s beautiful wetlands. Brownsea Lagoon is one of the best birdwatching sites in England. The lagoon’s shallow, nutrient-rich waters draw in thousands of birds annually, creating an ever-changing avian spectacle.

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 24th October at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Biebl’s ‘Ave Maria’, Reading’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Dyson’s ‘Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D’ and Bob Chilcott’s ‘Te lucis ante terminum’. The service is free to attend and is followed by a glass of wine.

10:00 am. Come and enjoy a coffee on The Oddfellows at The Bull Hotel, Bridport.  The Oddfellows have been part of the Bridport community since 1860.  Members and non-members both welcome.

Come & join Weymouth Choral Society’s workshop featuring Sir John Rutter’s ‘Requiem’, and ‘A Little Jazz Mass’ by Bob Chilcott led by Mark Burstow, current musical director of the Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus. Fees: Adult Singer £20.00 Under 18 £5.00 (under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult) Fee covers music hire, morning coffee and afternoon tea & cake. Please bring your own lunch.

All are welcome to the annual musical meditation for All Souls at St Peter’s Church Dorchester. This is an opportunity to remember friends and loved ones who have died. Three poignant musical works — John Tavener’s ‘Song for Athene’, Vaughan Williams’s ‘The Lark Ascending’ (performed on violin and organ) and Morten Lauridsen’s ‘Lux aeterna’ — are framed by words of scripture and poetry. Free

Messy Curch Light Party! Let Your Light Shine! Offering an option for those who don’t want to celebrate Halloween. Come and join us for a fun-filled Light Party as we celebrate light, love and the joy of Jesus! Instead of focusing on darkness this Halloween, we’re going to celebrate the light!

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 1st November at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. In this special service, the setting is Bob Chilcott’s ‘Little Jazz Mass’, accompanied by jazz ensemble. Other music includes: Chilcott’s ‘O nata lux’ and Lauridsen’s ‘Ubi caritas’. All are very welcome to this free service.

7:00 pm. Come and enjoy a traditional bonfire at Lower Muckleford Farm. Fireworks and refreshments provided. £10.00. Please contact Rosemary for catering purposes.

We will be hosting a very interesting talk by metal detectorist and YouTube video creator Keith Brown along with his detecting partner Gillian Greening. They will be giving a presentation on metal detecting finds. The presentation will show you numerous coins and artefacts of gold & silver all found in Dorset. Please email Godmanstonevh@gmail.com  for tickets

Our annual market event will feature a range of stalls for the perfect Christmas gifts. This event will be opened by the Mayor of Dorchester Councillor Les Fry and the mayoress Julie Fry.

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Matins for Remembrance on Saturday 7th November at 11.00am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Stanford’s ‘Te deum and Jubilate in Bb’, Guest’s ‘For the Fallen’, Ayleward’s ‘Responses’, Eleanor Daley’s ‘Remembrance’ and Parry’s ‘Crossing the bar’. All are very welcome to this free service.

Join us at St Peter’s Church Dorchester on Saturday 7th November between 12.30pm and 1.00pm for our monthly lunchtime concert. Outstanding young French Horn player, Danny Mitchell is accompanied by Rob Taylor in an engaging programme of music lasting 30 minutes. Admission is free. More information via web link below.

Lots of local, handmade unique items for sale. Hand-knitted hats and scarves, jewellery, cards, bags, toys, glass and wood items. Christmas things include unique Christmas cards, plus quirky Christmas decorations, banners and Advent Calendars (and where else could you find one for dogs?) Ideal for Christmas presents, especially those stocking fillers. Refreshments featuring homemade cakes.

Come and join The Oddfellows for an afternoon of table top games. Come and play or learn to play: Scrabble, Upwords, Bananagrams, Rummicub, mah jong, Cribbage and much much more at PIP cafe on Poundbury. This is a free event. Refreshments including homemade cake.

Playing on a Robin Jennings Flemish Reproduction harpsichord, Royal College of Music scholar Markus Sadler performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the evocative, candlelit setting of St Peter’s Church Dorchester. The 75 minute programme will be performed without interval and tickets, priced £15 are available online. Early booking is advised. Tickets via web link below.

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 15th November at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Victoria’s ‘O quam gloriosum’, Mozart’s ‘Missa brevis in Bb K.275’ and MacMillan’s ‘Ave maris stella’. All are very welcome to this free service. More information via web link below.

Come and join us for a whist drive at The Trumpet Major Pub in Dorchester at 2pm for a whist drive. Everyone welcome, experienced players and beginners. Prize for top-scoring man and top-scouring lady! Cost £5.00 to include tea and a slice of homemade cake.

An Evening of Swing, Carols & Christmas Cool presented by the well known Julie Dunn Jazz Quartet. Bar opens at 18.30 and the performance starts at 19.00.

Raising money for Dorset Nightstop for a 2nd year, we are holding our final fundraiser of the year. FREE ENTRY, lots of local craft stalls, refreshments available, fantastic raffle, plus at 11 am a performance of Christmas songs by the Encore Singers. Please come along and support us.

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Evensong on Saturday 21st November at 4.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes Gibbons’s ‘Almighty and Everlasting God’, Smith’s ‘Preces & Responses’, Weelkes’s ‘Service for Trebles’ and Howells’s ‘Like as the hart’. The service is free to attend and is followed by a glass of wine.

Discover local DJ talent at the first Open Decks Dorset event, featuring 10 DJs playing 20-minute sets across house, dance, drum and bass and more. Enjoy a relaxed, alcohol-free atmosphere with 0% beers, cider, mocktails and soft drinks. Free entry, with donations welcomed to support The Den Café’s running costs and community support schemes.

: ‘Comfort and Joy!’ Advent Concert – a programme of Advent songs and carols chosen to bring ‘Comfort and Joy’ taking us from 1596 through to the present day, composers will include Monteverdi, Poulenc, MacMillan and many others. Admission is free with a retiring collection in aid of Dorchester Poverty Action. Everyone is most welcome.

We are delighted to welcome University Music Chamber Choir Bournemouth to lead the singing in our annual candlelit Advent Carol Service on Saturday 28th November at 4.30pm. Through plainsong antiphons, readings, rousing congregational carols and beautiful choral settings we move from darkness to light. The music includes works by Melissa Dunphy, Charles Wood and Jim Clements. The service is free.

You are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist for Advent on Sunday 29th November at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The music includes: Kerensa Briggs’s ‘A tender shoot’, Haydn’s ‘Missa brevis rorate Coeli desuper’ and Anna Lapwood’s ‘Drop down ye heavens’. All are very welcome to this free service. More information via web link below.

Join us for a festive experience on Brownsea Island. Enjoy a scenic boat ride, followed by a wreath-making workshop in Brownsea Castle. Afterwards, indulge in a festive two-course lunch and explore the island’s beauty during closed season. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to create a beautiful wreath to adorn your home. Please bring secateurs.