Monday 6 October
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Dara O’Briain, Re:Creation.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Terri Wilkey in Main Character Energy, comedy and cabaret, to Sat.
Beacon, Lantern, Sissoko Segal Peirani and Parisien, jazz, 8pm.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA

Tuesday 7 October
BATH, Forum, Mary Beard, The Secret Histories of Ancient Rome, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Donna Ashworth, Joy Chose You, poetry, 7.30.
Beacon, Testament and Obituary, heavy metal.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Liz Jones and Broken Windows, roots, blues and rock, 7.30.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Community Centre, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Chantry Buoys, shanty sessions, free, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Tina, The Tina Turner Musical, to 18 Oct.
YETMINSTER, Jubilee Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 8 October
BATH, Forum, The Divine Comedy.
Rondo, Bath Drama in Tom Stoppard’s Travesties, to Sat, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Rachel Podger, violin, and Brecon Baroque, The Muses Restor’d, Purcell, Blow, Handel, Geminiani, etc, 7.30.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Greg Davies, Full Fat Legend, comedy, to Sat.
Beacon, Jason Mraz, reggae and rock: Lantern, Ye Vagabonds, folk.
St George’s, Rosie Frater-Taylor, jazz, pop and soul guitar, 7.30.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Black Bag.MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Janet Street-Porter is Off the Leash, talking about her life, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, The Beast, film, 8pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, IES in Enchanted April, by Matthew Barber, to Sat, 7.30.
KILMINGTON, Devon, Community Cinema, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Claudia Boyle, soprano, Roderick Williams, baritone, The Power of Love, Schubert, Zemlinksky, 7.30.
TEIGNMOUTH, Pavilions, Phil Beer Trio with Miranda Sykes.
WELLS, City Arms, Mr Punch’s Folk Club music session, 8pm
YEOVIL, Westlands, Mary Beard, The Secret Histories of Ancient Rome, 7.30.

Thursday 9 October
BATH, Forum, The Return of The Legends, from Strictly Come Dancing.
Chapel Arts, Hollie Rogers Duo, Cornish singer songwriters.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Chris Difford, Not Only …. but Also, with Melvin Duffy, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, The Lorna and Laister Show, variety, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Lost Mythos, comedy, music, poetry and folklore with Emma Kernahan, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Feeder, alt indie: Lantern, Tom Hickox, singer songwriter: Weston Stage, Javeon, electronica.
St George’s, Mabelle Young-Eun Park, violin, Julian Chan, piano, Debussey, Elgar and Clara Schumann, 1pm: O’Hooley and Tidow, folk, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Craig Mitchell’s Jukebox Mashup, 7.30.
DONHEAD ST MARY, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, 30th anniversary tour, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Claudia Boyle, soprano, Roderick Williams, baritone, The Power of Love, Schubert, Zemlinksky, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Tony Christie, The Great Farewell.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Live Wire Theatre in Jane Eyre, An Autobiography.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, Black Bag.MOVIOLA
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Jonathan Dimbleby talks about new book Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War, 7.30.
SHEPTON MONTAGU, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Tangle in Julius Caesar, to Sat, 7.15, Sat mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, The Landgirls, filmed in and around Dulverton, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Cats in Space, classic rock.

Friday 10 October
BATH, Forum, Queen of the Night, tribute to Whitney Houston.
Chapel Arts, The Small Fakers band, tribute.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lindisfarne, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, A Night to Remember, Motown show, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Metropolis,  1927 Fritz Lang film with live musical accompaniment by Palooka 5, 7.30pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Graham Nash: Lantern, Gordon Giltrap and John Etheridge, guitars.
St George’s, J.A.M. String Collective, jazz, 1pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Outsiders in Tattoo, play, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange,  Shon Dale-Jones in Stories from an Invisible Town, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Pick and Mix Variety Night, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Dodgy.
Tree House, Sun Machine.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
HOLFORD, Village Hall, Adannay, soul singer, Home is Where the Heart Is,  7.30. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Utah Saints, electronic dance.
THORNCOMBE, Village Hall, Phil Beer Trio with Miranda Sykes.
WATCHET, Cinema, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, MUD, 50th anniversary tour.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Comedy Special with Ed Byrne, Kate Lucas and Dinesh Nathan, 8.15pm.

Saturday 11 October
BATH, Forum, Cirque, the Greatest Show Re-imagined, 3 and 7pm.
Chapel Arts, Josh Kumra Trio, singer songwriter.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Jimeoin, Pandemonium, comedy: Ballroom, Tom Stade, Naughty by Nature, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Bristol Ensemble, The Dark Side of the Moon, 50th anniversary, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am: Guitar Legends, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Rave On, music of the 1950s and 1960s. 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, A New Kind of Wilderness, Anglo-Norwegian documentary film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Lindisfarne, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Level 42.
CHURCHINFORD, Village Hall, Adannay, soul singer, Home is Where the Heart Is,  8pm. TA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Nerina Pallot, singer songwriter, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Ria Lina in Riabellion, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Marty Wilde, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Frome 80s Fest with Martin Kemp, from 3pm.
Tree House, Freesome, the music of Free and Bad Company.
Rook Lane Chapel, Martha Tilston, folk, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Myra Dubois, Cosmic Empath, comedy.
LYNDHURST, St Michael and All Angels Church, BSO Strings Ensemble, Serenades and Starbursts, inc Jenkins, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Gershwin, Holst, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Good Times, funk, soul and disco.
THORVERTON, Memorial Hall, Multi Story in Last Dance Saloon, 7.30. ViA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Jimi, The Legend Lives On.

Sunday 12 October
AXBRIDGE, Old Methodist Church, Adannay, soul singer, Home is Where the Heart Is,  7pm. TA
BATH, Forum, Freedom Behind Bars with Jonathan Aitken and Shane Taylor, 6pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Level 42, 40th anniversary tour.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Tom Ball, Britain’s Got Talent star, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Nina Conti, Who’s Face Is It Anyway.
Beacon, Kane Brown, Don’t Listen to Me, comedy: Lantern, Breabach, Scottish folk.
St George’s, Exultate Singers, The Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra, cond David Ogden, Brilliant Baroque, Bach, Martines, Handel and Scarlatti, 6pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Jude Simpson, A Noise Annoys, comedy and wordplay, 2pm.
FROME, Tree House, Nerina Pallot, singer songwriter.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jazz by the Sea, The Soulful Jazz of Cannonball Adderley.
WOOKEY HALL, Club, Flow, animation. MOVIOLA

Monday 13 October
ARTSREACH,  Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, AND WED, TBC
BEAMINSTER, Public Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Rosie Jones, I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying, comedy.
Beacon, Lauren Spencer Smith, rock.
St George’s, Hollie McNish, new poems, with Laurie Bolger, 7.30.
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons.MOVIOLA
ODCOMBE, Village Hall, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, The Government Inspector, to Sat.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA

Tuesday 14 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Faulty Towers, the Play, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Al Stewart, The Farewell Tour: Lantern, Circus City, 2pmL: Weston Stage, Frankie Archer, Demon Lover, folk.
Hippodrome, Sandi Toksvig in Friends of Dorothy.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Soho Theatre in My English Persian Kitchen with live cookery on stage, to Sat.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Parthenope, film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Wendy James, singer songwriter from Transvision Vamp.
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons.MOVIOLA
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, YAOS in Come from Away, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Wednesday 15 October
BATH, Rondo, Harriet Dyer, Easily Distra…,    comedy, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Jenny Eclair, Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, Live!, 7.30.
BRIDPORT,Electric Palace, Chris McCausland, Yonks, comedy, 7.30, and Thurs 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho, to Sat.
Beacon, Mimi Webb, rock: Lantern, Chris While and Julie Matthews, folk.
St George’s, Stewart Copeland, Have I Said Too Much, 7.30: Chris Jones and the Adam Stokes Sextet play the music of Karla Bley, jazz, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Clare Deniz, cello, Yoon Seok Shin, piano, 1pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, FW Murnau’s 1922 film Nosferatu, with new score by Chris Green, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Imagine Lennon, with Tyson Kelly.
HARNHAM (Salisbury), Sports and Social Club, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Gergely Madaras, Kristine Balanas, violin, Colour and Light, Bach, Sibelius, Suk, Respighi, 7.30.

Thursday 16 October
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater Comedy Club, Simon Brodkin, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards band, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Welsh National Opera in A Night at the Opera, 7.30.
St George’s, Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson, clarinet, Kumi Matsuo, piano, Widor, Schumann, Montgomery and Horowitz, 1pm: Eddie Reader, 8pm.
Beacon, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond Vasily Petrenko, Liadov, Shostakovich, 7pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Stewart Copeland, Have I Said Too Much? life with The Police.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  Some Guys Have All the Luck, the Rod Stewart Story, 7.45.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Candlelit Theatre in The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Robbie Cumming, from The Canal Boat Diaries, 7.30
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wimborne Drama in Jeckyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30.

Friday 17 October
BATH, Forum, Bjorn Again, ABBA tribute.
Rondo, Matt Richardson, Brash, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, The Fourmost, A Ticket to Ride, sounds of the 60s.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Quo-Incidence, Status Quo tribute, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, The Best of Queen, the Break Free tour, and Sat, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Tangle Theatre in Julius Caesar, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Downton Abbey – the Grand Finale, film, 7.30, and Wed 2 and 7.30pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Welsh National Opera in Candide, 7.30.
Beacon, Stewart Lee Versus the Man-Wulf, comedy, and Sat: Lantern, The Songs of Joni Mitchell with Jesca Hoop, Kate Stables and Lail Arad, 7pm: Weston Stage, MF Tomlinson, indie rock.
Strange Brew, Kathryn Joseph, folk rock.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The Last Five Years, musical by Jason Robert Brown, to 15 Nov.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Lamphouse Theatre in Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 7.30.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School theatre, The Unravelling Wilburys, 7.30.
DUNSTER, Tithe Barn, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
FROGHAM, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Planet Janet, Merlin 50th Birthday, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, New Model Army.
Rook Lane Chapel, Sura Susso, kora, and Amadou Diagne, percussion, 7pm.
Tree House, Captain Accident and the Disasters.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Police Dog Hogan.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, and Sat, 7.30.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA

Saturday 18 October
BARNSTAPLE, Queen’s Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
BATH, Forum, The James Brown Experience.
Rondo, Shakespeare Live in Anthony and Cleopatra, 8pm.
Chapel Arts, Roving Crows, Irish folk rock.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Nurse Georgie Carroll, Infectious, comedy, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Welsh National Opera in Tosca, 7.30.
St George’s, Bristol Ensemble, cond Roger Huckle, The Birds and the Bees, Piers Adams, recorder, Emil Huckle-Kleve, violin, Imogen Triner, oboe, Moody, Vaughan-Williams, Vivaldi, McGarr, Dinicu and Cassals, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman, folk, and Sun, 7.30.
CROSCOMBE, Village Hall, Tangle in Julius Caesar, 7.30. TA
FROME, Memorial Theatre, All Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Goldie Lookin’ Chain.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s Church, Brian Willoughby and Cathryn Craig, folk, 7pm.
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Monster Ceilidh Band, 7.30.
SHAPWICK, St Bartholomew’s Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Music for a Summer Evening, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Southampton’s Jazz Story, 7.45.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards Band with True Foxes, 7.30.

Sunday 19 October
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, John Bishop, 25 Years of Standup, comedy.
Pavilion, Michael starring Ben, tribute.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Stewart Copeland, Have I Said too Much?  The Police, Hollywood and other adventures, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Resonate, an evening with poet Deanna Rodger and young West Dorset writers, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Larkin Poe, blues and folk: Lantern, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards Band.
St George’s, Poetry Prom, Words to Save a Fragile Earth, 3pm: Beth Nielsen Chapman and Judy Tzuke, singer songwriters, 7pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s Church, Louise Cousins, Movies and Musicals, organ etc,  3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  Miriam Margolyes, From A to Z, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, the Fleetwood Mac Songbook, 7pm.

Monday 20 October
BATH, Forum, Wet, Wet, Wet.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Viga Trails, jazz.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rock the Tots, Spooky Fun, 11am and 1.45pm.

Tuesday 21 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Death on the Nile, to Sat.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rock Orchestra.
Little Theatre Club Jameson Road, The Unfriend, to Sat.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Book of Mormon, to 8 Nov.
Beacon, The Australian Pink Floyd Show: Lantern, Titanic, jazz.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Even More … Ghost Stories by Candlelight, to Sat.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Soundtrack to the Coup D’Etat, documentary film, 7.30.

Wednesday 22 October
BATH, Forum, Greg Davies, Full Fat Legend, comedy, to Sat. SOLD OUT
Rondo, Merriman in Six – Teen Edition, to Sat, 3 and 7.30pm.
Chapel Arts, Damien O’Kane and Ron Block, banjo and voice.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Miyabi Guitar Duo, Granados, Gravina, Debussey, Rodrigo, 1pm.
BRIDGWATER, Macmillan Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Grayson Perry, Are You Good?, 7.30: Lantern, Corto Alto, jazz.
Old Vic, Richard Marsh in Yippee Ki Yay, parody celebration of  Die Hard, to Sat.
St George’s,  Joe Armon-Jones, jazz keyboard, 7pm.
CALNE, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons.MOVIOLA
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
CHICHESTER, Cathedral, BSO, cond Gergely Madaras, Kristine Balanas, violin, Colour and Light, Bach, Sibelius, Suk, Respighi, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Olive Branch, acrobatics, 7.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Steve Richards, political journalist, on Tony Blair.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho, and Thurs, 7.45.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Scummy Mummies, Hot Mess, comedy, 7.30.

Thursday 23 October
BATH, Chapel Arts, Emily Mae Winters, folk country.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Adam Ant, Ant Music.
Pavilion, The ELO Experience.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Vincent Simone, Tango Passions, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Volver, 2006 Almodovar film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Alexander McCall Smith, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Jalen Ngonda, r’n’b: Lantern, My Baby, blues and rock.
St George’s, Da-Hee Kim, piano, Scott-Burt, Liszt, Ravel, 1pm: Takacs Quartet, Haydn, Bartok, Schubert, Debussey, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Chris While and Julie Matthews, folk, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Blowzabella, folk, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Kate Stables, This is the Kit, singer songwriter.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, film, 7pm.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Blakehay Theatre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, to Sat, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wishbone Ash, Twin Guitars, and Fri, 7.30.

Friday 24 October
BATH, Chapel Arts, The Bob Dylan Story.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Marti Pellow, Love Is All Around, 30th anniversary tour.
Pavilion, Justin Hayward, Forever Autumn.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Cobblestones, Halloweek launch party, Somerset alternative bands, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Talon, Busy Being Fabulous, new Eagles tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Voice, female vocal trio, Patterns of Love, acapella songs from Hildegarde of Bingen to contemporary music, 11.30am: Luke Wright’s Pub Grub, performance poetry, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Gregory Alan Isakov, folk and rock: Lantern, Chris Smither, folk blues.
St George’s, Allexa Nava, Peruvian saxophonist, flautist and composer, jazz, 1pm: Holly Clarke, traditional folk, 7.30.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, Black Bag.MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tobias ben Jacob, 50 Years of Blood on the Tracks, (Bob Dylan album), 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Petes Oakes and Sally Flann, cello-piano duo, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky, free, 11am: The Total Stone Roses, tribute, 8pm.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Black Bag.MOVIOLA
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Voice, female vocal trio, Patterns of Love, acapella songs from Hildegarde of Bingen to contemporary music, 7.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Scott Matthews, folk rock and blues.
NORTH PETHERTON, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  Mamma Mia, to 8 Nov.
MAST, Alexander McCall Smith, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Charlie Hooper-Williams, What If You Could See Music?, 7.30. TA
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tangle Theatre in Julius Caesar, 7.30.
WOOTTON BASSET, RWB Academy, Black Bag. MOVIOLA

Saturday 25 October
BATH, Chapel Arts, Roy Orbison Experience with Oliver Harris.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Rick Wakeman, Six Wives and King Arthur.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Wiltshire Police Band, A Celebration of British Composers inc Holst, Barry and Wiltshire folk songs, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Andy Fairweather Low, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Dreams of FM, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Bellini’s La Sonnambula, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
Electric Palace, Purbeck Film Festival, The Marching Band, (2024), 5pm: The Roses (2025), 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Divine Comedy: Lantern, Vieux Farka Toure, African blues and world music.
St George’s, Mystery Ensemble, Hayao Miyazaki’s Dreams, 4.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tangle Theatre in Julius Caesar, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Voice, female vocal trio, Patterns of Love, acapella songs from Hildegarde of Bingen to contemporary music,7.30pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Shakespeare Live in Anthony and Cleopatra, 8pm.
Memorial Theatre, Andrew Bourns, Crooner Revolution, swing, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Wishbone Ash.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Letz Zep, tribute.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Three Little Vikings, for 3-9 year olds, 11.30am and 2.30pm: Tom Robinson, Then and Now, songs and stories from his 50 years in the record industry, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre,  The Charlie Miller Band, soul, rock and funk, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Searchers and Hollies Experience, tributes, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Signatures, northern soul, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Milford Hall, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.

Sunday 26 October
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussey, etc, 3pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, recorded in West End, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Purbeck Film Festival, Ocean with David Attenborough, film, 5pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kieran Hodgson in Voice of America, comedy.
Beacon, Spacey Jane, indie rock: Lantern, The Fantasy Orchestra, The Beach Boys versus The Beatles.
St George’s, Mini-Beats with Laura Tanner, Brilliant Brass, 10.30am and 12.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Lady Nade sings Nina Simone.
ROADWATER, Village Hall, Lost Dog, Nikki and JD, Fireside, circus, dance and theatre, 7.30. TA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward, 3.30.

Monday 27 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Kidz Bop Live, 6pm: Lantern, Marc Ribot, Map of a Blue City, jazz.
St George’s, Storytellers Hannah and Michael, Wild Words: Animal Magic, 3.15.
Tobacco Factory, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 1.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Wonder Gigs, 10am and 11.30am.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hallow’een Spooktacular, 2pm.

Tuesday 28 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Little Women, to Sat.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Steve Backshaw, Deadly Live, 2 and 5.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Noel Coward’s Private Lives, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Weston Studio, Little Angel in The Paper Dolls, to Sat, various day times.
Beacon, The Stranglers.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Princess Pirate, 11.30am and 3pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.
MEMBURY (Devon), Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Classic Seger, tribute to Bob Seger.

Wednesday 29 October
BATH, Forum, Hello Again, The Neil Diamond Songbook.
Rondo, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 8pm.
Chapel Arts, Juan Martin, flamenco guitar.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, BBLOC in Annie, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Three Little Vikings, 11.30am and 2.30pm.
Electric Palace, Mrs Warren’s Profession, Imelda Staunton, filmed in the West End, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Rick Wakeman, The Return of the Caped Crusader, Part II:  Lantern, Asere, Afro-Cuban music.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, FLOW, animated film, 11.30am.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Kairos Theatre in King of Fools, new musical by Martin Dimmery, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Thierry Fischer, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Don’t Look Now, stage adaptation of Daphne du Maurier thriller, to 15 Nov, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
Arts Centre, Play in a Day, for 7-11 year olds, 9am to 4pm.

Thursday 30 October
BATH, Forum, Rat Pack  – Swingin” at the Sands.
Rondo, The Goosebumps of Delight, Dickens ghost stories, 7.30pm.
Chapel Arts, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, folk.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, ABC, The Lexicon of Love.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Hannah’s Hoofers School of Dance, Dance Down the Yellow Brick Road, and Fri, 4 and 7.30pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Fun For Little Ones, a tribute to Ms Rachel, noon.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Suzanne Vega, Flying with Angels.
St George’s, Regency String Quartet, Mozart, Tippett, 1pm: The Paper Cinema, favourite short horror stories with puppeteers and multi instrumentalist, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Mischief and Mystery in Moomin Valley, 2pm.
PENSELWOOD, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Something about George: The George Harrison story, with Daniel Taylor and band, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Count Arthur Strong in A Christmas Carol, 7.30.

Friday 31 October
BATH, Forum, Merlin Sheldrake – The Secret Life of Funghi, 7.30.
Rondo, Rock the Tots, Spooky Fun, 11am: Kae Kurd in What’s O’Kurd, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, The Unravelling Wilburys.
BISHOPSTONE (nr Salisbury) Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Marilyn Manson, One Assassination Under God.
Pavilion Dance, Tjimur Dance Theatre from Taiwan in Bulabulay Mun?  / How Are You?  7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Dallahan, Scottish folk, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Penda’s Fen, 1974 folk horror classic film for hallowe’en, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th anniversary screening, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Tide Lines, indie rock.
St George’s, Natalie Holmes, singer-songwriter, with Boci, violin, 7.30.
BURNHAM ON SEA, Princess Theatre, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Henry Normal, The Slide Show, poetry, 8pm.
FROME, Tree House, Tankus.
KILVE, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Undercover Hippie, reggae and hiphop.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, Black Country Touring in Wild, storytelling, songs and soundscapes, 7.30. TA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy Club, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, Much Ado about Falstaff, solo play with Giles Shenton, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, LAStheatre in The Littlest Yak, and Sat, 1.30pm, Sat 10.30am.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis  Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA

Saturday 1 November
BATH, Forum, Sara Pascoe, I Am A Strange Gloop, comedy.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, The King of Instruments, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Five in Keep On Movin’.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Paper Cinema, Short Tales, puppeteers and multi-instrumetalists tell stories for hallowe’en, 6pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Mildred Pierce, 1945 film with Joan Crawford, 2.30: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, 1972 Fassbinder film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Ensemble and Fitzhardinge Consort, Respighi, Warlock, Carl Orff Carmina Burana, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, John Smith, folk, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Narvi and Josephine, Rabbit out of the Hat, a magical extravaganza, 7pm.
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall, The Friend. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, 4ft Fingers, punk.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Asere, Cuban band.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, local band night, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Los Endos, Ultimate Genesis.
WOOTTON COURTENAY, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA

Sunday 2 November
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Kevin Bloody Wilson, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Breath, folk-tinged psychedelia, 8.30
BRISTOL, St George’s, Roopa Panesar, sitar, ATMA, 4pm: Sarathy Korwar, drum ensemble, There Is Beauty, There Already, folk music inspired by South Asian temple rituals, 7.30.
MARNHULL,St Gregory’s Church, Stephen Binnington, organ, etc 3pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, ABBA Sensation, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Sh*t Faced Shakespeare in Hamlet, 7.30.

Monday 3 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, English Touring Opera in The Rape of Lucretia, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, 7.30.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy. MOVIOLA

Tuesday 4 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, English Touring Opera in The Elixir of Love, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Lon Chaney om The Phantom of the Opera, 1925 silent film with live accompaniment by organis Aaron Hawthorne, 8pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Laura Jurd, trumpet, jazz folk, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Harvest, film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, rehearsed reading of Death of the Monarchy, new play by Gavin Egan, 7.30.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Community Centre, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Theatre for Life in When the Clouds Come, 2 and 7.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Kastoff Kinks.
YETMINSTER, Jubilee Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 5 November
BOURTON, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Spiritato, The Leipzig Legacy, music by Fasch, Bach and Graupner, 7.30.
CHURCHINFORD, Village Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
CODFORD ST PETER, Woolstore Theatre, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Mark Watson, Before It Overtakes Us, comedy.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Jess Gillam, saxophone, Fantastic Symphony, Wagner, Howard, Berlioz, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, John Illsley, The Life and Times of Dire Straits.

Thursday 6 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Rambert in Kismet, double bill with The Gallery of Consequence and B.R.I.S.A, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Forum, The Ultimate Classic Rock Show.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Imperial Classical Ballet with live orchestra, The Nutcracker, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Tony Christie, The Great Farewell Tour, up close and unplugged, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Jess Gillam, saxophone, Fantastic Symphony, Wagner, Howard, Berlioz, 7pm.
St George’s, Nathan Amaral, violin, Jonathan Ware, piano, Mozart, Mignone, Elgar, 1pm: Jacqui Dankworth, The Sondheim Songbook, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Will Lawton, singer songwriter, and Ludwig  Mock, Argentinian guitarist, folk roots, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Andrew Margerison in That Knave, Raleigh, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jason Byrne, Head in the Clouds, comedy.
MALMESBURY, Live Arts, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST,  Country Roads, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, The Tales of Hoffman, 1951 Powell and Pressburger, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Catfish Keith.

Friday 7 November
BATH, Forum, Francis Rossi.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Stylistics Greatest Hits.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jasper Hoiby’s 3Elements, Danish jazz, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Jason Byrne, Head in the Clouds, comedy, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Oh Wonder, alt pop duo, Songs at the Piano, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Miranda Sykes.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, John Lydon.
Tree House, The Police 3.0, tribute.
HIGHCLIFFE, Community Centre, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Beatles Complete.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST,  Rosie Jones, I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying, comedy, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Space Cowboy – the ultimate tribute to Jamiroquai.

Saturday 8 November
BATH, Forum, MozartFest,  The Halle with Sir Mark Elder, Imogen Cooper, piano, Sibelius, Mozart, Dvorak, 7.30
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Russell Watson, The Evolution tour.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Bridgwater History Day, talks, etc, free, 10am to 4pm.
McMillan Theatre, The Dolly Show, Dolly Parton tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Roving Crows, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, City of Bristol Choir and Bristol Ensemble, cond David Ogden, Esther Mallett, soprano, Felix Kemp, baritone, Edmund Hastings, tenor, Chilcott, Vaughan-Williams and Brahms Requiem, 6pm.
Pill Memorial Club, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths.
CATTISTOCK, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ria Lina, Ria-bellion, comedy, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Cara Dillon with Sam Lakeman.
SALISBURY, St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury Chamber Chorus, The Music of Benny Andersson and ABBA, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST,  Susie Dent, Word Perfect, The Joys of the English Language, 7.30
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tom Robinson, Then and Now, 50 years of adventures int he record industry, 8pm.
TOTTON, Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Miranda Sykes.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Heaven Can Wait, Meatloaf tribute.

Sunday 9 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Rest is Politics, with Alastain Campbell and Rory Stewart, 6.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Richard Dawson, folk, 8pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School theatre, Rich Hall, Chin Music, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, La Fille Mal Gardee, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
Cheese and Grain, James B Partridge, The Big Christmas Assembly.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Willy Mason, singer songwriter.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, BSO, cond David Brophy, Mark McGann and Joe Stilgoe, The Two of Us: The Lennon and McCartney Songbook, with Claire Martin, 5pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Tom Ball, singer, Spotlight tour.
WOOKEY HOLE, Club, Black Bag. MOVIOLA

Monday 10 November
BEAMINSTER, Public Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
FROME, Tree House, Spunge.
ODCOMBE, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
SHREWTON, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  2:22 A Ghost Story, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.

Tuesday 11 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Aaron Sorkin, to 22 Nov, Tues-Sat 7.30, Wed/Thur/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Overtones Christmas party.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Mamma Mia, to 22 Nov.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Caravaggio, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s Church, Tallis Scholars, 500th anniversary of Palestrina, inc Part, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Chantry Buoys, shanty sessions, free, 7.30.
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Ha Hum Ah in Making a Killing, play set in 16th century Germany, 7.30.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 12 November
BATH, Forum, Howard Jones, Dream into Action, greatest hits.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Chris McCausland, Yonks, comedy, and Thurs, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Riyad Nicolas, piano, Bach, Beethoven and Walid al Hajjar, 1pm.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Emmanuel Bach, violin, Jenny Stern, piano, 1pm: Kris Drever, Scottish folk, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, The Teachers’ Lounge, film, 8pm.
KILMINGTON (Devon), Community Centre, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond David Hill, Jennifer Johnston, mezzo soprano, Ashley Riches, baritone, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Love and Devotion, Wagner  Wesendonck Lieder, Ravel, Durufle Requiem, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in  Frankenstein, to Sat.
WELLS, City Arms, Mr Punch’s Folk Club music session, 8pm
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Adventures in Modern Recording with Trevor Horn.

Thursday 13 November
BATH, Forum, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and special guests, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Jack Hancher, classical guitar, Debussy, de Falla, Mompou, Ravel and Satie, 1pm: The Wassail with Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, folk, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Return, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DONHEAD ST MARY, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Brillig in Terry’s: An American Tragedy about cars, customers and selling cars to customers, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, David Hill, Hugo Svedberg, cello, Sunshine and Shade, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Faure, Mendelssohn, 7.30.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Credence Clearwater Review, 7.30.
SHEPTON MONTAGU, Village Hall, Four Letters of Love. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Repunk’d, classic punk and New Wave revival.

Friday 14 November
BATH, Forum, An Evening with The Fast Show, comedy, and 6 Dec.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Jimmy Carr, Laughs Funny, and Sat.
Pavilion, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Giacomo Smith and Mozes Rosenberg, Manouche, reimagining Django Reinhardt;s musical legacy, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Atilla the Stockbroker, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, The Elvis Years, 20th anniversary tour with Mario Kombou, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Zefferelli’s Tosca, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Lou Shepherd, folk, 7.30: Bristol Ensemble, Emma Johnson, clarinet, Viv Mclean, piano, Mozart Concerti by Candlelight, 7.30.
CHARD, Guildhall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Shingalings, Bristol-based dance band, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Youth Theatre in Fan–Tastic, invitation to an evening fof 18th century entertainment, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Jo Whiley’s 90s anthems.
Tree House, Matthew and the Atlas.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Gong, psychedelic collective.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, and Sat 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WATCHET, Cinema, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Moonage, the Best of Bowie.

Saturday 15 November
BATH, Forum, The Drifters.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in The Magic Flute, dance, storytelling and singing, 3pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Budapest Cafe Orchestra, gypsy folk jazz, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Martyn Joseph, guitarist and singer songwriter, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, One Night of Adele with Naomi Johnson, tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Life of Oharu, 1952 Japanese film, 2.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra, cond Rory Macdonald, Llyr Williams, piano, Berlioz, Schumann, Sibelius, 7.45.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Mayhem Cabaret, 9pm.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School theatre, Dorchester Comedy Club, Gary Delaney, Paul Tonkinson, Luke Honnoraty, 7.30. WILTON, Parish Church, Salisbury Chamber Chorus, The Music of Benny Andersson and ABBA, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Offpiste Theatre in Rank, 7.30.
Memorial Theatre, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Hugh Cornwell.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Andy Fairweather Low, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Nik Kershaw, musings and lyrics.

Sunday 16 November
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Prof Alice Roberts, Domination – The Fall and Rise of an Empire, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bath Symphony Orchestra, Sian Dicker, soprano, Wagner, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss Four Last Songs, and Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, 3pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Women in Rock, the greatest female anthems, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Chris Thile, folk singer song writer and mandolinist, 8pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Exhibition on Screen, Caravaggio, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Fabulous Red Diesel, jazz.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Henning Wehn, Acid Wehn, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Good Evening Mr Bouble, candlelight Christmas special.

Monday 17 November
BRISTOL, St George’s, Penguin Cafe, alt pop, 8pm.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Rock the Tots, Rock Gods versus Rock Princesses, 11am  and 1.45pm
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Terra Nova, to Sat.

Tuesday 18 November
BATH, Forum, Jim Jefferies, Son of a Carpenter, comedy, 8pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, James B Partridge, The Big Christmas Assembly Bangers.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Penguin Cafe, avent pop, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, James Lisney, piano, Beethoven’s Last Sonatas and Chopin, Shostakovich and Bach, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Tamsin Elliott Trio, folk, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Mike Denham Speakeasy, with Enrico Tomasso, trumpet, 7.30.
HYTHE, Parish Hall,  The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, to Sat, 7pm, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2pm.

Wednesday 19 November
BATH, Forum, Maximum Rhythm and Blues with The Manfreds.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Tunng, folktronica, 20th anniversary, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Dee Byrne and the Adam Stokes Trio, Tribute to Ornette Coleman, jazz, 7.30: From Darkness to Light, Bristol Ensemble with soprano Elizabeth Watts, Britten, Vaughan-Williams, Richard Strauss Metamorphoses, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Alex McAleer, mind reader, 7.30.
HARNHAM, nr Salisbury, Sports and Social Club, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
MEMBURY (Devon), Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Peter Knight and John Spiers, folk, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Southampton University Theatre in Pygmalion, to Sat, 7pm: Showstopper, the Improvised Musical, 7.45.

Thursday 20 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Snow Mice, to 11 January 2026, various days and times.
Forum, ABC – The Lexicon of Love.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Beyond the Barricade.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Nik Kershaw, Musings and Lyrics, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, McCullin, documentary about photojournalist Don McCullin, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Ewan Millar, BBC Young Musician oboeist, Tomas Boyles, piano, Marcello, Finzi, Ravel, Boulenger, 1pm: Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Mozart, Boulenger, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Elgar etc, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Lintott and Pretty’s Universe of Music, astronomy and jazz, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Drama in A Monster Calls, to Sat, 7.30.
Tree House, Land of the Giants.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, China Crisis, Y Stop Now?
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, BSO Musical Families, string ensemble, Jenkins, Holst, Gershwin, 7.30. AR
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Cregan and Co.

Friday 21 November
BATH, Forum, The Amy Winehouse Band.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Aurora Orchestra, Chloe Hanslip, violin, Shaw, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Tom Houghton, Deep, comedy, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Terje Isungset Ice Quartet, with voice, ice-harp, ice horn, iceofone, ice percussion and ice bass, 7.30.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, The Friend. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, John Bramwell, The Light Fantastic, tunes for the adventurous, 7.30.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
FROGHAM, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Freddie and Queen Experience.
Tree House, Samantics.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ferocious Dog, Celtic folk punk rock.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Griff Rhys Jones, The Cat’s Pyjamas, comedy, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Friend. MOVIOLA
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Tennessee Country Christmas.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, The Friend. MOVIOLA

Saturday 22 November
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, Greatest Robot Ever Knotted Hawk,  interactive dance theatre for 3 to 8 years and their adults, 2.30. TA
BATH, Forum, Ministry of Science Live, noon:  The Magic of Motown, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Dara O’Briain, Re:Creation, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Bill Frisell Trio, jazz, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Ward Thomas, country duo, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Leonian Dream, band from Axminster, The Red Waterlily Tour, 7pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Poetry Prom, Forgotten Voices of War versus Peace, 3pm: Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra, Shostakovich, Glazunov, Aulin, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Peter Knight and John Spiers, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Drama in Jane Austen’s Persuasion, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, The Unravelling Wilburys, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Entitled Sons.
Tree House, Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Shuttleworth, Raise the Oof, comedy.
NORTH CADBURY, Village Hall, True Foxes, folk and Americana, 7.30. TA
PENSELWOOD, Village Hall, Greatest Robot Ever Knotted Hawk,  interactive dance theatre for 3 to 8 years and their adults, 11am. TA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Live/Wire, the AC/DC show, tribute. 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, The Psychology of Dogs, with Paula O’Sullivan, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Beyond the Barricade, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Upbeat Beatles.

Sunday 23 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, JLS, The Club is Alive.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra, Byrd, Bartok and Copland, 5pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Venna, alto sax, jazz, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Steve Morgan, An Evening with Jack the Ripper, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Grace Petrie, This is No Time to Panic, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Rich Hall, Chin Music, comedy, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Think Floyd.

Monday 24 November
BATH, Forum, The Illegal Eagles.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Sounds of the Sixties, hosted by Tony Blackburn.

Tuesday 25 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Mischief in Christmas Carol Goes Wrong – God Help Us, Everyone, to Sun, Tues-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30, Sun 2pm.
Forum, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, film, in concert with live music.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Royal Marine’s Christmas Spectacular, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Riverdance 30: The New Generation, to Fri.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Daniel Martinez Flamenco Co, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ad Hoc Theatre in There’s Words …, the life and legacy of Dylan Thomas, and Thurs/Sat, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Chatting Shit, a riff on Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, in aid of  Bridport charity The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Cinderella, live from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Frantic Assembly in Lost Atoms, to Sat, 7pm, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2pm.

Wednesday 26 November
BATH, Forum, Australian Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Cinderella from the Royal Ballet, 7.15pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Declan O’Rourke. 7.30.
CALNE, Town Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Ballad of Wallis Island, 11am and 7.30pm.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons.MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Sian Edwards, Ning Feng, violin, Hollywood Hit, Liszt, Korngold, Dvorak, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, English National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, to Sat, 7pm, Thurs/Sat mats 1.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Ward Thomas.

Thursday 27 November
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Wings of Desire, with Bruno Ganz, 1987 Wim Wenders film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Salome Jordania, pianist from Georgia, Chopin, Scriabin, Musorgsky, 1pm: Quercus, June Tabor, Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren, folk jazz fusions, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Piano Quartet, Suk, Mozart, free, 11am: Aidan Dooley in solo play Discovering Antarctica, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Sian Edwards, Ning Feng, violin, Hollywood Hit, Liszt, Korngold, Dvorak, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Bluffing Your Way in Ballet, dance and comedy, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Dutty Moonshine Big Band.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Illsley, Life and Times of Dire Straits.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Martin Stephenson and the Daintees.

Friday 28 November
BATH, Forum, Amy Macdonald, singer.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Gareth Malone, Singalonga Gareth, 50 Years of Song.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Unravelling Wilburys, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Consone Quartet, Wolf, Mozart, Beethoven, 11.30am: La Vie en Rose, gypsy jazz and swing, 8pm.
BRISTOL,St George’s, Eastern Strings Accordian Trio, 1pm: cellist Alisa Weilerstein and her trio, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Beethoven, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Aidan Dooley in Discovering Antarctica: The Heroic Tales of Shackleton, Crean and Scott, 7.30.
CURRY MALLET AND BEER CROCOMBE, Village Hall, True Foxes, folk and Americana, 8pm. TA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Man the Lifeboats, shanty punk folk, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Yorke Dance Project, Modern Milestones, and Sat, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Craig Charles funk and soul house party.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Consone Quartet, Wolf, Mozart, Beethoven, 7.30pm.
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons.MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy Club, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Nouvelle Vague.

Saturday 29 November
BATH, Forum, The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert, film, 7pm.
BLANDFORD, Parish Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Sinfonietta Players, cond David Gostick, Christmas Baroque, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Riverdance 30: The New Generation, and Sun, 7.30, Sun mat 2.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Little Rituals, The Heliocentrics, audio-visual pychedelia with cocktails, 7.30.
St Margaret’s Hall, All Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Christmas Spectacular, 6.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, All That Heaven Allows, 1955 Rock Hudson film, 2.3o.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Fast Show, comedy.
St George’s, Foresver Joyful, celebrating 20 years of the Renewal Gospel Choir, 7pm.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Mishra and Deepa Shakthi, global folk, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Consone Quartet, Wolf, Mozart, Beethoven, 7.30pm.
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Smyths.
Tree House, Andannsa Dub, Scottish future dub band.
HOLFORD, Village Hall, True Foxes, folk and Americana, 7.30. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Otway.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Jack and the Beanstalk, to 11 Jan.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Los Pacaminos, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, UK Pink Floyd Experience.

Sunday 30 November
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Western Association of Ballet Schools, Celebrating 50 Years, 2 and 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Doric String Quartet, Beethoven, Haydn, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Adventures in Science with The Magical Mr West, 3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Step into Christmas, favourite festive songs, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Andrew Bourn, A Swingin’ Christmas, 7.30.

Monday 1 December
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, A Christmas Carol, to 4 Jan 2026.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Tuesday 2 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Woman in Black, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thur/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Steeleye Span, folk, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, The Fifth Step, new play with Jack Louden and Martin Freeman, NT Screening, 7pm.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Community Centre, The Friend. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  SIX, the Musical, to Sat, 8, Wed/Fri/Sat mats.
MAST, Freckle Theatre in Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man, to Sat, various day times.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Civic Players in One Man Two Guvnors, to Sat.
YETMINSTER, Jubilee Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 3 December
BRISTOL, St George’s, Lord Mayor of Bristol Children’s Appeal Concert, with Bristol Show Choir and Blackbird Children’s Choir, 7pm.
CHURCHINFORD, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, GreenMatthews’ Midwinter Revels, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Steelye Span.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Enyi Okpara, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, violin, A Fine Romance, Dvorak, Bruck, Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.

Thursday 4 December
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Vermiglio, 2024 Italian film, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Bridget Jones: Made About the Boy, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to 13 Dec, various times.
Cheese and Grain, Fleetwood Bac.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Unthanks.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Tom Stade, Naughty by Nature, comedy, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, The Fairy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Marty Wilde and the Wildcats.

Friday 5 December
BATH, Forum, Love Actually, film, in concert, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Demon Barber’s 25th anniversary tour, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Manchester Collective and Marian Consort, Wintering, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, A Very Clones Christmas, local band, 7.30.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
FAREHAM, Fareham Live, BSO, cond Enyi Okpara, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, violin, A Fine Romance, Dvorak, Bruck, Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, The Overtones Christmas Party, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Blockheads.
HIGHCLIFFE, Community Centre, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Osric Tentacles.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, The Ice Queen, a pantomime, to 13 Dec.
Arts Centre, WiFi Wars Christmas Special, live comedy game show, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Counting Down to Christmas, a show for very young audiences, to 24 Dec various day times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Talon, the Best of Eagles, 7.30.

Saturday 6 December
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu,  New Forest Children’s Choir and New Forest Chamber Choir,  4pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Cliff Richard, Can’t Stop Me Now, 6.30pm.
Pavilion, Cinderella, by Jon Monie, with Olivia Birchenough, Melanie Walters, Noel Brodie, and Jamie Morris and Tarot Joseph as the Fabulous Sisters, to 4 Jan.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Sheelanagig, folk, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Louis and the Iguanas, soul, funk and reggae, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Cabaret with Claus – The Christmas Show, with Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Jack and the Beanstalk with Will Young, Charlie Books, Richard Cadell and Sooty and Andy Ford, to 4 Jan.
St George’s, Bristol Concert Orchestra, cond Alex Mackinder, Daniel Brandon, cello, Elgar, Beethoven, Sibelius Kullervo Symphony, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Sweet.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Dr Meaker, Bristol drum and bass band.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s Church, Marnhull Community Choir Christmas concert, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Christmas with Woodfalls Band, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Rock for Heroes Christmas Anthem Party, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Counterfeit Stones.

Sunday 7 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Wombats.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Nick Cope’s Christmas show, from CBBs, 11.30am: Vocal Works Gospel Choir, film songs, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Remi Paris Hot Club Trio, jazz.

Monday 8 December
BATH, Forum, The Charlatans.
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Johnny Coppin, All On a Winter’s Night, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, British Lion, metal.
ODCOMBE, Village Hall, The Friend.MOVIOLA
SHREWTON, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA

Tuesday 9 December
BATH, Forum, The Holiday, film, in concert, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club Jameson Road, Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, to Sat.
BRISTOL, St George’s, A Winter Union, folk quintet, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The End, film, 7.30.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Friend. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 10 December
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, St George’s, Connaught Brass at Christmas, 7.30: Moya Sweeney and Archie Churchill-Moss, Irish and European accordians, and Dave Malkin and Louis Campbell, guitars, English traditional folk, 7.30.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Idlir Shyti, Albanian cellist, 1pm.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Yulianna Avdeeva, piano, Monumental Brahms, Kermis, Mozart, Brahms, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, The Overtones Christmas Party, 7.45.
WELLS, City Arms, Mr Punch’s Folk Club music session, 8pm

Thursday 11 December
BATH, Theatre Royal,  The Further Adventures of Peter Pan, with Jon Monie, to 11 January 2026, various days and times.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964 French film, 7.30.
CHISELBOROUGH, Village Hall, cellist and singer Amy Cox and storyteller Hannah Moore, Frost and Fire, 7.30. TA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Last Baguette in A Winter’s Tail, 10am, 11.30am and 2pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Frome Comedy Club with Hal Cruttenden, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Chantry Buoys, shanty sessions, free.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Stitches Comedy Club with James Alderson, Jo Caulfield, Nathan Caton and Mark Watson, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, NT Live, Inter Alia.

Friday 12 December
BATH, Forum, Sing the Musicals, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jackie Oates and John Spiers, A Midwinter’s Night, folk, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Cinderella, to 30 Dec, various dates and times.
CHAFFCOMBE, Village Hall, cellist and singer Amy Cox and storyteller Hannah Moore, Frost and Fire, 7.30. TA
CHARD, Guildhall, The Friend. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Janice Burns and Jon Doran, Anglo-Scottish folk, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, That’ll Be Christmas, festive hits, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, ABBA Reunion.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club with Glenn Moore, Chelsea Birkby, Alex Farrow and Tom Glover.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, The Friend.MOVIOLA
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WATCHET, Cinema, The Friend. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Platinum, ABBA tribute.

Saturday 13 December
BATH, Forum, James B Partridge, Christmas Assembly Bangers.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, A Fairytale for Christmas, Irish-inspired Christmas concert, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, I Fagiolini, Long Long Ago, contemplative and atmospheric festive music, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Santa and the Pirates (that don’t want Christmas), 1 and 4pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Menopause of Sound, Christmas Party, daytime disco 4.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Bach Choir, cond David Bednall, with Nigel Nash, piano, Spirit of Christmas, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Emily Andrews, flutes, David Massey, guitars, Make Merry, Christmas carols and folk songs from around the British Isles, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s Church, Springhead Constellation, Once as I Remember.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Orb, Osric Tentacles and System 7.
Tree House, Sladeist.
LAMYATT, Village Hall, cellist and singer Amy Cox and storyteller Hannah Moore, Frost and Fire, 6pm. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Noasis, tribute.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Deloreons, powerhouse rock from Salisbury, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan with Alexandra Burke, Dr Ranj and Max Fulham, to 4 Jan.
MAST, The Love Soul Choir Winter Show, 8pm.
Guildhall, BSO and BSO Voices, Winter Wonderland, 7 30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, One Night of Ska, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, to 4 Jan.

Sunday 14 Decmember
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Autumn Classes Revue, 6pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Wiltshire Young Musicians Christmas Festival, 1 and 6pm.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, Mid Winter folk music.
WOOKEY HOLE, Club, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA

Monday 15 December
BRISTOL, St George’s, Fitzhardinge Consort, Carols by Candlelight, 7.30.
IWERNE MINSTER,  Clayesmore School, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Noel, Noel, 7.30.

Tuesday 16 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Madness and Squeeze.
BRISTOL, St George’s, A Funky Soulful Christmas with Mwenso and the Shakes, 7.30.

Wednesday 17 December
BATH, Forum, Swing Into Christmas with the Down for the Count swing orchestra, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Nathan Amaral, violin, Mozart, Mignone, Elgar, 1pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Ensemble, dir Roger Huckle, and the City of Bristol Choir, cond David Ogden, Christmas Spectacular, 7.30: Victoria Klewin and the Adam Stokes Trio, tribute to Billie Holiday, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, New Old Friends in Crimes Against Christmas, to 28 Dec, (not Christmas Day) various times.
HARNHAM, nr Salisbury, Sports and Social Club, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Christmas Memories with the Neil Sands Company, 2pm.

Thursday 18 December
BATH, Chapel Arts, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, Mid Winter folk music.
Forum, Step into Christmas, concert, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, A Celebration of Christmas, 7.30pm.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Mad Dog Mcrea, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Mellstock Band, The Christmas Hearth, seasonal music, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Ensemble, dir Roger Huckle, Choir of Royal Holloway, cond Rupert Gough, Handel’s Messiah by Candlelight, 7pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Cara Dillon, Upon a Winter’s Night, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Elvis Lesley’s Jingle Bell Bingo Bash!, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Last Christmas, film, 7pm.

Friday 19 December
BATH, Forum, Simon Amstell, Phil Wang, Maisie Adam and Mike Wozniak, comedy, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Elf – The Musical, 7pm, and Sat 1 and 6pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The CK Gospel Choir, blues, soul and gospel, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Mary Woodvine, Craig Johnson and Jenny Beare in The Cratchits’ Christmas Cracker, seasonal silliness and Yuletide foolery, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Ensemble and Exultate Singers, cond David Ogden, Christmas Spectacular, 7.30.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Avalon Comedy Network with Stuart Goldsmith, Bella Hull, Katie Norris and Ben Treloar, 7.30.
DITCHEAT, Village Hall, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Noel Noel, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Jenna Lee-James, singer, Last Night of the Christmas Proms, 7.30.
FROME, Tree House, The Phogues, and Sat.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Gilroy Theatre Christmas show, It’s a Wonderful Life, to 22 Dec, matinees and evenings.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy Club, 8pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA

Saturday 20 December
BATH, Forum, The Massed Bands of His Majesty’s Royal Marines, Christmas Spectacular, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Festive Ceilidh with Banter and caller Tim Walker, 6pm.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Jamestown Brothers, indie folk, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Ancient Hauntings, Kate Innes talks about her latest novel for children, 11am.
BRISTOL, St George’s, City of Bristol Choir and Bristol Ensemble, cond David Ogden and Roger Huckle, Festive Music and Carols, with audience participation, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Elf, film, 11.30am: The Wilderness Yet, folk trio, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Town Band, A Grand Day Out, with screening of Aardman film, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Foo Fakers, Blink 182 and Warning, tribute to Green Day.
NORTH PETHERTON, Village Hall, Elf, Christmas film. MOVIOLA.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, From Gold to Rio, the greatest hits of Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, 7.30
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Good Times Christmas Party, The Music of Nile Rodgers, 7.30.

Sunday 21 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, That’ll Be Christmas, 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The GBH Big Band Christmas Cracker, inc Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Ensemble, cond Roger Huckle, Kat Kleve, singer, Children’s Christmas Carnival inc The Snowman, 2 and 4pm: Bristol Ensemble, cond Roger Huckle, A Baroque Christmas by Candlelight, 7.30pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s Church, village carol service with Marnhull Community Choir, 6pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, A Christmas Carol, musical, to 31 Dec, various times.

Monday 22 December
BRISTOL, St George’s, Roderick Williams, baritone, and Bristol Ensemble, cond Roger Huckle, Christmas favourites inc Corelli, Caccini and Vivaldi with seasonal readers, and Tues, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rock the Tots Christmas Party, 11am and 1.45pm: Meet Me in St Louis, 1944 Judy Garland film, 7.30.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall,  BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Jenna Lee-James, singer, Last Night of the Christmas Proms, 7.30.

Tuesday 23 December
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Half a String Theatre in Under the Frozen Moon, and Wed, 11am and 2pm.

Sunday 28 December
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Frome Musical Theatre Company in Jack and the Beanstalk, to 3 Jan, various times.

Wednesday 31 December
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre,The 1960s New Years Eve Party with The Zoots and DJ John Bongo.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Misters Discos New Year’s Countdown, from 9pm.

 

2026

Friday 9 January
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, BSO, cond Enyi Okpara, Elizabeth Watts, soprano, New Year’s Viennese Gala,  7.30.

Thursday 8 January
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Pandaemonium, film about Coleridge and Wordsworth made in West Somerset, 7.30.

Saturday 10 January
FAREHAM, Fareham Live, BSO, cond Enyi Okpara, Elizabeth Watts, soprano, New Year’s Viennese Gala,  7.30.

Tuesday 13 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, to Sat.

Monday 19 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, 2:22 – A Ghost Story, to Sat.

Sunday 25 January
SHAFTESBURY, St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, part of Shaftesbury Baroque Festival, 2pm.

Thursday 5 February
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Woman at War, 7.30.

Tuesday 1o February
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club Jameson Road, I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, to Sat.

Monday 16 February
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Outlying Islands, to Sat.

Thursday 5 March
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Visconti’s Death in Venice, with Dirk Bogarde, 7.30.

Tuesday 17 March
YEOVIL, Westlands, YAOS on Fiddler on the Roof, to Sat.

Wednesday  18 March
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, to Sat.

Monday 23 March
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Outside Edge, to Sat.

Sunday 29 March
MILTON ABBAS, Milton Abbey Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, with Wessex Baroque Collective, cond David Gostick, Bach St John Passsion, 3pm.

Thursday 9 April
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Bread and Tulips, 7.30.

Tuesday 14 April
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club Jameson Road,Ayckbourn’s Neighbourhood Watch, to Sat.

Monday 11 May
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, to Sat.

Saturday 23 May
WIMBORNE, Minster, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Phibbs, Seven Songs of Nature for Choir and Brass Quintet, 7.30.

Tuesday 9 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club Jameson Road, Bracken Moor, a ghost story, to Sat.
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Monday 6 July
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road,  Noel Coward’s Hands Across the Sea and Still Life, to Sat.