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Updated Saturday 22nd August, 6.05pm
Sunday 23 August
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Foyer, Sofar Sounds, local bands, free, to Thurs.
BRISTOL, Beacon, CBBS House Party Live, 11am and 2pm: Lantern, The Eddie Gripper Trio and Mark Lockheart’s Shapeshifter Trio, jazz.
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival of Music and Art.
EDINGTON (Wiltshire), Priory Church of St Katherine and All Saints, Festival of Music in the Liturgy, to 30 Aug.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in As You Like It, 6pm.
HELSTON, Coronation Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
MARNHULL,St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Flute and Piano concert with Su Dutch and Louise Cousins, and guests, 3pm.
OTTERY ST MARY, ESCOT, Beautiful Days Festival, inc Super Furry Animals, Madness, Levellers, Proclaimers, Divine Comedy, etc.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Moulin Rouge – The Musical, to 19 Sept.
PURBECK VALLEY, Folk Festival, inc Baskery, Eddie Reader, Jiggy, Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys, Suntou Susso and the Gambian Superstars, The Ukulele Death Squad, Bonfire Radicals, Martha Tilston, etc.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Odyssey, and Tues/Thurs 7pm.
Monday 24 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Waitress, the musical, 10th anniversary with Evelyn Hoskins, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The People’s Emergency Briefing, film, 6pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington, to Wed, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Outside Edge by Richard Harris, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Take a Chance On Us, ABBA tribute, 7.30.
Tuesday 25 August
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, BLOC in We Will Rock You, to Sat.
DULVERTON, Knackers Hole Garden, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7pm.
HYTHE, Parish Hall, Wuthering Heights (2026). MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Tuner: Holy Days, to Thurs: Spider-Man:Brand New Day, to Thurs.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Minions and Monsters, film, and Thurs, 2.30pm.
Wednesday 26 August
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
BATH, Theatre Royal, Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, with Tracy-Ann Oberman as Gerry Essendine, to 5 Sept.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, BMTC in Our House – the Madness Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CHEW VALLEY, Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 5pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, and Thurs.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Upbeat Beatles, 7.30.
Thursday 27 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Tracy-Ann Oberman in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, to 5 Sept, various times, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BLACKWATER, The Cornish Craft Barn, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
BRISTOL, Exchange, Golomb, indie rock.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Highcliffe Charity Players in Come from Away, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
EGGESFORD, The Lodge, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, 1988 film, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Alabama 3, acoustic, 8pm.
POOLE, Brownsea Island, The Handlebards in Macbeth, and Fri 6pm, Sat 5pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Mean Girls, 6pm.
SHERBORNE, The Sherborne, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, and Fri, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Josh Atkinson Trio, and The Shalaings, folk and jazz, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Bowie Experience, 7.30.
WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall Folk Festival, inc Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards, True Foxes, Flats and Sharps, etc, to Mon.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in Things I’ve Never Said, and Fri, 7.30.
Friday 28 August
BATH, Forum, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Dancing Terraces, open air sessions, hiphop, Bollywood, vintage jazz, Latin, etc, free, and Sat, 7pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Yes, Prime Minister to 3 Oct.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, Paddington 2, 8.30.
FROME, Tree House, The Toasters, ska.
HONITON, Beehive, Dire Streets, tribute, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Lyme Folk Weekend, to Sun, inc The Songs of Martin Carthy with Liza Carthy, The Sandy Denny Project, Ophelia and Ninebarrow.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The End of Oak Street, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: Tony, and Sat, Tues-Thurs.
PORTSMOUTH, Southsea Common and Castle Field, Victorious Festival, to Sun, inc Richard Ashcroft, Scissor Sisters, Black Keys, Nile Rodgers, Jessie J, etc.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Mamma Mia, 6pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Lion Inside, 1.30pm, Sat 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm, Sun 10.30am.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Sunny Dancer, film, and Sat.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Roy Orbison and the Traveling Wilbury’s Experience, tribute, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Meatloaf by Candlelight, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Village Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Amy, tribute to Amy Winehouse with Laura Jane Butler, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Class of 55.
Saturday 29 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, West of England Youth Orchestra, cond Tim Redmond, David Adams violin, Alice Neary cello, Brahms, Vaughan Williams and Aucoin, 7.30, and Sun, 3pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, Wicked: For Good, 8.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Black Pirate, with Douglas Fairbanks, (1926) first technicolour feature film, live piano score by Meg Morley, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 7.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Last Guest at the Holloway Motel, new documentary with Q&A with directors Nicholas Freeman and Ramiel Petros, 1pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Star Wars: A New Hope, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Theatre for Life in I Was Always Here, journey through trans histories, 7pm, and Sun 11am and 2.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Taryn Charles, My Celebration of Whitney Houston, 7.30.
WATCHET, Backyard Theatre, Riddlestick Theatre in The Song of the Crow.
WELLS, Cathedral, Eagles by Candlelight.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Maet Live (formerly Maet Loaf) and the Never Neverland, with Craig Halford, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Space Cowboy, Jamiroquoi tribute.
Sunday 30 August
BRISTOL, Wardrobe Theatre, Riddlestick Theatre in The Song of the Crow, to Tues.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Vicky Jackson PINK tribute, 5.30.
HAM HILL, Chill on the Hill, inc Pirates of the Carabina, On the Shoulders, from 10am TA
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration, 5pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, NT Screening, 7pm.
Monday 31 August
BRISTOL, Beacon, Sam Campbell, Kid Giblet, comedy, and 22 Sept, 7.30: Lantern, Spell Songs Scratch Choir, choral folk, 2pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Joe Orton’s Loot, to Sat, 8pm.