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Updated Thursday 20 November, 6.26pm
Friday 21 November
ASHBURTON, Arts Centre, storyteller Vic Llewellyn in No One Is Listening ( a ghost story), 7.30. ViA
BATH, Theatre Royal, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Aaron Sorkin, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: The Egg, Snow Mice, to 11 January 2026, various days and times.
BATH, Forum, The Amy Winehouse Band.
Rondo, Olly Hawes, F**king Legend, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Baka Beyond, African Celtic fusion.
Komedia, Peter Hook and The Light, tribute to New Order.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in A Christmas Carol, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
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.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Don Letts, Rebel Dread, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Mamma Mia, and Sat.
Old Vic, Uncanny: Fear of the Dark, with Danny Robins, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Weston Studio, Masumi Saito and An-Ting in Departure, music and dance, exploration of ritual death and the spirit, and Sat, 8, Sat mat 3pm.
St George’s, Terje Isungset Ice Quartet, with voice, ice-harp, ice horn, iceofone, ice percussion and ice bass, 7.30.
Beacon, Sara Pascoe, I Am a Strange Gloop, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Fergus McCreadie, 8pm.
Megascreen, Johnny Jewell.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, John Bramwell, The Light Fantastic, tunes for the adventurous, 7.30.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Drama in Persuasion, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Hannah Maxwell, I, AmDram, storytelling, 7.30pm. AR
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Celine Dion by Candlelight with January Butler and her band, 7.30.
FROGHAM, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Drama in A Monster Calls, and Sat, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Freddie and Queen Experience.
Tree House, Samantics.
HONITON, Beehive, Genesis Songbook, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ferocious Dog, Celtic folk punk rock.
MERE, Lecture Hall, MADS in ‘Allo ‘Allo 2 – The Camembert Caper, and Sat, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Milton Musical Society in Power of Love: An 80s feelgood musical, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Drum Studio, James Wilton Dance and Raphael Weinroth Browne, cello, Bach Re-imagined, and Sat, 7.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Maximum Rhythm and Blues with The Manfreds, 7.30: Cinema,The Choral, and Sat and 25-27 Nov, various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Youth Theatre in Annie jnr, and Sat, 6.30, Sat/Sun mats 1.30pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddy, with Spencer J and the Copycat Crickets, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mats 2pm.
MAST, Southampton University Theatre in Pygmalion, and Sat, 7pm.
MAST, Griff Rhys Jones, The Cat’s Pyjamas, comedy, 8pm.
Turner Sims, A Sound to the Soul, Voice of Southampton competition, 4.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Friend, 8pm. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, Caravaggio, Exhibition on Screen, 7.30: Roofman, film, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Rocky Horror Picture Show, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, The Ed Sheeran Experience with Jack Shepherd, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, An Evening of Pink Floyd, tribute, and Sat, 7.30.
Cedars Hall, Elvis Returns, with Steve Knight, 7.30.
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, WOW Youth Musical Theatre in The WOW Show, celebration showcase, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Tennessee Country Christmas.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, Pamela Hambro Hall, Firelight Trio, Scottish folk, Balfolk dance workshop 4pm, concert 7.30. AR
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, The Friend. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Terra Nova, and Sat.
Westlands, Bat out of Hell, Meatloaf tribute, 7.30: The Choral, film, 11am and Sat/Mon/Tues 11am, 2.30pm and 7pm.
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.
Rondo, Tom Houghton, Deep, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Opa Rosa, Balkan klezmer band.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Dara O’Briain, Re:Creation, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Bill Frisell Trio, jazz, 7.30.
BRENTOR, Village Hall, storyteller Vic Llewellyn in No One Is Listening ( a ghost story), 7.30. ViA
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Ward Thomas, country duo, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Leonian Dream, band from Axminster, The Red Waterlily Tour, 7pm.
Electric Palace, Gabby’s Dollshouse, film, 11am: Bridport Big Band, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon,James Hype presents SYNC, electronica, 6pm.
St George’s, Poetry Prom, Forgotten Voices of War versus Peace, 3pm: Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra, Shostakovich, Glazunov, Aulin, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
Strange Brew, Panjabi Hit Squad, 8pm.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, Village Hall, Firelight Trio, Scottish folk, Balfolk dance workshop 4pm, concert 7.30. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Take That Experience, tribute, 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.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, The Ocean Can Be a Bridge – Frederick Douglass in Exeter, live performance and film, 7,30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, The Unravelling Wilburys, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Entitled Sons.
Tree House, Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip.
HONITON, Beehive, Richard Strauss’s Arabella, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
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
POOLE, Lighthouse, Filskit Theatre in Little Robin Red Vest, to 14 Dec, various dates and day times: Lady Nade sings Nina Simone, 7.45: Cinema, Bridge to Terabithia, 11.30am.
POWERSTOCK, Hut, Hannah Maxwell in I, AmDram, storytelling, 7.30pm. AR
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Salisbury Musical Society, Farrant Singers, Finzi, Bridge and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Live/Wire, the AC/DC show, tribute. 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Piccadilly Sinfonietta, Jenny Sacha, violin, Warren Mailley-Smith, piano, Beethoven Emperor Concerto and Vivaldi Four Seasons, 7.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Comedy Club with Gary Delaney, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, The Psychology of Dogs, with Paula O’Sullivan, 7.45.
Turner Sims, Terje Isungset Ice Quartet, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Ninebarrow, folk, 7.30pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid Somerset Orchestra, cond Hitoshi Suzuki, Land Legends and The Planets, Wagner, Smetana, Holst, family matinee 3pm: Arabella, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Beyond the Barricade, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Luminous Tales – The Goose and Mrs Frost, 11am and 2pm: The Bierfass Band, oompah band, 8pm.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, Hopeville, Americana, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Upbeat Beatles.
Sunday 23 November
BATH, Komedia, The Park Lane Big Band, 25th anniversary.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, JLS, The Club is Alive.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra, Byrd, Bartok and Copland, 5pm.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Whispers By the Fireside: an evening of myth, magic and storytelling with Jane Flood and Martin Maudsley, 6pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Venna, alto sax, jazz, 7pm.
CERNE ABBAS, Village Hall, Firelight Trio, Scottish folk, 7.30. AR
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.
EXETER, University Great Hall, Sophie McCartney, One Foot in the Rave, comedy.
Barnfield Theatre, Anthos Young Company in Medea.
Corn Exchange, Kerry Ellis, Queen of the West End.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Rich Hall, Chin Music, comedy, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Think Floyd.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, cathedral choir, Cantata Evensong, inc Bach’s Wachet Auf, 4.30pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, FW Murnau silent film with live accompaniment by Stephen Horne, piano and Elizabeth-Jane Baldry, harp, 7pm.
STOCKLAND, Village Hall, storyteller Vic Llewellyn in No One Is Listening (a ghost story), 7.30. ViA
WEST STAFFORD, Village Hall, Hannah Maxwell, I, AmDram, storytelling, 7.30pm. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, John Cleese Packs it In, film, 7pm.
Monday 24 November
BATH, Forum, The Illegal Eagles.
Komedia, The Electric Comedy Club, new comedy with Paul Hilleard, MC.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Sounds of the Sixties, hosted by Tony Blackburn.
Redgrave Theatre, BOVTS in A Christmas Carol, to Sat, various times.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre,The Roses, film, 1pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Marching Band, film, to Wed, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Imperial Classical Ballet in The Nutcracker, 7.30.
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.
Mission Theatre, Next Stage in Larkin with Women, play by Ben Brown, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
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.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Cinderella, live from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
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.
EXETER, Corn Exchange, The Illegal Eagles.
FROME, The Lucky Chance, Wise Children in A Child’s Christmas in Wales, to 21 Dec, various times.
Merlin Theatre, Cinderella, live from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
HONITON, Beehive, Cinderella, live from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, to Sat, 7pm, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Cinderella live from the Royal Ballet, 7.15, and encore 29 Nov, 7.15.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Cinderella from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Frantic Assembly in Lost Atoms, to Sat, 7pm, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Cinderella from the Royal Ballet, 7.15: I Swear, film, and 3 Dec, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mrs Warren’s Profession, NT Screening, 7.30.
Wednesday 26 November
BATH, Forum, Australian Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 7.30.
Rondo, Rondo Theatre Co in Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, to Sat, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Nell Bryden, blues and soul.
Komedia, Robben Ford, guitar.
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
MARNHULL, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Sian Edwards, Ning Feng, violin, Hollywood Hit, Liszt, Korngold, Dvorak, 7.30: Cinema, Death Becomes Her (1992), 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, English National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, to Sat, 7pm, Thurs/Sat mats 1.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, The Christmas Orchestra Concert, film music, singalong carols etc, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Ward Thomas.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Dame Mary Berry, 7.30.
Thursday 27 November
BATH, Komedia, The Dub Pistols.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Wings of Desire, with Bruno Ganz, 1987 Wim Wenders film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, The Fifth Step with Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden, NT screening, 7pm: I Swear, film, 2pm.
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.
Tobacco Factory, Rapunzel: a Hairy Tale, to 17 Jan, various dates and times.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Fifth Step, NT Screening, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Piano Quartet, Suk, Mozart, free, 11am: Aidan Dooley in solo play Discovering Antarctica, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Jack and the Beanstalk, to 4 January, various dates and times.
University Great Hall, BSO, cond Sian Edwards, Ning Feng, violin, Hollywood Hit, Liszt, Korngold, Dvorak, 7.30.
Cygnet Theatre, Blue Vanguard Jazz Club with Mike Outram, guitar, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Bluffing Your Way in Ballet, dance and comedy, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Dutty Moonshine Big Band.
HONITON, Beehive, Charade, 1963 film with Audry Hepburn, 2pm: The Fifth Step, NT Screening, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Illsley, Life and Times of Dire Straits.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Hannah East, Express Yourself, comedy work in progress, 7.3o.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, to 28 Dec, various times.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard, local bands, 7.30: Cinema, Singin in the Rain (1952), dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, storyteller Vic Llewellyn in No One Is Listening ( a ghost story), 7.30. ViA
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, London Mozart Players Chamber Ensemble, Vaughan Williams and Shostakovich, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Fifth Step, NT Screening, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Ballet Theatre UK in A Christmas Carol, and Fri, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Limelight Players in Wait Until Dark, to Sat, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, G4 Christmas concert, 7.30.
Cedars Hall, Chloe Hanslip, violin, Danny Driver, piano, Bach, Ysaye and Franck, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Martin Stephenson and the Daintees.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Ultimate Classic Rock Show, 7.30.
Friday 28 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Sir Derek Jacobi in conversation with Richard Clifford, 2pm.
Forum, Amy Macdonald, singer.
Chapel Arts, Cloudbusting – the Kate Bush Songbook.
Komedia, Ogre Palooza, Shrek tribute band.
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.
Electric Palace, Good Fortune, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Eastern Strings Accordion Trio, 1pm: cellist Alisa Weilerstein and her trio, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Beethoven, 7.30.
Strange Brew, Herbert and Momoko, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Barry Steele’s Roy Orbison Story, 7.30.
COMBETEIGNHEAD, Village Hall, storyteller Vic Llewellyn in No One Is Listening ( a ghost story), 7.30. ViA
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.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store Exeter, 7.45.
Corn Exchange, Garth Marenghi, This Bursted Earth Book, creepy stories.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Yorke Dance Project, Modern Milestones, and Sat, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Craig Charles funk and soul house party.
HONITON, Beehive, The Upbeat Beatles, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Consone Quartet, Wolf, Mozart, Beethoven, 7.30pm.
KILMINGTON (Devon), Community Cinema, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Emmanuel Sonubi, Life After Near Death, comedy, 7.30.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Studio Jazz with Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas and Misha Mullov-Abbado, 7.45: Rory Bremner, Making an Impression, 7.45: Cinema, Love Actually in Concert, 7.30: Wicked: For Good, to Sun and 2 to 7 and 9 to 11 Dec, various times.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, From Darkness to Light, the Advent procession, 7pm, and Sat/Sun 5pm.
Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy Club, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Young Performers Festival, to Sun, all day: Holy Cow, French film, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Oh What a Night with the New Jersey Boys, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Quercus, folk jazz with June Tabor, Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Salt Path, 8pm. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, South West School of Dance, Ignite: Dance Showcase, to Sun, 7pm, Sat/Sun mats 2pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Craig Milverton Trio, jazz in the bar, 7.30: The Choral, film, and Mon-Wed, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Will Adamsdale in AI, AI, Oh … (or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT but we’re not talking now), comedy, 7.30.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Fastlove, The George Michael Tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Nouvelle Vague, with Melanie Pain.
WOODLANDS, Village Hall, Hot Fingers, jazz, 7.30. AR
YEOVIL, Westlands, Christmas Extravaganza of Dance, Song and Spoken Word, 7.30.
Saturday 29 November
BATH, Forum, The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert, film, 7pm.
Chapel Arts, Roxy Magic, tribute.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club Christmas special.
BIGBURY, Memorial Hall, storyteller Vic Llewellyn in No One Is Listening ( a ghost story), 7.30. ViA
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.
Electric Palace, Skids, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The D.A.M. Trilogy, Back to Berlin, 7.30: Lantern, Laura-Mary Carter, 7pm: Weston Stage, Ruth Royall presents Queenm, with DJ Rhilipercussion, 5pm.
Hippodrome, The Fast Show, comedy.
St George’s, Foresver Joyful, celebrating 20 years of the Renewal Gospel Choir, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, BOVTS in Once Upon a Winter, 10am.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Dusty Show with Louise Ann Masters, 7.30.
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.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Let Us Take You to Paris, French music from Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Django Reinhardt, Serge Gainsbourg,etc, 7.30.
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
HONITON, Beehive, A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, film, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Otway.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
MILBORNE ST ANDREW, Village Hall, Hot Fingers, jazz, 7.30. AR
POOLE, Lighthouse, Nicola Benedetti, violin, with Plinio Fernandes, guitar and Samuele Telari, accordion, Sarasate, Paganini, Debussy, folk music, etc, 7.30: Mark Steel, The Leopard in my House, comedy, 7.45.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Jack and the Beanstalk, to 11 Jan.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, GreenMatthews, folk, Midwinter Revels, seasonal period music, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Music for Advent and Christmas, 7pm.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Not Now Collective in Pepper and Honey, 7.30. AR
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Chris Newman, guitar, and Maire Ni Chathasaigh, harp, folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Los Pacaminos, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, James B Partridge, Big Christmas Assembly, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Amy Jeffs, Gwen Burns and Natalie Brice, ballads based on Amy and Gwen’s book Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads, 7pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, London Concertante, Christmas at the Movies, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Big Girls Don’t Cry, tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, 7.30: Ocean Room, Dirty DC, AC/DC tribute, 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.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Wessex Military Band, 4pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, SOHN, 8pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Will Adamsdale in AI, AI, Oh … (or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT but we’re not talking now), comedy, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Sir Derek Jacobi in conversation with Richard Clifford, 2pm: Trails in Motion, film, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Brett Tippie, The Right Line, extreme sports athlete, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Village Hall, Hot Fingers, jazz, 7.30. AR
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Adventures in Science with The Magical Mr West, 3pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, Advent procession with Cathedral Choir, 6pm.
LITTON CHENEY, Village Hall, Not Now Collective in Pepper and Honey, 2.30. AR
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, That’ll Be Christmas, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Poole Society for Young Musicians, Youth in Concert, 4pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Step into Christmas, favourite festive songs, 7pm.
Turner Sims, Southampton Youth Orchestra, Sibelius, Elgar, Brahms, 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Holly at Christmas with Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Andrew Bourn, A Swingin’ Christmas, 7.30.