See “The Arts Diary – September 2026 on”  to see what’s scheduled for the next few months and more.

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Updated Saturday 1st August,  8.02pm

 

Sunday 2 August

BRISTOL, Beacon, National Children’s Orchestras 12 and 13 year olds, There’s No Planet B, cond Matthew Quinn, inc Bernstein, Sibelius, Holst, Zimmer etc, 4.30pm.
CHEW MAGNA, Valleyfest.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Simon Brodkin, Edinburgh warm up comedy, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, to 22 Aug.
EXETER, Rougemont Gardens, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night,  2pm and 7pm.
LULWORTH, Castle, Camp Bestival.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Fame – The Musical, to 15 Aug.
SIDMOUTH, Folk Festival, incl Steve Knightley, Kate Rusby, Blowzabella, Spooky Men’s Chorale, Gigspanner Big Band, Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening, etc. to Fri.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Toy Story 5, film, to Thurs.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Minions and Monsters, film, to Thurs, and 21/25/27 Aug, 2.30pm: Disclosure Day, film, to Thurs, 7pm.
SWINDON, Lydiard Park, Immersion Theatre in The Jungle Book, 4pm.
TAUNTON, Hestercombe Gardens, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
TEWKESBURY, Garden Festival, The Last Baguette, Bin Rat,  2pm.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Various venues, Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival, FREE.

 

Monday 3 August

BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Rock the Tots Summer Party, 11am.
CANFORD, School, Brownsea Open Air Theatre at Canford, The Tempest, to 15 Aug.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, to Wed, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, The Innocent, musical about Thomas Helliker – The Trowbridge Martyr, part of Sidmouth Folk Festival, 3pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Toy Story 5, film, and Tues/Thurs 11am and 2.30pm.

Tuesday 4 August
ANSTY, Commandery, The Commandery Players in the Tempest, to Sat, 7.30.
BATH, Theatre Royal, Our Man in Havana, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Waitress – The Musical, 10th anniversary tour, to Sat.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
POOLE,Lighthouse, Cinema, The Odyssey,  to Sat, and 11/13 Aug.
TORQUAY, Princess Theatre, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance – 30 Years of Standing Ovations, to Sun.

Wednesday 5 August
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Turandot on Sydney Harbour, recorded, 7.30.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, The Shepherd and the Bear. MOVIOLA
EXBURY, Gardens, Illyria in Pinocchio, 7pm.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.
IBBERTON, Village Hall Field, Miracle in Peer Gynt, 7pm. AR
ILFRACOMBE, Watermouth Harbour, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, David Byrne’s American Utopia, 5.45.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, I Swear, film, 7.30.

Thursday 6 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Bluey’s Big Play, to Sun, various day times.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bubble Bach, musicians, comedy and bubbles, 2 and 3.15pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Foyer, Sofar Sounds, local bands, free, to 27 Aug.
CANNINGTON, Walled Gardens, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in Pinocchio, 7pm.
DREWSTEIGNTON, Castle Drogo, Immersion Theatre in The Jungle Book, 6,30pm.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Spellbound in Singin’ In the Rain, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
Cheese and Grain, Hot 8 Brass Band.
HONITON, Beehive, East Devon Dance Academy and Honiton Community Theatre Company Youth in Beats & Motion, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, GB Shaw’s Arms and the Man, and Fri, Mon-Wed, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 7.30.
SANDFORD ORCAS, Higher Orchard, Miracle in Peer Gynt, 7pm. AR
SALISBURY, City Hall, Chuckles Comedy Club, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, Turandot on Sydney Harbour, filmed, 4pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tiddalik the Frog, storytelling and music, 10.15am: Jack and the Beanstalk, musical storytelling, 1pm: Adam Kay, comedy, 8pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Carmen, and 8/12/15 Aug.

Friday 7 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Meyrick Park, BSO Proms in the Park, Now That’s What I Call Symphonic Music!, cond Enyi Okpara, John Williams, Stravinsky, Zimmer, Shore, etc, 8pm.
Pavilion Dance, Dancing Terraces, open air sessions, hiphop, Bollywood, vintage jazz, Latin, etc, free, and Sat, and Fri/Sat to 29 Aug, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Ceyda in Evim (My Home), dance and whirling from a female Turkish company, 11am and 3pm.
Electric Palace, Simon Brodkin, comedy, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms, ParaOrchestra, cond Charles Hazlewood, celebrating Steve Reich’s 90th birthday, 7.30.
St George’s, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Zulu songs and music from Paul Simon’s Graceland, 7.30.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, This is My Theatre in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 6pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Magic of the Beatles, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, The Jake Leg Jug Band, 7.30.
MONTACUTE, House, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Alter Eagles, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Christophers, and Tues, 11am and 15th Aug 3.30pm: Moana (2026), and Sat and 11th, 13th, 15th and 20th Aug, various day times.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Odyssey, film, to 15 Aug, various times: Studio, Minions and Monsters, film, to Thurs, various times.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Masters of the Universe, film, and Sun/ Tues/ Thurs, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, 55 – Stacked Wonky, Ernie and Gerard, music, talk, dance, 1 and 4pm.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, Immersion Theatre in The Jungle Book, 12.30 and 3.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, 80s Live, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, Illyria in Pinocchio, 7pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Vache Baroque Band, A Toast to the Tavern.

Saturday 8 August
BATH, Forum, National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, summer concert, 5pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Meyrick Park, BSO Proms in the Park, Symphonic Smash Hits – The 90s, cond Pete Harrison, Robbie Williams, Cher, Spice Girls etc, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, National Children’s Orchestra, 11 and 12 year olds, Spellbound, inc Mussorgsky, Bizet, Saint Saens and film favourites, 4.30pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Van Morrison Alumni Band, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms, BSO, cond Adam Hickox, Max Hornung cello, Shostakovich, Gubaidulina and Rachmaninov, 5pm:  Lantern, BBC Proms, Round Midnight, celebrating the music of John Coltrane, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Viva Maastricht!, Andre Rieu’s summer concert on screen, 2 and Sun 7.30: Kill Bill: the Whole Bloody Affair (2025) double bill, 6pm (running time  4 hours and 41 minutes).
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Meatloaf by Candlelight.
FROME, ECOS Amphitheatre, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 6pm.
Cheese and Grain, Ratrace and One Chord Wonders.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Rollin’ Stoned, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Viva Maastricht!, Andre Rieu’s summer concert on screen, 12.30, and Wed 5.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Organ Prom, A Joyful Noise, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Viva Maastricht!, Andre Rieu’s summer concert on screen, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Alter Eagles – No Finer Tribute, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE,Mowlem, This is Floyd, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The George Harrison Project, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Viva Maastricht, Andre Rieu’s 2026 summer concert, and Mon, 2.30 and 7pm.

Sunday 9 August
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms, National Open Youth Orchestra, cond Alice Farnham, inc Betteridge Clarion Concerto, premiere of Charlotte Harding’s The Orchestra: A Young Person’s Guide, relaxed performance 2.30pm: Lantern, BBC Proms, Anu Komsi, soprano, Sakari Oramo, violin, Kurtag Kafka Fragments, song cycle, 6pm.
St George’s, Tenebrae, Path of Miracles, 4pm.
EXETER, Rougement Gardens, The Last Baguette, Bin Rat, 11.30am and 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Andre Rieu’s 2026 Summer Concert, Viva Maastricht, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Nothe Fort, This is My Theatre in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 7pm.
Pavilion, Beautiful Trauma, the ultimate live Pink experience, 7.30.

Monday 10 August
SHREWTON, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Changing Rooms, by Marc Camoletti, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Prince Albert Gardens Amphitheatre, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7pm.
Mowlem, Heard It Through the Grapevine, soul and Motown greatest hits.

Tuesday 11 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, to 22 Aug, 7.30, (not Sun/Mon), Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, A Country Night in Nashville, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Bodyguard, the musical, to Sat.
EXBURY, Gardens, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, 7pm.
HARTLAND, Abbey, Miracle in Peer Gynt – A Comedy of Terrors, to Thus, 6.30
SALISBURY, The Wardrobe, Rifles Museum, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 3pm.
TORRINGTON, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Opera della Luna in Oscar Straus’s The Chocolate Soldier, and 13/14 Aug.

Wednesday 12 August
BEAULIEU, National Motor Museum, This is My Theatre in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 6.30pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Matilda, film, singalong, 3pm.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Trio Paradis, music by female composers, 2pm.
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Gaggle of Geese, John Osborne in To Make People Happy, poetry and comedy, 8pm. AR
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Toy Story 5, 11.30am and 2pm, Thurs 3.30pm.
STOURHEAD, Gardens, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers legacy show, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Castle, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Thurs, 6pm.

Thursday 13 August
BEAULIEU, National Motor Museum, This is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 6.30pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Blue’s Big Play, to Sun, various day times.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Celtic Nights, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 7pm.
DRIMPTON, Royal Oak, John Osborne in To Make People Happy, poetry and comedy, 7.30pm. AR
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, Illyria in Pinocchio, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Glastonbury – The Movie:  30th anniversary special, 2 and 7.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Dead Guilty by Richard Harris, and Fri, Mon-Wed, 7.30.
MAWGANPORTH, Cornwall, Bedruthen Hotel, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island.
NAILSWORTH, Woodchester Mansion, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors,  6.30.
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Nouvelle Vague. MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, film, 2pm:  Baz Lurhmann’s EPic – Elvis Presley in Concert, 7pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, Kathe Wright Kaufman, organ, 1pm.
Bishop’s Palace, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm.

Friday 14 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion,  Ben Portsmouth, This is Elvis, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, West Bay, Jurassic Fields Music Festival, to Sun.
CHARD, Guildhall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Thank You For the Music, ABBA tribute, 7.30.
COMBEINTEIGNHEAD, Hearn Field, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 2.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, British Youth Music Theatre in Paper Stars, the story behind the magic of Mary Poppins, musical theatre and pop, and Sat 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Sunset Cafe Band, Tonight in Dreamland, 1920s/1930s New Orleans style jazz, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, youth company in Les Miserables, school edition, and Sat 6pm, Sat/Sun mats 1pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Invite, film, and Sat, 7.30: Studio, Synthetic Sincerity, film, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Moana, film, and Sun/Tues/Thurs, 2.30.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sat.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rocket Man, Elton John tribute, 7.30.
WINTERBOURNE, (nr Bristol) Medieval Barn, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.

Saturday 15 August
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Summer Jazz with the Sarah Bolter Quintet, 7pm
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion,  P*ssed Up Panto in Cinderella, “adults” only, 7.30.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival of Music and Art, to 23 Aug.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Dirty DC: In the Beginning tour, 7.30.
CRAWTHORNE, nr Dorchester, Langham Wines, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, The Blues Brothers, (1980), 8.30.
DUNSTER, Castle, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Moonstone Theatre in Fallen at the Final Fence, with dinner, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Devout, Depeche Mode tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, The Greatest Showman, film singalong, 4pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club with Suzy Bennett, Vicki Helyar and Chris Brooker, 8pm.
NEWQUAY, Orchard, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, 2.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema,  Taxi Driver, 50th anniversary screening, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, A Night of Blues and Boogie, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Good Times, tribute to the music Nile Rodgers, 7.30.
TETBURY, Goods Shed, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors,  2 and 6.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jim Davidson, Last Man Standing, 7.30.

Sunday 16 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania, with Katy Ellis, 5pm.
BURTON BRADSTOCK,  St Mary’s Church, music festival, to Fri.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 6pm.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Pete’s Singers, pop, rock, jazz and musicals, 5pm.
FREEFOLK, St Nicholas Church, This is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 7pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Swing Unlimited, Music on the Lawns, 1pm.
SHERBORNE, Castle Gardens, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, and Tues/Thurs, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Tribute to Adele – Hometown Glory, candlelit concert with Natalie Black, 7.30.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Picnic Prom.

Monday 17 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion,  Joanne Clifton and Ore Oduba, dance and musical theatre hits, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Stone Cold Murder by James Cawood, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Sounds of the 60s with The Zoots, 7.30.

Tuesday 18 August
BEDMINSTER, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 3.30.
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Wicked, film, singalong, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Annie – the Musical, to Sat.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Little Angel Theatre in Toto the Ninja Cat and The Great Snake Escape, 3.30 and Wed 10.30am and 1.30pm.

Wednesday 19 August
BRISTOL, Fernhill Farm, ArcTanGent Festival, to Sat.
CULLOMPTON, Sutton Barton Corn Barn, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7.30pm.
GREAT TORRINGTON, Castle Gardens, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Moulin Rouge – The Musical, to 19 Sept.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Tuner, and 21st and 25th Aug: Delicatessen (1991), 6pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Alter Eagles, 7.30.

Thursday 20 August
CIRENCESTER, Cotswold Sculpture Park,  Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 6.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Tri.Art Dance and Performing Arts Academy in West Side Story, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen, David Hockney, 2 and 7pm.
KIMMERIDGE BAY, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington, and Fri, Mon-Wed, 7.30.
PURBECK VALLEY, Folk Festival, to Sun, 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.
REDRUTH, Scorrier House, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania, tribute with Katy Ellis, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Turandot on Sydney Harbour, film, 2.30 and 7pm.

Friday 21 August
AVEBURY, Manor Garden, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, and Sat, 6.30pm.
BEDMINSTER, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island, 3.30.
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 6.30pm.
BREAMORE, House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Somerstage in Legally Blonde the Musical Jnr, and Sat, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Spielberg at 80: Jurassic Park (1993 film), 7.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Boogie Wonderland, retro disco night, 7.30.
OTTERY ST MARY, ESCOT, Beautiful Days Festival, to Sun, inc Super Furry Animals, Madness, Levellers, Proclaimers, Divine Comedy, etc.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Holy Days, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: Spider-Man:Brand New Day, and Sat, Tues-Thurs.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Moana, film, to 27 Aug, various times: How to Live on Earth, environmental documentary film presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sat, 4pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Odyssey, and Sun/Tues/Thurs 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Swift and Friends, pop party, 6.3o.
WAREHAM, Carey’s Secret Garden, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, The Magic Faraway Tree, 8.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 22 August
BATH, Forum, Fireman Sam Live, The Lost Pirate Treasure, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac legacy, 7.30: Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, BSharp in Little B’s Boogie, family friendly music, 11am and 2pm.
BRUTON, Hauser and Wirth, Mirror (1975  Tarkovsky avant garde film) outdoor screening, 6pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Comedy Club with Paul Sinha, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Meysey Hampton Manor, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 5pm.
FALMOUTH, The Poly, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
HONITON, Beehive, Nothing Concrete, international band from the Pyrenees led by Scottish songwriter Fergus McKay, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Kate Bush Experience, with Maria Ahearn, 8pm.
POOLE,Lighthouse, Cinema, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, and Wed/Thurs.
STUDLAND, Knoll House Hotel, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars,  Jaws, 8.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Noasis, tribute. 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Oasiz, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rule the World, tribute to Take That, 7.30.

Sunday 23 August
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
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.

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.
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

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.
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.
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.
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
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.