Saturday 1 August
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Proclaimers: Lantern, Bristol Choir Brigade, 10th anniversary concert.
CALNE, Bowood House, This is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Cambrige Touring Productions in The Sword in the Stone, 2.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Pink Floyd by Candlelight.
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, CODA, tribute to Led Zeppelin.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, The Beached Boys, tribute, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Shanty Day, from noon.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Roy Orbison Story, Platinum Years, with Barry Steele.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Toy Story 5, film, and Mon/Tues/Thurs 11am and 2.30pm.

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.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Simon Brodkin, Edinburgh warm up comedy, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, 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.

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.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, The Innocent, musical about Thomas Helliker – The Trowbridge Martyr, part of Sidmouth Folk Festival, 3pm.

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

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.
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, 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Tuesday 1 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, to Sat.

Wednesday 2 September
BOURNEMOUTH, St Marks Church, Talbot Village, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, 6pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 6.30pm.

Thursday 3 September
DREWSTEIGNTON, Castle Drogo, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close Arundells, Dukes Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, 7pm.
PURBECK, Various venues, Purbeck Chamber Music Festival, to Sun.
TOLLARD ROYAL, Larmer Tree, End of the Road Festival, inc Pulp, CMAT, Super Furry Animals etc, to Sun.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, 6.30pm.

Friday 4 September
DIDMARTON, Bluegrass Festival, to Sun.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Phillip Clouts, piano, Ron Phelan, bass, Django Reinhardt, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Thelonius Monk, and Sat, 8pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, Labyrinth, 8pm.

Saturday 5 September
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Celine Dion by Candlelight.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, The Sound of Music, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, La Traviata on Sydney Harbour, filmed, 7pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars,The Devil Wears Prada 2, 8pm.

Sunday 6 September
FROME, Merlin ECOS amphitheatre, Illyria in Pinocchio, 3pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Holst’s Planets Suite, transcribed and played by organist Sam Hanson, 3pm.

Monday 7 September
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in The Good Doctor, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, September Tide by Daphne du Maurier, to Sat, 8pm.

Tuesday 8 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club, Killjoy, to Sat, 7.45.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Mean Girls, the Musical, to Sat.

Thursday 10 September
SALTASH, Pentillie Castle, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, Carolyn Craig, organ, 1pm.

Friday 11 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma Rice and Kneehigh’s Tristan and Yseult, to 19 Sept.
Various venues, Jane Austen Festival, to 20 Sept.
ILFRACOMBE, Landmark Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, and Sat, 1 and 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Haunting of Hill House, to 3 Oct.
SWANAGE, Folk Festival, to Sun.
WELLS, Cathedral, The Sixteen, Lead Kindly Light Choral Pilgrimage, 7.30.
Bishop’s Palace, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 6.30pm.

Saturday 12 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Half a String in Tiny Planet, family puppetry, and Sun, 11.30am and 3pm.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Ellen Baumring-Gledhill, cello, with Dafydd Chapman, piano, Debussy and Poulenc, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 6pm.
TORBAY, various venues, The International Agatha Christie Festival, to 20 Sept.

Sunday 13 September
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30pm.

Monday 14 September
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, to Sat, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre,  Steel Magnolias, to Sat.

Tuesday 15 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Kevin Bridges, Here If You Need Me, comedy, to Sat.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Oasis by Candlelight.

Thursday 17 September
WELLS, Cathedral, Doot, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet duo from Sheffield, 1pm.

Friday 18 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 11.30.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, FilmCrew, Project Hail Mary.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 7.30.

Saturday 19 September
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, Playhouse, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, From Renaissance to Romantic: Maurits Bunt organ concert, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Itchen Valley Country Park, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 3pm.

Sunday 20 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, rugby referee Nigel Owens, 7.30.

Monday 21 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in Under Milk Wood, solo show, and Tues, 7.30, Tues mat 2.30.

Tuesday 22 September
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, and Wed, 7, Wed mat 1pm.

Thursday 24 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, London City Ballet in Firebird, to Sat, 7.30, Fri/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 25 September
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal Royal Parade, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Star Wars: 50th Anniversary Celebration, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Northampton Male Voice Choir, 1pm.

Saturday 26 September
WIMBORNE, Methodist Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Come and Sing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, 2pm.

Tuesday 29 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 70th anniversary show, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.

Thursday 1 October
DEVON, Two Moors Festival, to 11 Oct.
SWANAGE, various venues. Blues Festival, to Sun.

Friday 2 October
SALISBURY,Cathedral, Fulltone Symphony Orchestra, Rodgers and Hammerstein, 7.30.

Saturday 3 October
BEAULIEU, Abbey, The Magic of Mozart, Emme Hensel, flute, Nova Foresta Philharmonic, Mozart, Mendelssohn, 7pm.
COLYTON, Town Hall,Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

Sunday 4 October
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Wonders of Wood and Wire, Jon Pickard, harp guitar, 3pm.

Tuesday 6 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Yes, Prime Minister, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wedenesday 7 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Adventures in Hidden History, to Fri, 1pm, and Thurs 10am.

Thursday 8 October
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Back to the Future – the Musical, to 21 Nov.

Friday 9 October
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The King’s Speech, to 7 Nov.

Saturday 10 October
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Passacaglia – The David Hill Organ Concert, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Studio, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

Tuesday 13 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Martin Shaw in A Man for All Seasons, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 16 October
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 11.30.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, FilmCrew, H is for Hawk.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 7.30.
PURBECK, various venues, Film Festival, to 1 Nov.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Alberto Dalgo, pianist from Milan, Northern Landscapes, Schumann, Liszt, Grieg and Chopin, and Sat, 8pm.

Saturday 17 October
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Banff Mountain Film Festival, red programme.
SHAPWICK, nr Wimborne, St Bartholomew’s Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Music for an Autumn Evening, 5pm.

Thursday 22 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Jennifer Saunders in Edward Bond’s The Sea, to 7 Nov, Mon-Sat, Thus/Sat mats 2.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Queen by Candlelight.

Friday 23 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.|
EXETER, Cathedral, The music of The Eagles by Candlelight,.
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.

Saturday 24 October
EXMOUTH, Blackmore Theatre, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30

Friday 30 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, M6 Theatre in All the Small Things, puppetry and storytelling, 10am and 1pm, Sat-Sun  11.30am and 3pm.

Saturday 31 October
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, BOVTS in Romeo and Juliet, dir Gregory Doran, to 7 Nov.
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Howard Shelley, piano, and strings of London Mozart Players, Dvorak and Schumann, 5pm.

Friday 6 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Donald, new play by Stefano Massini, to 5 Dec, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 11.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.

Saturday 7 November
BATH, Forum,  Harry Enfield, And No Chums, comedy.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.
TIVERTON, New Hall, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

Tuesday  10 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, David Suchet in Murder in the Cathedral, to 21 Nov, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, G4 Christmas, 7.30.

Wednesday 11 November
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre Company in A Monster Calls, to Sat.

Friday 13 November
BATH, various venues, Mozartfest, to 21 Nov.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, FilmCrew, L’Etranger.

Saturday 14 Novemer
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Emma Johnson, clarinet,  7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.

Monday 16 November
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing, to Sat.

Wednesday 18 November
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme.

Thursday 19 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Polka Theatre in Arthur, to 3 Jan, various dates and times.

Friday 20 November
MERE, UR Church, Pagoda Project, 7.30.
TINCLETON, Gallery, John Law, jazz piano, 8pm.

Saturday 21 November
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Honk!, to 3 Jan.
TINCLETON, Gallery, John Law and Ant Law, jazz pianos, The Laws of  (E)motion, 8pm.

Tuesday 24 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, CATS, to Sat.

Friday 27 November
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Whitney Houston by Candlelight.
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.

Saturday 28 November
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 January 2027, various dates and times.

Tuesday 1 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Paranormal Activity, to Sat, various times.

Saturday 5 December
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Festive Joy, Peter Roper-Curzon and friends, piano works and festiva delights, 4pm.
BLANDFORD, Parish Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Sinfonietta Players, cond David Gostick, A Baroque (and more) Christmas, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Sleeping Beauty, to 3 Jan 2027.
SEATON, Gateway, Exeter Opera Group in Rossini’s La Cenerentola,  7.30.

Thursday 10 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 Jan 2027

Friday 11 December
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, FilmCrew, Song Sung Blue.
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Aquinus Piano Trio, Rachel Roberts viola, Saint Saens, Brahms, Boulanger and Beach, 5pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Duncan Honeybourne, piano, Exploring British Musical History,  and Sat, 8pm.

Monday 14 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in A Christmas Carol, and Fri, 2 and 7pm.
CANFORD MAGNA, Canford School, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, A Dickensian Noel, 7.30.
SALISBURY,Cathedral, G4 at Christmas, 7.30.

Wednesday 16 December
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, A Dickensian Noel, 7.30.

Friday 18 December
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.

 

 

2027

Friday 22 January
SHAFTESBURY, Festival of Baroque. tbc

Sunday 24 January
SHAFTESBURY, St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick,  with Wessex Baroque Collective, 2pm.

Thursday 4 February 2027
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Blackbird, with John Simm, to 6 March, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Tuesday 9 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, James Graham’s Punch, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30

Saturday 20 February
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Joanna McGregor, piano, Alexei Watkins, horn, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra principals, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Brahms, 5pm.

Saturday 3 April
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Ruth Rogers, Simon Callaghan and Thomas Carroll, Beethoven’s Archduke Trio, 5pm.

Saturday 5 June
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Guy Johnston, cello,  pianist to be announced, recital, 5pm.

Thursday 14 October
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Alan Carr, Have I Said Too Much?, comedy, to Sat.