Thursday 1 May
BATH, Forum, Dionne Warwick, Don’t Make Me Over.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Welsh National Opera in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and Sat, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Brew Ha Ha Comedy, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Rock for Heroes, 7.30.

Friday 2 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Owen Spafford and Louis Campbell, contemporary folk, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, George Lewis, The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do, comedy.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Back to Bacharach, The Best of Burt, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Barry Steele’s Roy Orbison Story, 7.30.

Saturday 3 May
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Welsh National Opera, Play Opera Live, interactive family show, 3pm.
MAST, Pop Princesses World Tour, 1 and 6pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, G4 – Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.

Sunday 4 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Star Wars – John Williams classic scores, 5pm.
Marble Factory, Kula Shaker, Natural Magic.

Monday 5 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Alan Ayckbourn’s Just Between Ourselves, to Sat.
BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy, Kula Shaker, Natural Magic.

Tuesday 6 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Sekoya Jazz. 7.30.
WELLS, Little Theatre, Carousel, to Sat.

Wednesday 7 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Brodsky Quartet, Vienna to Prague, Schubert, Zebeljan, Haydn, Smetana, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, The Essence of Brahms, cond Wigglesworth, Clara-Jumi Kang, violin, Wagner, Britten, Brahms, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Haar, folk, 7.30.
VERWOOD, The Fireside Theatre, Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore, phone 01202 820689 for details. 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Aggers and Tuffers, Cricket stories, 7.30.
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Io Capitano.

Thursday 8 May
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, The Essence of Brahms, cond Wigglesworth, Clara-Jumi Kang, violin, Wagner, Britten, Brahms, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Our Star Theatre in Hannay Stands Fast (sequel to 39 Steps), 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Barb Jungr sings Dylan and Cohen, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Paul Young, 7.30.

Friday 9 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Ben Fensome in his solo play Buff, and Sat, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Kontemporary Korea, dance.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre,  John Martyn Project, 2025 Green Man Festival launch, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Trio Anima, viola, harp and flute, Bax, Beamish, Dowland, Debussey, 11.30am.
Lyric Theatre, Ben Haggarty and Jonah Brody, Gilgamesh, ancient Summarian epic, storytelling, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Our Star Theatre in Hannay Stands Fast (sequel to 39 Steps), 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Trio Anima, viola, harp and flute, Bax, Beamish, Dowland, Debussey, 7.30pm.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, spring concert, 7.30.

Saturday 10 May
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Fantasia Flute, 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Town Centre venues, 2025 Green Man Festival, all day.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Half a String in Breathe, puppetry and multi media, exploring the world from the perspective of an acorn, 2pm. TA
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Trio Anima, viola, harp and flute, Bax, Beamish, Dowland, Debussey, 7.30pm.

Sunday 11 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Cantamus Chamber Choir, Jonathan Dove, Daniel Elder, Howard Skempton and Morton Lauridsen, 4pm: Jess Gilham Trio, classical and jazz, 7.30.

Monday 12 May
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Nina Rajarani Dance Creations in EkatA, 7.30.

Tuesday 13 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Opera della Luna in The Mikado, to Sat.
YEOVIL, Westlands, BSO KS1 Somerset Schools Concert, 10am and 1.30pm.

Wednesday 14 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Sterling Elliott, cello, works by American composers, 1pm. 
FROME, Merlin, Frome Film Club, The Settlers,  Chilean film, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, Belshazzar’s Feast, cond David Hill, Steven Osborne, piano, Andrew Hamilton, baritone, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bernstein, Gershwin, Walton, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Menopause The Musical 2, Crusing Through the Menopause, 7.30.

Thursday 15 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Remythed, myths and legends from an LGBTQ+ perspective, and Fri, 7.30: The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy in Animal Farm, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Willie Russell’s Educating Rita, to 28 June.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Devon Opera in La Boheme, and Fri, 7.30, Fri mat 2.30.

Friday 16 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Ballroom, LOL Comedy Club, 8pm, and 6 June, 5 July, 8 Aug, 6 Sept, 3 Oct and 7 Nov.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Gordon Giltrap, acoustic, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Illegal Eagles, 7.30.

Saturday 17 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Darius Brubeck Quartet, original, mainstream and South African jazz, 7.30.
|POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, The Best of Bond – Shaken not Stirred, cond David Arnold, Jacinta Whyte, singer, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Judge Jules Club Anthems, 8pm.

Sunday 18 May
AXMINSTER, The Minster, Axe Vale Orchestra, cond Walter Brewster, Mozart, Beeethoven, Mendelssohn, 3.30pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Die Walkure from the Royal Opera House, 2pm. 
SHUTE, St Michael’s Church, Kilima Piano Trio, Mozart, Faure, Tchaikovsky, Clara Schumann, 4pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The South West School of Dance, Chicago, teen edition.

Monday 19 May
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Dracula, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Swan,  Sleuth, to Sat.

Tuesday 27 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Wise Children’s North by Northwest, to Sat.

Wednesday 28 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Frigg, Nordic folk and bluegrass, from Finland, 7.30.

Thursday 29 May
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Trygve Wakenshaw, Silly Little Things, comedy and circus, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Castaway Theatre, CATS, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.

Friday 30 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, The Queen of Between, all about Hecate, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, BoA Live Music Festival, Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart, 7.30.
Festival site, The Bowie Experience, with Laurence, 8pm.
BRISTOL, O2 Academy, Holy Holy, David Bowie’s music played by Woody Woodmansey, Tony Visconti, etc.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Cecil Sharp and the Soundscape of Somerset, talk by David Sutcliffe, music from Ensemble Sirinu, 7.30.

Saturday 31 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Gasper Nali Band, babatoni band from Malawi, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Shire Hall, The Darkening, a paranormal experience, from 3pm to 9.30pm.

Sunday 1 June
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Nick Langston and the Hip Cats: A Century of Sinatra, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Seeger Sessions Revival, Bruce Springsteen show, 7.30.

Monday 2 June
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in The 39 Steps, to Sat.

Wednesday 4 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, The Mistake, and Thurs, 7.30.
VERWOOD, The Fireside Theatre, Sweet and Low, comedy verses, poems and sketches, phone 01202 825178  for details. 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Francis Rossi’s Songs from the Status Quo Songbook, 7.30.

Thursday 5 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, By Royal Appointment with Caroline Quentin and Anne Reid, to Sat 14 June.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Still Here, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, Antiques and a Little Bit of Nonsense, expert tales. 7.30.

Friday 6 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Northern Rascals in Sunny Side.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, Grieg Piano Concerto, cond Gergely Madaras, Louis Schwizgebel, piano, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Franck, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Murder: Staged, with Cherish Merryweather. 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The FlyRights, 7.30.

Saturday 7 June
YEOVIL, Westlands, SHiNE, local groups showcase, and Sun, 7pm.

Tuesday 10 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club, Jameson Road, Humble Boy, to Sat.

Wednesday 11 June
FROME, Merlin, Frome Film Club, Banel and Adama, Senegalese film,  8pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Fallen Leaves.

Thursday 12 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Frankenstein (on a budget), to Sat, 7.30.

Friday 13 June
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Studio, Never Had a Dad night with local writer Georgie Codd, 7.30.

Saturday 14 June
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Salisbury Chamber Chorus, 7pm.

Mondaya 16 June
YEOVIL, Westlands, Martin Fry, of ABC, 7.30.

Tuesday 17 June
BATH, Theatre Royal,Picture You Dead, to Sat.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Ladyboys of Bangkok, 7.30.

Thursday 19 June
YEOVIL, Westlands, Billy Ocean, Love Really Hurts without You, 7.30.

Friday 20 June
POOLE, Upton Country Park, Upton House Food and Music Festival, tribute bands and world cuisine, to Sun.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Steampunk Orchestra, 7.30.

Saturday 21 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Tall Stories in The Elmer Adventure, 1.30 and 4pm, and Sun 10.30am and 2pm.

Sunday 22 June
SALISBURY, St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury Chamber Chorus, with Nova Foresta Philharmonic, Opera Gala, 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 June
DORCHESTER, Dorset Museum, Music Society, Lumas Wind Quintet, Coleman, Shostakovich, Nielsen, Reicha, Millhaud, Lalo Schifrin, 7.30.

Thursday 26 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Gigglemug in Scouts! The Musical, to Sun.  Thurs/Fri 1 and 7pm, Sat/Sun 11.30am and 3pm.

Friday 27 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ralph Fiennes in Grace Pervades, to 19 July.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Mathis Rochat, viola, Erdem Misirlioglu, piano, Bowen and Brahms, 11.30am.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Mathis Rochat, viola, Erdem Misirlioglu, piano, Bowen and Brahms, 7.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Celine: My Heart Will Go On, tribut concert, 7.30.

Saturday 28 July
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Mathis Rochat, viola, Erdem Misirlioglu, piano, Bowen and Brahms, 7.30m.

Wednesday 2 July
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Centre Stage :  This is Me, primary and secondary school showcase, 7pm.

Friday 4 July
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Noises Off, to 12 July.

Saturday 5 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Glyndebourne at Beaulieu, 7pm.
PUDDLETON, Athelhampton House, Bournenouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Athelhampton: A Musical Portrait, musical journey through house, gardens and history, 5.30pm.

Sunday 6 July
YEOVIL, Westlands, Yeovil Together, celebrating cultural diversity, noon to 5pm.

Wednesday 9 July
FROME, Merlin, Frome Film Club, Made in England, Martin Scorcese tribute to Powell and Pressburger,  8pm.

Thursday 10 July
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Guenther Steiner Live: Unfiltered, Formula 1 stories, 7.30.

Friday 11 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 11.30am.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 7.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Play in The Vicar of Dibly, to Sun, various times.

Saturday 12 July
CREWKERNE, Dancehouse, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 7.30pm.

Monday 14 July
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Friends!, the Musical Parody – The One Where they Sing!, to 23 Aug.

Wednesday 16 July
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, to Sat.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 6.30 and 9pm.

Sunday 20 July
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Queen Symphonic, A Rock and Orchestra Experience, 5pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Fireman Sam Live, 12.30pm.

Monday 21 July

Tuesday 22 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival,  Verdi’s Rigoletto, and 25/26 July 7pm, Thurs mat 2pm.

Wednesday 23 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival,  Cavalleria Rusticana and Suor Angelica, and Thurs, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.

Thursday 24 July
BATH, Theatre Royal,  London City Ballet in Momentum, to Sat.

Friday 25 July
BATH, Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio, Lily Allen in Hedda, to 23 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Rhythm of the Dance, 7.30.

Saturday 26 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, The King’s Men, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Taylormania, 7.30.

Tuesday 29 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, John Godber’s Do I Love You?, to Sat

Wednesday 30 July 2025
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Hamilton, to Saturday 6 September.

Friday 1 August
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, John Williams: the Master – Symphonic Spectacular.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Tom Gates Epic Stage Show, based on books of Liz Pichon, 12.30 and 3.30pm.

Saturday 2 August
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, ABBA Symphonic Spectacular.

Tuesday 5 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Death Comes to Pemberley, to Sat.

Thursday 7 August
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera,Verdi’s Rigoletto, and 9th/14th/16th August, 7pm.

Friday 8 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Meyrick Park Proms, BSO, Classical Extravaganza, 8pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and 12th/15th August, 7pm.

Saturday 9 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Meyrick Park Proms, BSO, Symphonic Smash Hits – the 80s!, 8pm.

Sunday 10 August
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Picnic Prom with Clare Teal, from 5.30pm.

Friday 15 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Harriet Walter and Gloria Obianyo in As You Like It, to 30 Aug.

Sunday 17 August
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Baroque double bill of Carissimi’s Historia Jonae and Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, performances at 3pm and 7pm.

Friday 22 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, TRBTS Summer Company in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sat, 2 and 6pm.

Saturday 23 August
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Spiral Jazz, 7pm.

Thursday 28 August
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in BUSK, and Fri, 7.30.

Monday 1 September
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Haywire, new play by Tim Stimpson to celebrate 75th anniversary of The Archers, to 11 Oct.

Wednesday 3 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, Degrees of Error in Murder, She Didn’t Write, 7.30.

Friday 5 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis, 7.30.

Saturday 6 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Haunting of Blaine Manor, and Sun, 7.30.

Thursday 11 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma, to 20 Sept.

Friday 12 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Tina Turner tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 13 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Nova Clarinet Quintet, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf, comedy, and Sun, 7.30.

Tuesday 23 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in The Addams Family, to Sat.

Friday 26 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, James Phelan, The Dreamer, magic, 7.30.

Saturday 27 September
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Paul Zerdin, Jaw Drop Tour, ventriloquism, 7.30.

Wednesday 1 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Stewart, The Farewell Tour.

Thursday 2 October
DEVON, Two Moors Festival,  to Sun and 9th to 12th October

Friday 3 October
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Ralph Fiennes in Small Hotel to 18 Oct.

Sunday 5 October 2025
CARDIFF, Utilita Arena, Simply Red, 40th anniversary tour.