Tuesday 1 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance – 30 Years of Standing Ovations, to Thurs.
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.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Matt Frei, broadcaster and political commentator, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Voodoo Room – A Night of Hendrix, Clapt0n and Cream.

Thursday 3 September
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Young SixSix in Macbeth, and Fri, 8pm, Sat 3 and 7pm.
St George’s, Beverly Glenn Copland, singer and songwriter.
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 International 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.
WAREHAM, Lady St Mary Church, PICMF, Across the Sea, Barber, Debussy, Weir, Bloch, Saint Saens etc, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Searchers and Hollies Experience.

Friday 4 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day, and Sat.
DIDMARTON, Bluegrass Festival, to Sun.
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Levellers.
STUDLAND, St Nicholas Church,  PICMF, Still Waters, Mozart, 11am.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PICMF, At the Waters’ Edge, folk and improvisation, 5pm.
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.
Lady St Mary Church, PICMF, The Flowing Brook, Schubert, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Odyssey, film, and Mon-Wed, various times.

Saturday 5 September
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Rhys Jones, Chop Logic, comedy.
St George’s, Jay Rayner, Nights Out in the Kitchen, 7.30.
CHURCH KNOWLE, St Peter’s Church, PICMF, Currents, Benjamin, Bach, Handel, 11am.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Celine Dion by Candlelight.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, The Sound of Music, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Bass Connection, local bands, from 4.30pm.
City Hall, The Undercover Detective, The Makings of a Murderer.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, La Traviata on Sydney Harbour, filmed, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PICMF, Cello masterclass with Natalie Clein, 2pm.
WAREHAM, Lady St Mary Church, PICMF, The Storm Within, Barber, Smetana, Vasks and Schubert, 7.30.
The Blue Pool, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars,The Devil Wears Prada 2, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Snake Oil and Friends, A Night in Nashville.

Sunday 6 September
FROME, Merlin ECOS amphitheatre, Illyria in Pinocchio, 3pm.
KINGSTION, St James’s Church, PICMF, Everlasting Tides, Richard Strauss, Bach, Mozart, 11.30am.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Holst’s Planets Suite, transcribed and played by organist Sam Hanson, 3pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PICMF, Songs from the Shore, family concert, 2.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, G4, Phantoms of the Popera.

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, Pavilion, David Essex, Thanks for the Memories.
Little Theatre Club, Killjoy, to Sat, 7.45.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Mean Girls, the Musical, to Sat.
Old Vic Weston Studio, Badgers, new play by Malaika Kegode, and Wed/Fri/ Sat  8pm, Thurs 6.30, Sat mat 3pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy.

Wednesday 9 September
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Ivo Graham in Orange Crush, comedy, 7.30.

Thursday 10 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Piff and Pop’s Magic Shoppe.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Jack Rooke’s Good Grief, comedy, 7.30.
St George’s, Tom Gilbey, wine expert and comedian.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Sir Ben Okri, 7.30.
City Hall,  Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
SALTASH, Pentillie Castle, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, Carolyn Craig, organ, 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Lipstick on Your Collar, Hits of the 50s.

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.
BOURNEMOUTH,Pavilion, Sam Campbell, Kid Giblet, comedy.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Jayde Adams, Before I Give It a Name, songs and new material, 7.30.
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.
Arts Centre, Steady Habits, alt country and soul, 7.30.
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.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Elio Pace.

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.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Aurie Styla, Maverick, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 6pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Salisbury Rocks, tribute band night.
TORBAY, various venues, The International Agatha Christie Festival, to 20 Sept.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, ZZ Topped.

Sunday 13 September
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Daniel Kitson, Thrum, comedy and music, and Mon, 7.30.
St George’s, Artists from Hunan Song and Dance Theatre, Chinese folk music, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Russell Watson.

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
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Prat Packs Back, with Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Joe Pasquale and Shane Richie.
Pavilion, John Cleese and the Holy Grail, screening and live audience Q & A, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Kevin Bridges, Here If You Need Me, comedy, to Sat.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Crush, play by Hadsan Mohamud, to Sat, various times.
St George’s, Nikesh Shukla,  The Good Immigrant, panel discussion with Inua Ellams, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Oasis by Candlelight.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Jimmy Tarbuck.

Wednesday 16 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Sounds of the 60s, hosted by Tony Blackburn.
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  Degrees of Error in Murder, She Didn’t Write, improvised murder mystery, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Our Star Theatre in The Three Musketeers, 7.30.

Thursday 17 September
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Opa Rosa, Balkan, Greek, Klezmer and Roma music, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Doot, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet duo from Sheffield, 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, CODA: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin.

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.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Jon Lloyd, saxophone, and John Law piano, Naissance, looked Renaissance sacred music and jazz, 1pm: Courtney Pine, Modern Day Jazz Story, 8pm.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, FilmCrew, Project Hail Mary.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Tracey Collins, Man! I Feel Like Bingo!, comedy Shania Twain tribute, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Johnny Cash Roadshow.

Saturday 19 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Michael, starring Ben – the Magic of Michael Jackson.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Anthony Scaramucci – podcast host, All the Wrong Moves.
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.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Bootleg Shadows.

Sunday 20 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, rugby referee Nigel Owens, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Oasish, tribute.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Daniel Foxx in How Lovely, comedy, 7.30.
St George’s, Robert Harris, Augustus, Agrippa and the Birth of the Roman Empire,  2pm.

Monday 21 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in Under Milk Wood, solo show, and Tues, 7.30, Tues mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Craig Crofton and Marvin Muoneke celebrate the music of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Holy Holy, a celebration of David Bowie.

Tuesday 22 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Alan Davies, Think Ahead, comedy.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Lost Dog in Juliet and Romeo, dance theatre, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, and Wed, 7, Wed mat 1pm.
TRURO, Hall for Cornwall, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance – 30 Years of Standing Ovations, to Sat.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Francis Rossi.

Wednesday 23 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Nurse Georgie Carroll, Infectious, comedy.
BRISTOL, St George’s, The Drifters.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Deborah Meaden, 7.30.

Thursday 24 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, London City Ballet in Firebird, to Sat, 7.30, Fri/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Jane McDonald, Living the Dream.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Riot with Adam Summerhayes, violin, Carmen Flores, viola, Toby White, cello, Beethoven and Summerhayes, 1pm: Yetii Piano Trio with Laura Jurd, jazz trumpet, and Jake McMurchie, saxophone, jazz, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Trevor Eve, 7.30.
City Hall, Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Revive Theatre in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, 7.30.

Friday 25 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, the music of the Four Tops.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, 7.30: Chris Fox, folk and Americana, 7.30.
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.
Arts Centre, Centrepeice, jazz and songs from the Great American Songbook, 2.30: Barnstormers Comedy, 8pm.
City Hall, Francis Rossi – The Quo Songbook.

Saturday 26 September
BOURNEMOUTH,Pavilion, Michael Ball, Glow.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Classical Players, Brahms, Mahler and Dvorak, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Romantics, Mystics and Revolutionaries, live performance lecture on Wordworth and Coleridge by poet and comedian Pete Bearder, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Methodist Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Come and Sing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, 2pm.

Sunday 27 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Showtime Future Stars, showcase for dance schools, 12.30 and 7.15pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  Stevie Martin in Clout, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pete Allen Jazz Band.

Monday 28 September
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Misanthrope, NT Screening, 7.30.

Tuesday 29 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 70th anniversary show, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Imperial Classical Ballet in Swan Lake, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  The Big House in Blaze FM, political theatre with music, to Sat, various times.
St George’s, Sara Pascoe, Riot Act – The Birthday Show, madcap cabaret, 7.30.
CLEVEDON, Theatre Shop, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, to 10 Oct.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Don’t Forget Me – Eddie Cochran official documentary film, 7.30.

Wednesday 30 September
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Richard Marsh in Top Gunchained, celebrating 40th anniversary of Top Gun, to Sat, 7.30.
St George’s, Ensemble Augelletti in Jewels that Brightly Burn, music by Bach’s students, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Celebrating Celine : A New Day.

Thursday 1 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Copacabana Magic, Barry Manilow tribute.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Petar Pejcic, cello, Nour Ayadi, piano, Dvorak, Debussy, Faure, Chopin, 1pm.
Prospect Building, The Hu, with SKALD.
DEVON, Two Moors Festival, to 11 Oct.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Charlotte Carrivick Band, modern bluegrass, 7.30.
City Hall, Jonathan Pie, comedy.
SWANAGE, various venues. Blues Festival, to Sun.

Friday 2 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Joe Jackson, Hope and Fury.
02 Academy, The Hu, with SKALD.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Frankie Archer, folk.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Fulltone Symphony Orchestra, Rodgers and Hammerstein, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 7.30.
City Hall, Tim Peake, Astronauts – The Quest to Explore Space.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, There’s a Monster in Your Show, 1pm.

Saturday 3 October
BEAULIEU, Abbey, The Magic of Mozart, Emme Hensel, flute, Nova Foresta Philharmonic, Mozart, Mendelssohn, 7pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Shawn Colvin, singer and storyteller, 7.30:  Maar, Icelandic trio, 7.30.
COLYTON, Town Hall,Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Wrong Jovi, tribute, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, 02 Guildhall, The Beat and The Selecter.

Sunday 4 October
BOURNEMOUTH,Pavilion, Tribute to The Carpenters.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Flo and Joan, With Feeling, comedy, 2.30 and 7.30.
St George’s, Graeme Garden, Still Clueless After All these Years, with Samira Ahmed, 2.30: Rick Wakeman : Music, Mayhem and the Movies, 5.30: Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones, The Wizard and the Welshman, 8pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Wonders of Wood and Wire, Jon Pickard, harp guitar, 3pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Fun for Little Ones – A Tribute to Miss Rachel, noon.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Talking Pictures – a Festival of Film and TV, 11am to 7pm.

Tuesday 6 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Yes, Prime Minister, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Steve Hackett, Best of Genesis and solo gems.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Anastasia File, to Sat, Thurs/Sat mats.
City Hall, Peter Cox, Go West – We Close Our Eyes and other stories.

Wedenesday 7 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Adventures in Hidden History, to Fri, 1pm, and Thurs 10am.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The End of the World According to Jonathan Pie.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Gilbert O’Sullivan.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Nathan Bessell in Up Down Big Man, to 17 Oct.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The John Verity Band.

Thursday 8 October
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Back to the Future – the Musical, to 21 Nov.
St George’s, The Mancunium Consort, Grieg, Stanford, Tallils, etc, 1pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Seth Lakeman, Freedom Fields, 20th anniversary tour, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Moving Pictures – a tribute to the music of Rush.

Friday 9 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Katherine Jenkins, 25th anniversary tour.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The King’s Speech, to 7 Nov.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, False Futures, Britpop, fundraiser for Wiltshire Creative Christmas Appeal, 7.30.
City Hall, Tony Robinson, From Cunning Plans to Ancient Lands, in conversation with Jon Monie, 7.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Story of Guitar Heroes.

Saturday 10 October
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Rock Orchestra, Arena of Fire.
Pavilion, The Magic of the BeeGees.
BRISTOL, St George’s, The Fulltone Orchestra, Symphonic Enya with Cantiamo Choir, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Passacaglia – The David Hill Organ Concert, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Mick Jogger and the Stones Experience.
City Hall, Justin Hayward, The Story in Your Eyes tour.
SHERBORNE, Studio, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Sun Records – The Concert.

Sunday 11 October
BRISTOL, St George’s, China Crisis, The Warped Tour.

Monday 12 October
BRISTOL, St George’s, Jake Xerxes Fussell, folk.

Tuesday 13 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Martin Shaw in A Man for All Seasons, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Burt Bacharach Songbook with The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and guest singers.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Seth Lakeman.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, In The Air Tonight, Phil Collins and Genesis tribute.
City Hall, Adam Garcia’s Emerald Storm.

Wednesday 14 October
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Westlife, 25th anniversary world tour.
Pavilion, BBLOC in 9 to 5 – the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  FlawBored in What’s the F**king Point?, comedy, to Sat various times.
St George’s, Bristol Ensemble and the Fitzhardinge Consort, Haydn, Finzi, Poulenc.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, SAS: Behind Enemy Lines, with Damien Lewis, talk, 7.30.
City Hall, Salisbury WI, An Afternoon of Entertainment, 1.45pm.

Thursday 15 October
BRISTOL, St George’s, William Jack, cello and jazz guitar, 1pm: Meera Syal, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Tenors Unlimited – Great Songs, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, folk, 7.30.
City Hall, UK Pink Floyd Experience.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli,Wimborne Drama in Kind Hearts and Coronets, to Sat, 7.30.

Friday 16 October
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 11.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Lanny, adapted by Bea Roberts from Max Porter’s novel, to 7 Nov, various times.
St George’s, Jess Gilham, saxophone, and her band, CPE Bach, Hildegarde of Bingen, Nadia Boulanger, Corelli, Bowie, 7.30.
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.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Paul Merton and Suki Webster’s Improv Show, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Laurence Knight, The Bowie Experience, 7.30.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Alberto Dalgo, pianist from Milan, Northern Landscapes, Schumann, Liszt, Grieg and Chopin, and Sat, 8pm.

Saturday 17 October
BRISTOL, St George’s, Exultate Singers, A Sense of the Divine, Tallis, MacMillan, Stanford, Clarke, traditional songs etc, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 7.30.
PILL, Memorial Club, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Pinch Punch Improv in Locomotive for Murder: the Improvised Whodunit, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Holmes and Watson: Curious Case of the Masked Magician with Peter Clifford and the Great Baldini, 2 and 7.30pm.
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.

Sunday 18 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Austentatious.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Wishhbone Ash.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Lulu.

Monday 19 October
BRISTOL, Wardrobe Theatre, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, to 29 Oct.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Christine Collister and Dave Kelly, folk.

Tuesday 20 October
BOURNEMOUTH,Pavilion, The Legends in Vegas – After Hours.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Nathan Bessell in Up Down Big Man, to Sat, various times.
St George’s, Lemn Sissay, Let The Light Pour In, poetry, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Green Room in Don’t Dilly Dally, music hall favourites, 2.15pm.
City Hall, Hallowe’en in concert, 7.3o.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Sh*t Faced Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, 7.30.

Wednesday 21 October
BATH, Forum, The Beat and The Selecter.
BOURNEMOUTH,Pavilion, Nigel Havers, Talking B*ll*cks.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Foy Vance, The Wake World Tour, singer songwriter, 7pm: Hesta Banks and the Adam Stokes Quintet, tribute to Blossom Dearie, 7.30.
SALISBURY, various venues, Celebrate Voice, to 31st Oct.
Playhouse, Daniel Kitson, Thrum, comedy and music, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Two Halves of Guiness, with Zeb Soanes, to Sat, 7.45, Thurs/Sat mats 2.45.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Tracy Borman, Tudors on Tour, talk, 7.30.

Thursday 22 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Jennifer Saunders in Edward Bond’s The Sea, to 7 Nov, Mon-Sat, Thus/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Phantoms with Lee Mead.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Jonathan Parkin, guitar, Rodrigo, Albeniz, Tarrega etc, 1pm: Grace Petrie, folk singer songwriter, 8pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Queen by Candlelight.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Brendan Murphy in Buffy ReVamped, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Sounds of the 60s with The Zoots, 7.30.
City Hall, Jeremy Bowen, Truth Under Fire, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wishbone Ash, and Fri.

Friday 23 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The ELO Experience, 20th anniversary tour:  Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.|
BRISTOL, St George’s, Mali Sheard, jazz and folk, 1pm: Maire Carroll, Philip Glass Piano Etude, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, The music of The Eagles by Candlelight,.
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret, 7.30.
Arts Centre, WiFi Wars, live comedy game show, 7pm.
City Hall, Beyond the Barricade.

Saturday 24 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Hello Again – The Neil Diamond Songbook: Ballroom, Ginger Johnson in Show Pony, drag.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Classical Players, Mozart and Brahms, 7.30.
Electric Bristol, The Beat and The Selecter.
EXMOUTH, Blackmore Theatre, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, 7.30.
Arts Centre,  Groove Junction, local bands, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bad Co Legacy.

Sunday 25 October
BOURNEMOUTH, 02 Academy, The Beat and The Selecter.
BRISTOL, St George’s,  Minibeats with Laura Tanner, Superstrings, 10.30am and 12.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Once Upon a Rhyme, 1pm.

Monday 26 October
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Miriam Margolyes, Full English Live.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hallow’een Spooktacular, 2pm.

Tuesday 27 October
BRISTOL, St George’s,  10cc’s Graham Gouldman and Heart Full of Songs, 7.30: Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, folk duo, with Jon Thorne, double bass, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Appraisal, comedy with Tim Marriott and Angela Bull, 7.30.

Thursday 29 October
BOURNEMOUTH, AUB at Wallisdown Campus, 1984, to Sat,7.30, Sat mat 2.30
BRISTOL, St George’s, AERA Ensemble, Beethoven, Bruch and Stravinsky, 1pm: Jasmine Myra, saxophone, and band, jazz, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Haar, The Lost Day tour, folk, 7.30.
City Hall, Calling Planet Earth, music of the 80s.

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.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Tom Stade, Rules, comedy.
BIC, Steve Backshall, Deadly -Live, animal adventures. 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s,  Rachel Podger, violin, and Lucie Horsch, recorders, Bach, Telemann, Montanari, Boismoitier and traditional, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Harriet  – Trying to Get the Feeling Again.

Saturday 31 October
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, BOVTS in Romeo and Juliet, dir Gregory Doran, to 7 Nov.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Hallowe’en Party, local band night, 7pm.
City Hall, Nightmare in Nashville, hallowe’een rodeo fest and country tributes, from 2pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Howard Shelley, piano, and strings of London Mozart Players, Dvorak and Schumann, 5pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Rave On, 50s and 60s music.

Sunday 1 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Celya Ab in We Must Stop Meeting Like This, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Stylistics.

Tuesday 3 November
SALISBURY, Playhouse, East is East, to 14 Nov, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15
City Hall, Leo Sayer.

Wednesday 4 November
WIMBORNE, Tivoli Theatre, Steeleye Span.

Thursday 5 November
HAVANT, The Spring, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Stewart Lee versus the Man Wulf, comedy. 7.30.

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.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  Side eYe in Off-Key, and Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, and Sat.

Saturday 7 November
BATH, Forum,  Harry Enfield, And No Chums, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Prof Brian Cox, Emergence, exploring the wonders of science, and Sun, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Steeleye Span.
Arts Centre, Stuff and Nonsense Theatre in Rabbit and Rey and the Lost Things, 11.30am and 2.30pm: Michael Spicer, Hope All’s Well, satire and comedy, 7.30.
TIVERTON, New Hall, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

Sunday 8 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Morgan Rees in What a Bummer, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Festival of Remembrance with Treorchy Male Choir and Royal Marines Association Concert Band, 3pm.

Tuesday  10 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, David Suchet in Murder in the Cathedral, to 21 Nov, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Papatango Theatre in Tom Howell’s The Silence and the Noise, to Sat, various times.
EXETER, Cathedral, G4 Christmas, 7.30.

Wednesday 11 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Sh*t Theatre in Evita TOO, to Sat, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre Company in A Monster Calls, to Sat.

Thursday 12 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Suede and  The Manic Street Preachers.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
ILFRACOMBE, Landmark Theatre, Steeleye Span.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Louise Jordan, Behind Enemy Lines – the story of women agents in WW2, 7.30pm.
City Hall, The Illegal Eagles, Hotel California tour.

Friday 13 November
BATH, various venues, Mozartfest, to 21 Nov.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB in Frankenstein: The Making of a Monster, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, FilmCrew, L’Etranger.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Lucy Porter, Let Yourself Go, comedy, 7.30.
City Hall, Richard Ayoade, Afterthoughts, comedy.

Saturday 14 Novemer
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Emma Johnson, clarinet,  7pm.
BISHOP SUTTON, Valley Arts, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Myles Smith, singer songwriter, My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Book of Genesis, tribute, 7.30.
City Hall, The Story of Guitar Heroes.

Sunday 15 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Ania Magliano, Peach Fuzz, comedy, 2.30 and 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Elkie Brooks – The Long Farewell Tour.

Monday 16 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Script.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing, to Sat.

Tuesday 17 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Lucy Beaumont, Bad at Quiz Shows, Good with Weirdos, comedy, 7.30.

Wednesday 18 November
ARTSreach tbc Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Paul Smith, Happy, comedy, and 28 Nov, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Stuart Goldsmith in Canary, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing, comedy.
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.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Archers: Live at 75 with host Angela Barnes and cast members including Charles Collingwood, Ryan Kelly and Sunny Ormonde, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and friends, Kool Story Bro, comedy, and Fri, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Lost in Music, Motown hits.

Friday 20 November
ARTSreach tbc Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
MERE, UR Church, Pagoda Project, 7.30.
TINCLETON, Gallery, John Law, jazz piano, 8pm.

Saturday 21 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Bill Bailey, Vaudevillean.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Honk!, to 3 Jan.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Mad Dog Mcrea.
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.

Wednesday 25 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Bob Dylan, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Musical Theatre Salisbury in Elf! The Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Thursday 26 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Australian Pink Floyd, The Happiest Days of our Lives.

Friday 27 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Cinderella – A Fairy Tale, to 2 Jan.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Whitney Houston by Candlelight.
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.

Saturday 28 November
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  Polka Theatre in The Snowy Day, to 3 Jan, various day times.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 January 2027, various dates and times.
Arts Centre, What Wood Victoria Do? with Paulus the Cabaret Geek, 7.30.

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

Thursday 3 December
BOURNEMOUTH, AUB Wallisdown campus,  Twelfth Night, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Noise Next Door, improv comedy, 7.30.
City Hall, Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson tribute.

Friday 4 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Squeeze with Billy Bragg.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  Closer Each Day: The Improvised Soap Opera, to 19 Dec, 8pm.

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.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Aladdin, to 3 Jan.
BIC, Ocean Colour Scene, Moseley Shoals 30th anniversary tour.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Sleeping Beauty, to 3 Jan 2027.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Carsick, local post-punk band, 6.30pm.
City Hall, James B Partridge, The Big Christmas Assembly, 3.30.
SEATON, Gateway, Exeter Opera Group in Rossini’s La Cenerentola,  7.30.

Sunday 6 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Kevin Bridges, Here If You Need Me, comedy.
SALISBURY, City Hall, ABBA Merry Christmas.

Monday 7 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Culture Club – The Singles Tour.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Salberg Studio, The Tailor of Gloucester, to 27 Dec, various day times.

Wednesday 9 December
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Larry Dean in Hellbent, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Guy Masterson in A Christmas Carol, to Sat, 7.45, Thurs mat 2.45.
City Hall, Jim Davidson’s Christmas Cracker, comedy.

Thursday 10 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 Jan 2027
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice at Christmas, to Sat.
Arts Centre, Lady Maisery and Jimmy and Sid, Awake, Arise, A Christmas Show for Our Times, folk, carols etc, 7.30.
City Hall, The Overtones, Jivin’ Home for Christmas.

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.

Saturday 12 December
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Christmas with Woodfalls Band, 7.30.
City Hall, That’ll Be Christmas, 7pm.

Sunday 13 December
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Christmas Comedy Crackers with Russell Kane, Eva Bindeman, Lindsey Santoro, Chantel Nash and Dane Buckley, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Operababes and Fulltone Symphony Orchestra, 3pm.

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.

Thursday 17 December
SALISBURY, City Hall, Step into Christmas, concert spectacular.

Friday 18 December
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Sweet with John Otway.

Sunday 20 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, That’ll Be Christmas, 7pm.

 

 

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.

Thursday 18 March
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB in One Man, Two Guvnors, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

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

Wednesday 28 April
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ian Gillan, The Talking  Gib’rish Tour [opening night].

Friday 7 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, YES, the Fragile tour.

Thursday 20 May
BATH, Forum,  Ian Gillan, The Talking  Gib’rish Tour.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB in Chris Bush’s Faustus, That Damn’d Woman, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Monday 24 May
BRISTOL, St Georges, Ian Gillan, The Talking  Gib’rish Tour.|

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.