Wednesday 1 May
BATH, Forum, Billy Joel Songbook, with Elio Pace.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre Kyiv in Carmen, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Carmen, from the Royal Opera House, 6.45pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Iain Stirling, Relevant, comedy, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, A Little Bit of the Script’s The Thing, writing for stage, TV etc, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Carmen, from the Royal Opera House, 6.45pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, cond Karabits, Alexander Malofeev, piano, Valeriy Sokolov, viola, Tchaikovsky, Ivan Karabits, Kancheli, Balakirev, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Trio Paradis, cafe concert, The English Renaissance, 11am.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Carmen, from the Royal Opera House, 6.45pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Taylormania with Katy Ellis, 7.30.
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, The Cairo Conspiracy, 7.30.

Thursday 2 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Tamsin Greig in Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, to 1 June, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Disco Inferno.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre Kyiv in Madama Butterfly, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rachel Fairburn in All Killa No Filla, true crime comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Jake Bugg SOLD OUT
HONITON, Beehive, Carmen from the Royal Opera, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Alabaster Deplume, jazz, post punk, avant garde, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne Festival Chorus and Chameleon Arts Orchestra, cond Paul Ellis, Amelia Monaghan, soprano, Elgar, Faure, Rutter, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Rich Hall, Shot from Canons, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Richard Digance, 7.30.

Friday 3 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy in The Sad Club, and Sat: Bath Theatre Academy in A Series of Public Apologies, and Sat.
Forum, Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company in Andalucia, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Sensational 60s Experience with Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Trems, The Fortunes, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Vanity Fare.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jacqui Dankworth and her Trio, jazz, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, A Night to Remember, Motown show, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, John Law’s Recreations, jazz, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Morgan Rees in Turning Thirsty, comedy: Weston Studio, Bristol School of Acting in Pam Gem’s Piaf, to 11 May, 8pm.
St George’s, Gerard Flotats, cello, Tom Zalmanov, piano, Bach, Rachmaninov, 1pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Awake, with Tony Moore, ex- Iron Maiden and Meatloaf, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Swede Caroline, film, (with lunch) 2pm, and 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Paul Foot, Disolve, comedy, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne School Chamber Ensembles, free, 1.30pm: Leia Zhu, violin, Iuventus Chamber Orchestra, cond Thomas Hull, Brahms, Mozart, 7.30.
Sherborne School Big Schoolroom, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne School Swing Band, free, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, 1865, Kira Mac and Jayler.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, This is Merseybeat, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Andy Ford, More Funny Stuff, comedy, 7.45.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Genesis Connected, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Johnny Cash Roadshow, (rescheduled date), 7.30.

Saturday 4 May
BATH, Forum, Average White Band.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Bowie Experience.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Metropolis (Fritz Lang 1927) with live soundtrack by Palooka 5, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Ruby Wax, I’m Not As Well as I Thought I Was, comedy.
St George’s, Bristol Folk Festival, Ranagri, Rachel Baiman and Around About Dusk, 2pm: John Spiers and Jon Boden, Frankie Archer, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Casterbridge Male Voice Choir, 12.15, FREE:  Andy Grant Band, rock and blues, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Cuban Brothers with DJ Yoda.
Tree Housae, Pet Needs.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mungo’s Hi Fi, Jamaican, ska, reggae, dubstep, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Sons of Town Hall, political songs and storytelling, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne School Chamber Choir, dir James Henderson, 11.am: Ex Cathedra vocal ensemble, dir Jeffrey Skidmore, Martha McLorinan, mezzo, James Robinson, tenor, Simone Rebello, bells, Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil, 7.30.
School for Girls Gransden Hall, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Aquinas Trio, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, 3.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Oysterband, 8pm, and Sun 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Rich Hall, Shot from Canons, comedy, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Celebrating Celine, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Senstational 60s Experience with Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Trems, The Fortunes, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Vanity Fare, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Signatures, Northern Soul Live, 7.30.

Sunday 5 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Frank Skinner, 30 Years of Dirt, 3 and 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Chimpanzees of Happy Town, musical retelling with Paul Rissmann and Ensemble 360, 2pm: Ensemble 360, woodwind and strings, Suk, Coleridge-Taylor, Howells and Dvorak, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Carmen from the Royal Opera, 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Folk Festival, Lady Nade, Heather Ferrier Trio, Chris Fox, 2pm: Sheelanagig and Filkin’s Ensemble, 7.30: Hands of the Heron, Bristol trio, 8pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Michael Jordan’s Magic and Marvels, 2.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Clinton Baptiste, Rolly Ghoster.
Tree House, Rioghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Festal Eurcharist, 9.30am: Gryphon School and Phoenix Voices, musical theatre hits, free, 1pm: Choral Evensong inc premiere of new anthem by Abbey director of music, James Henderson, 6pm.
Castleton Church,  Sherborne Abbey Festival, Choral Matins with the Beckett Consort, 11.15am.
Sherborne Girls School Gransden Hall, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Kieran White, tenor, David Wright, harpsichord and chamber organ, The English Orpheus, songs and arias by Purcell, 3.30pm.
Sherborne School Big Schoolroom, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Jacqui Dankworth and band, jazz, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, 2 and 4.30pm, Mon 11am and 2pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Daniel O’Reilley, Out of Character, 8pm.

Monday 6 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Cluedo 2 : The Next Chapter, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Dionne Warwick, Don’t Make Me Over.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Animal Guyz Amazing Animals, 10.30 and noon.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Robert Quinney, organ, Bach, Mendelssohn, Dupre and Vierne, 1.30pm: Sherborne Abbey Choir, dir James Henderson, Choral Illuminations, Renaissance music from Lassus, Victoria, Tallis, Guerrero and Parsons, 7.30.
St Aldhelm and the Sacred Heart, Leweston School Chamber Ensembles, free, 4pm.
WELLS, Little Theatre, Sister Act, to Sat.

Tuesday 7 May
BATH, Forum, The Sound of Springsteen, tribute.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Keane.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater Operatic Society in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Geraldine Somerville in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, to Sat, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
St George’s, Elisabeth Brauss, piano, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Schumann, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Frome Musical Theatre Company in Anything Goes, to Sat.
Tree House, The Orielles.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Sherborne Girls Madrigals Society, dir Mark Cracknell, free, 1.30pm: Academy of Ancient Music, dir Bojan Cicic, The Art of the Italian Concerto, 7.30.
Sherborne Girls School Gransden Hall, Sherborne Girls Chamber Ensemble, free, 4.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Michael Sheen in Nye, from the National Theatre, 2.30 and 7pm, and 20 May 2.30.

Wednesday 8 May
BATH, Forum, Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox.
BRISTOL, Exchange, Dea Matrona.
St George’s, Tokio Myers, pianist and composer, jazz, 7pm.
Lost Horizon, Kira Mac and Jayler.
FROME, Merlin, Holy Spider, Iranian film, 8pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Plymouth Conservatoire students in How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, to Sat, 7.45, Fri/Sat mats 2.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Karabits, and singers, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta opera, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Abbey Festival, Leweston Schola Cantorum, dir Rachel Milestone, traditional and modern sacred choral music, free, 1pm.
The Plume of Feathers, Dinner and Opera, Greatest Hits with Lynsey Docherty, soprano, Anthony Flaum, tenor, Philip Smith, baritone and Caroline D’Cruz, piano, and Thurs, 7pm. BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Thursday 9 May
BATH, Forum, Paloma Faith.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Romesh Ranganathan, Hustle, comedy, to Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, If The Streets were On Fire, documentary film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s,  Catriona Bourne, flute, Raymond Yiu, piano, Taktakishvili, McMichael, Rachmaninov, etc, 1pm: Bethany Ley, classical folk world fusion multi instrumentalist, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Michael Sheen as Nye Bevan in Nye, from the National Theatre, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Michael Sheen as Nye Bevan in Nye, from the National Theatre, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Chantry Buoys, shanty sessions, free, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Verve, contemporary dance, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Kerry Imema and KK Apple, from New York, in Six Chick Flicks, or A Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Dances on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bootleg Rock Show, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Fastlove, The George Michael Tribute, 7.30.

Friday 10 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lindisfarne, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Dean Friedman, singer songwriter, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO cond Pete Harrison, Symphonic Pink Floyd, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, 7.30.
St George’s, Chris Brain, folk, 7.30: Sleeping at Last, Chicago-based singer songwriter, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, New Purple Celebration, the music of Prince.
Tree House, Gary Stringer (of Reef) and Sat.
HONITON, Beehive, Women in Rock, 7.30.
PORTHCURNO, Minack Theatre, Full Circle tour with Miranda Sykes, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, The Ninescore Mystery, English for Pony Lovers, Violetta, and Sat.
Arts Centre, All Floyd, 30th anniversary of The Division Bell.
SHERBORNE, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne School Friday lunchtime recitals, Strings, 1.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Ivo Graham, Organised Fun, comedy, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Alasdair Beckett-King in Nevermore, comedy, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bohemians – Queen’s Greatest Hits, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Brian Downey’s Alive and Dangerous, band, 7.30.

Saturday 11 May
BATH, Forum, Fleetwood Mac Legacy, tribute.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Songs of Somerset with Timothy Dean, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Jessica Fostekew, Mettle, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra, cond Grant Llewellyn, Ben Aldren, clarinet, Mozart, Beethoven, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Glenn Miller Orchestra, 7pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Kings of Lyon and the UK Strokes.
HONITON, Beehive, Singalong Encanto, animated film, fundraiser for Stockland School, 4pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Artist, world premier, with Robbie Fairchild, Gary Wilmot and Briana Craig, to 24 May, Mon-Sat 7.30, Sat mats 2.30.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Alfie Boe.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Year of the Dog, brass, house and soul, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid-Somerset Orchestra, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Weymouth’s Eurovision Party with Jamie Riding, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Ultimate Commitments and Blues Brothers Experience. 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, G4, 7.30.

Sunday 12 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Bournemouth University Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Jacquin Trio, clarinet, viola, piano, R Schumann, Montgomery, R and C Schumann, Brahms, C Schumann, Tabakova,  3pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Holy Trinity Church, Cantamus Chamber Choir, Bernstein Chichester Psalms, 4pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Lady Maisery, folk, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Sona Jobarteh, Africa’s first female kora player, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners, Dea Matrona.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Steeleye Span, 50th anniversary tour, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Kevin Quantum in Momentum, science and magic, 7.30.

Monday 13 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Geraldine Somerville in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Jessica Hynes in Sieze Them, film, 11am, 21st May 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Airswimming, to Sat, 7.45.

Tuesday 14 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Alfie Boe.
FROME, Tree House, Pale Blue Eyes.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Life of Pi, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Fureys, Irish folk, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Post Office Scandal, The Inside Story, 7.30.

Wednesday 15 May
BATH, Forum, Steeleye Span, 50th anniversary tour, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in La Casa Nova, to Sat.
Pavilion, Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Juke Box.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet, Debussy, Clara Schumann, Brahms, Lutoslawki, Poulenc, 1pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Martin Kern and the Adam Stokes Trio, tribute to Sonny Rollins, jazz, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Folk Cafe, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Rich Hall, Shot from Cannons, comedy, 8pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio,  Jonny and the Baptists, The Happiness Index and Ten Thankless Years, to Sat, 7.45, Sat mat 2.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, Poole Season close celebration, 6.15: BSO, cond Karabits, Shostakovich Five, Bartok, Prokofiev, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Bootleg Rock Show, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, College Bay Theatre, performing arts students in Guys and Dolls, and Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 1pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Some Guys Have All the Luck, the Rod Stewart Story, 7.30.

Thursday 16 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy in Little Shop of Horrors, to Sat.
Forum, Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Average White Band: Ocean Room, Rachel Parris, Poise, comedy.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Tracy Tang, piano, Scriabin, Prokofiev, 1pm: Bill Frisell Trio, jazz, 8pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Townsend in Behold Ye Ramblers, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Deane Big Band, 8pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Youth Theatre in three one act plays, Blood Brothers, Matchgirls and Lost, and Fri, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Talisk, Scottish folk, 8pm.
MARTOCK, All Saints Church, The Dart Valley Stompers, trad and New Orleans jazz, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Count Arthur Strong – And That’s Goodnight from Him, farewell tour, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Some Guys Have All the Luck, the Rod Stewart Story, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Fureys, 7.30.

Friday 17 May
BATH, Bath International Festival, music, literature, comedy, talks, walks etc, to 26 May.
Party in the Park MORE INFO TO COME
Theatre Royal, Dominic Dromgoole, Astonish Me, The First Night that Changed the World, noon.
Forum, Richard Marx, rock and country, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Paloma Faith.
Pavilion, The Fulltone Orchestra, Classic Hall of Fame.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Dolly Show with Kelly O’Brien, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Pocket Sinfonia, Music of 19th century parties, Mozart and Fanny Mendelssohn, 11.30am.
Electric Palace, Comedy Store, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Francisco Garcia de Paredes jazz duo, 1pm: Pavel Kolesnikov, piano, Messiaen, Chopin, Couperin and Ades, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Dutty Moonshine DJ set.
HONITON, Beehive, Our Star Theatre in Sherlock’s Excellent Adventure, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Pocket Sinfonia, Music of 19th century parties, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Jazz Dynamos with singer Lucy Randell, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne School Friday lunchtime recitals, Woodwind, 1.45.
SOUTHAMPTON, 1865, Newton Faulkner, Feels Like Home tour.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Bon Jovi Experience, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The ELO Experience, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, ZZ Topped, 7.30.

Saturday 18 May
BATH, Guildhall, Bath International Festival, Guildhall Sara Pascoe, comedy, 7.30.
Forum, Bath Philharmonia and Musicians of the Royal Marines School of Music, Sounds of Cinema, concert for the people of Bath, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Mainstage School of Performing Arts, Now That’s What I Call Mainstage, showcase, 2 and 7pm, and Sun 11am and 4pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Vocal Works Gospel Choir, 21st anniversary concert, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Madama Butterfly, live from the Metropolitan Opera, 5.55pm.
British Legion Hall, Jack Badcock, frontman of Dalahan, solo album Cosmography tour.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Pocket Sinfonia, Music of 19th century parties, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Opera Anywhere in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, Full Circle tour with Miranda Sykes, 7.30.
Phoenix, Newton Faulkner, Feels Like Home tour.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, John Lydon.
Memorial Theatre, open day:  Jive Talkin’, 7.30.
Tree House, ZZ Topped.
POOLE, Lighthouse, National Open Youth Orchestra, Feel the Music, 3pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Mark Watson, comedy, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Blowzabella, folk, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The HiJinx Show, magic, illusion and circus, 2.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Bon Jovi Experience,7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Signatures, Northern soul, 7.30.

Sunday 19 May
BATH, Guildhall, Bath International Festival, Shaparak Khorsandi, Scatter Brain, comedy, 6.30.
Komedia, Newton Faulkner, Feels Like Home tour.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Nature Salon: the Wonders of Birdsong, with Ed Drewitt, 3pm: Niladri Kumar, sitar, 7.30.
CARDIFF, Utilita Arena, Bryan Adams.
EXETER, Phoenix, FM with Brave Rival, Coillateral, Romeo’s Daughter and Hand of Dimes.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Frome International Climate Film Festival, from 9am.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Jazz Cafe, 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania with Katy Ellis, 6pm.

Monday 20 May
BATH, St Swithin’s Church, Bath International Festival, Aidan O’Rourke and Brighde Chaimbeul, Irish folk, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Salt Lines, Raynor Winn and the Gigspanner Big Band, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Frank Sinatra, The Retirement Concert, with Richard Shelton and the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, 7.30.

Tuesday 21 May
BATH, Abbey, Bath International Festival, Stile Antico, The Golden Renaissance, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Kenny Thomas, soul singer songwriter, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, 42nd Street, the Musical, recorded at Drury Lane, 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Her Green Hell with Emma Howlett, to Sat, 7.45, Thurs/Sat mat 2.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Zombies.

Wednesday 22 May
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Life of Pi, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
Christ Church, Bath International Festival, Nosferatu (1922 film) with Sebastian Heindl, organ, improvised score, 8.30pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Midsummer – a Play with Songs, to 22 June.
EXETER, Corn Exchange, The Zombies.
FROME, Merlin, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Rosie Holt, That’s Politainment!, comedy, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15pm.

Thursday 23 May 
BATH, St Swithin’s Church, Bath International Festival, Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, Sean Shibe, guitar, Orlando the Adventurer, 7.30.
Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy in Metamorphoses, to Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Chube, Welsh fusion band, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Atenea Quartet, Bartok, Mendelssohn, Britten, 1pm: Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard, jazz, 8pm.
HONITON, Beehive, The Dam Busters, 1955 film, 2pm: The Winter’s Tale, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, from the Royal Ballet, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Our Star Theatre in Sherlock’s Excellent Adventure, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Wicked, to Sunday 16 June
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Clare Teal Four, jazz, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, College Bay Theatre, Robbie McIntosh Band.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wimborne Drama in Still Alice, to Sat, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Magic of the BeeGees.

Friday 24 May
BATH, St Swithin’s Church, Bath International Festival, Fabian Muller, piano, Brahms, Beethoven, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Kontemporary Korea with Sung Im Her, and The Melancholy Dance Company, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bach Week, Quartetto di Cremona, The Art of Fugue, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Broadway Spectacular, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Vibha Selvaratnam in Dashavatara, bharatanatyam traditional dance, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Quatuor Mona, Death and the Maiden, Mozart, Taillferre and Schubert, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Alabama 3 Acoustic, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne School Friday lunchtime recitals, Instrumental and Vocal Soloists, 1.45.
SOUTHAMPTON, 1865, FM with Brave Rival, Coillateral, Romeo’s Daughter and Hand of Dimes.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Johnny Cash Roadshow, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rat Pack Live, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Dusty Show, with Becci Morell, 7.30.

Saturday 25 May
BATH, St Mary’s Bathwick, Bath International Festival, Carducci Quartet with Sean Shibe, guitar, Boccherini and Castelnuovo Tedesco, 7.30.
Guildhall, Helen Lederer, Not That I’m Bitter, comedy, 7.30.
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, World of Song, Rosie Gill, harp, and Lyndhurst-based Voices of the Forest, 7pm.
BRADFORD ABBAS, Mill Farm, folk festival, with Ninotchka,Mae Karthauser, Suthering, Jamie Gould, Motorhome, Billie Marree, Edd Donovan and The Ducks.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Tom Robinson, solo acoustic, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Simon Evans, Have We Me? comedy, 8pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain,  A Retrospective of House, with Jeremy Healy, John Kelly, Lisa Unique and Phil Chillum, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, The Dark Side of Pink Floyd, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Bookends – Simon and Garfunkel Through the Years, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LTJ Bukem, DJ set, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, She’Koyokh, klezmer, 7.30. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Back to Black, the Amy Winehouse story, film, 7.30, and Wed 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day, 7.30.

Sunday 26 May
BATH, St Mary’s Bathwick, Bath International Festival, The Maxwell String Quartet, Haydn, Maxwell, Beethoven, 7.30.
Theatre Royal, The Egg, Engage in Us.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Strictly Come Dancing, The Professionals.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Michael Sheen in Nye, from the National Theatre, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Winter’s Tale, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Richard Thompson, Ship to Shore.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jazz by the Sea, Take Love Easy, the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, with Nina Clark and Sam Dunn, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Market Square and city centre, City Encounters, Salisbury Festival free weekend, street theatre, dance, music, circus, and Patches Parade, from 11am, and Mon.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Hot Rock in Cinderella, 2pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Griff Rhys Jones, The Cat’s Pyjamas (rescheduled date), 7pm.

Monday 27 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Engish Touring Opera in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, 7.30: The Egg, English Touring Opera, Opera for Young People, The Great Stink, and Tues.
BRISTOL, 02 Academy, Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle/Replicas 45th anniversary tour.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jurassic Musical Adventure, 5pm, Tues/Wed noon and 5pm.

Tuesday 28 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Engish Touring Opera in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, 7.30.
CARDIFF, Tramshed, Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle/Replicas 45th anniversary tour.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Seven Drunken Nights, the story of the Dubliners, 7.30.

Wednesday 29 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, London Classic Theatre in Orton’s What the Butler Saw, and Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
Forum, Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Flotsam and Jetsam’s Adventure to the Great Trash Vortex, 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Bluey’s Big Play, to Sat, 10am and Thurs/Fri, 1pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Lila Dance in Fault Lines, 7.30.
St Thomas’s Church, Tim Kliphuis Trio, Dutch jazz, 7.30.
Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Anthony Horowitz, novelist, in conversation, 7.45.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Civic Players in Blithe Spirit, to Sat.

Thursday 30 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Xenia Aidonopoulou Dance in Skydiver, and Fri.
Forum, Fulltone Orchestra with Carly Paoli and Aled Jones in The Classic Hall of Fame.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Sat.
02 Academy, Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle/Replicas 45th anniversary tour.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Lumas Winds, Ibert, Part, Dvorak etc, 1pm: Colleen, French avant pop electronica, Surgeons Girl, electronic improviser, 8pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Hard Travellin’, Dave Kelly and Bob Hall with Hilary Blythe, blues, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Message in a Bottle, Kate Prince’s choreography of Sting’s music, from the Royal Ballet, 7.20pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Message in a Bottle, Kate Prince’s choreography of Sting’s music, from the Royal Ballet, 7.20pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company in The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan, 2.15 and 7.30: Salberg Studio, Long Nose Puppets in Out of the Hat!, for 2 to 8 year olds, 11am and 2pm: Justin Webb, in conversation, 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Message in a Bottle, Kate Prince’s choreography of Sting’s music, from the Royal Ballet, 7.20pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, China Crisis, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Castaways Theatre in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.

Friday 31 May
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Guy Masterson in Orwell’s Animal Farm, solo show, and Sat, 2.30 and 7.30.
Forum, Tiger’s Lane Studios in Murder Trial Tonight – You are the Jury, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bach Week, The Yale Schola Cantorum, Mass in B Minor, 7.30.
St Margaret’s Hall, Mickey Ace and the Wild Cards, old time rock’n’roll, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Tommy Blaize, singer on Strictly Come Dancing, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Griff Rhys Jones, The Cat’s Pyjamas, comedy, 8pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Circomedia graduate show, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Charlie Simpson (from Busted)  DJ set.
Tree House, Zion Train.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Tangled Feet in Belongings, and Sat, 11.30am and 2.30pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Clare Teal Seven, jazz, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Babies Adventures in Music, 11am and 2pm: Alan Johnson in conversation, 7.45.
Arts Centre, Barbara Nice, comedy, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Top Secret – the Magic of Science, 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Brian Butterfield’s Call of Now, business seminar, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 1 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, City of London Sinfonia in Wonderland, for 6 to 36 month olds, and Sun.
Forum, Johannes Radebe in House of Jo Jo, dance, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Murray, Guv Island, comedy.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Robbie McIntosh, 8pm.
McMillan Theatre, Griff Rhys Jones, The Cats Pyjamas, comedy, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange,  The Buzztastic Bee-Balancing Blundershow, 2pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, David Baddiel in conversation, 1pm: Punt and Dennis, comedy, 7.30.
Arts Centre, The Shirley Smart Trio, jazz, Arabic, Turkish and North African music, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Cara Dillon, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Saltlines with Raynor Winn and the Gigspanner Big Band, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Take That Experience, 7.30.

Sunday 2 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Illegal Eagles.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, BSO Ensemble, Curious Creatures and Adventurous Animals, family concert, 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Lambchop, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Talon, To the Limit, Eagles tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The McCartney Songbook, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Paul Zerdin, Puppet Man, 7.30.

Monday 3 June
BRISTOL, St George’s, Asleep at the Wheel, Americana, 8pm.
FROME, Merlin, Shoddy Theatre in The Olive Boy, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in Theft, by Eric Chappell, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Tuesday 4 June
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Janie Dee in Laughing Boy, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Ustinov Studio, Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Julius Drake, piano Schubert’s Winterreise, dir Deborah Warner, and Wed and Mond-Wed, 7.30. 13 June mat 2.30,  and 8/9/10 September, 7.3o.
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre, Jameson Road, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite, to Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Exhibition on Screen, My National Gallery, London, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, The Zombies, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Exhibition on Screen, My National Gallery, London, 7.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Wiltshire Creative Academy in Victoria’s Knickers, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Exhibition on Screen, My National Gallery, London, 7.30.

Wednesday 5 June
BATH, Forum, Disney in Concert with the Novello Orchestra, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ruby Wax, I’m Not As Well as I Thought I Was, comedy.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Handel by Candlelight, Bristol Ensemble and Fitzhardinge Consort, 7.30.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Richard Thompson, Ship to Shore.
SALISBURY, St Thomas’s Church, Mark Padmore, tenor, Elizabeth Kenny, lute, Sonnets in Song, 7.30.
Playhouse, Ockham’s Razor in Tess, dance, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Juliet Stevenson in conversation, 7.45.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Trio Paradis, cafe concert, Flower Gardens, 11am.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, John Lydon, I Could Be Wrong, I Could be Right, ex Sex Pistol talks, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Ria Lina in Riawakenning, comedy, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, To Be Frank with Stephen Triffit as Frank Sinatra, 7.30.
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, 8 Mountains, 7.30.

Thursday 6 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Spa University Students in Hay Fever, to Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Anselm, Wim Wenders documentary about artist Anselm Kiefer, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Olivia Chaney, singer songwriter, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Ruby Wax, I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Christina Lamb, foreign correspondent, in conversation, 7.45.
Arts Centre, With the Rolling Stones, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tom Davis, Underdog, comedy, and Fri, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, G4, 20th anniversary tour, 7.30.

Friday 7 June
BATH, Forum, Thank You for the Music, ABBA tribute.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ed Byrne, Tragedy plus Time, comedy.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Karabits, New Worlds – Karayev, Korngold, Dvorak, 7.30.
St George’s, Courtney Pine’s 60th Birthday Party, all star band from Africa, the Caribbean and Europe, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close, Rack Close, Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Hamlet, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
Playhouse, Anton Lesser and Charlie Hamblett and Orchestra of the Swan in Red Sky at Sunrise, Laurie Lee in words and music, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Tiny Violins, folk, 7.45.
Arts Centre, Sophie Duker and Matt Winning, comedy, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne School Friday lunchtime recitals, Pianists, 1.45.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Arrival, the hits of ABBA, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.

Saturday 8 June
ALRESFORD, Grange Festival Opera, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Tosca, The Rake’s Progress, A French Salon, to 6 July.
BATH, Forum, Sing the Musicals, singalong show, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Shalamar.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Voodoo Room, A Night of Hendrix, Clapton and Queen, 8pm.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Barbara Dickson with Nick Holland, piano, Exploring the Back Catalogue, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Indefinite Articles in Claytime, participatory show for 3-6 year olds, 11am and 2pm: Rehearsal Room,  A History of the Salisbury Giants with Paul Sample, 2.15.
Arts Centre, Vagabond, gypsy melodies, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Jez Lowe, Bob Fox and Julie Matthews, In the Footsteps of Ewan McColl, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Arrival, the hits of ABBA.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Kings, all girl quartet singing the hits of Queen, 7.30.

Sunday 9 June
BRISTOL, St George’s, Ranjana Ghatak, North Indian classical singer, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Salisbury Musical Society, cond Gavin Carr, Sam Furness, tenor, premiere of Paul Carr’s Awakening (inspired by Stonehenge solstice), and Tallis, Vaughan Williams and Parry, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close, Rack Close, Trash Test Dummies, circus and slapstick, 2 and 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Trevor and Gary of That’ll Be the Day, 7.30.

Monday 10 June
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Trevor and Gary of That’ll Be the Day, 7.30.

Tuesday 11 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Mischief Theatre in Mind Mangler, Member of the Tragic Circle, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30, Sun mat 3pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Searchers, the Thank-You tour.
CARDIFF, Utilita Arena, James.
FROME, Merlin, Jonas Kaufmann in Giordano’s Andrea Chenier, from the Royal Opera House, 7.15.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Jonas Kaufmann in Giordano’s Andrea Chenier, from the Royal Opera House, 7.15.
WEYMOUTH, College Bay Theatre, performing arts and music students in The Tales of Canterbury, 1.30.

Wednesday 12 June
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, BTC students in Cry Baby, the musical, and Thurs, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Aoife O’Donovan, Irish folk, 8pm.
FROME, Merlin, Alcarras, Spanish film, 8pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, A Midsummer Lyme’s Dream, community play by Andy Rattenbury, to Sat.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Rocket Man, Tribute to Elton John, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, AGM and The Old Oak, 6.30.

Thursday 13 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The James Brown Story.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Eleanor Grant, double bass, Gus McQuade, singer and guitarist, From Dowland to Gershwin, 1pm: Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo soprano, James Girling, guitar, poetry by Thomas Hardy set to music, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange and progress to Shire Hall Courtroom, Six Men of Dorset, The Tolpuddle Play, with the New Hardy Players, to Sat, 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre,That’ll Be the Day’s Trevor and Gary, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Rat Pack Live, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The D-Day Darlings, 80th anniversary tour, 2pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Punt and Dennis, comedy, 7.30.

Friday 14 June
BATH, Forum, Ed Byrne, Tragedy plus Time, comedy, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Lila Dance in Fault Lines, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, comedy and music, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Iona Lane, folk, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Showstopper!  The Improvised Musical, and Sat, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne School Friday lunchtime recitals, Choral Scholars, 1.45.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Mandy Woods, Lara Linette and James Slater, Americana, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Legends of Motown, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Whole Lotta Shakin’, the Shakin’ Stevens story, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Drifters, 7.30.

Saturday 15 June
BATH, Forum, Rory Stewart, Politics on the Edge, 2.30 and 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Taylor Swift tribute with Xenna, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Variations for piano and sitar with Andrew Goldberg and Ricky Romain, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Viv McLean, piano, Ruth Rogers and Kate Comberti, violins, Sally Beamish, viola, Sebastian Comberti cello, Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak, 6pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall and other venues, Petherton Folk Festival, all day.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Frankie  The Concert, tribute to Frankie Valli, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rob Lamberti in Perfectly George, tribute to George Michael, 7.30.

Sunday 16 June
BATH, Forum, Henry Winkler, The Fonz and Beyond.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, The Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company in Andalucia, 8.30pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Ed Byrne, Tragedy + Time, comedy, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Jazz Cafe, 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Paul Hopkins in Roy Orbison and the Travelling Wilburys Experience, 7.30.

Monday 17 June
BRISTOL, Beacon, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets.

Tuesday 18 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Party Games, Matthew Cottle and Debra Stephenson, new comedy about elections, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wednesday 19 June
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Carlton Kirby, The Voice of Cycling, true tales of the Tour de France, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mi Flamenco in Echoes, music and dance, 7.30.

Thursday 20 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Engage in Love and Information, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Big Girls Don’t Cry, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, One Night of Queen, 7.30.

Friday 21 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers, talk by Anne Somerset, noon.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Somerstage Musical Theatre School in Frozen jnr, and Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Lara Melda, piano, 2010 Young Musician, Beethoven, Liszt, 11.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Jake Blount, banjo etc, folk, 8pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Lara Melda, piano, 2010 Young Musician, Beethoven, Liszt, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Rollerin’ On with the Legendaries, tribute to Les McKeown, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Ed Gamble in Hot Diggity Dog, comedy, 7.30.

Saturday 22 June
BATH, Forum, Nadiya and Kai of Strictly Come Dancing, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Lara Melda, piano, 2010 Young Musician, 7.30.
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Awards Concert, 7pm.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Rock the 70s, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Charlie Connelly in Attention all Shipping – a celebration of the Shipping Forecast, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Go Your Own Way, the Fleetwood Mac Legacy, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Quay Theatre Arts in Velocity, dance and musical showcase, 2 and 7pm.

Sunday 23 June
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, BSO Resound disabled ensemble, music for wind, strings, marimba and LinnStrument, Beethoven, Warlock, etc, 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali, 7.30.

Monday 24 June
SHERBORNE, Girls School Gransden Hall, The Kanneh-Masons and Friends, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, 7.30.

Tuesday 25 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The 39 Steps, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Bath Philharmonia and Seckou Keita, kora, inc Richter’s reimagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Musical Theatre Salisbury in Kinky Boots, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Wednesday 26 June
BATH, Holburne Museum Gardens, Cie Ortega in An-Ki, to Sat.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, The Handlebards in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, John Cooper Clarke, poet, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30.

Thursday 27 June
BATH, Forum, Paul Jones and the Manfreds, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, An Evening of Burlesque, 7.30.

Friday 28 June
BATH, Forum, Rhod Gilbert and the Giant Grapefruit, comedy, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Duo Correa-Andrews, music for flute and guitar, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Brew Ha Ha comedy, 7.30

Saturday 29 June
BATH, Forum, 80s Live, tributes, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Melobo, midsummer ceilidh, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Unravelling Wilburys, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, The Fulltone Choris, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Greatest Hits, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Freckle Theatre in Zog and the Flying Doctors, and Sun, 10.30am, 1.30 and 3.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Razzamatazz Theatre School in Into the Spotlight, showcase, 7 and Sun 4pm.

Sunday 30 June
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Gladys Knight – the Farewell Tour.

Tuesday 2 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emlyn Williams’ Accolade, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wednesday 3 July
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Ian McKellen as Falstaff in Player Kings, Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 adapted, to Sat.

Friday 5 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Engage in Seven Deadly Sins.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road,  One Man, Two Guv’nors, to 13 July (not Sunday).

Saturday 6 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Kid Carpet in The Noisy Garden Centre.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Devil Wears Prada, pre West End, with Elton John score, with Vanessa Williams, to 17 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30 and mats.

Monday 8 July
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Some Mother Do ‘Ave ‘Em, to 17 Aug.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre, One Man, Two Guv’nors, with songs by Grant Olding, to Sat.

Tuesday 9 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Noel Coward’s Suite in Three Keys, to Sat, A Song at Twilight, Tues/Wed/Fri 7.30, Sat mat 2.30,  Shadows of the Evening and Come Into the Garden, Maud, Thurs/Sat 7.30, Wed mat 2.30.

Wednesday 10 July
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Disney’s Aladdin, to 11 August.

Thursday 11 July
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Music and Drama Group in Kipps, to 20 July.

Friday 12 July
CARDIFF, Castle, Idles.

Saturday 13 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu,King’s Men, Music from the Middle Ages to current chart hits, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, South West School of Dance in Six – The Musical, and Sun.

Monday 15 July
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy, to Sat.

Wednesday 17 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, London City Ballet in Resurgence, British ballet and contemporary dance, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 19 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Lumas Winds, 11.30am.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre,  Concerts in the West, Lumas Winds, 7.30am.

Saturday 20 July
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Lumas Winds, 7.30am.

Sunday 21 July
BUDE, The Wylds, Idles.
SHAFTESBURY, St Peter’s Church, Concerts in the West, Lumas Winds, 3pm.

Monday 22 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival 50th anniversary,  Madama Butterfly, and Wed/Sat 7pm, Thurs mat 2pm.

Tuesday 23 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Opera della Luna in Sweeney Todd: A Victorian Melodrama, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival 50th anniversary,  Under the Greenwood Tree, new opera by Paul Carr, and Thurs 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.

Friday 26 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Meyrick Park, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Classical Extravaganza, fireworks, 8pm.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival 50th anniversary gala concert.
OBORNE, Fringe,  blues, comedy, folk, Sherborne Youth Band, silent movies etc, to Mon.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Music and Drama Group Youth Theatre in Anger Management, 7pm.


Saturday 27 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Glyndebourne at Beaulieu, picnic in the meadows before the concert, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Meyrick Park, BSO, cond Pete Harrison,  Disco Symphonic Spectacular, fireworks, 8pm.

Tuesday 30 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Heathers – the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 2 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, dir Richard Jones, to 31 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
OBORNE, Opera in Oborne, La Traviata and Opera in the Park, to Sun.

Tuesday 6 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Wendi Peters and Landi Oshinowo in Sister Act, to 17 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, various matinees.

Saturday 17 August
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, 7pm.

Thursday 22 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, to 31 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 23 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and 27/29/31 August.

Saturday 24 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Die Fledermaus, and 28 August.

Sunday 25 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood, children’s concert, 1.30 and 4.30pm.

Monday 26 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Picnic Prom with the James Taylor Quartet with singer Yvonne Yanney, and Emma Smith, 5pm.

Saturday 31 Augus
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, David Essex.

Monday 2 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Iestyn Davies, countertenor, Sergio Bucheli, lute, and Tues, 7.30.

Tuesday 3 September
BATH, Forum, David Essex.

Thursday 5 September
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Disney’s Aladdin, to 29 Sept.
TORQUAY, Princess Theatre, David Essex.

Saturday 7 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Grace Francis, piano,  Brahms, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, 7pm.

Tuesday 10 September
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Texas and KT Tunstall.

Sunday 15 September
PLYMOUTH, Pavilions, Ryan Adams.

Tuesday 17 September
BATH, Forum, Ryan Adams.

Wednesday 18 September
POOLE, Lighthouse, Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve.

Saturday 21 September
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Gemma Rosefield, cello, Simon Callaghan, piano, Ruth Rogers, violin, Beethoven, Elgar, Brahms, 6pm.

Sunday 22 September
BRISTOL, Beacon, Beverley Knight 50.

Thursday 26 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, The Little Prince, to 6 Oct.

Wednesday 2 October
BRISTOL, Thekla, Pond.

Thursday 3 October
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Steve Hackett, Genesis Greats.

Saturday 5 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Steve Hackett, Genesis Greats.

Friday 11 October
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Pretenders.

Saturday 12 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Pretenders.

Saturday 19 October
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Tuesday 22 October
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, 101 Dalmatians – the Musical, to 26 Oct.

Saturday 26 October
BEAULIEU,Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Virtuoso Violin, with Rose Gosney and Nova Foresta Classical Players, Sibelius, Beethoven, etc. 7pm.

Sunday 27 October
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Squeeze with Badly Drawn Boy.

Wednesday 30 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Squeeze with Badly Drawn Boy.

Sunday 3 November
PLYMOUTH, Pavilions, Squeeze with Badly Drawn Boy.

Wednesday 6 November
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in Wyrd Sisters, to Sat.

Thursday 7 November
PLYMOUTH, Pavilions, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Monday 11 November
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Friday 15 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Thursday 21 November
BRISTOL, O2 Academy, Lightning Seeds.

Sunday 24 November
BOURNEMOUTH, 02 Academy, The Wailers, 40th anniversary of Legend.

Monday 25 November
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The Three Musketeers, to 4 Jan.

Friday 29 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Robin Hood, to 11 Jan.

Saturday 30 November
SALISBURY, Playhouse. Sleeping Beauty, to 12 Jan.

Saturday 7 December
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, New Forest Children’s Choir and New Foreste Chamber Choir, festive favourites, 7pm.

Tuesday 10 December
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in A Vicar of Dibley Christmas – The Second Coming, to Fri.

Thursday 12 December
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Jon Monie and Nick Wilton in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to 12 Jan.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Damned

Friday 13 December
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to 11 Jan.
SOUTHAMPTON, O2 Guildhall, The Damned

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2025

Sunday 23 February
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Fish, Road to the Isles, the Farewell Tour.

Wednesday 26 February
BRISTOL, Beacon, Fish, Road to the Isles, the Farewell Tour.

Tuesday 18 March 2025
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Hamilton, to Saturday 26 April.

Sunday 4 May
BRISTOL, Marble Factory, Kula Shaker, Natural Magic.

Monday 5 May
BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy, Kula Shaker, Natural Magic.

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

 

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