In the Harts of Stur Food Hall are 60 food and drink producers; there are 500 trade stands with anything from schools to trucks and handicrafts, and there are 100 stands with tractors, machinery and farm suppliers. The men carry truckles of cheese measuring 35cm in diameter, each of which takes 500 pints of milk to make – that’s a lot of effort from the cows and the competitors (BV Dairy are the suitable main sponsors). Great Dorset Chilli Festival 2019 is a great weekend for chilli enthusiasts, food lovers and families taking place this August. Please check with the event organiser if you have any questions. When will Shaftesbury attractions re-open? Mill House Cider Museum - Hot Mulled Cider! Over the last two centuries, the estate has been used for country sports, and hedgerows and woodlands preserved for that purpose. Festivals. Lionstar, Badger Boys, Red River Hogs and Ellie Timlin are confirmed acts. Timed to co-incide with the last day of The Fringe, this fundraising day run by Rotary features free music in Shaftesbury Abbey, dance, community choir, market stalls and children’s entertainment. There are 180 timber-related stalls; the British Heavy Horse Logger’s team complete a number of challenges; Mere Down Falconry puts on displays and there is Have-A-Go Archery. Edging closer to summer, we all know the one that’s thing for sure in England – the warm weather doesn’t last forever. 14: Gillingham and Shaftesbury Agricultural Show. Home » Dorset Events » Festivals & Outdoor Events » Bridport Hat Festival 2019. A particularly interesting walk is a visit to a County Farm visit in West Stour, five miles west of Shaftesbury. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience whilst browsing. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, see our. This website or its third party tools use cookies, which are necessary to its functioning and required to achieve the purposes illustrated in the cookie policy. Registration is open (£20 for adults, £10 juniors, under-10s free with adult). It’s a “much-loved mix of dance displays, family activities, workshops and stalls” says one festival review site, which strongly recommends booking your campsite in advance. It doesn’t matter if you prefer a big stage, something more intimate, or even al fresco, Sturminster has it covered with open sessions, workshops, and masterclasses all over town. with hot food and music on Park Walk to finish. Families will also be able to enjoy trade stalls, arena displays, helicopter pleasure flights, simulators and fairground rides. A number of Victorian authors were either born, lived or resided in and around the town. An app is being developed for 2019, and new venues include the lawn of a dental surgery and the 158-seat theatre at Shaftesbury Arts Centre. Poole - Victoria & Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour. Market Square will be stocked with local food and drink producers, and there is a Childrens’ Area with a range of workshops. Throughout the weekend there is a selection of food, music, stalls and entertainment. After the end of the snowdrop season in March, things start to warm up at Easter through to October, with music, food, cycling, theatre, crafts and walking festivals among the many reasons to visit and stay in Shaftesbury this summer. Prior to travel, please check with individual businesses and event organisers for confirmation of opening times and restrictions. Camping is also available from £10 a day. For the last 29 years, the festival has created the summer party of music, comedy and theatre, set in the most beautiful festival site in the land just five miles from Shaftesbury. CLICK ON THE MAP FOR LOCATIONS . Tourist Information Centre – Here To Help, Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Six new camping sites pop up near Shaftesbury, Get close to nature this summer: chill out on holiday in Shaftesbury, Dorset. As and when we hear we will be updating the individual event entries, but please do check with the event organisers before attending any of these events. It was deemed the best event/festival in the 2017 Dorset Tourism Awards and this year stages 28 events over the five days. Whatever your interests, you'll find details of what's on in Dorset on this page. They’re a vital ‘first rung on the farming ladder’ for newcomers to a sector. Booking Required: No. © Copyright Resort Marketing Ltd 2020. Festivals. Thomas Hardy referred to the Blackmore Vale as ‘The Vale of the Dairies,’ and its heart is Sturminster Newton where, just two decades ago, 80,000 litres of milk a day was used in cheese production. 2019: The 23 best festivals in North Dorset. There are also 50 children’s events, 60 dance teams and a micro-brewery area. Book your accommodation asap – tickets go on sale soon. It’s already billed the world’s biggest steam event: now the organisers bill it as the world’s largest heritage event, “showcasing Great Britain’s rich industrial, agriculture and leisure history.” There are steam threshers, cars, rollers and lorries. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PAST EVENT ~ SEE BELOW FOR OTHER EVENTS NEAR THIS LOCATION. It’s the fourth year of The Fringe and it has rapidly established itself as a major event in Shaftesbury, pulling in thousands of visitors in 2018. It’s been held in the town for 25 years on Bank Holiday Monday and, while there is the odd stallholder dressed in a smock or shawl, a Georgian element is largely confined to the town’s architecture rather than nature of the fair. This will be the 15th year of the festival. The events are held outside the Martyrs’ Museum, with main speeches and performances on a small stage in front of Tolpuddle cottages and museum. There are 46 ‘starter’ farms in Dorset – the first was acquired in 1911 in the parish of Marnhull. This annual festival commemorates the six leaders of a trade union formed in Dorset in 1834. Then the cattle market closed after 700 years, quickly followed by the creamery in 2000. It takes place at the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton, just over the border in Somerset. Everyone gets a medal, with cycle clothing for raising money for Prostate Cancer UK. Camping is also available on site for those who want to make the most of the weekend. The festival is named after Ted Newton, who died aged just 10 from rare bone cancer Ewing’s Sarcoma. It also offers glamping holidays in yurts, the yurts made locally and, once a year, there is the Oak Fair for anyone who is interested in woodcraft, timber, conservation and the countryside. Find places to go and things to do in Dorset using the options below. All start on Park Walk (you can leave your car nearby on Castle Hill), and the routes are signposted and marshalled. This year Jarvis Cocker returns, with other headliners including Beirut, Metronomy and Spiritualised. It’s restricted to 16,000 in the Larmer Tree Gardens, with four stages in use over four nights, as well as a piano in the woods. Headline acts in the Abbey include violinist Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Armstrong band and the 140-strong Sherborne Festival Chorus. More than 10,000 people packed into the tents last year – expect the same in 2019. It will be the sixth year of the festival, that has grown from small acorns and has ambitions to be an oak. If you want to know more or withdraw your consent to all or some of the cookies, please refer to the cookie policy. The adjacent field has camping space, a marquee, a Workers Beer Company bar and merchandise stalls. The organisers have also listened to rumbles from 2018 and brought back the 2017 traffic management company and the contractors who look after the 700 portable loos! They are of course Thomas Hardy, the star of the show, William Barnes also known as the Dorset poet, and the less well known but highly influential Robert Young. Other walks take in Mere Fish Farm, a beekeeper and a community orchard. This Wellness and Yoga event is held at Manor Farm in Ebbesbourne Wake, nine miles east of#Shaftesbury.

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