Arts & Entertainment

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
Find out what’s happening across the Purbeck Arts & Entertainment scene.
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The food and music festival runs at Upton Country Park in June

Tasty food and music festival at Upton Country Park to get ready for Glastonbury!

A TASTY festival is on offer at a Dorset food festival in June – just ahead of Glastonbury! The Upton…

The DBA Motor Show is returning to Lulworth Castle in May. Picture: Darima Frampton Photography

Charity gearing up for 2024 Motor Show at Lulworth Castle

THE Dorset Blind Association Motor Show – a staple in the diaries of petrolheads across the south west -…

Doug Skinner’s grandchildren Flynn, 13, and Molly, 10, ready to snorkel

Dorset’s best snorkelling spots revealed in new Planet Purbeck guide

THE best snorkelling spots in south Dorset have been revealed in a new list. Community group Plant Purbeck has put…

Throwing with Dan: Channel 4 Pottery Throw Down finalist reveals all

DAN Sandham, finalist on the Great Pottery Throw Down, reveals all about the Channel 4 show, over a pottery…

Swanage hosts Any Questions on BBC Radio 4 tonight

VOICES from Swanage will be heard on BBC Radio 4 tonight.  Any Questions, hosted by Alex…

Members of the Wareham Carnival team at the 2024 launch. Picture: Sarah Cutler

Wareham Carnival 2024 theme revealed – and donations handed out

MORE than £5,000 was handed to good causes from funds raised at Wareham Carnival. On February 24, organisers held the…

Dorset Dan makes final of the Great Pottery Throw Down

DORSET potter Dan Sandham has made it to the final of the Great Pottery Throw Down. The…

How Dorset has been celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month

IN February, the world comes together to mark LGBTQ+ History Month – and Dorset is no different.

Norma Winstone

Headliners announced for 2024 Swanage Jazz Festival

HEADLINERS have been announced for the 2024 Swanage Jazz Festival. Running from July 12 to 14, the 33rd festival -…

Join Dorset’s Edgar Wright and have your name in Swanage theatre

DORSET-born film director Edgar Wright is backing an anniversary fundraising appeal at a Swanage theatre. The Mowlem Institute, which operates…