Dorchester Festival

Music to move the feet and lift the heart

A wonderous celebration of Jazz, the great musical legacy of slavery - from the electrifying Grand Union Orchestra Read More...

Pirates Ahoy!

Ahoy there! The Pirates of Penzance land in the 2007 Dorchester Festival. for two stunning performances and a workshop in the Corn Exchange on Saturday 26th May! Read More...

Exclusive Friday night concert with MAZAIKA

Be transported from Dorchester’s Corn Exchange to the wild Russian steppes and glow of the gypsy campfire with a dazzling and soulful programme of Russian and Gypsy music from the quarter Mazaika, and a trio of cossack dancers! Read More...

Comedy Night - Dorchester's Edinburgh Festival preview!

Stand-up comedians Lucy Porter, Mitch Benn and Norman Lovett offer Dorchester Festival-goers an Edinburgh Festival preview when they appear in the Festival’s Comedy Night in the Big White Tent, Maumbury Rings, 9.30pm Friday May 25th. Read More...

The World Comes to Town

Dorchester Festival is just around the corner! The 7th Festival will focus on an Eastern European theme as well as a tribute to the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. It will present a professional and community performance programme over 5 days, centred around 3 days of free family events at Maumbury Rings, a Neolithic site in the centre of Dorchester.

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