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Raisins To Be Cheerful: To add your event to our listing, click here!* Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show 14-08-2011 Dorset Wildlife Trust 17th Aug 2011 If you are visiting the show, come and see us at the Dorset Wildlife Trust stand. If you are able to assist us on the stand, please contact Fiona Sansom on 01305 264620 or email fsansom@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk. fsansom@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk Craft & Garden Fair (Kingston Lacy) 27-08-2011 Summer Craft & Garden Fair 27/08/2011 - 29/08/2011 Kingston Lacy House & Gardens WIMBORNE Dorset BH21 4EA Tel: +44 01202 842407 Exhibition, demonstrations and sale of traditional and contemporary crafts and arts with a large selection of garden furniture, plants, shrubs, garden sculpture and ornaments. Day Opening Times Monday 10:30 - 18:00 Saturday 10:30 - 18:00 Sunday 10:30 - 18:00 Ticket Type Ticket Tariff* Adult from £3.50 Concession from £3.00 to 14 free Film Under The Stars - "Mamma Mia" 27-08-2011 A film under the stars in the tranquil setting of Shaftesbury Abbey Garden. Mamma Mia - Saturday 27th August 2011. Starts 7:00pm Shaftesbury Abbey Park Walk SHAFTESBURY Dorset SP7 8JR Tel: 01747 852910 For more info visit: www.shaftesburyheritage.org.uk/ The Great Dorset Steam Fair 31-08-2011 If you are looking for an excellent fun and action packed day out for all the family, you'll love the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Traditionally this English fair is held at the village of Tarrant Hinton, near Blandford Forum in the heart of the beautiful Dorset countryside. Steam engine exhibits, vintage vehicles, heavy shire horses and rural crafts. Working rural displays on a 500-acre site including old time steam funfair. Widely recognised as the leading event of its type in the world with 2,000 exhibits, 800 trade stalls and over 220 full size steam engines. A giant trip of nostalgia into the days of yesteryear. The Great Dorset Steam Fair is a typically British event offering a unique blend of nostalgia and entertainment. Come and soak up the special festival atmosphere whether as a day visitor or taking in the full five days by camping on site. There is no other event like it anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year both from the UK and from all over the World! Tickets on sale from tourist information centres across Dorset. See website for full details. http://www.gdsf.co.uk/ Dates Wed 31st Aug 2011 - Sun 4th Sept 2011 Day Opening Times Wednesday 09:00 - 00:00 Thursday 09:00 - 00:00 Friday 09:00 - 00:00 Saturday 09:00 - 00:00 Sunday 09:00 - 15:00 Tickets Information Advanced Adult £16.00 per ticket Advanced Concession £14.00 per ticket Advanced Sunday Adult/OAP from £10.00 Advanced Child £8.00 per ticket Tickets from 13th August - Adults £17 OAP's £15 Children £8 Sunday adult/child £12 For more info visit: www.gdsf.co.uk/ Dorset County Show 03-09-2012 Show Attractions for 2011 We are please to announce the following attractions for our 2011 Show Bolddog Lings Motorbike Display Team Titan the Robot Adams Axemen Jonathon Marshall Falconry Carriage Driving Shaun Ellis 'The Wolf Man' Rowlands Fun Fair Cookery Demonstration featuring Matt Follas Dog Agility Demonstration Terrier Racing Sheep Shearing Hound Parade Woody The One Man Band Gun Dog Display Mere Down Falconry Scurry Racing Farming As an agricultural show farming is and integral aspect of our event. Many of our committee members come from a farming background and we are fortunate to receive great support from the farming community throughout Dorset and beyond. If you would like to learn more about farming whilst visiting the Show be sure to find your way to some of these areas: Farm Produce and Grain Tent - Sheep Marquees - Cattle Lines - Pig Tent - Agricultural Machinery Stands - Vintage Tractor & Machinery Display - Goat Marquee Crafts If you are interested in crafts you will find plenty to marvel at around the Showground. Whether you want to have a go at pottery, watch a blacksmith working the iron or buy something unique for your home, you will find it all at the Show. Blacksmiths & Metal Work - Pottery & Raku Firing - Stickmaking - Hurdlemaking - Spinning & Weaving - Candle Making - Craft Stalls - Thatching - Coppicing - Taxidermy - Flower Arranging - Basket Making - Cake Decorating - Tapestry - Cross Stitch - Handicrafts Gardening & Horticulture The show is a wonderful place to see fine horticulture, both in the competition marquees and around the showground where you can find many growers and exhibitors. You can learn more about how to grow vegetables and plants from the experienced exhibitors and pick a few great specimens to add to your garden. Make sure you visit: The Horticulture Marquee - The Floral Pavilion - Horticultural Tradestands Shopping With over 450 tradestands expected at this year's Dorset County Show there will surely be something to tempt you! Our popular food halls contain over 60 stands selling the very best in local and regional food and drink. Stands are open from 8.30am to 6.00pm both days. Cash facilities will be provided by Thomas Cook adjacent to the Show Secretary's Office. Cars - Gardening - Furniture - Crafts - Jewellery - Food - Charities - Equestrian - Art - Clothing - Agricultural Machinery - Local Businesses - Schools & Colleges - Home Improvements - Kitchens - Pet Products - Enviromental Products - Beer & Wine Animals If you like animals you will love our Show! We are lucky enough to attract some of the top animals in the area to our competitions and have many others for you to meet and learn about. Click on any animal you are interested in to find out more. Horses and Ponies - Cows - Sheep - Pigs - Goats - Rabbits - Ferrets - Gun Dogs - Agility Dogs - Bees - Alpacas - Chickens - Retired Racehorses - Retired Greyhounds - Wolves - Birds of Prey - Terriers And much, much more... For more info visit: www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival 10-09-2011 Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival Sturminster Newton Dorset DT10 1DQ Website: http://www.cheesefestival.co.uk/ Cheese Festival with 60+ traditional food stalls, 60+ craft stalls, real ale and real cider tents. Live music, Punch and Judy, Morris dancing, children's entertainment and of course plenty of cheese making, cheese tasting, cookery demonstrations and cheese related events. Open 10:00am to 5:00pm. Dates: Cheese Festival Opening 10 Sep 2011 - 11 Sep 2011 Tickets Information Ticket Type: Adult from £3.00 Under 14's free Road Directions Travelling by road: For satnav users, the postcode for the car park is DT10 1DQ For more info visit: www.cheesefestival.co.uk/ | |
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