Dorset ensemble hits all the right notes
A LEADING Dorset ensemble will be giving a delightful summer concert in Weymouth next week.
View ArticleLoaded, cocked and ready to rock in Weymouth
COME with me on a journey through time... back to an era where men were men but dressed like women, where spray-on Spandex strides are the regulation uniform, where hair is back-combed and sprayed to...
View ArticleThree days of music and fun in Lyme Regis to help RNLI
LymeRegisTV and Woodmead Halls presents Woodfest: Three Days of Music from Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis from Friday until Sunday with proceeds to the RNLI.
View ArticleReal live wires in Bridport
THE Electric Palace will be rocking out next Saturday with AC/DC tribute band Live/Wire and their special guests The ZZ Tops. Live/Wire are the unique six man tribute to one of rock music’s greatest...
View ArticleUplifiting tunes from London Community Gospel Choir in Weymouth
AWARD-WINNING gospel music comes to Weymouth this month as a warm-up to the impending festive season.
View ArticleTuba sounds at Weymouth church
THE Encore singers are joining forces with tuba players Matthew Blunt and Henry Lindsay for a concert at St Edmund’s Church in Weymouth.
View ArticleThat'll Be The Day, Lighthouse, Poole
NOTHING succeeds like success, as they say. And 25 years on the road with an ever-changing programme of popular music from the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies most definitely qualifies as success for...
View ArticleGet into the groove with colourstrings
YOUNG musicians are in for a treat as Bridport Arts centre launches two new courses this autumn.
View ArticleLeading string quartet to be ensemble-in-residence for Weymouth
IN AN exciting new departure for the Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts, one of Britain’s leading young string quartets, the Zelkova Quartet from Manchester, are coming to the town as...
View ArticleWeymouth Music Club
What better way to spend a wintry Sunday afternoon than to listen to real live music beautifully played?
View ArticleMichael Roach, Forest Arts Centre
Michael Roach may be a traditional American bluesman steeped in the roots of early 20th century East Coast music but he’s a long way removed from your stereotypical back door man.
View ArticleELO Experience, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
THIS highly polished band clearly went down well with fans of the Electric Light Orchestra, aka ELO, receiving a standing ovation for their perfect performance of the original’s best-known numbers.
View ArticleNowt queer about folk festival in Wessex
THERE will be dancing in the street and elsewhere next week when the Wessex Folk Festival returns to Weymouth quayside next weekend.
View ArticleGet grove-y at family day out on Portland
WELL, the Weymouth Pavilion is still standing after Sepultura’s bowel-loosening grindcore spectacular on Wednesday night.
View ArticleREVIEW: Big band sounds good
I HAVE enjoyed performances from Dorchester Big Band in the Colliton Club on several occasions, but the superior sound of this group in Weymouth Bay Methodist Church blew me away.
View ArticleReggae night is back!
DORCHESTER’S Old Skool Reggae Night is back by popular demand for another year.
View ArticleFox festival first
THE centrepiece of this weekend’s Cattistock Fox Festival is an oratorio penned by musician Nick Morris.
View ArticleClassical composers at the peak of their powers
Shaftesbury Orchestra’s winter concert features two works by classical composers at the peak of their powers: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Brahms Symphony No 4.
View ArticleHumble instrument used to technical brilliance
THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN Lighthouse, Poole
View ArticleChurch concerts will raise cash to restore antique organ
A PAIR of summer fundraising concerts are planned for All Saints Church in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, to raise cash to spruce up an historical organ.
View ArticleFine folk festival at Petherton
THE third Petherton Folk Fest will be held in South Petherton, Somerset, on Saturday, June 21.
View ArticleFarewell concert for a popular teacher
A POPULAR teacher will be giving a farewell concert with the Thomas Hardye Singers in Dorchester on July 5.
View Articlemusic festival set to hit high note
A feast of entertainment is on offer as a free music and arts festival run by young people returns to Dorchester.
View ArticleChantel Macgregor - she's got the lot
A WOMAN? Playing the guitar? Good grief, they’ll be getting the vote next.
View ArticleDave ‘stomps’ back for Lyme Regis date
Bridport-based Stompin’ Dave Allen returns to the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis on Friday, September 19.
View ArticleBryan Adams: Bare Bones Acoustic Tour, BIC, Bournemouth
BRYAN ADAMS, BARE BONES ACOUSTIC TOUR Windsor Hall, BIC: THE level of adoration for Bryan Adams in Bournemouth was something to behold.
View ArticleReview: Inside Out at Poole Park
THE latest annual Activate initiative for Dorset got off to a great start with BOO, which had a decidedly ‘vive le difference’ flavour to it as around a dozen French acrobats put on an evening show...
View ArticleReview: Purbeck Chamber Music Festival
THE Purbeck Chamber Music Festival has become one of the highlights of the year for people who love music.
View ArticlePlenty of Bach to keep you satisfied
FOUR special concerts are lined up for Bach lovers in rural Dorset next month.
View ArticleWelsh choir to raise the roof of the Pavilion
They say the best things in life are free and on Friday the Llantrisant Male Choir is performing at Weymouth Pavilion for free.
View ArticleWest Dorset band The Gravity Drive release alt-pop triumph of a new album
IT has been a two-year slog for The Gravity Drive.
View ArticleAmerican singer songwriter plays village hall
A FOLK club flush with success has a special treat for Thanksgiving night.
View ArticleMusical delights from Piatti Quartet
The Piatti Quartet at Dorset County Museum Music Society
View ArticlePrize-winning brass quintet shows off its potential
Total Brass at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church
View ArticleAn evening of poetry and jazz in West Bay
AN EVENING of poetry and jazz exploring journeys and homecomings is coming to Sladers Yard in West Bay.
View ArticleOccasional Singers perform at church
THE Occasional Singers are performing an Advent Concert at St Mary’s Church, Dorchester, on Sunday, December 7 from 3pm.
View ArticleDates set for Lyme Folk Weekend
DATES have been finalised for the Lyme Folk Weekend in 2015.
View ArticleGood time stomping music to hit the village halls
GOOD time music rooted in 1930s, 40s and 50s America is coming to Dorset village halls over the next few days. Slim Panatella will be performing at Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall tonight at 7.30pm,...
View ArticleBRIDPORT Arts Centre is celebrating 40 years of South African jazz to tie in...
BRIDPORT Arts Centre is celebrating 40 years of South African jazz to tie in with its 40th anniversary.
View ArticlePAUL Merton is taking to the road again in 2015 with his world renowned Impro...
PAUL Merton is taking to the road again in 2015 with his world renowned Impro Chums and will be calling in at Bournemouth and Yeovil next year.
View ArticleFormer rugger pals give music a try with debut album
TWO former rugby players who discovered a love of music after their sporting careers were halted have launched their debut album.
View ArticleBroadchurch music comes to Bridport
THE music of a smash hit TV drama partly filmed in West Bay is coming to Bridport.
View ArticleGareth Malone brings Voices to BIC
JOIN the nation’s favourite choirmaster and his choir Voices for an all-new show in 2015.
View ArticleSOAK up the atmosphere at Front skatepark gig
SINGER songwriter SOAK will headline a free intimate gig at a skate park in Weymouth.
View ArticleMethodist Church hosts classical concert
ON Wednesday there is a chance to soak up some classical chamber music during a relaxing lunchtime concert.
View ArticleRising star to be new patron of Lyme Folk Weekend
JIM Causley, the Devon folk singer and festival favourite, is to be the new patron of Lyme Folk Weekend, which will run from Friday, August 21 to Sunday 23.
View ArticleGuitar friends to get together for show
A ONE-OFF concert will take place in the Old Town Hall in Weymouth on Saturday February 21.
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