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Dorset ensemble hits all the right notes

A LEADING Dorset ensemble will be giving a delightful summer concert in Weymouth next week.

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Loaded, 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...

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Three 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.

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Real 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...

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Uplifiting 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.

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Tuba 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.

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That'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...

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Get into the groove with colourstrings

YOUNG musicians are in for a treat as Bridport Arts centre launches two new courses this autumn.

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Leading 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...

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Weymouth Music Club

What better way to spend a wintry Sunday afternoon than to listen to real live music beautifully played?

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Michael 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.

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ELO 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.

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Nowt 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.

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Get 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.

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REVIEW: 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.

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Reggae night is back!

DORCHESTER’S Old Skool Reggae Night is back by popular demand for another year.

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Fox festival first

THE centrepiece of this weekend’s Cattistock Fox Festival is an oratorio penned by musician Nick Morris.

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World-class woodwind maestros at the peak of their profession

Richard Hosford Trio

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Classical 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.

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Humble instrument used to technical brilliance

THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN Lighthouse, Poole

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Church 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.

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Fine folk festival at Petherton

THE third Petherton Folk Fest will be held in South Petherton, Somerset, on Saturday, June 21.

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Farewell concert for a popular teacher

A POPULAR teacher will be giving a farewell concert with the Thomas Hardye Singers in Dorchester on July 5.

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music 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.

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Chantel Macgregor - she's got the lot

A WOMAN? Playing the guitar? Good grief, they’ll be getting the vote next.

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Dave ‘stomps’ back for Lyme Regis date

Bridport-based Stompin’ Dave Allen returns to the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis on Friday, September 19.

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Bryan 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.

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Review: 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...

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Review: Purbeck Chamber Music Festival

THE Purbeck Chamber Music Festival has become one of the highlights of the year for people who love music.

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Plenty of Bach to keep you satisfied

FOUR special concerts are lined up for Bach lovers in rural Dorset next month.

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Welsh 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.

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West Dorset band The Gravity Drive release alt-pop triumph of a new album

IT has been a two-year slog for The Gravity Drive.

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American singer songwriter plays village hall

A FOLK club flush with success has a special treat for Thanksgiving night.

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Musical delights from Piatti Quartet

The Piatti Quartet at Dorset County Museum Music Society

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Prize-winning brass quintet shows off its potential

Total Brass at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church

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An 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.

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Occasional Singers perform at church

THE Occasional Singers are performing an Advent Concert at St Mary’s Church, Dorchester, on Sunday, December 7 from 3pm.

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Dates set for Lyme Folk Weekend

DATES have been finalised for the Lyme Folk Weekend in 2015.

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Good 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,...

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BRIDPORT 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.

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PAUL 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.

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Former 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.

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Broadchurch music comes to Bridport

THE music of a smash hit TV drama partly filmed in West Bay is coming to Bridport.

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Gareth Malone brings Voices to BIC

JOIN the nation’s favourite choirmaster and his choir Voices for an all-new show in 2015.

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SOAK up the atmosphere at Front skatepark gig

SINGER songwriter SOAK will headline a free intimate gig at a skate park in Weymouth.

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Methodist Church hosts classical concert

ON Wednesday there is a chance to soak up some classical chamber music during a relaxing lunchtime concert.

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Rising 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.

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Three Degrees still strut their stuff in style

THE THREE DEGREES Weymouth Pavilion

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Guitar 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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REVIEW: Ji Liu plays Dorchester and strikes all the right notes

JI LIU

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