Sherborne Town Events

A 40 minute organ recital will be given by Paul Ellis. There will be a Retiring collection.  

A bottle of Chartreuse is expected to sell for £1,000 in the Charterhouse November two day auction in Sherborne.

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Items from the estate of the late Dame Elisabeth Frink are included in the Charterhouse two day auction.

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A free health and wellbeing event for the Sherborne community with many local organisations and groups.

Free.  

Sherborne Schools' Sinfonia,Sinfonietta, Leweston Cantemus, Sherborne Prep School Chamber Choir. Free.  

David Burnett: Dorset's villages and rural way of life shown through photographs. Entry costs £10 Winstone's Bookshop, or Sherborne TIC.

Stories & crafts for children to celebrate the 20th birthday of The Gruffalo. Free. 

Coffee Morning to raise money for Oxfam.

Workshop for all levels and all acoustic instruments.

Learn to play new tunes and harmonies by ear. £10 in advance, £12 on door. 

8am registration, 8.25am warm up, 8.30am 5km run organised by CommuniFit.

Reflect on Advent - painting, drawing and creative work. Please sign up in the Parish Office -free  

'Lawrence of Arabia’s War.' Dr Neil Faulkner analyses the war in Egypt, Arabia, Palestine and Syria between 1914 and 1918, with particular focus on the character, role and achievements of T. E. Lawrence.

This full-length musical has been adapted to become content-appropriate for youth performers, whilst still containing all the favourite musical numbers including All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango, When You're Good to Mama and Razzle Dazzle..
Broadway’s longest-running American musical, Chicago is a dazzling and satirical look at fame, justice, and the media machine. Set in 1920s Chicago and based on real-life murders and trials.
Chicago follows Roxie Hart, a wannabe vaudevillian star who murders her lover and is arrested, despite her attempts to convince her pushover husband, Amos, to lie for her. In the Cook County Jail, Roxie meets her hero, the famed double-murderess and nightclub performer Velma Kelly. When both acquire the same lawyer, the greedy and lustful superstar, Billy Flynn, tensions come to a head as they vie for the spotlight-- though instead of onstage, they’re performing for the flashbulb of the newspaper reporters.
With catchy music and timeless lyrics by John Kander

Warren Bicheno, South Cost Rep of 'Surfers against Sewage' will be addressing this important topic.

Warren is the South Coast Rep of SAS and was a volunteer at the Kimmeridge Marine Centre.

Join Wolfgang Grulke for a fascinating evening as he looks beyond the media focus and takes a fresh look at climate change, extinction, evolution and the surprising continuity of life.

The ocean is the womb of all life on earth. It is beautiful and bizarre, violent and mysterious. Its 500-million-year history is preserved in stone. Without these fossils we would have no idea of the ancient history of life. This is a personal journey exploring the origins of life and its dynamic present. Remember, we always have choice.

Tickets cost £10 per person. The event ticket entitles you to a £20 discount on signed copies of Wolfgang Grulke’s books (RRP £48) plus a complimentary wall-size poster on ‘The Continuity of Life’.

Find out more and book your ticket on the Elementum website.

A three course meal to the sound of jazz from Sherborne School Swing Band. Entry costs £25 and tickets can be bought from Sherborne School Reception.

Sherborne's Independent Wine Shop hold a wine tasting.

In aid of Yeovil Hospital Breast Cancer Unit. Entry costs £15 from Vineyards.  

Sherborne musicians: Chamber Music for Wind Quintet, String Duo, Brass Quintet and Piano Trio. Free.  

Talk by Graham Bendell: 'Every picture tells a story'. Entry for Members £3, non members £5 includes refreshments.

Teas, cakes and mince pies.  Stalls to include Christmas Cards, wrapping paper, gift tags, books, potted bulbs, new, nearly new and produce.

Entry is £1.  For more information go to our website

Wessex Guild of Bookbinders workshop: make a simple stitched pamphlet for younger children or a “scruffy” notebook for those who can deal with a more of a challenge. Donations welcome.

Prizes range in value, from £12 - £695.  Tickets £1 each from Sherborne TIC, or Artslink.

Eurogames such as Carcassonne, Catan and Ticket to Ride. Refreshments available. Free  

St Margaret’s Hospice are very excited to announce that we will be holding a Christmas Fayre at Crowcombe Court, a stunning 18th Century Grade 1 listed Georgian Mansion located in the Quantock Hills. The event will take place on Thursday 28th  November 2019 from 2.00pm – 8.00pm.

The Fayre will include a range of Christmas stalls, festive refreshments, musical entertainment and a chance to meet Father Christmas and Cinderella! There will be free parking at the venue and a donation to enter the Fayre. We are hoping the event will be full of Christmas spirit whilst supporting those affected by life-limiting illnesses throughout Somerset.

Please do come along and show your support for your local hospice, whilst enjoying a mince pie or two!

For more information about the event please contact Kara Frampton on 01823 345911 or email: kara.frampton@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.

https://www.st-margarets-hospice.org.uk/crowcombe-christmas-fayre

Cindy Chant andJohn Drabik discuss the early history of Sherborne and how it became a bishopric. Free.  

Ros Nelmes, Fordington Gin with gins made in Dorset, mince pies and refreshments. Raffle. £5 by 22/11.

Sherborne Chamber Choir 40th anniversary concert to celebrate the start of Advent. Entry costs between £5-£16 (U18s free) Sherborne TIC.

An antiques, crafts and collectors market, up to 35 stalls, West Country Fairs. Free  

Stalls, Santa's Grotto, face painting, raffle, bar.  

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

NEW WORK BY 15 SELECTED ARTISTS

Open daily from 9.30 - 5.00 Tuesday to Saturday

All Gallery stock can be viewed online

The St. Margaret’s Hospice Light up a Life celebration service offers a way to commemorate loved ones at this time of year, and we warmly invite you to join us at St John’s Church, Church Street, Yeovil BA20 1HE.

These events help families and friends to come together to remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones. The events are open to anyone, not just people whose loved one was cared for by a hospice. Each gentle, uplifting service provides an opportunity to come together, to pay tribute to cherished family members or friends, and to light a candle in their memory. Usually, the most important part of these events is the opportunity to dedicate a message in memory of a loved one by lighting a candle, hanging a message on a tree, recording the name of someone special in a book of remembrance, or reading it aloud.

Do join us, we would love to see you there to light a candle and share your memories.

https://www.st-margarets-hospice.org.uk/lual-19-yeovil

For more information please contact Terena Gill, Community Fundraiser, on 01935 709484/07736 886183 or email: terena.gill@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

A collection of 100’s of die-cast scale model cars are going under the Charterhouse hammer in their auction of collector’s items on Friday 13^th December.

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'Britain and Meiji Japan'. Adrian Thorpe considers British involvement in the modernisation of Japan, the end of the Shogunate and its replacement by rule by the Emperor.

Entry costs £5 per person, SHS members have free admission.

Join as for a selection of gins and other beverages whilst dancing the night away with live music from Black River Sinners.

Tickets £15 (includes a gin glass, 4 free drinks tokens and nibbles). Pre-booked tickets only. Payment by cheque or BACS transfer.

Further Information: All monies raised will be split between St Margaret's Hospice (Yeovil) and School in a Bag.

RNAS Yeovilton, the spiritual home of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, will open their gates to 40,000 visitors to enjoy the spectacular five hour flying display. The focus will very much be on saluting the past, showcasing the present whilst offering a glimpse into the future of Maritime Aviation Capability along with the capabilities of our sister services the Army and Royal Air Force, as core themes.

With 2020 being the 75th anniversary year of VE and VJ Days, RNIAD will be a marvellous opportunity for nations to come together in commemoration of the end of WW2, reinforcing that international cooperation continues to be vital to us all.


There will be a huge array of educational ground attractions from interactive Service displays to engineering fairs and state-of-the-art defence technology exhibitions. Families will also be able to enjoy trade stalls, arena displays, helicopter pleasure flights, simulators and fairground rides.

Further information on tickets will be announced in due course.