Bournemouth Folk Club is not only under new management but has also announced an impressive autumn season featuring the likes of star names Martyn Joseph and Midnight Skyracer – all in a new venue.

FOODIES FESTIVAL – the biggest gourmet food and drink touring festival in the UK – is coming to Bournemouth for the first time this September 17th - 19th, with MasterChef and Bake Off champions, top music acts, live theatres and gastronomic delights from around the world!

You will soon be able to hear the squawks, chirps and chatter of almost 200 birds enjoying the new aviary that’s being built following a campaign to raise funds by The Parks Foundation and BCP Council.

Having tried out new technology and techniques in residency at Lighthouse as part of the SANCTUARY artist development scheme, folk group The Last Inklings are thrilled to be launching their debut album The Impossible Wild on Thursday 30 September 2021 at Poole’s centre for the arts.

Inside Out Dorset, the biennial international arts festival produced by Activate, has pulled some strings to bring together different communities from across Weymouth and Portland to make puppets.

Poole’s summer of celebration continues with the first 3 Acres Summer Gathering on Ashley Cross Green over August Bank Holiday weekend.

Bournemouth will be flying all the colours of the rainbow this weekend as Bourne Free, the town's Pride Festival, gets underway.

By the end of September some 80 individual artists will have benefited from SANCTUARY, the innovative new artist development residency at Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts.

Contender Fest, Dorset's newest festival of fitness and fun, is bringing part of its obstacle course centrepiece to Bournemouth Town Centre, offering people a chance to have a go for free!

Test your agility and strength when Contender Fest, a new three-day festival of fitness and family fun, brings its obstacle course to The Triangle in Bournemouth Town Centre on 14th August 2021.

You will soon be able to enjoy a safe, fun and sustainable summer on Bournemouth beach thanks to new communal electric BBQs being installed along the seafront.

With more great weather predicted, Bournemouth is going to be busy this summer and parking may not always be easy.

New dates have been announced for this year’s CityFibre Poole Quay Summer Fireworks.

Boscombe’s new 50ft high street art owl has been turning heads – but they haven’t revolved as much as the real owl Elton’s.

Following the sell-out success of last year’s inaugural event Sculpture by the Lakes is launching Dorset Arts Festival 2021, which will extend over five days from 30 June to 4 July 2021, with up to 60 incredible artists exhibiting and demonstrating their work.

Just outside Bournemouth is the Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park. This award winning attraction is one of the last heavy horse centres left in the UK.

With the accent on food and drink produced in Dorset and the tasteful notes of some of the county’s best home grown bands and singers to whet the appetite, the first Upton House Food & Drink Festival is sure to be a feast for all the senses.

Contender Fest, a three-day festival which combines fitness challenges and taster classes, with food, entertainment, music and family fun is coming to Bournemouth this summer, with tickets from £8.

Bournemouth Folk Club is back with its first gig for more than a year later this month at a brand new venue.

Inside Out Dorset, the biennial international arts festival, is set to return this autumn in five extraordinary locations across the county hosted by Dorchester-based outdoor arts producers Activate.

Boscombe in Bournemouth has received a major boost with three new retailers opening in the centre of the town.

Poole Harbour Festival, the family-friendly festival of live music and fun for all ages, is back this year with an incredible 50 live acts on three stages in what will be one of the few family live music events of the summer.

This August the Film & Food Fest is coming to Bournemouth. Expect four days of open-air cinema, local street food, live comedy and specially-curated short films.

Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, is giving over its gallery space to an exciting new project that showcases creative local talent and celebrates the town. 

Hotels and B&Bs in England will be open from 17 May 2021 at the earliest - and we can't wait to welcome you back to Bournemouth. 

This talk, which is being hosted by the museum’s collection officer Mark Neathey, will cover the Victorian’s contribution to the Valentine's tradition of sending a card to a loved one. Over 350 Victorian Valentine cards are held at the Museum of East Dorset, from beautiful and elaborate romantic cards, to mean-spirited and nasty ‘Vinegar Valentine’ cards designed to ridicule and offend the receiver.

Silverlake, Dorset, a sustainable holiday home development, has teamed up with Sculpture by the Lakes to launch a sculpture competition.

One of the nations' leading dance venues outside London, Pavilion Dance South West (PDSW) will make Papyllon by Ella Mesma available for livestream on its website from Monday 18th January 2021.