Comedy Night with Angela Barnes
Always one of the most popular events of the Festival! Don’t miss this great night out fronted by the amazing queen of Radio comedy Angela Barnes.
Folk Night with Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys and Jackie Oates
Our first Festival folk night kicks off with a great double bill of award winning young folk artists. Whether you enjoy the smooth tones & fiddle of Jackie Oates or the big sound of Sam Kelly and his band, it’ll be a night to remember!
Come & Sing with John Rutter
John Rutter, one of the UK’s foremost choral composers, will lead a Come & Sing day in Dorchester Abbey John invites you to sing a mixture of choral music old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, with some of his own work included and a few surprises. Copies will be provided and also available for sale. [...]
Dorchester Festival
Dorchester Festival is an amazing 64 events raising money for Dorchester Abbey and, in 2024, Restore, a local mental health charity. Come and see The Tallis Scholars, sing with John Rutter, folk with Sam Kelly, dance to Jazz, race ducks, find scarecrows, laugh with Marcel Lucont, cook and do historical trails and much much more!
Headington School Evensong
Heaington School Chamber Choir will sing Evensong at Dorchester Abbey, directed by Mrs Jamison. Please note this is a liturgical church service, not a concert.
Oneness-Dream male a cappella concert
Oneness-Dream is a male voice a cappella singing group whose members follow the spiritual teachings of Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007).
Concert continues as scheduled – A joint concert – Reading Phoenix Choir & Aldbourne Band
Please note, despite the weather this will continue as scheduled. This will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy some great choral music together with the thrilling brass sound of the Aldbourne Band in the wonderful acoustic of the Abbey church at Dorchester. The evening will include choral music by Thomas Morley, Anton Bruckner, Ralph Vaughan [...]
Said Holy Communion with Hymns
A simple but beautiful advent communion service
University of South Dakota Chamber Singers
Chamber Singers is the premiere vocal ensemble at the University of South Dakota. It is comprised of graduate and undergraduate students selected through audition from the entire university student body. Known to critics for “creating a choral concert of stunning beauty and musical understanding,” its repertoire, which is primarily a cappella, includes music from the [...]
Corona Strings Best of Britain
Two great classics of British music for strings, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s inspired Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis along with Edward Elgar’s magnificent Introduction and Allegro, form the backbone of this programme. We give a rare performance of the magnificent Sea Sketches by Welsh composer Grace Williams and Gerald Finzi’s beautiful Eclogue with piano [...]