Events at Dorchester Abbey
For generations people have brought their gifts and skills to enhance the life of Dorchester Abbey and this tradition continues as a huge variety of groups and organisations hire and use the Abbey each year as the venue for a wide and vibrant programme of concerts, theatre, visual arts and other events.
If you would like to hire the Abbey for your event then take a look at our information for hirers.
Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 7.30 pm
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Abbey Guest House, Dorchester-on-Thames
Speaker
Julian Sutton
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Desirable Plants: ‘Adventures with Fancy Foliage’
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– the subtleties of form and colour in leaves which make the difference between an average garden plant and a great one, all illustrated by interesting perennials and bulbs.
Julian, a botanically inclined nurseryman is a life-long plantsman who started out in academic botany and caught the garden plant bug while doing research at Ness Gardens in the 80s. He and his wife Sarah ran their small Totnes nursery, for 20 years but they have now scaled back to two e-mail lists of choice plants per year.
Our membership includes keen amateur gardeners, professional horticulturalists and those who just enjoy beautiful plants and gardens. We organize talks in the winter and garden visits in the summer. The annual subscription remains unchanged at £20. Visitors are welcome (suggested donation £5). For more details telephone 01235 850381 or email judy@tiggercat.me.uk
Our Spring concert will be a performance of Elgar’s powerful and emotional oratorio “The Dream of Gerontius.” A world-class team of soloists: Robert Murray as Gerontius, James Atkinson as the Priest/Angel of the Agony and Frances Gregory as the Angel will be accompanied by the English Sinfonia. Benson Choral Society will be joined by the Wooburn Consort and the ensemble will be conducted by Jonathon Cole-Swinard
Tickets on sale to Friends of Benson Choral Society from 1st February and to the general public from 22nd February.
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Bach Cantata 82 Habe genug
Faure Requiem
Belinda Gifford-Guy soprano
Alex Jones bass
OSJ Voices
Orchestra of St John’s
Free tickets available for NHS workers and for the disabled. Please email admin@osj.org.uk.
When you purchase tickets, we politely ask that you consider adding a voluntary donation to support our work in the community and with children in Special Educational Needs schools.
PLEASE PARK RESPONSIBLY IN DORCHESTER VILLAGE. DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAY ACCESS NEAR TO THE ABBEY. Parking areas for events are signposted: either the Recreation Ground at the Oxford end, or in the field over the bridge.
£25, £20, £15
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
We are delighted to announce the programme for the 2025 English Music Festival, which can be viewed in full on this page.
This year, all events will once again be held in Dorchester-on-Thames, with the concerts taking place in the glorious surroundings of Dorchester Abbey and the talks in the historic Village Hall.
EMF Friends’ booking will open on 1 March, general booking opening two weeks later, on 15 March. Please visist the EMF website for full details.
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj
Come and enjoy Dorchester Abbey’s new Forest Church in our glorious cloister garden! Outdoor activities, singing, campfire & marshmallows. Dress for the weather and for messy!!
Please register that you’re coming here:Â https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorchesterabbey/t-yalorxj