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Dorchester on Thames Festival Fair

From toys to jewellery, local food to luxury clothes, the Festival Fair offers over 35 organisations selling a range of wonderful gifts and treats for the whole family – Read more

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Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

A brilliantly talented cast of adults and young people perform this very popular musical backed by a fantastic band and staged in the magnificent setting of Dorchester Abbey. Read more

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2009 Festival Charity

This year you will be supporting the work of Oxfordshire children’s charity Seesaw by coming to the Festival. 50% of the Festival profits will help them deliver essential support to local bereaved children. SeeSaw Read more

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The BBC Elstree Concert Band

Musical Magic from Stage and ScreenThe BBC Elstree Concert Band's dynamic young musicians, under the baton of their Principal Guest Conductor, Mike Crisp, will play lively and tuneful music to set your feet tapping, Read more

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The Tallis Scholars

Magnificats and MisereresThe ten mixed voices of the internationally acclaimed Tallis Scholars, under their founder-director Peter Phillips, make the most of the fabulous acoustics of the Abbey with a feast Read more

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Jazz Picnic

Bring along a picnic and enjoy (or even dance to) the music of the Queen Street Jazz Band. The band play all the favorite Jazz and show standards Read more

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Welcome to the 2009 Dorchester on Thames Festival

Visit the SeeSaw website to find out more1st to 10th May 2009

Welcome to the fantastic collection of events that makes up our Dorchester Festival programme for 2009.  Once again we have something to suit all tastes and ages with almost 40 events packed into 10 days.


So listen to the sublime Tallis Scholars, be amazed by Stephen Mottram the incredible puppeteer, entertain your children with circus, solve the Murder Mystery or brave the Dorchester Ghost Trail.  Above all, enjoy Dorchester Festival Online Box Officeyourself, bring your friends and help us to raise money for our fabulous Abbey and a very worthwhile local charity, Seesaw.

The Festival is based in and around Dorchester Abbey in south Oxfordshire making use of the space and fabulous acoustics of this historic building.  With so much going on over the weekends at the start and end of the Festival it makes a great day out for all the family.
 

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