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Every Day
All Day – Art Room
All Day – Midsomer Murders Tour
Friday, 29-Apr
Saturday, 30-Apr
12 noon – Festival Grand Opening
1:30pm – Line Kings
3.30pm – African Hand Drumming Workshop
5.30pm – Dorchester Ghost Trail
7:30pm – Wizard of Oz
Sunday, 1-May
10.15am – Cool & Crazy Praise Party
11.30am – Circus Skills Workshop
1pm – Wizard of Oz
1pm – Art at the Beginning – Watercolours
1pm & 3pm – Art at the Beginning – Calligraphy
1pm & 3pm – Art at the Beginning – Jewellery
1pm & 3pm – Art at the Beginning – Marbled Paper Making
6pm – Ceilidh Picnic
5.30pm – Dorchester Ghost Trail
8pm – Wizard of Oz
Monday, 2-May
8.30am – May Morning Breakfast
10am – Saturday Morning Picture Show
10am & 1pm – Comic Art Masterclass
1pm & 3.30pm – Cookery Demonstration with Nick Galer
1pm – Busking in the Abbey
1pm – Busking – Women of Note
2pm – Busking – 33 Steps
3.30pm – Busking – Kevin O’Regan
Monday, 2-May (cont)
1pm – Pegasus – Street & Rhyme
1pm – Pegasus – Street dance
2.15pm – Pegasus – Words/Rhythms & Rhymes
3.30pm – Pegasus – Dance Mats
7.30pm – Schola Cantorum
Tuesday, 3-May
10am – Little Ballerina Dance
11am – Little Magic Train Dance
7.30pm – Brian Tufano – Blade Runner to Billy Elliott
Wednesday, 4-May
10am – Baby College 4 – 18 Months
11am – Baby College 18+ months
7.30pm – Ceroc Fun Dance Night
Thursday, 5-May
10am – Stick, Stamp and Storytime
6pm – Mark Walden – Author of H.I.V.E
7pm – Shedman at Dorchester Festival
8.30pm – Dorchester Ghost Trail
Friday, 6-May
11am – Music for Autistic Schools
7.30pm – Late Night Murder in the Abbey
Saturday, 7-May
10.30am – John Rutter Come & Sing
11am – 5pm – Festival Craft Fair
7pm – Dorchester Ghost Trail
8pm – Book of Voices
Sunday, 8-May
11am – 5pm – Festival Craft Fair
2pm – Schools Concert
7.30pm – BBC Elstree Concert Band – End of Festival Prom