Events

Your month-by-month rundown of what’s happening in and around Swanage and Purbeck

August

  • SUP Summer Sessions – learn to paddleboard at Studland – two-hour sessions throughout the summer, £40pp. Enquiries: 01929 761515
  • Into the Woods exhibition, Durlston – Monday 25 July – Monday 8 August
  • The Munch Mission (+ free popcorn!), The Mowlem theatre – Monday 8 August, 11am & 2pm
  • Beach Boyz Tribute Show & after-party in the show bar, The Mowlem – Wednesday 10 August, 7.30pm
  • Summer in the Bandstand with Swanage Town Band – Wednesday 10 August, 7pm & Saturday 20 August, 2.30pm
  • Summer Fete & Craft Fair, Sandpit Field – Thursday 11 August
  • Twelfth Night outdoor theatre performance, Corfe Castle – Thursday 11 August, 7pm
  • Swanage Lifeboat Week, Prince Albert Gardens – Friday 12 – Sunday 21 August
  • The Elton John Show & afterparty, The Mowlem – Saturday 13th August, 7.30pm
  • Purbeck Valley Folk Festival – Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 August
  • Dire Straits tribute & after-show party, The Mowlem – Saturday 20 August, 7.30pm
  • The Beatles for Sale & after-party at The Mowlem – Wednesday 24 August, 7.30pm
  • South West Inflatable Theme Park, Sandpit Field, Swanage – Wednesday 24 from 10am – Friday 26 August, 5pm
  • Great Dorset Steam Fair, Tarrnant Hinton, Blandford (info: www.gdsf.co.uk) – Thursday 25 – Monday 29 August
  • Pop Up Bowie plus after-show party at The Mowlem – Saturday 27 August, 7.30 pm
  • Stones & Bones – theatre show with puppet-making session afterwards, Langton Matravers village hall. Book via Dorset Artsreach – Thursday 25 – Friday 26 August
  • Sing 2, outdoor cinema screening at Corfe Castle– Friday 26 August, 8.45pm (gates open 7.30pm)
  • No Time to Die – outdoor cinema, Corfe Castle – Saturday 27 August, 8.45pm
  • West Side Story  – Corfe Castle outdoor cinema with the Purbeck Film Festival  – Sunday 28 August, approx 8.45pm
  • Seriously Collins: The Phil Collins Tribute Show & afterparty at The Mowlem – Monday 29 August, 7.30 pm
  • Harman’s Cross Field Day and village Fair, Harman’s Cross – Monday 29 August, from 12pm