# Live Music in Dorchester 2026 | Gigs, Bands & Concerts

- **Subtitle**: Discover live music in Dorchester. Book tickets for gigs, band performances, jazz nights and live concerts happening across the city. Find your next show today.
- **Category**: Live Music
- **Type**: other

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## About

For the ones whose heart beats for music, live music events are something that you will absolutely enjoy. Groove on the most upbeat songs and enjoy the best of live music in [CITY]. You will find music of all kinds and genres, discover the ones that fit your interests and enjoy the spellbinding surroundings near you. You will be in a constant dilemma what to choose and what to drop, because there is music beating all around the city. From jazz nights at the jazz clubs to soulful musical events at the best live music venues in [CITY].
Discover all the mesmerizing and all the heavy & loud music events near you.

## Live Music Events in Dorchester

- **Event Name**: Christmas at the Musicals Dorchester Abbey
  - **Description**: Featuring songs from Phantom of the Opera, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz and more in the ultimate celebration of songs from stage and screen.About this EventChristmas at the Musicals at Dorchester Abbey
  - **Date**: Thu Dec 03 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu Dec 03 2026 at 09:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/christmas-at-the-musicals-dorchester-abbey/100001979115562925
  - **Venue**: Dorchester Abbey
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  - **Price**: GBP 22 to 33
  - **Categories**: music, concerts, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Peter Vadiveloo at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival (Dorset, UK)
  - **Description**: So very happy to be back playing at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival. 
Kev and the team put on such a great event. 
The festival celebrates worker's rights, and the union movement that helps to create and protect them. 
Worker's rights are human rights. 
C
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  - **Date**: Sat Jul 18 2026 at 10:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/peter-vadiveloo-at-tolpuddle-martyrs-festival-dorset-uk/200029935423305
  - **Venue**: The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music-festivals
- **Event Name**: Lil Giant Fest
  - **Description**: About the Festival
Get ready for an unforgettable weekend escape filled with electrifying live music, incredible food, outdoor adventure, and the simple joy of camping — all included in your ticket.

We’ve struck gold with our location: Cerne Abbas Brewer
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 14 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun Aug 16 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/lil-giant-fest/200029624778938
  - **Venue**: Cerne Abbas Brewery
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music, entertainment, kids, health-wellness, trips-adventures, parties, live-music, art, literary-art, camping, spoken-word
- **Event Name**: John Rutter in Dorchester
  - **Description**: 🎶 Get Ready for John Rutter Live at TBA on Sunday, May 31, 2026! 🎶
This is not just a concert—it's a moment you'll talk about for years. John Rutter is set to light up TBA with their unforgettable sound on Sunday, M
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  - **Date**: Sun May 31 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun May 31 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/john-rutter-in-dorchester/3300029701242922
  - **Venue**: Dorchester, EN, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts
- **Event Name**: Dorchester: HENDRIX, CLAPTON & CREAM Fans!
  - **Description**: Hendrix, Clapton & Cream performed by Voodoo Room.

Paying tribute to some of the greatest names in rock history, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Cream, Voodoo Room are a stunning power-trio featuring some of the UK's finest musicians.  
Members of the
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  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/dorchester-hendrix-clapton-and-cream-fans/200029967175014
  - **Venue**: Dorchester Arts
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: ReScored presents: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  - **Description**: Join us for a reimagined 80s cinema experience, where a live band performs a completely improvised soundtrack in real time.About this EventExperience Raiders of the Lost Ark like never before. This reimagined 80s cinema e
  - **Date**: Sun Oct 18 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sun Oct 18 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/rescored-presents-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/100001988311451074
  - **Venue**: Tom Brown's
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: Entertainment, Music, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Rockin' Cerne Abbas with Restless and Wildcats 56!!
  - **Description**: Cerne Abbas Rock n Roll Club proudly present an afternoon/evening of Rockabilly greatness with local band WILDCATS 56 playing at the Giant Inn pub. 4pm start.Then 80s neo rockabilly giants RESTLESS up at the village hall. Doors open 7.30pm.
Do not miss th
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 15 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/rockin-cerne-abbas-with-restless-and-wildcats-56/200029681182838
  - **Venue**: Cerne Abbas, Dorset
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: The Chalke Newton Band
  - **Description**: The Chalke Newton Band present The Music and stories of the West Gallery and Social Bands of Dorset with
Colin Thompson, fiddle, Tim Hill c clarinet and Philip Humphries Serpent .
Tickets £15 on the door

Phil Humphries is one of the country's leading pla
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  - **Date**: Wed Jun 10 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/the-chalke-newton-band/200030023120103
  - **Venue**: St Mary's Church, Church Road, Maiden Newton DT2 0AA
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, performances, live-music
- **Event Name**: ReScored presents: Die Hard
  - **Description**: Join us for a reimagined 80s cinema experience, where a live band performs a completely improvised soundtrack in real time.About this EventCelebrate the festive season with a reimagined screening of Die Hard—the ultimate
  - **Date**: Sun Dec 20 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sun Dec 20 2026 at 07:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/rescored-presents-die-hard/100001988311948562
  - **Venue**: Tom Brown's
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, live-music, performances
- **Event Name**: St Mary's School Summer Fayre ☀️
  - **Description**: Come and join us for an aftermoon of live music, yummy food, stalls & fun for all the family all whilst supporting our wonderful little school 💚

FREE ENTRY!
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 27 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Jun 27 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/st-marys-school-summer-fayre/200030057032759
  - **Venue**: St Mary's First School,
West Hill
Charminster, Dorchester
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  - **Categories**: music, live-music, entertainment

## Trending Events in Dorchester

- **Event Name**: Bredy Rewired
  - **Description**: Bredy Rewired blends an eclectic mix of genres, featuring a vibrant lineup of live acts with a healthy dose of DJs in the mix!ArtistsChali 2naSMOOVE AND TURRELLThe AllergiesJaguar Skills
  - **Venue**: Bredy Farm
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- **Event Name**: Marcus Brigstocke & Paul Foot with Rich Wilson | Dorchester Comedy Club
  - **Description**: Dorchester Comedy Club returns this June with a huge night of live stand-up, featuring not one but two headline acts: Marcus Brigstocke and Paul Foot, plus award-winning MC Rich Wilson guiding the evening.

This is a full mixed-bill comedy show, deliverin
  - **Venue**: The Hardye Theatre
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- **Event Name**: Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2026
  - **Description**: Join us for our annual celebration of solidarity!

An incredible weekend of music, debate, comedy, international speakers, performance, kids activities, workshops, radical history, food, drink and more!!

https://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/festival

Hear
  - **Venue**: Dorchester Road, DT2 7EH Tolpuddle, United Kingdom
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- **Event Name**: Dorchester Kite Festival - Let's Go Fly
  - **Description**: Get ready for a day of fun and flight on the Great Field in Poundbury, Dorchester! This event will be free to attend!  

Let's Go Fly - Dorchester Kite Festival is a brand new event for 2026 brought to you by Dorchester Tourism Partnership and Dorchester
  - **Venue**: The Great Field Poundbury
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- **Event Name**: Sky Safari Night Glow Comes To - Dorset
  - **Description**: The event will feature vibrant balloon glows 🌌, exciting activities for all ages, and an electric atmosphere that will keep everyone engaged throughout the weekend.

Expect fantastic live music 🎶, thrilling performances 🚲, and fun-filled attractions for t
  - **Venue**: Dorchester Showground
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- **Event Name**: Bredy Reunion
  - **Description**: Join us in July 2026 for the FOURTH 'Bredy Reunion' festival! A small festival in the heart of Dorset which packs a BIG punch!ArtistsUtah SaintsStanton WarriorsJaguar SkillsKrafty KutsPl
  - **Venue**: Bredy Farm
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- **Event Name**: Horse Trials and Country Fair at Kingston Maurward Estate
  - **Description**: The much-loved Horse Trials are returning to Kingston Maurward Estate on the 27th and 28th June… but this year, something bigger is coming alongside it.

For the first time ever, we are bringing a brand new Country Fair to the estate alongside the sport y
  - **Venue**: Kingston Mauward Estate, DT2 8PY Dorchester, United Kingdom
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- **Event Name**: Sway & Sync Warmwell 2026
  - **Description**: Following the sold-out success in 2025, Warmwell 2026 Weekender brought to you by Sway & Sync Dance, promises even more energy. 

Located in Parkdean Resorts, Warmwell Weekender offers cosy cabin accommodation, multiple dance rooms, incredible teacher
  - **Venue**: Holiday Lodge Warmwell Parkdean near Weymouth Dorset
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- **Event Name**: Christmas at the Musicals Dorchester Abbey
  - **Description**: Featuring songs from Phantom of the Opera, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz and more in the ultimate celebration of songs from stage and screen.About this EventChristmas at the Musicals at Dorchester Abbey
  - **Venue**: Dorchester Abbey
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## Browse Live Music Events by Date

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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** Christmas at the Musicals Dorchester Abbey (Thu Dec 03 2026 at 07:00 pm at Dorchester Abbey), Peter Vadiveloo at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival (Dorset, UK) (Sat Jul 18 2026 at 10:00 am at The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival), Lil Giant Fest (Fri Aug 14 2026 at 12:00 pm at Cerne Abbas Brewery), John Rutter in Dorchester (Sun May 31 2026 at 10:00 am at Dorchester, EN, United Kingdom), Dorchester: HENDRIX, CLAPTON & CREAM Fans! (Sat May 23 2026 at 07:30 pm at Dorchester Arts).
- **Q**: What are the top free Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** ReScored presents: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Sun Oct 18 2026 at 04:00 pm at Tom Brown's), ReScored presents: Die Hard (Sun Dec 20 2026 at 04:00 pm at Tom Brown's).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Dorchester this weekend May 22–24, 2026?
  - **A:** Dorchester: HENDRIX, CLAPTON & CREAM Fans! (Sat May 23 2026 at 07:30 pm at Dorchester Arts).
- **Q**: What Live Music events are happening in Dorchester in May 2026?
  - **A:** John Rutter in Dorchester (Sun May 31 2026 at 10:00 am at Dorchester, EN, United Kingdom), Dorchester: HENDRIX, CLAPTON & CREAM Fans! (Sat May 23 2026 at 07:30 pm at Dorchester Arts).
- **Q**: How can I find Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Live Music events in Dorchester on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Live Music events in Dorchester include Dorchester Abbey, The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Cerne Abbas Brewery.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** Prices for Live Music events in Dorchester range from GBP 22 to GBP 33. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Live Music events in Dorchester include Nadia Eide, Peter Vadiveloo Music, South Coast Family Events..
- **Q**: What types of Live Music events can I find in Dorchester?
  - **A:** You can explore a variety of live music sub-genres and styles including Hip Hop Music, House Music, Classical Music, Afrobeats, Bachata and more.
- **Q**: Are there any online Live Music events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Live Music events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Live Music events in Dorchester?
  - **A:** Follow the Live Music category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Live Music events are listed in Dorchester.

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