# Performing Arts events in Shaftesbury, Today and Upcoming Performing Arts events in Shaftesbury

- **Subtitle**: All Performing Arts events in Shaftesbury, England. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Shaftesbury like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance
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All Performing Arts events in Shaftesbury, England. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Shaftesbury like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance

## Events in Shaftesbury

- **Event Name**: The Budapest Cafe Orchestra
  - **Description**: The Budapest Café Orchestra were established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. Led by Christian they play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Ro
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 9
  - **Date**: Sat May 16 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/the-budapest-cafe-orchestra/200029724602202
  - **Venue**: 11-13 Bell Street, SP7 8AR Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, live-music, holiday
- **Event Name**: When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon
  - **Description**: Listed by Counter Culture as one of "five shows not to be missed at this year's Edinburgh Fringe," we are thrilled to confirm this popular and excellently reviewed show will be playing at the Shaftesbury Arts Centre on 9th May 2026. 

Written and presente
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 7
  - **Date**: Sat May 09 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat May 09 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/when-judas-met-john-songs-of-dylan-and-lennon/200029724603512
  - **Venue**: 11-13 Bell Street, SP7 8AR Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: art, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR
  - **Description**: Step back in time to the golden era of music where the jukebox roared and feet didn’t touch the floor. Get your dancing shoes at the ready, grab yourself a milkshake and relax – you are in for an evening of back to back hits from the 1950s and 60s! From
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    - Count: 15
  - **Date**: Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/lipstick-on-your-collar/200029663645105
  - **Venue**: The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, live-music
- **Event Name**: MARTY WILDE & THE WILDCATS
  - **Description**: One of the only performing original Rock’n’roll Pioneers in the World today. A British music legendary figure- Officially recognised for his 8 Decades in Music As a hit recording artist and songwriter

Marty began his career in 1957 –his first UK chart hi
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    - Count: 10
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/marty-wilde-and-the-wildcats/200029680745511
  - **Venue**: The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, art, performances, live-music
- **Event Name**: Eabhal
  - **Description**: Eabhal have made a significant impact on the Scottish music scene with their vibrant and energetic folk music. 

The band’s distinctive West Coast sound and dedication to their craft have earned them a prestigious Folk Band of the Year nomination in the M
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 8
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 30 2026 at 07:30 pm – Thu Apr 30 2026 at 09:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/eabhal/200029652793920
  - **Venue**: Shaftesbury Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Film Screening - Wicked: For Good (PG)
  - **Description**: Wicked: For Good (also known as Wicked: Part Two is a 2025 American musical and fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox.

The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Sch
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 5
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 23 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/film-screening-wicked-for-good-pg/200029566059339
  - **Venue**: Queen Street , SP8 4DZ Gillingham, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, live-music
- **Event Name**: 'What the Dickens' - An Open Air Festival: A Momentum Group Event
  - **Description**: Step into a world of great stories and glorious music at ‘What the Dickens’

An open-air twilight festival celebrating the unforgettable works of Charles Dickens.

As dusk falls, enjoy live theatre inspired by Great Expectations, evocative readings from D
  - **Date**: Sat Jun 20 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat Jun 20 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/what-the-dickens-an-open-air-festival-a-momentum-group-event/200029685305308
  - **Venue**: Milland House 53, Breach Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8LF
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  - **Categories**: Festivals, Music, Art, Theatre, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin - Recorded Live Streaming
  - **Description**: Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.

Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal
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    - Count: 4
  - **Date**: Tue May 05 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue May 05 2026 at 10:05 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/the-metropolitan-opera-eugene-onegin-recorded-live-streaming/200029724603110
  - **Venue**: Shaftesbury Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: art
- **Event Name**: Film Society: Good One (15)
  - **Description**: On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend. This character-driven film explores the awkward dynamics between them, focusing on Sam as she navigates their quarrelling
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    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Fri Apr 24 2026 at 07:30 pm – Fri Apr 24 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/film-society-good-one-15/200029566117940
  - **Venue**: Shaftesbury Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: entertainment
- **Event Name**: Film Society: Chicken Town (15)
  - **Description**: An engaging, quirky tale set in Norfolk which tells of bonding and reconciliation across the generations.A relationship develops when two school friends help a granddad, who is a keen gardener, fence his shed – in which he has grown marijuana by accident!
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 4
  - **Date**: Fri May 01 2026 at 07:30 pm – Fri May 01 2026 at 09:05 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shaftesbury/film-society-chicken-town-15/200029724603613
  - **Venue**: Shaftesbury Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: entertainment

## Trending Events in Shaftesbury

- **Event Name**: End Of The Road 2026
  - **Description**: The Guardian ★★★★★
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The Independent ★★★★★
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"Festivals don’t get more varied or vital" The Guardian

"A summer night’s dream of eclectic artistry and imagination" The Independent

A spectacle of communal wonde
  - **Venue**: Larmer Tree Gardens
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- **Event Name**: Cheese Race - Men's Vets (Over 45)
  - **Description**: The Gold Hill Cheese Race challenges contestants to carry a 23kg round of cheese up the famous cobbled Gold HillAbout this EventOne of the most iconic events at the Shaftesbury Food Festival — the Gold Hill Cheese Race ch
  - **Venue**: Gold Hill
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- **Event Name**: D-DAY 82 – WW2 HISTORICAL CELEBRATION DAY
  - **Description**: D-DAY CELEBRATION DAY
*TICKETS* on Sale on the website now

To commemorate the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day on the 6th June 1944, in collaboration with Aero Legends, there will be a special day at Compton Abbas Airfield. The sun will shine, the engines will
  - **Venue**: Compton Abbas Airfield
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- **Event Name**: Jazzanova, Adam F, Stereolab, Jamie Woon, Barker, musclecars, Mulatu Astatke, Yazmin Lacey, Sampa the Great, keiyaA, corto.alto in
  - **Description**: 🎤 Experience Yazmin Lacey Live at Wimborne St Giles on Thursday, August 20, 2026! 🎤
The countdown has begun! Yazmin Lacey is taking over Wimborne St Giles on Thursday, August 20, 2026, and with hits
  - **Venue**: Wimborne St Giles
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- **Event Name**: SIR DEREK JACOBI in conversation with Richard Clifford
  - **Description**: Presented by Clive Conway

Sir Derek Jacobi ‘is an icon of Stage and Screen’ … known for his work at the Royal National Theatre, has a BAFTA, Olivier, Emmy, Screen Guild and Tony Award and to top it all off; Derek was given a Knighthood for his services t
  - **Venue**: The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
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- **Event Name**: Fat Dog in Tollard Royal
  - **Description**: 🎶 Don't Miss Fat Dog Live in Shaftesbury on Thursday, September 3, 2026! 🎶
Are you ready to experience Fat Dog like never before? With chart-topping hits like Running, Wither and King of the Slugs and 18.4K+ devoted
  - **Venue**: Larmer Tree Gardens
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- **Event Name**: The Shaftesbury and Gillingham Show
  - **Description**: Turnpike Show Ground, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9PL
  - **Venue**: Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show
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- **Event Name**: Shaftesbury Food Trail
  - **Description**: Only 6 weeks to go until the Shaftesbury Food Festival on the 3rd of May. Did you know that on the Saturday, 3rd we have organised a food trail celebrating local producers. 

Visit our website to find out more, it could be a fun day out exploring some loc
  - **Venue**: Shaftesbury, Dorset
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- **Event Name**: A Fleetwood Mac Candlelight Experience In Shaftesbury 🕯️ Saturday 9th May
  - **Description**: Lumos brings you enchanting concert experiences paying homage to world famous artists. We've partnered with spectacular locations & churches across the UK to deliver a concert experience that is nothing short of magical ✨🌍A donation is made to a d
  - **Venue**: St Peter's Church, Shaftesbury
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Shaftesbury?
  - **A:** The Budapest Cafe Orchestra (Sat May 16 2026 at 07:30 pm at 11-13 Bell Street, SP7 8AR Shaftesbury, United Kingdom), When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon (Sat May 09 2026 at 07:30 pm at 11-13 Bell Street, SP7 8AR Shaftesbury, United Kingdom), LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton), MARTY WILDE & THE WILDCATS (Sat Sep 19 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton), Eabhal (Thu Apr 30 2026 at 07:30 pm at Shaftesbury Arts Centre).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Shaftesbury today April 18, 2026?
  - **A:** LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Shaftesbury this weekend April 17–19, 2026?
  - **A:** LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Shaftesbury in April 2026?
  - **A:** LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR (Sat Apr 18 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton), Eabhal (Thu Apr 30 2026 at 07:30 pm at Shaftesbury Arts Centre), Film Screening - Wicked: For Good (PG) (Thu Apr 23 2026 at 07:00 pm at Queen Street , SP8 4DZ Gillingham, United Kingdom), Film Society: Good One (15) (Fri Apr 24 2026 at 07:30 pm at Shaftesbury Arts Centre).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Shaftesbury?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Shaftesbury on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Shaftesbury?
  - **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 events in Shaftesbury?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Shaftesbury include 11-13 Bell Street, SP7 8AR Shaftesbury, United Kingdom, The Exchange, Sturminster Newton, Shaftesbury Arts Centre.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Shaftesbury?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Shaftesbury include Shaftesbury Arts Centre, The Exchange, Sturminster Newton, Gillingham Community Cinema.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many 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 events in Shaftesbury?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Shaftesbury.

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