Events

Bridport Arts Centre’s Future Present will bring together local and regional designer makers in a display of contemporary craft and design, including, wood, paper, textiles, prints, photography, ceramics and jewellery plus Christmas gifts, decorations and cards.

Located in our beautiful Allsop Gallery, Future Present will be a great opportunity to find the perfect Christmas present from a wide range of high-quality, handmade items whilst supporting small, local and creative businesses and craftspeople, as well as those from further afield.

Get away from the wintry weather and join us in the warm and cosy atmosphere of the Allsop Gallery for a real Christmas treat.

**CLOSED SUNDAYS & MONDAYS**

More details here: https://www.bridport-arts.com/event/future-present-2023/

Bridport’s Christmas Tree Festival is back for 2023!

Tuesday 5th December: Opening Service at 7pm

Festival Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 11am – 4pm
Sunday: 2pm-4pm

Wednesday 6th December (Christmas Cheer Night): 10am-7pm

Friday 8th December: Folk Carols at 7pm

Sunday 10th December: Toy Service 10.30am

Sunday 17th December: Carol Service at 4pm

Symondsbury Estate are thrilled to be partnering again with Emma Dixon, the resident River Cottage Florist, in bringing two days and two nights of festive flora and fauna.

With expert tuition from Emma, you will be shown step-by-step how to create your own signature show stopping yuletide wreath in this relaxed, enchanting and seasonal workshop.  All materials are included and sustainably sourced from Emma’s garden, so get creative using festive favourites such as holly berries, eucalyptus, spruce and rosemary, and don’t worry, no experience is necessary! Mulled wine and mince pies will also be provided, as no Christmas workshop would be complete without these!

Program For The Day

Daytime Session:  2pm – 4.30pm

2pm – Arrival
Make your way from the car park and down the path to the Tithe Barn Garden, meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

2.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

4.30pm – Course finishes

Evening Session:  6pm – 8.30pm

6pm – Arrival
Make your way through the candle lit path to the Tithe Barn Garden to meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

6.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

8.30pm – Course finishes

Contact telephone number: 01308 424116

Email; enquiries@symondsburyestate.co.uk

Website: https://symondsburyestateshop.co.uk/collections/events-workshops/products/wreath-making-workshop

Symondsbury Estate are thrilled to be partnering again with Emma Dixon, the resident River Cottage Florist, in bringing two days and two nights of festive flora and fauna.

With expert tuition from Emma, you will be shown step-by-step how to create your own signature show stopping yuletide wreath in this relaxed, enchanting and seasonal workshop.  All materials are included and sustainably sourced from Emma’s garden, so get creative using festive favourites such as holly berries, eucalyptus, spruce and rosemary, and don’t worry, no experience is necessary! Mulled wine and mince pies will also be provided, as no Christmas workshop would be complete without these!

Program For The Day

Daytime Session:  2pm – 4.30pm

2pm – Arrival
Make your way from the car park and down the path to the Tithe Barn Garden, meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

2.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

4.30pm – Course finishes

Evening Session:  6pm – 8.30pm

6pm – Arrival
Make your way through the candle lit path to the Tithe Barn Garden to meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

6.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

8.30pm – Course finishes

Contact telephone number: 01308 424116

Email; enquiries@symondsburyestate.co.uk

Website: https://symondsburyestateshop.co.uk/collections/events-workshops/products/wreath-making-workshop

Christmas Cheer by Billy Shearer

Symondsbury Estate are thrilled to be partnering again with Emma Dixon, the resident River Cottage Florist, in bringing two days and two nights of festive flora and fauna.

With expert tuition from Emma, you will be shown step-by-step how to create your own signature show stopping yuletide wreath in this relaxed, enchanting and seasonal workshop.  All materials are included and sustainably sourced from Emma’s garden, so get creative using festive favourites such as holly berries, eucalyptus, spruce and rosemary, and don’t worry, no experience is necessary! Mulled wine and mince pies will also be provided, as no Christmas workshop would be complete without these!

Program For The Day

Daytime Session:  2pm – 4.30pm

2pm – Arrival
Make your way from the car park and down the path to the Tithe Barn Garden, meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

2.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

4.30pm – Course finishes

Evening Session:  6pm – 8.30pm

6pm – Arrival
Make your way through the candle lit path to the Tithe Barn Garden to meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

6.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

8.30pm – Course finishes

Contact telephone number: 01308 424116

Email; enquiries@symondsburyestate.co.uk

Website: https://symondsburyestateshop.co.uk/collections/events-workshops/products/wreath-making-workshop

Symondsbury Estate are thrilled to be partnering again with Emma Dixon, the resident River Cottage Florist, in bringing two days and two nights of festive flora and fauna.

With expert tuition from Emma, you will be shown step-by-step how to create your own signature show stopping yuletide wreath in this relaxed, enchanting and seasonal workshop.  All materials are included and sustainably sourced from Emma’s garden, so get creative using festive favourites such as holly berries, eucalyptus, spruce and rosemary, and don’t worry, no experience is necessary! Mulled wine and mince pies will also be provided, as no Christmas workshop would be complete without these!

Program For The Day

Daytime Session:  2pm – 4.30pm

2pm – Arrival
Make your way from the car park and down the path to the Tithe Barn Garden, meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

2.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

4.30pm – Course finishes

Evening Session:  6pm – 8.30pm

6pm – Arrival
Make your way through the candle lit path to the Tithe Barn Garden to meet your host, chat to others on the course and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie straight from our kitchen.

6.15pm – Course starts
The session starts with Emma guiding you through how to make your wreath with traditional techniques, using holly, berries, ivy, ribbons and of course some added sparkle. Wreaths can be hung inside or out when finished.

Your host will offer a top up of mulled wine as you work!

8.30pm – Course finishes

Contact telephone number: 01308 424116

Email; enquiries@symondsburyestate.co.uk

Website: https://symondsburyestateshop.co.uk/collections/events-workshops/products/wreath-making-workshop

Bridport Arts Centre

The team that brought the Fabulous Fundraising Film Quiz that opened the From Page to Screen film festival is back, to bring you our Fabulous Showbiz Christmas Extravaganza Quiz!

Expect Spectacular Prizes, Surprise guests, audience participation and the ever-popular Simultaneous Bingo to add suspense and excitement to the evening.

Hosted once again by the hilarious Andy Bryant. You never knew you knew so much about show tunes, quotes, films, TV and music of all genres!

Festive frocks and sartorial Showbiz elegance encouraged!

Teams limited to 8 people (smaller teams welcome). Solo quiz-goers are welcome to join tables with less than 8

Thursday 07 December

Ticket Price: £10.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901 or

www.bridport-arts.com

Bridport Electric Palace

In the summer of 2014 – the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings – octogenarian Bernie Jordan made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world – Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing.

But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene – the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.

Thursday 07 December 2023

7.30pm

Ticket Price: £7.50

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

From 6th November ‘St Ives colony of artists’, Monday afternoons in Bridport 2pm or Friday afternoons from 10th November, 2pm on line:

The course starts by explaining the history of why artists were attracted to St Ives to paint, Turner for example travelled to west Cornwall to make watercolour sketches and drawings. The quality of the light in West Cornwall remains a factor that draws painters to the area. There was an increase in the number of artists in the later 19c onward, who came to Cornwall when the railway extends to Penzance. St Ives becomes a place artists feel free to experiment in their work, and there is support in the community to do so, from other painters. This leads to a hot bed of modernity in the late 1920’s onwards, with a new visual language developing amidst the painters and sculptors, which is a British version of Modernism; but quite often holds on to very recognisable figurative elements and uses form and colour boldly, responding to the landscape and seascape around the artists. Some of the artists discussed, will be Terry Frost, Bryan Pearce, Rose Hilton, Roger Hilton, Paul Feiler, Wilhelmina Barns- Graham, Peter Lanyon, Karl Weschke, Sven Berlin and the new movement of ceramics of Cornwall and other artists. So exciting was the art of St Ives that it attracted famous artists to visit the colony and some stayed and joined it!

Fee is £65 for 6 wks,

‘drop in’ lectures for £13 each.

Venue United Hall, East Street, Bridport.

Online fee £60.

To book and for more information email chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

Your tutor, Pam Simpson MA, is an Associate Lecturer University of the Arts. Pam is a professional art historian, with 35 years teaching experience in London art schools.

Click here for in person course details.

Illuminate presented by OT Event Technicians.

An outdoor winter enchanted lights display within the Gardens. Colourful lights transform and illuminate our Subtropical 18th century gardens and create a wonderful winters trail in the dark.  Journey through the heart of the Gardens, in this years extended route and experience the rare plants and trees in spectacular colour which highlights the forms, shapes and textures. Experience the striking and eye-catching Illuminate alongside our Gift Shop, Plant Centre and Coffee Shop.

Enjoy the beauty of the Gardens at this time of year with family and friends. We are a dog friendly attraction, who are more than welcome on a short non-extendable lead.

The event is operated by OT Event Technicians and therefore RHS members, Tesco Clubcard vouchers, Season Ticket Holders, Passport Tickets and other such scheme cannot be used at this event.

Adults: £13.50
Children 5-15: £8.00

Tickets are on sale HERE

Bridport Electric Palace

Ballygar, Dublin, Ireland, 1968: close friends Lily (Maggie Smith), Eileen (Kathy Bates), and Dolly (Agnes O’Casey) win the trip of a lifetime – a pilgrimage to Lourdes. With each woman desperately in need of a personal miracle, the trip seems like an answer to all their prayers.

But when they are joined by Chrissie (Laura Linney), returning to Dublin after decades in America, deep wounds from the past are re-opened and bitter truths exposed.

As they confront one another and embrace their shared past, the group reckon with revelations that will change them forever.

Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan, The Miracle Club is a heartfelt story of friendship, family, and forgiveness.

Friday 08 December 2023

7.30pm

Ticket Price: £7.50

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Bridport Arts Centre

The heartfelt wail of the blues; the sultry heat of the campfire; the crazy swirl of the bal musette, all fused together with virtuosity and passion in the melting pot of 1930’s Paris: the result was gypsy jazz.

Now ‘La Vie en Rose’ play this exuberant, toe-tapping music with a swing and joie-de-vivre as fresh today as when Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli first conjured it from the back streets of Pigalle.

With two guitarists, violin, clarinet and double bass, the band consists of five musicians with wide-ranging individual backgrounds in classical music, traditional jazz, rock, blues, country, ragtime and roots, pulled together by the shared pleasure of gypsy jazz and hot swing.

Friday 08 December at 8pm

Ticket Price:

£14.00 Adult

£12.00 Concession (Disability, JSA & Income Support)

£5.00 Child

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901 or

www.bridport-arts.com

Barney Kenny is quickly carving out a name for himself as a solo artist across the folk circuits. Armed with a 6 string and a Lapsteel slide guitar, Barney Kenny’s music doesn’t fall into the normal trappings of ‘folk’. Heavily influenced by world music, blues and rock, Barney blends storytelling and acoustic music with his foot-stomping somewhat delta style. He has racked up several thousand views on the Narrowboat Sessions platform and also over social media.

All proceeds for the Weldmar Hospice

*** LOTS of prizes – bottles, gifts, chocolates, Christmas presents and more… ***

Come on down to Bridport Football Club and cheer on The Bees as they take on Elburton Villa

Illuminate presented by OT Event Technicians.

An outdoor winter enchanted lights display within the Gardens. Colourful lights transform and illuminate our Subtropical 18th century gardens and create a wonderful winters trail in the dark.  Journey through the heart of the Gardens, in this years extended route and experience the rare plants and trees in spectacular colour which highlights the forms, shapes and textures. Experience the striking and eye-catching Illuminate alongside our Gift Shop, Plant Centre and Coffee Shop.

Enjoy the beauty of the Gardens at this time of year with family and friends. We are a dog friendly attraction, who are more than welcome on a short non-extendable lead.

The event is operated by OT Event Technicians and therefore RHS members, Tesco Clubcard vouchers, Season Ticket Holders, Passport Tickets and other such scheme cannot be used at this event.

Adults: £13.50
Children 5-15: £8.00

Tickets are on sale HERE

Bridport Electric Palace

Enjoy a night bursting with all the disco classics….from funk, soul, groove & motown through to the best 70s and 80s dancefloor fillers.

YOUR ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS 2023 PARTY NIGHT AT BRIDPORT ELECTRIC PALACE

★ PARTY STARTS 7pm with DJ Dr Funk

★ COMPLIMENTARY FIZZ.
Enjoy a glass of chilled Prosecco on arrival

★  COCKTAILS by Lloyd Brown of Dark Bear

★ DANCE to a 10 piece live band ‘Souled Out’ from 8pm plus vinyl disco until midnight

Advance tickets
£22.50 PER PERSON
£20.50 PER PERSON (show only with GROUP BOOKING OFFER*)
* 4+ tickets, paid for in one transaction

With four powerful vocalists, a superb  4 piece rhythm and a sensational brass section, Souled Out are so much more than just a band. They perform the whole spectrum of dance music from the 50’s through to present day chart hits as well as classic soul. Their spectacular live show with costume changes, choreographed dance routines and excellent state-of-the-art sound, light and multimedia systems has earned them the reputation as one of the most exciting live showbands performing in the UK and around the world!

​Twenty years on and the band have gone on to play at venues like Birmingham NEC, Wembley Arena, Knebworth and Earls Court as well as all the top hotels in the UK and Europe including The Grosvenor Mayfair, The London Metropole, The Ritz in Portugal, Hilton Prague and are the only band to have played New Years Eve at Jumeirah Beach Hotel Dubai three years running.

Saturday 09 December 2023

7pm

Ticket Price: £22.50 (£20.50 group offer if you buy 4+ tickets in one transaction)

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Bridport Arts Centre

Laugh Out Proud at Bridport Arts Centre will feature the stand-up-comedy delights of Mark Cram, Kate Martin and Daniel Foxx!

This is night is all about giving acts and audiences alike a fun and friendly place to express themselves, kick back, have a laugh and good time in an inclusive and welcoming comedy club environment. Whether it’s comedy, cabaret or anything in between – Laugh Out Proud is the queer night out you’re looking for.

Mark Cram is quite the all-rounder; with both a killer set and strong MCing chops. For the last few years Mark has been plying his comedy trade across the UK. Constantly evolving, usually unpredictable; he is garnering positive reactions everywhere he goes. – “A Masterclass in comedy design” Newbury Weekly News

Kate Martin is ‘brilliantly funny & energetic’ (Angela Barnes) and her ‘confident delivery and slick material’ (Chortle) have quickly established her as one of the most exciting new acts on the circuit. At 6ft 1 and with the longest wingspan in comedy (*probably), Kate’s a naturally engaging, energetic performer with effortlessly tight gags to match. Her unique background in mental health has given her a fresh take on the world, a completely distinctive voice, and fuels her high energy storytelling, whip-smart punchlines and razor-sharp observations of life’s quirks through queer eyes. – ‘Undeniably gifted. Explosive new talent, definitely an act that you will be bragging about seeing early in her career.’ NDC

Daniel Foxx is an award-winning comedian and writer from London. His easy-going delivery and sharp jokes have quickly established him as one of the most exciting new acts on the UK comedy circuit, whilst his comedy sketch videos have earned him a huge online following and millions of views. On screen, Daniel has performed on BBC One and BBC Three as part of the BBC New Comedy Awards- ‘Funny and filthy’ Graham Norton

Saturday 09 December at 8pm (18+)

Ticket Price:

£14.00 Adult

£12.60 Supporter

£12.00 Concession (Disability, JSA & Income Support)

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901 or

www.bridport-arts.com

Armed Forces Veterans Breakfast Club

Sunday 10th December 2023

9am-11am

Greyhound Hotel (Wetherspoons), East Street, Bridport

For Serving Armed Forces Personnel, Veterans, Partners and Relatives- All welcome

No subs or joining fees, just breakfast and banter

Book your FREE place now! https://bridportandwestbay.co.uk/tickets/santas-grotto/

Run, walk, crawl or hop 1 mile in fancy dress!

All ages welcome and medals for all!
Prizes available – including for best dressed!

Tea/Coffee/Cake Stall and Music!

£4 per entry

Scan the QR code for entry of visit:
preschool.sumupstore.com

Bridport Electric Palace

Recorded at Venue Cymru, Llandudno

CBeebies Panto is coming back in cinemas for yet another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!
As always, the show will feature many of CBeebies’ most popular actors and presenters. Full of catchy songs, dancing, and pantomime fun, it promises to be the must-see Christmas event for preschoolers and their families.

Sunday 10 December 2023

2pm

Ticket Price: Adults £7.50 / Under 16’s £5.50

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Illuminate presented by OT Event Technicians.

An outdoor winter enchanted lights display within the Gardens. Colourful lights transform and illuminate our Subtropical 18th century gardens and create a wonderful winters trail in the dark.  Journey through the heart of the Gardens, in this years extended route and experience the rare plants and trees in spectacular colour which highlights the forms, shapes and textures. Experience the striking and eye-catching Illuminate alongside our Gift Shop, Plant Centre and Coffee Shop.

Enjoy the beauty of the Gardens at this time of year with family and friends. We are a dog friendly attraction, who are more than welcome on a short non-extendable lead.

The event is operated by OT Event Technicians and therefore RHS members, Tesco Clubcard vouchers, Season Ticket Holders, Passport Tickets and other such scheme cannot be used at this event.

Adults: £13.50
Children 5-15: £8.00

Tickets are on sale HERE

From 6th November ‘St Ives colony of artists’, Monday afternoons in Bridport 2pm or Friday afternoons from 10th November, 2pm on line:

The course starts by explaining the history of why artists were attracted to St Ives to paint, Turner for example travelled to west Cornwall to make watercolour sketches and drawings. The quality of the light in West Cornwall remains a factor that draws painters to the area. There was an increase in the number of artists in the later 19c onward, who came to Cornwall when the railway extends to Penzance. St Ives becomes a place artists feel free to experiment in their work, and there is support in the community to do so, from other painters. This leads to a hot bed of modernity in the late 1920’s onwards, with a new visual language developing amidst the painters and sculptors, which is a British version of Modernism; but quite often holds on to very recognisable figurative elements and uses form and colour boldly, responding to the landscape and seascape around the artists. Some of the artists discussed, will be Terry Frost, Bryan Pearce, Rose Hilton, Roger Hilton, Paul Feiler, Wilhelmina Barns- Graham, Peter Lanyon, Karl Weschke, Sven Berlin and the new movement of ceramics of Cornwall and other artists. So exciting was the art of St Ives that it attracted famous artists to visit the colony and some stayed and joined it!

Fee is £65 for 6 wks,

‘drop in’ lectures for £13 each.

Venue United Hall, East Street, Bridport.

Online fee £60.

To book and for more information email chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

Your tutor, Pam Simpson MA, is an Associate Lecturer University of the Arts. Pam is a professional art historian, with 35 years teaching experience in London art schools.

Click here for Zoom Course Details.

Classes are suitable for anyone interested in learning how to play duplicate bridge. No experience is necessary, and you don’t need to come with a partner. The sessions are also ideal for ‘rusty’ players who have not played for a while and would like to get back on track with their bridge.

The course will run for 16 weeks, with a break for Christmas, followed by a number of supervised practice sessions. Players will then be ready to join the Friday afternoon Relaxed Bridge club sessions or will be able to play social bridge with friends. Sessions are £5 each, payable on the day.

New 16 week course starting Monday, 30th October 2023.

**FREE INTRO SESSION MONDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2023**

No experience necessary – come on your own or with a partner!

For more details contact Martin: 01308 861120

Email: bridportbridgeclub@gmail.com
Website: www.bridgewebs.com/bridport.

Join us at The George Hotel for our new weekly bingo nights.

Multiple prizes up for grabs,

£5 per person

A thrilling night of bingo awaits – reserve your seat now and let the games begin!

01308 423187
info@thegeorgebridport.co.uk

This comprehensive, hands-on course is for anyone wanting to improve their repertoire of culinary skills whether you are a chef or an enthusiastic cook.

We’ll cover the complete pig to plate journey from how to keep pigs and then process a whole side of pork into amazing products via basic butchery to in-depth artisan methods such as curing, sausage making and small goods such as pate. The day is a practical course given under close tuition whereby we encourage everyone to take part and have a go. The course is designed to accommodate small groups so that each participant is fully engaged in the process.

Date: Tuesday 12th December

Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm

Please Note: Maximum 12 people per course.

Program For The Day

9.30am – Arrival with coffee, tea and homemade bacon taster

10.00am – Intro to recognising high welfare, basic butchery breaking the carcass into primary cuts

1.30pm – Lunch

2.15pm – Further processing pork into secondary cuts, curing techniques, sausage and pate making

4.30pm – Course finishes

The course is £175 and tickets are available here:
https://symondsburyestateshop.co.uk/products/pig-in-a-day-masterclass

Illuminate presented by OT Event Technicians.

An outdoor winter enchanted lights display within the Gardens. Colourful lights transform and illuminate our Subtropical 18th century gardens and create a wonderful winters trail in the dark.  Journey through the heart of the Gardens, in this years extended route and experience the rare plants and trees in spectacular colour which highlights the forms, shapes and textures. Experience the striking and eye-catching Illuminate alongside our Gift Shop, Plant Centre and Coffee Shop.

Enjoy the beauty of the Gardens at this time of year with family and friends. We are a dog friendly attraction, who are more than welcome on a short non-extendable lead.

The event is operated by OT Event Technicians and therefore RHS members, Tesco Clubcard vouchers, Season Ticket Holders, Passport Tickets and other such scheme cannot be used at this event.

Adults: £13.50
Children 5-15: £8.00

Tickets are on sale HERE

Film of Dave Goulson Author of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse (2021) and A Sting in the Tail (2103) followed by:

Professor Philip Howse and Philip Colfox

in conversation with James Crowden

Thursday 14 December 7pm (Doors 6pm hot supper and bar available)

Entry donations: £10 (concessions and under 21s £5) / £2 extra on the door

All donations to wildlife charities

Please call 01308 459511 to reserve your seat now.

By 2050 it is estimated that world production of food will need to increase by 70% to feed a population of 9.1 billion.  New kinds of pesticide have been developed which are suitable for organic farming, but which have not yet been adopted by multinational agrochemical companies. The time has come for change.

Insect pests, ranging from malarial mosquitoes to invading Asian hornets and numerous agricultural pests are currently controlled by toxic pesticides. It is a staggering fact that over 40% of all food and fibre produced in the world is lost to field and storage pests. The pesticide market for rice in India alone is estimated at $2.5 billion per annum, the losses of grain in storage in the US amounted to over $2 billion in 2010.

Pollinators, on the other hand, contribute an estimated $217 billion to the costs of global food production and need to be protected from the effects of agrochemicals.

Bridport Electric Palace

The captivating troubadour known as Beans on Toast embarks on a joyous musical escapade this Winter. Captivating hearts and minds with his tales of love, politics and the human  experience, Beans is unafraid to challenge the status quo with his irreverent wit and soul-stirring  lyricism.

Like a modern-day minstrel, Beans on Toast takes to the road on a captivating journey across towns and cities of the UK. His songs, the celebration of the human spirit and a call for unity resonate deeply in the hearts of listeners, leaving them inspired and moved. Inviting us to reflect, laugh and remember that amidst the chaos, there is still hope and beauty to be found.

Thursday 14 December 2023

8pm

Ticket Price: £18.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

From 6th November ‘St Ives colony of artists’, Monday afternoons in Bridport 2pm or Friday afternoons from 10th November, 2pm on line:

The course starts by explaining the history of why artists were attracted to St Ives to paint, Turner for example travelled to west Cornwall to make watercolour sketches and drawings. The quality of the light in West Cornwall remains a factor that draws painters to the area. There was an increase in the number of artists in the later 19c onward, who came to Cornwall when the railway extends to Penzance. St Ives becomes a place artists feel free to experiment in their work, and there is support in the community to do so, from other painters. This leads to a hot bed of modernity in the late 1920’s onwards, with a new visual language developing amidst the painters and sculptors, which is a British version of Modernism; but quite often holds on to very recognisable figurative elements and uses form and colour boldly, responding to the landscape and seascape around the artists. Some of the artists discussed, will be Terry Frost, Bryan Pearce, Rose Hilton, Roger Hilton, Paul Feiler, Wilhelmina Barns- Graham, Peter Lanyon, Karl Weschke, Sven Berlin and the new movement of ceramics of Cornwall and other artists. So exciting was the art of St Ives that it attracted famous artists to visit the colony and some stayed and joined it!

Fee is £65 for 6 wks,

‘drop in’ lectures for £13 each.

Venue United Hall, East Street, Bridport.

Online fee £60.

To book and for more information email chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

Your tutor, Pam Simpson MA, is an Associate Lecturer University of the Arts. Pam is a professional art historian, with 35 years teaching experience in London art schools.

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