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/

Bring & Buy
Bookstall
Produce
Raffle

Entry £5 to include coffee and cake.

West Dorset versus Arthritis

Bus details for non-drivers:

Route CB3
From Bridport Bus Station at 0925, arrives Beaminster 0943
Leave Beaminster at 1154, 1400, 1541 or 1800hrs
Concession passes accepted.
Not part of the £2 fare cap as service is run by volunteers.

The annual Symondsbury Estate Christmas Market involves a wide range of local businesses selling handcrafted food, drink and gifts, together with our independent shops, offering luxury giftware, festive decorations, homeware and artisan food and drink.

There’s live music and performances, so come along and share our Christmas cheer!

FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
12am-6pm

SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER
10am-6pm

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER
10am-4pm

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 Arts Centre

Returning to Bridport Arts Centre Moscow Drug Club deliver an intoxicating and intimate musical experience. You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow Drug Club…..this way please & mind the stairs!

A curious musical place where elements of Berlin Cabaret, Latin Tinge, French musette and storytelling meet…..

Imagine having a few to drink and staggering arm in arm into the darkness of an eastern European cobbled street and stumbling into a bar where Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits are having an after-hours jam with the local Tziganes.

Combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen & Eartha Kitt.

Friday 01 December at 7.30pm

Ticket Price:

£15.00 Adult

£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

The Wurzels announce their annual Christmas Tour.

The west country’s finest will be returning to Bridport Electric Palace this December for a very special Christmas concert full of festive cheer and cider!

Since establishing their very own musical genre, South West Scrumpy n’ Western, The Wurzels have earned a reputation as the ultimate live experience.

So expect a show packed full of double entendre, mainstream parody, sing-along classics, comedy and, of course, plenty of cider.

Performing a set consisting of all the hits, stories and jokes from a career lasting more than 50 years The Wurzels continue to play over 100 sell-out shows and festivals every year.

From their quintessentially West Country cover of Kaiser Chiefs’ ‘Ruby’, to the hip-hop version of their classic Number 1 hit ‘Combine Harvester’ through to the timeless ‘I am a cider drinker’, this is a night not to be missed.

So grab your tickets before its too late, because this will sell-out!

SUPPORT :

CORKY
Agricultural hip-hop artist and the world’s greatest Scrumpy & Western rapper straight out of the farmgates of the Dauntsey Vale in north Wiltshire.

Date:  Friday 01 December 2023

Time: Starts 7.30pm

Ticket Price: £23.50 (14+ under 16’s accompanied by an adult)

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Come and join us for two hours, get into the festive spirit and make a stunning Christmas wreath.

Claire will demonstrate to start you on your way, no experience necessary, just immerse yourself in seasonal foliage; berries; a mixture of other gorgeous bits foraged and dried; and beautiful ribbon to help you create your own unique wreath.

With Christmas tunes, a glass of fizz, nibbles and lots of laughter.

If you would like to protect your clothing please bring an apron.

Everything else is provided.

£55 per person

Email address: claire@lfflowers.co.uk

Website: https://www.lovettefarmflowers.com

The annual Symondsbury Estate Christmas Market involves a wide range of local businesses selling handcrafted food, drink and gifts, together with our independent shops, offering luxury giftware, festive decorations, homeware and artisan food and drink.

There’s live music and performances, so come along and share our Christmas cheer!

FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
12am-6pm

SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER
10am-6pm

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER
10am-4pm

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

We are thrilled to announce that on December 2nd, we will be hosting our exclusive Drag Extravaganza! Join us for an electrifying performance by the fabulous Son of a Tutu, accompanied by our delectable feel-good food menu, all wrapped in festive cheer. Reserve your table today through our website or the link below, and let the countdown to a night of glamour and celebration begin! £7.50 a ticket

https://www.opentable.com/booking/experiences-availability?rid=289539&restref=289539&experienceId=200937&utm_source=external&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=shared

Suitable for 18 and over or parental discretion advised.

Bridport Arts Centre

From the ashes rises a Phoenix…or at the very least a couple of birds with tremendous style.

A shamelessly festive show celebrating all that is Christmassy.  From Michael Bublé and Tiny Tim to Frozen mashups and the return of the small and ever-popular Eskimo.

Mad-capped, joyous and at times preposterous, this is an evening of festive frivolity with a tiny sparkle of magic that will delight the unhinged and charm the pants of everyone else.

Charlie Bicknell became a household name playing ‘Delilah’ in BBC2’s This Life and subsequently starred as ‘Scout’ in Ben Elton’s West End hit Popcorn. Continuing to work as an actress for the National Theatre and rep around the UK, Charlie then moved into cabaret and circus, performing all over the world.

Louise Innes is a versatile operatic mezzo-soprano, who has sung at Covent Garden Opera House, Scottish Opera, La Scala, Festival Hall, and 10 Downing Street to name but a few.  She has recently been performing with Charlie in London’s Crazy Coq, Chelsea Arts Club, St James Theatre and all over the South-West.

Saturday 02 December at 7.30pm

Ticket Price:

£18.00 Adult

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

www.bridport-arts.com

The annual Symondsbury Estate Christmas Market involves a wide range of local businesses selling handcrafted food, drink and gifts, together with our independent shops, offering luxury giftware, festive decorations, homeware and artisan food and drink.

There’s live music and performances, so come along and share our Christmas cheer!

FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
12am-6pm

SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER
10am-6pm

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER
10am-4pm

A fantastic workshop where you can make lanterns for the Bridport Cheer Procession!
The workshop runs from 11am to 3pm – please note last admission is 1pm to make your lantern.

Everyone welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult

Free with materials supplied

Drop in between 11 – 1pm (Last entry for making a lantern at 1pm)

Please book to ensure your space or drop in, depending on materials availability on the day.

Booking email: mickeylbonome@gmail.com

Lantern Making by Billy Shearer

Show your support for our fantastic ladies team as they take on Coombe St. Nicholas Ladies at Bridport Football Club

Bridport Electric Palace

Introducing the Wessex Military Band

The band originally started as a youth band in 1981 and in 1990 the British Army invited the band to form as the voluntary band of the Army Air Corps based at Middle Wallop near Andover, as they didn’t have a regimental band. They became known as the Voluntary Band of the Army Air Corps but in 1993 the Army decided to disband the volunteer band, being undeterred at this time the Wessex Military Band was formed.
The Ministry of Defence repaid its gratitude to the band by providing financial assistance in reforming as the Wessex Military Band and allowing the band to use the recently decommissioned ‘Wessex’ regiment emblem with its distinctive Wyvern. One of the early and most prestigious engagements the band was involved in the early performing for HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duke of Kent.
When, in 2006 it’s bandmaster and founder retired to Austria, the band was fortunate to have in its ranks people who had been and willing to take over the day to day running of the band.
After an extremely successful Winter Concert last year, it has been decided to continue with another one this year at the Electric Palace. Although the music has not yet been finalised, the Bandmaster is planning to try to improve on last years performance, with something for all musical tastes young and old. It is envisaged that the programme will include many topical and entertaining numbers, with some Christmassy numbers added in for good measure.

The Wessex Military Band has a strong base of members of all ages and abilities, ranging from beginners to ex-military musicians and music professionals. If you would like to join them and can play a brass, woodwind or percussion instrument or are interested in joining the Corps of Drums, please contact or leave a message for Mandy Bell on 07535 354433. or email enquiries.wessex@gmail.com
Mandy will get back to you as soon as possible.

Sunday 03 December 2023

3pm

Advance Ticket Price: Adult £11.00 / Child £9.00

(Door Price: Adult £13.00 / Child £11.00)

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

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.

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.

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

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.