Plan your week with our Dorset events guide! Discover what’s happening this week in Bournemouth, Poole, and beyond. Find Festivals, Family Fun, Food & Drink, Live Music, Films, Theatre and more. Jane Austen: Down to the Sea Sat, 14th June 2025 - Sun, 14th September 2025 10:00am - 4:00pm Dorset Museum Summer Holidays: Season of STEM Sat, 19th July 2025 - Tue, 2nd September 2025 9:30am - 5:00pm The Tank Museum Discounted entry at Rock Reef and Bournemouth Oceanarium Fri, 1st August 2025 - Sun, 31st August 2025 10:00am - 6:00pm Bournemouth Oceanarium Swanage Lifeboat Week 2025 Sat, 9th August 2025 - Sun, 17th August 2025 All Day Various Locations in Swanage Art for Fun at AndyKnillArt Tue, 12th August 2025 - Wed, 13th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm AndyKnillArt Studio Summer of play on Brownsea Island Tue, 12th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm Brownsea Island Meditation and Qi Gong Tue, 12th August 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm Poole Christian Spiritualist Church Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show 2025 Wed, 13th August 2025 - Thu, 14th August 2025 8:30am - 6:00pm Turnpike Showground Art for Fun at AndyKnillArt Wed, 13th August 2025 - Thu, 14th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm AndyKnillArt Studio Summer of play on Brownsea Island Wed, 13th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm Brownsea Island Wild Wednesdays - For Kids! at The Blue Pool Wed, 13th August 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm The Blue Pool Nature Reserve & Tearooms Wareham Wednesdays - 13th August 2025 Wed, 13th August 2025 6:30pm - 11:30pm Wareham Quay Poole Quay Summer Fireworks 2025 Thu, 14th August 2025 9:30am - 10:30am Poole Quay Summer of play on Brownsea Island Thu, 14th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm Brownsea Island Purbeck Valley Folk Festival 2025 Thu, 14th August 2025 - Mon, 18th August 2025 6:00pm - 12:00pm Purbeck Valley Farm Art for Fun at AndyKnillArt Fri, 15th August 2025 - Sat, 16th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm AndyKnillArt Studio Summer of play on Brownsea Island Fri, 15th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm Brownsea Island Sunset Landscape Mixed Media Painting Workshop Fri, 15th August 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm The Courtyard Craft Centre Free Bushcraft Session on Brownsea Island Fri, 15th August 2025 - Sat, 16th August 2025 11:00am - 4:00pm Brownsea Island Car Nights on Poole Quay 2025 Fri, 15th August 2025 6:00pm - 9:00pm Poole Quay Bournemouth Friday Fireworks 2025 Fri, 15th August 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm Bournemouth Pier Riverside Fest 2025 Sat, 16th August 2025 All Day Riverside Meadows Art for Fun at AndyKnillArt Sat, 16th August 2025 - Sun, 17th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm AndyKnillArt Studio Summer of play on Brownsea Island Sat, 16th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm Brownsea Island Sunflower Stride Sat, 16th August 2025 5:00pm - 8:00pm Maiden Castle Farm Outdoor Cinema - Shakespeare in Love at Langham Wine Estate Sat, 16th August 2025 6:30pm - 9:30pm Langham Wine Estate Christchurch Carnival FIREWORKS 2025 Sat, 16th August 2025 9:30pm - 10:00pm Christchurch Quay Car Boot Sale at Poole Stadium Sun, 17th August 2025 10:00am - 3:00pm Poole Stadium Summer of play on Brownsea Island Sun, 17th August 2025 10:00am - 5:00pm Brownsea Island Funday! at Portland View Animal Sanctuary Sun, 17th August 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm Portland View Animal Sanctuary Summer Sunshine Fest Sun, 17th August 2025 12:00pm - 4:00pm Weymouth College Sports Centre Christchurch Carnival SUNDAY STREET PARADE 17th August Sun, 17th August 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm Christchurch High Street
