THERE’S a chance this weekend to enjoy some sporting action, meet a celebrity and show your support for the Portland Coastguard. Here’s all you need to know.

  • MEET celebrity guest Martin Clunes at the Weldmar Summer Fete tomorrow.

Held between 11am and 4pm, visitors can enjoy live entertainment throughout the day including performances from The Decadettes, the Weymouth Ukuleleans and Rock Choir.

Other displays will include vehicles of yesteryear, Goldwings and steam engines.

Entrance is £1 for adults and children go free at the fete, which is at the Joseph Weld Hospice in Herringston Road, Dorchester.

  • FOODIES can enjoy the best of West Country food, drink and chefs at Weymouth College this weekend.

The Wessex Food Festival will feature more than 60 stands selling everything from olives to oils, wine to wood and cake to coffee.

The college square will feature a food court where people can enjoy a delicious lunch. The festival takes place between 10am and 5pm on both days. Entry is £2.50 for adults, £2 for concessions and children under 16 are free.

  • SOAK up Shakespeare in Lyme Regis on Wednesday. The Propeller Theatre Company presents a pocket-sized version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Marine Theatre at 1.30pm and 8pm.

Love and illusion collide when two pairs of lovers become entangled in fairy michief on the eve of a royal wedding.

See marinetheatre.com l HEAD down to Weymouth seafront to cheer on all the competitors in the Challenge Weymouth triathlon on Sunday.

Fresh from finishing in second place at the Outlaw Triathlon in Nottingham in July, professional athlete Phil Mosley is hoping that he can go one better by finishing first at Challenge Weymouth.

See challengetriuk.com for full race details.

  • PEOPLE are being urged to turn out and say thank you to Portland Coastguard tomorrow.

A special flotilla will be sailing down the harbour at 4.30pm to thank the coastguards for all their work, a few days before the station closes.

It will include both Weymouth lifeboats, TS Pelican as well as many other boats, and will muster at the Pleasure Pier area.

At 4.55pm they will set sail down the harbour.

They will then turn round in front of the coastguard station on the harbourside at 5pm and sound their horns, before sailing back out to sea.

  • GO back to the Summer of ’69 at the BIC in Bournemouth when Canadian rocker Bryan Adams comes to town.

Bryan will be going back to basics with his Bare Bones Acoustic Tour at the Windsor Hall.