The big one will be reeling them in this weekend - yes, the Dorset Seafood Festival is back. And for further ideas on how to spend your weekend, look no further.

*SUPERB seafood will be showcased at the Pommery Dorset Seafood festival in Weymouth this weekend.

Free to attend, this much loved event pops up around Weymouth’s famous historic harbour-side offering champagne and seafood, family entertainment.

This year visitors can enjoy fresh seafood dishes from nearly 100 stalls around the harbour. Be entertained by two different line ups of national chefs as well as our much loved local seafood heroes.

Join in with hands on sessions, learn about underutilised species, bring the family to try new experiences and find out why we should all be eating more seafood.

*OPEN air theatre comes the the surrounds of Corfe Castle tonight (13) from 7pm.

The Pirates of Penzance will be performed at the castle, near Swanage. People are invited to pack a picnic to enjoy.

This comic opera tells the story of a young man named Frederick who leaves the band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability. Call 0344 249 1895 to book tickets.

*EVER wondered what a gig with both Stereophonics and Oasis playing would be like?

Wonder no more with top tribute bands Oas-is and the Stereoironics performing in the Ocean Room of Weymouth Pavilion tonight (13) from 8pm. Call the box office for tickets.

*CHEKHOV classic The Cherry Orchard will be performed at Maumbury Rings in Dorchester tonight (13) at 6.30pm.

This is bittersweet comedy, being brought to Dorchester by Miracle Theatre, is about a once-wealthy family, whose idleness and extravagance have brought them to the brink of bankruptcy. Contact Dorchester Arts for tickets and more information.

*THE New Hardy Players will take their popular production of The Trumpet Major to the vicarage at Cerne Abbas tonight (13) at 7.30pm and Kingston Maurward College near Dorchester on Sunday at 7.30pm.

This production features a host of colourful characters and is set against the background of the threat of invasion, the Battle of Trafalgar and the glowering presence of Napoleon Bonaparte. Go to hardyonline.org to book.

*HEAD to the grounds of St Edmund's Church in Lanehouse Rocks Road, Weymouth, for the traditional crowning of the Rose Queen tomorrow (14).

All the fun begins at 1pm, with South Dorset MP Richard Drax opening proceedings, and continues until 4pm with displays, skittles, a bouncy castle, sheep pen, barbecue, sheep pen and bouncy castle. There will also be many stalls and entertainment from the Juno Belly Dancers and Ed Hintze's choir.

*PERENNIAL Weymouth Pavilion favourite That'll Be the Day returns to the theatre tomorrow night from 7.30pm.

Highly acclaimed for its stunning LIVE entertainment value, That’ll Be The Day is an outstanding celebration for all true fans of the golden era of popular music. Call the box office for tickets and more information.

*CAR lovers should head to Weymouth seafront tonight (13) for Porsches on the Prom.

There will be more than 150 Porsches on the Esplanade from the Jubilee Clock towards the Pavilion between 6pm and 9pm.

*SOUL star Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band will play Dorchester tomorrow at 8pm. (14)

Together they produced two of the monster soul albums of the 1960s: Hand Clappin’ Foot Stompin’ Funky Butt Live and Hipsters Flipsters and Finger Poppin’ Daddies. Their supercharged live performances became the stuff of legend.

Geno has continued to tour and record ever since.

*LITERATURE lovers and fans of Dorset should head to Kingston Maurward College near Dorchester on Sunday for the Thomas Hardy Country Fair.

The fair is part of the Thomas Hardy Society's 50th anniversary festival and conference this summer.

It will reflect the Victorian period of country crafts as well as music and drama of the period.

Among the planned attractions will be maypole dancing, wife selling, as featured in The Mayor of Casterbridge and a Victorian Fayre with coconut shies, skittles etc.