What's on in west Dorset this weekend

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

• Enjoy a neon music night at the Tithe Barn in Symondsbury from 7.30pm, with music from the Vinyl Monkeys. Tickets cost £4.50 from symondsburyestate.co.uk and includes a glow stick. Proceeds to Bridport Pantomime Players.

• A bingo night is being held at Bridport Town Hall, with eyes down at 7.30pm. The event is a fundraiser for the upcoming Bridport Christmas Cheer evening on December 4. There will be a bar and refreshments.

• Judy (12A) will be shown at the Electric Palace from 7.30pm. For tickets and more information, visit electricpalace.org.uk

• Nos Three presents Blooming Out, a physical theatre play per formed by Bianca Bertalot and Maria de Jesus Rocha on the meaning of the feminine universe. The play will take place at the Lyric Theatre with doors and the bar opening at 7.30pm and the show starting at 8pm. for more information and tickets, visit aloadofstuffandnonsense.co.uk

• Martyn Joseph will be performing at Bridport Arts Centre from 8pm. For tickets and more information, visit bridport-arts.com

• Shelby’s Elbows will be performing live at The Ropemakers from 9.15pm.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

• Bridport Artisan Market will take place at Bridport Arts Centre from 9am.

• Vinyl Saturday Record Fair returns to Bridport United Church Hall from 10am. Entry costs £1.

• Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre will host a Jurassic Art and Craft Fayre from 10am to 5pm. There will be Christmas gifts by local artists and makers as well as knitted items, decorations, glass paintings, seaside gifts, cards, jewellery, ceramics, cakes, preserves and refreshments. Christmas craft activities for children will take place from 11am to 12.30pm with ammonite tree decorations and a lucky fossil dip.

• Help create a lantern for a parade during Bridport Christmas Cheer at a workshop in the town hall from 10.30am to 2.30pm. It’s suitable for adults, accompanied children and families and costs £4 per person. To book a place, and for more information, call Bridport Tourist Information Centre on 01308 424901.

• Nos Three will perform ‘Friendly Ever After;’ at the Lyric Theatre from 10am. The interactive play tells the story of two young characters trying to find true friendship. They will also be leading a clowning masterclass at the theatre from 2pm to 5pm. For more information and tickets, visit aloadofstuffandnonsense.co.uk

• Mandeville present ‘War and Peace’, a recital of clarinet and piano music from Russia, Hungary and Romania by Anne Scolding-Perrett and Clare Sydenham. It will take place at The Salt House from 3pm. For more information, visit mandeville.wordpress.com

• Enjoy an afternoon tea party at Walditch Village Hall from 3pm to 5pm. There will be a raffle, crafts, a book stall and Bothenhampton Knit and Knatter. Proceeds will go to West Dorset Mencap.

• A barn dance with the Wyld Band and callers will be held at Whitchurch Canonicorum Village Hall at 7pm for 7.30pm. Bring and share finger food supper and it costs £5 per person. For more details, call 01297 489546.

• Enjoy a quiz at St Mary’s Church House in Bridport from 7pm. teams of four to six and bring your own drinks and nibbles. Tea and coffee will be available. It costs £5 per person. For more information, call 01308 456138.

• Dance at Evershot with music from The Skalatans and DJ Santa from 7pm. There will be a bar and tickets cost £10, available on the door or by calling 07867 536754.

• An auction of promises is being held at Salway Ash Village Hall in aid of Matthew Webb, who was diagnosed with a rare, incurable cancer earlier this year. Tickets cost £12 and include a ploughman’s supper and are available by calling 07855 126618 or emailing shaunnaknight@gmail.com. Te event starts at 7pm.

• Entertainer Count Arthur Strong will be performing at the Electric Palace from 8pm. For more information and tickets, visit electricpalace.org.uk

• Lyme Regis Comedy Club welcomes Stephen Carlin from 8pm. the bar opens at 7pm and tickets are available from marinetheatre.com

• Comedian Stephen K Amos will be performing at Bridport Arts Centre from 8pm. For tickets and more information, visit bridport-arts.com

• Listen to the sounds of Elfentale at The Woodman from 8.45pm.

• Lady Winwood’s Maggot will be performing live at The Ropemakers from 9.15pm.

• The Mutter Slater Band will be performing at the Crown Inn from 10pm.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17

• The annual Eype Makers’ Market returns to Highlands End Holiday Park from 10am to 4pm. Find a range of gifts and items from local makers, bakers, artists and craftspeople.

• Local families and young people are invited to find out more about Bridport Cohousing and the development of affordable homes near Bridport Hospital. An afternoon of short talks and Q&As will be held at the town hall from 2pm to 5pm. Tickets are free and available from bit.ly/2kG2fNI

• A special concert showing the workings of a recently restored church organ at St Swithun’s Church from 3pm. There will be pieces from JS Bach, Langlais and Gigout. Entry is free and donations will go towards church funds.

• A Bolshoi screening at the Electric Palace will feature Corsaire (12A) from 3pm. For tickets and more information, visit electricpalace.org.uk

• The Arnie Cottrell Tendency will be performing at The Ropemakers pub from 4pm.

• A charity auction in aid of The Living Tree cancer support group will take place at The Ropemakers pub. More than 60 lots can be viewed from 5pm, with the auction starting at 6pm. There will also be a raffle.

• Eve Appleton will be performing live at The Pursuit of Hoppiness from 7pm.

• Unsense Me! a prize-winning documentary offering an insight into the experience of mental illness from the view point of people who have been through it, will be shown at the WI Hall in North Street. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. It costs £4, or less if you can’t afford it, and refreshments will be available. There will be a discussion after the showing.