Event Listings

EVENT LISTINGS

Forthcoming Events:

Please get in touch if you are planning an event and would like it listed here:     tolpuddlevillagewebsite@gmail.com  

Or, if you have ideas of what you would like to see put on in Tolpuddle, please email the Tolpuddle Events Committee (TEC):
tolpuddleevents@gmail.co.uk

2024
Events for 2024 can be found below........ keep checking for new events and updated information
For Regular Activities please go to the Regular Activities and Classes page

Tolpuddle Old Chapel
A series of talks funded by Historic England, the National Heritage Lottery Fund and TOCT

3rd April to 29 May, 2024
Booking required

Tolpuddle Family Lives
History Club
Starting on Thursday, 11 April - please see the Regular Activities page (Thursdays) for more information

Quiz  ||  Martyrs Inn
Thursday, 25 April, 2024  ||  7.30 pm
Enquiries please call the pub on 01305 602115
Quizzes held last Thursday of each month

Tolpuddle Family Lives
Dorset Button Making Workshops
Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Saturday, 27 April
5 Workshops - FREE

Folk Songs and Songs of the Sea ||  ForeSail  || Martyrs Inn
Saturday, 27 April, 2024 from 19.00

Come and join us for some “sea folk” and regional folk songs acapella when ForeSail will be joining us from 19.00

Come down and show your support!

To make a reservation and for any enquiries, please call the pub on 01305 602115.

Soap Making Talk and Demonstration by Leigh Gibb of Pidela House, Handcrafted Artisan Soap
Tuesday, 30 April, 2024 at 7pm

Book Club in the Martyrs Inn
First Wednesday of each Month
Wednesday, 1 May, 2024  ||  7pm

Dorset Council and Parish Council Elections
Thursday, 2 May, 2024

Tolpuddle Family Lives
Dorset Button Making Workshops
Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Saturday, 4 May
5 Workshops - FREE

Live Music in the Village Hall
Saturday, 4 May, 2024
Rodney Branigan - Americana folk roots music with virtuoso presentation, with a touch of clean comedy thrown in for good measure

Bubble Church at Puddletown Village Hall
Sunday, 5 May, 2024  ||  4pm
For babies and toddlers (up to 7 years) 

Tolpuddle Village Hall Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 at 6.45pm

The Life of Tolpuddle's Landless  ||  Talk  ||  Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 at 19.00  ||  Free

Knit and Natter  ||  Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Every 2nd Friday of the Month
10 May, 2024

St John's Church Annual General Meeting
Sunday, 12 May, 2024 at 16.30
with tea and cake!  All welcome

Puddletown Area Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday, 14 May, 2024 at Puddletown Village Hall 7pm

Drowning the Landscape  ||  Talk  ||  Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Wednesday, 15 May, 2024 at 19.00  ||  Free

West Country Folk Tunes
Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Saturday,  18 May, 2024  2pm

Technology / IT Support  ||  Tolpuddle Village Hall
Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 from 14.00 - 16.00

Talk:  150 Years of Courtroom Drama  ||  Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 at 19.00

Tolpuddle Family Lives
Dorset Button Making Workshops
Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Saturday, 29 May
5 Workshops - FREE

Quiz Night in the Martyrs Inn
Thursday, 30 May, 2024  at 7.30 pm
Quiz Nights held last Thursday of the month.  Teams of 6. 
Book your table 01305 602115

Concert at St John's Church
Sunday, 2 June, 2024 at 16.00
More info shortly

Bubble Church at Puddletown Village Hall
Sunday, 2 June, 2024  ||  4pm
For babies and toddlers (up to 7 years) 

Puddletown Area Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday, 11 June, 2024 at Tolpuddle Village Hall 7pm

Knit and Natter  ||  Tolpuddle Old Chapel
Every 2nd Friday of the Month
14 June, 2024

Tolpuddle Evening Class - Botanical - Pottery
20 June, 2024  ||  Tolpuddle Village Hall

£25.00

As we enter summer, the room will be full of the scents of mint, sage and rosemary.  Flowers and leaves from the season will be on the tables to explore in clay.  You may decide to make botanical tiles, owl plaque or even a leaf creature.  Suitable for beginners and the more experienced.
The class runs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Tolpuddle Village Hall
Pieces are kiln fired and ready for collection 2-3 weeks later

Booking Link:  https://www.creativeclayforall.co.uk/store/c2/Adult-Evening-Class

Casino Evening with Cocktails and Jazz  ||  Village Hall
Saturday, 22 June, 2024

Quiz Night in the Martyrs Inn
Thursday, 27 June, 2024  at 7.30 pm
Quiz Nights held last Thursday of the month.  Teams of 6. 
Book your table 01305 602115

Tolpuddle Jumble Trail
Sunday, 7 July, 2024
More Info soon

Martyrs Festival Weekend

Sunday, 21 July, 2024
Refreshments through the day in the Village Hall

Saturday and Sunday 20 and 21 July, 2024
Cooked Breakfasts up on the Festival Field  ||   7.30 am to 9.30 am both days

All provided by Tolpuddle Village in aid of Village Causes

Summer Fete  ||  Orchard Meadow
Sunday, 25 August, 2024
more info soon

Live Music in October 2024  ||  Village Hall
More info soon

Harvest Supper
Saturday, 5 October, 2024

Bonfire Night  ||  Martyrs Field
Friday, 1 November, 2024 (with potential of 2 November if weather if bad on the 1st)
More info in due course

Christmas Market and Light Up
Saturday, 7 December, 2024
More info in the Autumn

Children's Christmas Party  ||  Tolpuddle Village Hall
Sunday,  8 December, 2024
More info in the Autumn