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  

2026
Events for 2026 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 Martyrs Festival
Friday, 17 to Sunday 19 July plus breakfasts on Monday, 20 July

Let’s make Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2026 a bumper year.  Can you help?

Last year, through shared efforts, just over £4,500 was made for St John’s Church and Tolpuddle Village Hall – supporting both bodies and the important roles they play in village life. This year we’re hoping to do even better. As well as daily breakfasts at the Martyrs Field (led by Jonathan Van Baars and Andy Turner), Sunday refreshments at the village hall, Mandy Sylvester is also organising catering for some of the speakers, support staff and a Festival event during the weekend. Proceeds from all of these, plus carparking on the Sunday, will underpin the work of the Church and the Village Hall, ever more necessary at this time of ever rising costs.

Of course, none of this is possible without the wonderful support and contributions from the village and beyond.  As ever, we need your help again this year, particularly with the refreshments in the village hall.  The Sunday team of Fiona Cope, Liz Gulliver, Julie Bonner (making a welcome return to Tolpuddle) and Margaret Walton have agreed to do ‘just one more year’ and will be joined by Anna Gibson, making her Festival debut!  With your help, we hope to go out with a bang.  We will continue with the popular ‘ploughman’s in a box’ lunches and the usual amazing array of homemade cakes, together with teas, coffees and soft drinks provided throughout the day, reinforcing our highly-valued reputation for providing good value, home-cooked food, locally-sourced and produced, where possible.   Last year, such was the demand, we ran out of everything by 4.30pm!   This year we’d like to be open a little longer to catch the home-going crowd but that means we’ll need more food to sell.

To make this a success we need help in providing the food; setting up the hall on Saturday afternoon; and serving and clearing up in the hall on the day.  We need:

Homemade cakes of all shapes, sizes and flavours*
Homemade quiches of all types*
Help with setting up tables and chairs from 5.00pm on Saturday 18th
Helpers in the hall from 8.30am – 5.30pm on Sunday 19th. We plan to open from 10.00am to approx. 5.00pm (hopefully the food will not run out again!) and are looking for volunteers to do 2-hour periods at a time in the hall but there is flexibility.  We will prepare a rota for the day in due course.
*we can help with the cost of the ingredients, if needed.

None of this is possible without our band of volunteers. If you would be willing to help with any – or all – of the items listed above, please email or text/WhatsApp Margaret Walton (maclark2@btinternet.com or 07740622415) or Anna Gibson (tolpuddlevolunteers@gmail.com or 07498986189) and let them know what you would be prepared to do and, if able to help on the day, whether you have any time constraints. Many of you will have volunteered before and we very much hope you will do so again. If you are new to the area, it is a great way to meet people and help the village at the same time. It may be hard work, but it’s also FUN!

Breakfasts on the Martyrs Field
Jonathan and Andy are also looking for volunteers to help with the breakfasts at the Martyrs Field on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings, 7:00 to 10:00.  Please contact them:
Jonathan:  jonathan@vanbaars.co.uk
Andy:  apturner55@gmail.com  if you are not already signed up and would like to help.

Thanks in advance from us all.

Puddletown Area Parish Council Meeting
Tuesday, 12 May, 2026 Puddletown Village Hall 7pm

Knit and Natter
Thursday, 14 May, 2026 at 7pm Martyrs Inn
Held second Thursday of each month.
All welcome.  Bring crochet, knitting, cross-stitch, tapestry - what you like - or just come along and enjoy a drink and a chat.

Talk, Sip and Supper at the Martyrs Inn
Wednesday, 20 May at 7pm  |  £10 pp to include supper

Contact  Annette 07977 421336 or the Martyrs Inn to book 01305  602115
Details soon of speaker

Artisans Market
Saturday, 23 May, 2026 at the Village Hall from 9am til 12 noon
Come along to this new venture where there will be craft and food stalls and a cafe offering teas and coffee.  If successful, it is hoped to have events along these lines on a more regular basis.

Tolpuddle Village Hall Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, 26 May, 2026 at the Village Hall at 6.30pm
The annual accounts will be presented and there will be an opportunity to put questions to the Trustees.  All welcome

Tolpuddle 100 Club Draw
Friday, 29 May, 2026 at 6pm ish at the Martyrs Inn

Knit and Natter
Thursday, 11 June, 2026 at 7pm Martyrs Inn
Held second Thursday of each month.
All welcome.  Bring crochet, knitting, cross-stitch, tapestry - what you like - or just come along and enjoy a drink and a chat.

Talk, Sip and Supper at the Martyrs Inn
Wednesday, 17 June at 7pm  |  £10 pp to include supper

Contact  Annette 07977 421336 or the Martyrs Inn to book 01305  602115

Fathers' Day at the Martyrs Inn
Sunday, 21 June, 2026
Book a table and treat Dad at the Martyrs Inn!  01305602115

Tolpuddle 100 Club Draw
Friday, 26 June, 2026 at 6pm ish at the Martyrs Inn

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
Friday, 17 July to Sunday, 19 July, 2026

Breakfasts on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings on the Martyrs Field and catering in the Village Hall all day on Sunday - all provided by Tolpuddle Village volunteers.  More information soon. 

For villagers who would like to volunteer, please see the notice at the top of this page for further information about how to do so

Tolpuddle 100 Club Draw
Friday, 31 July, 2026 at 6pm ish at the Martyrs Inn