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Nothe Fort to host Dog Show and 2025 Dogs Welcome Business Awards
Visit Nothe Fort for a whole day of doggy delights on Sunday 7th September 10:30am – 4:00pm Four-legged fun for the whole family! Featuring: Dog-friendly stalls with treats for all the family, including dog-themed accessories, tasty treats, pet artists and more!  Family Fun Dog Show with prizes A display [...]
Scoops by the Sea: Rossi’s Serves Up Dorset-Inspired Treats
FROM CONE TO COAST: ROSSI’S DISHES UP DORSET-INSPIRED DELIGHTS As part of Portland & Weymouth’s year as Towns of Culture 2025, Weymouth institution Rossi’s Ices is launching a series of imaginative ice cream dishes celebrating local heritage, landmarks, and the community that has supported them for nearly 90 years. The [...]
B-Side’s Big Weekend: Bold, Unexpected Art And A Spectacular Fringe Come To Portland This September
Every year, the rugged, intriguing island of Portland in Dorset becomes the stage for b-side’s Big Weekend - a series of events that transform the Island with surprising and thought-provoking contemporary art. From 11th to 14th September 2025, audiences are invited to explore installations, performances, films, and interventions created [...]
Tickets Selling Fast for Summer Silent Disco at Nothe Fort
Celebrating Portland & Weymouth Towns of Culture 2025 Saturday 30th August – 5:00pm – 10:00pm  Shush Events are bringing an evening of Summer anthems, and The Inferno Sisters are returning for another flaming hot circus performance! Attendees can enjoy food and drink at the event, including: Nothe Fort’s Bar [...]
Students Add a Splash of Colour to Weymouth Station Welcome
Passengers arriving in Weymouth are now greeted with a striking new mural thanks to a creative collaboration between students at Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College, We Are Weymouth (Weymouth BID) and South Wessex Community Rail Partnership. Created by Extended Diploma in Creative Practice students, this vibrant artwork was the result [...]
Yarn Bomb Festival Brings a Burst of Colour to Portland
Organised by Island Community Action (ICA), the Woolly Wonderland Community Yarn Bomb Festival has seen around 1,500 people from across Portland, Weymouth and beyond create thousands of wool-based items to decorate Easton Gardens, Portland. The event showcases knitted, crocheted, felted, sewn, wrapped, and tied decorations and community art pieces, [...]
All You Need to Know About Weymouth Summer Firework Displays
The countdown is on to Weymouth Town Council’sWeymouth Town Council’s summer season of fireworks, with the first event on Monday 28th July – firing time 9.30pm. Here’s all you need to know about the summer series: Displays are on Monday evenings throughout the summer holidays, with each one starting [...]
SONGFEST BRINGS HARMONY TO WEYMOUTH PAVILION AS PART OF TOWNS OF CULTURE 2025
Residents and visitors are invited to join an uplifting afternoon of singing and music-making as SongFest takes over the Ocean Room at Weymouth Pavilion on Sunday 27 July 2025, 1.30pm to 5.30pm. Hosted by The Quangle Wangle Choir and supported by Portland & Weymouth Towns of Culture 2025, SongFest [...]
Nothe Fort reveals new Amnesty Exhibition to the public this weekend!
Opening to the public Saturday 19th July 2025 In the spirit of Portland and Weymouth’s Towns of Culture 2025 theme, Reveal, Nothe Fort is unveiling a new exhibition exploring the lives of the rebels and daredevils who took over the Fort during its time of dereliction. Throughout the 1960s and [...]
Weymouth Celebrates three Green Flag Gardens for 2025
Green Flag tally rises to three for Weymouth Town Council’s gardens as Radipole Park and Gardens join Greenhill and Sandsfoot in being awarded this prestigious status. Today, (Tuesday 15th July), Weymouth Town Council is thrilled to announce there will be three Green Flags proudly flying across its parks. Radipole’ [...]
A weekend of Fossil Fun and Dinosaur delights at Nothe Fort!
Join in a double serving of fossil fun at Nothe Fort's Dinosaur-themed weekend 28-29 June, with Fossil Fest weekend and performances of Emerald Ant's Iguanodon Restaurant on Sunday 29th June! Arts company Emerald Ant and Nothe Fort, Weymouth, are pleased to present the Iguanodon Restaurant, a wonderfully quirky piece [...]
Celebrate Dorset’s young LGBTQ+ family at Chesil Youth Pride
It’s time to get everybody up and sing for this year’s Chesil Youth Pride, which has the special theme ‘We are Family’. Now in its third year, Chesil Youth Pride returns to Weymouth on 28 June. The youth-led, family event celebrates Dorset’s LGBTQ+ young people in Weymouth and Portland and [...]
OMNIVERSE BRINGS HIDDEN VOICES TO THE FORE IN PORTLAND & WEYMOUTHÂ
Peter Roe, a physically disabled, neurodivergent performance poet, and Naomi Wilcox-Lee, a local Weymouth community activist and member of the LGBTQ+ community, are the compères of the Weymouth and Portland Spoken Words nights and facilitators of the OmniVerse Poetry workshops. Peter is the Managing Editor of The Jawbone Collective [...]
Nothe Fort marking Military History this Armed Forces Weekend
Nothe Fort is marking Armed Forces Weekend with a range of wartime activities for visitors to try, and informative exhibitions to explore. Events Coordinator of Nothe Fort, Connie Jenkins-Teague, said: “We are pleased to be providing an accompaniment to the fantastic weekend of Armed Forces celebrations organised by Weymouth Town [...]
WEYMOUTH GOES RETRO WITH 90s BIG WEEKENDER – A NOSTALGIC TRIP TO THE SEASIDE
Weymouth is rewinding to one of its most iconic decades this summer as We Are Weymouth launches its 90s BIG Weekender, part of the town-wide #WeyBackWhen campaign celebrating the golden days of the Great British Seaside. Taking place from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June, the 90s BIG Weekender [...]
Ministry of Defence Awards £10,000 to Support Weymouth Armed Forces Weekend 2025
Ministry of Defence Awards £10,000 to Support Weymouth’s Armed Forces Weekend 2025 Celebrations Weymouth Town Council has been awarded a generous £10,000 grant from the Ministry of Defence to help fund this year’s Armed Forces Weekend celebrations, one of the South Coast’s most anticipated summer events. Taking place over [...]
Step Aboard History: The Nao Santa MarÃa to Visit Weymouth This Summer
This summer, Weymouth Harbour will host a remarkable maritime event: the arrival of the Nao Santa MarÃa, a full-scale replica of Christopher Columbus’s flagship from his 1492 voyage. From July 30 to August 3, 2025, visitors can explore this iconic vessel and immerse themselves in a pivotal moment of [...]
Dragons turn Nothe Fort into Fortress of Fun for Half-Term
Join Nothe Fort Weymouth for a magical fantasy adventure: Dragons have descended upon the Fort for Half-Term! From Saturday 24th May to Sunday 1st June, explore our Fortress of Fun, featuring: Ancient Folklore Storytelling sessions by Tales from the Hart, Sun 25 May 11:00am, 1.00pm, 2:00pm Sword Fighting by Numerus [...]
TOWNS OF CULTURE 2025 REVEALS LAUNCHPAD GRANT WINNERS
Portland and Weymouth, the proud recipients of Dorset’s Towns of Culture 2025 title, have today unveiled the first cohort of successful applicants to receive funding through the REVEAL Launchpad Fund. With over a dozen projects selected, the fund awards up to £1,500 to help individuals, organisations and community groups [...]
Brough Superior Motorcycles and Historical Tours at the Lawrence of Arabia Hotel, Weymouth, for Charities
On Thursday 15th May, the Lawrence of Arabia Hotel is hosting a meeting of The ‘Rolls Royce’ of motorcycles - the Brough Superiors, including TE Lawrence’s own 1929 Brough Superior SS-100 motorcycle, nicknamed George VI. T.E. Lawrence, better known to the World historically as Lawrence of Arabia, came to live [...]