Now an established fixture on the calendar, the second weekend after the August Bank Holiday Monday, the festival provides entertainment and fun for all, much of it free!

Many dance sides travel from all over the country to dance at Swanage. The dancers in their costumes add a vibrancy to the atmosphere in the town.

A variety of activities for children take place on the Sandpit Field over the weekend.

Saturday at 3.30pm features the procession of dance sides through the town, featuring somewhere in the region of 50 dance sides from the world of Morris, Apalachian, Clog and maybe some more exotic dance styles.

Concerts and events are held at a variety of venues in the town centre.

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Swanage Regatta and Carnival is the premier carnival on the South Coast.

Over 100 events take place during Carnival week, there is something for everyone:- live music every day, the half marathon, sand castle competitions, the sailing regatta, treasure hunts, magnificent firework displays and not forgetting one of the longest processions around

Last year they donated over £28,000 to good causes both locally and nationally and they hope to beat that this year with the help of their sponsors and your donations.

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The Swanage Blues Festival features Open Mic daily, Electric Jam Sessions, Buskers and much more.

20 Indoor Venues - 50 + Great Gigs - 100 + performers - all free to customers

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The Swanage Blues & Roots Festival has free admission to 50 gigs in 20 indoor venues.  Featuring open Mic daily, Electric Jam Sessions, Buskers and much more all free to customers.

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Swanage Jazz Festival, a packed weekend of top class jazz to suit all tastes set in a relaxed seaside setting. 

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An action packed week that includes VIP Boathouse guided tours, fun quiz, Gig race, live music, Raft race, fun run, fireworks and much more.

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Swanage Fish Festival is about celebrating all things 'fishy' with a festival that features food, fishing and fun. Highlighting local business and skills in a perfect setting of Prince Albert Gardens and Swanage Pier. 

There will be fish, cockles, mussels, scallops, seafood paella oysters, cocktails and Champagne! Plus fishy and traditional sea events to amuse the whole family.

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There is always something for everyone at this popular annual two-week Festival in late May/early June.
We celebrate over 100 talented  visual artists working in Purbeck many of whom warmly open their studios to the public during the Festival.

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Step back in time for a weekend of steam-powered demonstrations and vintage fairground fun. Traction engines, road rollers, showman's engines and more - bringing the Isle of Purbeck to life with recreations of a bygone age.

Located near Corfe Castle, experience road steam and rail steam together for the first time in the Isle of Purbeck,  with rides and stalls suitable for all ages.

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Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is a small festival set on a farm on the beautiful Jurassic Coastline. We're a festival that's loved by everyone because there's loads for kids to do, loads for parents and loads for the old folkies!

It features outstanding, original young folk, roots and world music. We always encourage the young up and coming musicians too as well as booking national and international folk acts and a good variety of local music. There's something for everyone.

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T-POW (The Purbeck Outdoor Weekend) is a registered charity (no   1166759). As a charity, we raise money for charities and good causes by organising fun and sporting events held over one weekend in September.

T_POW organises The Purbeck Running Festival which has been running (pun intended) for the last five years and has been very successful with The Purbeck Marathon having been rated in the top 3 UK races by Runners World.

T-POW also organises the challenge events for The Purbeck Nordic Walking UK Festival. This festival is set to be the Nordic walking event in the UK and the Marathon challenge is the first of its type in the UK.

T-POW also organises The Purbeck Bikemonger Bimble in association with Charlie the Bikemonger. All profits from the Bikemonger Bimble and the other events organised by T-POW go to charities and good causes.

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Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival is an exciting artistic development curated by Natalie Clein and her fellow musician friends. The Festival takes place every year at the end of summer in the beautiful surroundings of Purbeck in Dorset in historic locations, churches, unusual sites and schools.

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Held in the lush, green Purbeck countryside on the outskirts of Swanage in Dorset, the fourth Wilkswood Reggae Festival will take place from 24th July to 26th July 2020. 

Previous year's festivals have seen reggae legends, pioneers and flag bearers from the UK and abroad perform across three stages. Previous headliners on the main stage have included   Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Mad Professor,   General Levy & Joe Ariwa,   Earl Sixteen & Carroll Thompson, Mikey General, Brinsley 'Aswad' Forde, Janet Kay, Tippa Irie and Festus Coxsone.

There are two additional performance and soundsystem stages, a chillout zone, late-night Shebeen, street food stalls (including the famous Jerkshak Caribbean cuisine and a wood-fired pizza van) and bars serving ice cold Red Stripe, craft ales, local cider and rum cocktails!

The Wilkswood Reggae Festival is first and foremost a family-friendly festival and there is plenty to keep the kids entertained with a dedicated play area, the leafy Dingly Dell featuring storytelling and music and the hugely popular hay bale castle. To encourage the family atmosphere, we offer reduced prices for children up to the age of 17 and under-threes are free!

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A piratical mix of entertainment, fun and stalls aplenty: reenactors with cannons, singers and pirate parades. Free event.

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