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2009 Headline Events |
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Weymouth 'Beach Live'
Live music on Weymouth seafront
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th July |
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Dorset Seafood Festival
The Dorset Seafood Festival will celebrate the journey our seafood takes from sea to plate
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Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July |
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MarineEx Trade Show
The Weymouth & Portland Marine Show
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Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July |
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Weymouth International Maritime Modelling Festival
Free Family Festival, Over 1000 operational models, 3 fabulous venues
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Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July |
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Henri-Lloyd Weymouth Regatta
Open sailing regatta for keelboats and dinghies in local waters
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Thursday 9th - Sunday 12th July |
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Moving Tides Children's Procession
A sea-themed procession, featuring Year 6 primary school children
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Friday 10th July |
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2009 - Other Events |
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Try Kite Surfing
The BKSA in association with Paracademy offers
discount vouchers on taster kitesurf days. (Download leaflet above)
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4th–12th July 2009 |
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12 Most Significant Days for the
Royal Navy in Portland
Exhibition illustrating Royal Navy’s 12 most significant days in Portland
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4th–12th July 2009, and for rest of summer |
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Pebbles, Boats and the Sea
Explore Chesil Bank, the Fleet and Portland Harbour above and below water
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th July |
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Sea & Coastal Photography Exhibition
Sea & coastal photography exhibition at the Graham V Bundy Gallery in Abbotsbury
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th July
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Sea Art & Fossil Sculptures
Sea art & fossil sculpture exhibition at the d'Veitch Art gallery in Abbotsbury
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th July
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Steamship Shieldhall
Will be alongside in Weymouth Harbour for the whole of the Spirit of the Sea Festival
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th July
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Tornado Europeans Sailing Championship
Top European catamaran Tornado sailors competing for one week in Weymouth
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Sorry - Event Cancelled
Saturday 4th - Sunday 12th July |
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Open Water Swimming Championships
The 13th Championships of this very successful regional competition
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th July |
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BWH Open Weekend
New & Used Boat Sales, Servicing, Outboard Engines & Chandlery
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Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th July |
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Windsurf Taster Sessions for a Fiver
Windtek offer professional instruction for 1 1/2 hours for £5. (Download leaflet above)
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Sat 4th & Sun 5th
Sat 11th & Sun 12th
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Free Kayak Demo Days & Discount Tours
Second Wind give you a chance to try this exciting sport
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Sat 4th & Sun 5th
Sat 11th & Sun 12th
Discount tours: 4th-12th July
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Gymnastics Display
Join the Dorchester YMCA Gymnastics club Scorpios Display Team at the Spirit of the Sea
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Saturday 4th and 11th July |
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Rock Around The Coast, Portland
Explore the unique landscape and wildlife of Portland with expert guides.
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Saturday 4th July
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Sea, Song & Dance
An afternoon of song and dance featuring local performers of all ages
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Saturday 4th July
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Stories by the Sea
Make your way to Weymouth Beach between 10am-4pm for story telling
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Saturday 4th July
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“Tracing the Seams”
A site specific contemporary dance piece will be performed at Portland Bill by Gravity’s Angel Dance Company.
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Saturday 4th July
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Tour of 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games Sailing Venue and Race Courses
2012 Olympics Venue tour; watch yachts racing from Sunseeker “Platonic Affair”
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Saturday 9th - Sunday 11th July |
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SeaAbbotsbury Spirit of the Sea Exhibition
Exhibition together with Land & Underwater Nautical Archaelogical Research Society
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Sunday 5th July |
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SailLaser Try a Sail Days for a Fiver
We hope to see you either on Weymouth Beach or at the National Sailing Academy but please book your slot to avoid disappointment
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Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th July
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Budmouth CCF Navy Section
Challenge CCF Raft Building Competition
Sorry, event cancelled
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Sunday 5th July
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Thomas Hardy and Portland Walk
Visiting places of interest to Hardy and settings used in his novel 'The Trumpet Major'
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Sunday 5th July |
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Connect2 the Sea
Fun, family-friendly bike ride along Rodwell Trail with Weymouth’s Olympic sailors
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Sunday 5th July
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Tudor Picnic
Bring your family to a Tudor picnic at Sandsfoot Castle
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Sunday 5th July
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Weymouth Ghost Walk
Spectre, phantom, goul or ghost, Which do you fear the most ? Join the walk if you dare. Confront them here, confront them there !
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Sunday 5th & Monday 6th July
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Dorset Schools Beach Festival
Beach festival for Weymouth Schools
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Monday 6th July
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Try SCUBA Diving for a Fiver
C-Waves Diving give you a taste of this exciting sport for just £5 (download leaflet above)
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Tues. 7th & Wed. 8th July
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SeaAbbotsbury Guided Village Walk
Guided walk around one of Dorsets finest villages - donations welscome to the RNLI
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Tuesday 7th & Thursday 9th July
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Dorset Special Schools Beach Festival
Dorset Special Schools are entering into this years SPIRIT OF THE SEA through a new and exciting beach festival being held on Weymouth Beach.
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Tuesday 7th July
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Portland Archaeological Finds Day
Dorset's past unearthed
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Tuesday 7th July
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Tag Rugby
Tag Rugby on the Beach all ages welcome, come down, register and join in.
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Wednesday 8th July
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Haunted Harbour Tour
Meet at The Boot Inn 7pm. Not suitable for under 10s. Children must be accompanied. 2hr tour, pay on arrival adults £5, Children £2
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Wednesday 8th July
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Heritage Walk on Portland Breakwater
Rare chance to join a guided heritage walk along Portland Breakwater
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Thursday 9th July |
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Rock the Boat 80's Night
80's theme party night on SS Shieldhall, in aid of Wessex Cancer Trust, disco, buffet.
EVENT CANCELLED
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Friday 10th July |
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Try Snorkelling for a Fiver
C-Waves Diving give you a taste of this exciting sport for just £5 (download leaflet above)
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Fri 10th, Sat 11th & Sun 12th July
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The Universal Big Gig
View from Nothe Gardens, with racing around Newtons Cove area
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Saturday 11th
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Sea Art - Artwey
Launching of Artwey and the promotion of the first ever local Open Studio art event in September
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Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July |
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Art in the Park
'Art in the Park' is a new Royal manor workshops (RMW) annual summer event in conjunction with W&PBC as part of the Spirit of the Sea Festival
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Saturday 11th July
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Dorset for Singing Summer Concert and Barbeque
Musical entertainment by Weymouth's own community choir
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Saturday 11th |
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W&P National Sailing Academy Open Day
Free day membership and use of facilities for one day only.
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Saturday 11th July
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SeaAbbotsbury Families Day
Guided tours and stories for children with 'Cristel' at Abbotsbury Swannery - Normal Charges apply
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Sunday 12th July
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Island Voices
Original harmony songs about the sea and Portland.
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Sunday 12th July
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