Events Listing 2024
What’s on in 2024
The Arts Alive Festival runs from October 1 to 31
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Live Audience Events
Join us for a special collaboration with best-selling author and renowned artist Luke Adam Hawker.
11:00 am – 3:30 pm
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You are warmly invited to visit Twinkleton Art, displayed at South Street Gallery, Dorking.
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Learn to Dance Modern Jive the LeRoc Fun way
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
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Tuesdays journal making/book binding – Thursdays Gelli Plate printing
10:00 am – 4:30 pm
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Come sing Christmas songs and carols with Dorking Loud & Proud Community Choir
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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Dorking Folk Club meets weekly to enjoy a programme of live traditional and acoustic music.
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
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Weekly rehearsals with The Downsmen acappella harmony chorus
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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Explore -with great photos & poetry- how we can do ‘food for good’ in Westcott!
12:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Thinking inside the box! Ironwork created for notional spaces measuring 1m x 400mm x 400mm.
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
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Exhibition by local artists showcasing a fabulous range of original artwork in a stunning setting.
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Hear some of the Moles’ recent writings and take part if you wish: refreshments available.
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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With this performance at Watermill Jazz, Equal Spirits launch their debut album Wise and Waiting, a collaboration between South African musi…
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
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The smartest, and often the silliest, political comic we’ve got.
7:30 pm
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Site-specific art writing and performance alongside the ‘Radius’ artwork at Denbies Vineyard
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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When you think reggae, there is only one name that comes to mind.
8:00 pm
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IOLANTHE – A COMIC OPERETTA BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. FULLY STAGED WITH COSTUMES.
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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Chloe Dalton will be discussing her debut book Raising Hare.
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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Alastair Penman presents music from his 2024 CD release “Quietude”, with pianist Jonathan Pease
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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The autumn exhibition of the Dorking Group of Artists.
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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The Drifters are back on tour in the UK
8:00 pm
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Art lectures on a range of topics. Please see other lectures on 4th, 11th and 18th October.
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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A community documentary film about the people of Dorking living through the Coronavirus pandemic.
CANCELLED
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Be a Dorking Museum Curator
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Visit live broadcasting studios with an opportunity to record your voice for radio
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
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A celebration of Pumpkins, Squash ad Gourds
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Freestyle Dance Modern Jive the LeRoc Fun way
8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
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Duo Brothers Broke bring their sell out, 5-star reviewed Edinburgh Fringe show to Green Room Theatre, Dorking – LIKELY TO SELL OUT
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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A fabulous morning of Collage and Cake in Leatherhead’s Stockroom Society.
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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The Grange Autumn Fair for all the family
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
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Classic story of WI members who create an “alternative” calendar for charity
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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The Phoenix Writers’ Circle presents an evening showcasing their writing from the past year
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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Join us for a frightfully fun Halloween in Dorking – perfect for families and free to all!
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
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Historic Dorking Ghost Walk
SOLD OUT
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Endorsed by The Telegraph as the world’s greatest Elvis Show!
8:00 pm
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Join us for Leatherhead’s best Halloween event!
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Flautist Meera Maharaj, and a steelpan player – a new family experience for Leatherhead
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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Digital/Online Events
Coeur Gospel Choir from Triel sur Seine performs a varied gospel repertoire.
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A live concert from MÉDIATOR – filmed live in Gouvieux, Dorking’s twin town in France.
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Celebrating Poetry for Children in this exciting virtual event for schools.
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Event for children
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Free event