Events Listing 2024

What’s on in 2024

The Arts Alive Festival runs from October 1 to 31

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The Last Tree & The Art of Nature Exhibition. In collaboration with Luke Adam Hawker
Monday | Oct 21
Join us for a special collaboration with best-selling author and renowned artist Luke Adam Hawker.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
FamilyPhotography/artExhibition
More details & booking info
11:00 am – 3:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
Twinkleton Art at South Street Gallery
Tuesday | Oct 22
You are warmly invited to visit Twinkleton Art, displayed at South Street Gallery, Dorking.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
FamilyPhotography/artArts & craftExhibition
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10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
LeRoc Surrey – Tuesday Nights. Learn the Fun way to dance Modern Social Jive in Ashtead.
Tuesday | Oct 22
Learn to Dance Modern Jive the LeRoc Fun way
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Dance
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7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Pay for event
Journal/bookbinding and Gel/Mono printing with artist Alison Saunders
Tuesday | Oct 29
Tuesdays journal making/book binding – Thursdays Gelli Plate printing
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Arts & craft
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10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Pay for event
Dorking Loud & Proud Community Choir – come sing Christmas!
Wednesday | Oct 23
Come sing Christmas songs and carols with Dorking Loud & Proud Community Choir
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Music & choirs
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7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Contribution event
Dorking Folk Club – Traditional and Acoustic Music
Wednesday | Oct 23
Dorking Folk Club meets weekly to enjoy a programme of live traditional and acoustic music.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Music & choirsPoetry/spoken word
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8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Pay for event
The Downsmen: Weekly rehearsals where you are welcome to come along and try a capella four-part Harmony singing
Wednesday | Oct 23
Weekly rehearsals with The Downsmen acappella harmony chorus
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Music & choirs
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7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
Food for Good – Mole Valley Poets and Dorking Camera Club
Wednesday | Oct 23
Explore -with great photos & poetry- how we can do ‘food for good’ in Westcott!
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Photography/artPoetry/spoken wordWorkshop or talkExhibition
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12:00 am – 4:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
British Artist Blacksmiths Association – ‘Inner Space’ Exhibition
Wednesday | Oct 23
Thinking inside the box! Ironwork created for notional spaces measuring 1m x 400mm x 400mm.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Arts & craftExhibition
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11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Live Event
Best for Adults
No booking required
Free event
Leatherhead Art Club – Autumn Exhibition
Monday | Oct 21
Exhibition by local artists showcasing a fabulous range of original artwork in a stunning setting.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
FamilyPhotography/artArts & craftExhibition
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10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
At Home with the Moles Creative Writing Group
Tuesday | Oct 22
Hear some of the Moles’ recent writings and take part if you wish: refreshments available.
Poetry/spoken word
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2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Contribution event
Watermill Jazz: Equal Spirits
Tuesday | Oct 22
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
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Pay for event
Nish Kumar: Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe 2024
Wednesday | Oct 23
The smartest, and often the silliest, political comic we’ve got.
7:30 pm
Live Event
Best for Adults
Booking required
Pay for event
Surrey Hills Arts: Writing from Radius
Wednesday | Oct 23
Site-specific art writing and performance alongside the ‘Radius’ artwork at Denbies Vineyard
Poetry/spoken wordOutdoor event
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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Free event
Legend – The Music Of Bob Marley 2024
Thursday | Oct 24
When you think reggae, there is only one name that comes to mind.
DanceMusic & choirs
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8:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
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Bookham Light Operatic Society: Iolanthe
Thursday | Oct 24
IOLANTHE – A COMIC OPERETTA BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. FULLY STAGED WITH COSTUMES.
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Cabaret/theatreComedyMusic & choirs
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7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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Word on the Street: Author event with Chloe Dalton
Thursday | Oct 24
Chloe Dalton will be discussing her debut book Raising Hare.
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Pay for event
Music on Thursdays at LMC: Saxophone player Alastair Penman, with accompanist Jonathan Pease
Thursday | Oct 24
Alastair Penman presents music from his 2024 CD release “Quietude”, with pianist Jonathan Pease
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Contribution event
Dorking Group of Artists Autumn Exhibition
Friday | Oct 25
The autumn exhibition of the Dorking Group of Artists.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
FamilyArts & craftExhibition
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10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
The Drifters 2024
Friday | Oct 25
The Drifters are back on tour in the UK
DanceMusic & choirs
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8:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
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John Singer Sargent by Ronnie Ireland: Art History Lectures (with a difference) – Leatherhead Community Association
Friday | Oct 25
Art lectures on a range of topics. Please see other lectures on 4th, 11th and 18th October.
Workshop or talk
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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
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Dorking Radical Film Festival
Friday | Oct 25
A community documentary film about the people of Dorking living through the Coronavirus pandemic.
Film/videoWorkshop or talk
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CANCELLED
Live Event
Best for Adults
Booking required
Pay for event
Be a Dorking Museum Curator
Saturday | Oct 26
Be a Dorking Museum Curator
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Live Event
Event for children
No booking required
Free event
Surrey Hills Community Radio Open Day
Saturday | Oct 26
Visit live broadcasting studios with an opportunity to record your voice for radio
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Contribution event
The Mole Valley Pumpkin and Squash Show
Saturday | Oct 26
A celebration of Pumpkins, Squash ad Gourds
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
LeRoc Surrey – Freestyle Dance Modern Social Jive in Bookham
Saturday | Oct 26
Freestyle Dance Modern Jive the LeRoc Fun way
8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Pay for event
Broke Brothers: When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon
Saturday | Oct 26
Duo Brothers Broke bring their sell out, 5-star reviewed Edinburgh Fringe show to Green Room Theatre, Dorking – LIKELY TO SELL OUT
Music & choirsPoetry/spoken word
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7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
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The Stockroom Society: Collage and Cake
Saturday | Oct 26
A fabulous morning of Collage and Cake in Leatherhead’s Stockroom Society.
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Pay for event
The Grange Autumn Fair
Tuesday | Oct 29
The Grange Autumn Fair for all the family
FamilyArts & craftExhibition
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1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth
Tuesday | Oct 29
Classic story of WI members who create an “alternative” calendar for charity
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Cabaret/theatreComedy
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7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
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Phoenix Writers Open Evening
Wednesday | Oct 30
The Phoenix Writers’ Circle presents an evening showcasing their writing from the past year
Poetry/spoken word
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7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Live Event
Best for Adults
No booking required
Free event
Hello Dorking – Halloween Creepy Craft Caper
Wednesday | Oct 30
Join us for a frightfully fun Halloween in Dorking – perfect for families and free to all!
FamilyArts & craftOutdoor event
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11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Live Event
Event for children
No booking required
Free event
Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre: Ghost Walk
Thursday | Oct 31
Historic Dorking Ghost Walk
FamilyOutdoor event
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SOLD OUT
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Pay for event
The World Famous Elvis Show 2024
Thursday | Oct 31
Endorsed by The Telegraph as the world’s greatest Elvis Show!
8:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
Booking required
Pay for event
Here for Halloween Haunts
Thursday | Oct 31
Join us for Leatherhead’s best Halloween event!
FamilyOutdoor event
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2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Contribution event
Music on Thursdays at LMC: Flute & Steelpan performance with flautist Meera Maharaj
Thursday | Oct 31
Flautist Meera Maharaj, and a steelpan player – a new family experience for Leatherhead
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Live Event
Suitable for all
No booking required
Contribution event

Digital/Online Events

Twin Town event: Triel – Performance by the Coeur Gospel Choir from Triel Sur Seine 2024
Thursday | Oct 31
Coeur Gospel Choir from Triel sur Seine performs a varied gospel repertoire.
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Music & choirs
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Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
Twin Town Event: Gouvieux – LIVE MÉDIATOR 2024
Thursday | Jan 1
A live concert from MÉDIATOR – filmed live in Gouvieux, Dorking’s twin town in France.
Event repeats. Other dates/times available.
Music & choirsOutdoor event
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Suitable for all
No booking required
Free event
Celebrating Children’s Poetry with ReadingZone Live
Thursday | Jan 1
Celebrating Poetry for Children in this exciting virtual event for schools.
Poetry/spoken wordWorkshop or talk
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From
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Event for children
No booking required
Free event