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Theatre, Concert, Events and Exhibitions
Broadlands Romsey
Christchurch Priory Concerts
Forest Arts Old Milton Road, New Milton
Hanger Farm Arts Centre Aikman Lane, Totton
Malt Hall Theatre Cannon St, Lymington
Music at Beaulieu Beaulieu Abbey Church
New Forest Organ Society All Saints Church, Milford-on-Sea
Regents Centre 51 High Street, Christchurch

BIC Exeter Road, Bournemouth
Listed Magazine What's on in the South
Gig Bournemouth
O2 Boscombe
Mayflower Theatre Commercial Road, Southampton
Morris and Traditional Dance in South Hampshire
Nuffield Theatre University Road, Southampton
Pavilion Theatre Westover Road, Bournemouth
Pier Bournemouth Pier
Southampton Guildhall Civic Centre, Southampton
Turner Sims Concert Hall University

Olympia and Earls London
Royal London
Royal Festival London
The O2 (Millennium London
Theatres in London

Cinema
ABC Westover Road, Bournemouth
Bournemouth Pier App. Bournemouth
Community Cannon St, Lymington
Harbour Lights Ocean Village, Southampton
Odeon Westover Road, Bournemouth
Odeon West Quay Road, Southampton

Outdoors
Countryside Education Events Beaulieu
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Events
Lymington Town Walking Tours
National Park
New
New Forest Polo Club Fixtures New Park, Brockenhurst

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Southampton What's On
September
11th Annual St. Barbe Open Exhibition
St. Barbe Museum web
31 July - 4 September
The St. Barbe Open provides a showcase for best of the region's paintings, prints and drawings. The exhibition is entirely open with no limitation as to subject or style. A panel of professional artists select the exhibition and although the content is always varied, each year's show takes on a unique character.
Peterson’s Tower and mass concrete buildings - Talk
Lymington Community Centre
3 September, Refreshments 7:00, Talk 7:30pm - £3
Paula Freeland is the Head of Environmental Services with the new Forest National Park Authority and has been responsible for building conservation in the New Forest, including Sway Tower, for the past 10 years. She will give an illustrated talk about the building of the tower and the other 14 early concrete listed buildings on the site. Paula will look at the conservation challenges that this 130 year old folly poses and how the tower and other concrete buildings have been used and been conserved. For more details and other events organised by the St Barbe museum - Tel: 01590 676969 email web
Great Dorset Steam Fair web map
Tarrant Hinton, Dorset, 1-5 September 2010
The Great Dorset Steam Fair is a typically British event offering a unique blend of nostalgia and entertainment. The special festival atmosphere whether as a day visitor or taking in the full five days by camping on site. There is no other event like it anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year both from the UK and from all over the World!
Model Boat Exhibition
Masonic Hall, High Street, Lymington
4 September, 10am to 4pm
Entry by charity donation

Family History Workshop
Red House Museum, Christchurch web
4 September, 10.30am to 4.30pm, £7.50
This workshop, hosted by Chris Paton who has studied and carried out genealogical research for over 25 years, will be an opportunity to learn how to begin exploring your family history with advice on the best technology available. To book a place please contact the Museum on: 01202 482860.

Car Boot & Boat Jumble info map
Woodside Park, Rooks Lane, Lymington
5 September, 9.30am (setting up 8.30am)
Cars £6, Vans £9. Enquires 01590 676706
Bella Hardy web
Forest Arts, Old Milton Road, New Milton
4 September 8pm
Acclaimed singer Bella Hardy, three times nominated in the BBC Folk Awards, has a voice described as mesmerising andfaultless. Bella has now established herself as one of the finest young folk acts around, singing unaccompanied ballads, or entwining her hypnotic voice with her own fiddle accompaniment to breathtaking effect.
Romsey Agricultural and Horse Show web
Broadlands, Romsey SO51 98ZD
Saturday 11 September, 8am to 6pm
Swanage Folk Festival 2010 web
10 - 12 September 2010
Featuring Dance Displays, Concerts, Crafts, Workshops, Children's Activities, Trade Stands.
Southampton Boat Show web
10 - 19 September 2010
The PSP Southampton Boat Show features one of the world’s largest purpose built marinas with over 2km of pontoons, which displays more than 350 boats over the course of the 10 days.
International Autojumble web
11th & 12 September 2010
There are thousands of stands to rummage amongst, containing motoring parts, accessories, automobilia, literature, tools and clothing, covering all motoring eras.
Karen Carpenter Tribute web
The Regent Centre, Christchurch
12 September, 7.30pm
Musical memory of the Carpenters with vocals from Carole Gordon and the Blue Jeans Band & Singers.
Tipitina web
Forest Arts, Old Milton Road, New Milton
17 September 8pm
A young fresh band of polished musicians who deliver New Orleans music with flair and style. Tipitina brings you swing, boogie-woogie, jive, blues and a dash of gospel music and transports the audience straight to the warm nights and windy streets of New Orleans.
Christchurch Priory Concert web
Saturday 18 September
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 
The New Forest Marathon more info
Sunday 26 September 2010
Road race start - 09.30am
Pictures of the 2009 marathon
Beaulieu Road Pony Sales web
All Sales Commence at 10.30am map
Across the road from Beaulieu Road railway station.
September 23, 2010

Prison Art
Red House Museum, Christchurch web
28 August - 25 September
The Burnbake Trust presents Prison Art - an exhibition of artwork produced in prisons, special hospitals and by people on probation in the South West. The exhibition will include around 60 works of art by over 30 artists, shedding light on the talents to be found behind prison walls and encouraging the public to take a second look.

Centre Cinema web
Lymington Community Centre, New Street
All shows are open to all. No advance booking.
Regular Events
Lymington Town Tours more info
New Forest Guided Walks web
Local Bootsales
more info
Gardens open for charity more info
Lymington markets, fairs and sales more info
Countryside Education Trust events more info
Lymington Bandstand more info
 
October
The Mayor of Casterbridge web
The Regent Centre, Christchurch
5 - 8 October 2010, 7.30pm
Following their acclaimed successful productions of Jamaica Inn and The Crucible, Regent Rep now turn their attention to Thomas Hardy’s classic The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Hampshire Treasures - Talk
Lymington Community Centre
Friday 8 October, Refreshments 7:00, Talk 7:30pm - £3
Gill Arnott from Hampshire Museums and Archives Service will talk on the stories behind some of the objects in the exhibition. All these items, the beautiful, quirky and rare, have been selected for inclusion to showcase some of the best of the material held in trust by Hampshire Museums Service. Discover the perils and pitfalls of working with a wide range of shapes, sizes and materials, and the background to how some of this material ended up in the Museum Service’s care. For more details and other events organised by the St Barbe museum - Tel: 01590 676969 email web
Cider Steam Pressing weekend web
16 & 17 October
Pound Lane, Burley map
Annual open weekend in Burley is a chance to see cider making as it was done in days gone by. There will also be traditional country craft demonstrations and traditional fairground attractions.
Beaulieu Road Pony Sales web
All Sales Commence at 10.30am map
Across the road from Beaulieu Road railway station.
October 21, 2010
 
November
Murdered to Death web
Malt Hall Theatre, Cannon Street, Lymington
9 - 13 November 2010
Tickets on sale from the Centre Office from Saturday October 23
Calendar Girls web
The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Mon 8 - Sat 13 November 2010
Mon-Sat 7.30pm, Thu & Sat 2.00pm
Following a sell out, record breaking week at The Mayflower last year, Calendar Girls is back for one week only.
Beaulieu Road Pony Sales web
All Sales Commence at 10.30am map
Across the road from Beaulieu Road railway station.
November 25, 2010
 
December
Creative Christmas Crafts
21 & 22 December
Following the success of our pre-Christmas crafts last year, drop in and enjoy painting glasses for presents, creating hand made cards and making all kinds of original and glittery decorations to treasure. For more details and other events at the museum - Tel: 01590 676969 email web