Events at this location

Shaftesbury Arts Centre Art Group is a small practical group based at the SAC, meeting at 2pm on Monday afternoons in the Phoenix Room to enjoy painting. We welcome all levels of skill in all mediums.

During the year we have tutors in all mediums and aspects of painting. We have an exhibition once a year in the SAC Gallery and opportunities to join other exhibitions in the gallery at certain times of the year.

Our Annual Exhibition will be held on Wednesday 20th to Tuesday 26th March 2024.

Autumn 2023

• 18th September – Bring something natural to paint or draw
• 25th September – Still life; your choice, on your table, or the one on the main table
• 2nd October – Zara McQueen will tutor us in various techniques
• 9th October – Zara continues the theme
• 16th October – AGM
• 23rd October – Half term
• 30th October – Somebody sitting for us in motorbike gear
• 6th November – Joint topic
• 13th November – Richard Corbett will tutor us with seascapes in acrylics
• 20th November – Continue with the previous week’s work or start something new
• 27th November – Christmas still life
• 4th December – Palm trees and sand; bring photos
• 11th December – Quiz and nibbles
• Christmas break. Return 15th January 2024.

For more information, contact Gillian on 078737 40979 or email louthlincs1@gmail.com.

Click here for more information about the Art Group 

Do you love singing, dancing or have you enjoyed being in one of our recent Music and Drama Group events? If so, come along and find out how you can get involved in our cabaret event – ‘All That Jazz’.

The evening will be a chance to hear about the event, contribute ideas to what might be performed and see how you might like to get involved.

We are looking for singers, dancers, a compère for the evening, and anyone who might like to serve drinks, wait on tables or just be involved somehow! The cabaret itself will be on 22nd/23rd March 2024 with a dress rehearsal on 21st March 2024. You do need to be available for all of these dates to be the show.

If you want to know more or want to get involved but can’t come to this evening, please email stage@shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk. Age 16+.

Rock Choir is the pioneering contemporary choir of the UK and remains unique with over 33,000 members participating in approximately 400 local communities.

It offers all ages an alternative experience to the traditional classical or community choir introducing members to feel-good pop, rock and contemporary chart songs. Its uplifting ethos of fun, friendship and community spirit is a huge part of its attraction, where members enjoy a dynamic and busy new social life and connect with their community. At an individual level, it helps improve people’s well-being by building their self-confidence, self-esteem

Rock Choir performs at approximately 2000 events each year from local community and charity fund-raisers to high-profile national events. It helps raise thousands of pounds a year for local and national charities through these events.

There are no auditions and no requirement to read music when joining Rock Choir. Everyone is welcome and can sign up for a FREE taster session by visiting www.rockchoir.com or call 01252 714276 for further information.

A new music group offering a chance to meet up with others who enjoy singing traditional folk songs, ballads, chorus songs and evergreen popular songs.

To accompany the singing with acoustic instruments where possible. To collaborate on how the songs can be performed, and to suggest further songs for the group. Lyrics with chord letters will be provided.

For more details, contact Lisa South on folkmusic@shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk.

These classes are for ladies of all ages and abilities who would like some light exercise. One class is low impact aerobic movement. The other is a gentle keep fit class.

For ages 16-20, Shaftesbury Art Centre’s Theatre Group offers the chance to develop and improve your drama and theatre experiences and has a strong background in improvisation.

There is the opportunity to participate in both youth and adult productions at Shaftesbury Arts Centre. Cost – £2 per session.

Please get in touch on youththeatre@shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk.

Rock Choir is the pioneering contemporary choir of the UK and remains unique with over 33,000 members participating in approximately 400 local communities.

It offers all ages an alternative experience to the traditional classical or community choir introducing members to feel-good pop, rock and contemporary chart songs. Its uplifting ethos of fun, friendship and community spirit is a huge part of its attraction, where members enjoy a dynamic and busy new social life and connect with their community. At an individual level, it helps improve people’s well-being by building their self-confidence, self-esteem

Rock Choir performs at approximately 2000 events each year from local community and charity fund-raisers to high-profile national events. It helps raise thousands of pounds a year for local and national charities through these events.

There are no auditions and no requirement to read music when joining Rock Choir. Everyone is welcome and can sign up for a FREE taster session by visiting www.rockchoir.com or call 01252 714276 for further information.

Trio Giocoso will be playing joyous and tuneful music of the seventeenth and eighteenth century intended for domestic performance, including works by Telemann and Corelli.

Part of the Shaftesbury Festival of Baroque.

Tickets: £13. Friends & Members £11. U18s free.

An introduction to the Baroque orchestra –  a talk, illustrated musically, by the founder in 2023 of the Baroque Academy at the Dorset Rural Music School. 

The Danish/British violinist Emma-Marie Kabanova was, among other positions, the guest principal with the Moscow Baroque Soloists, leaving Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. She has made recordings, including a recent one featured on Classic fm.

Part of the Shaftesbury Festival of Baroque.

Tickets: £13. Friends & Members £11. U18s free.