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Four weekends, one town centre, and a lot of glitter. Christmas in Weymouth starts on Saturday 28th November with an Elf World Record attempt and the Christmas Lights Switch On, and runs right up to Santa’s visit on 19th and 20th December. In between, steampunks, pirates and faeries take over for the Yuletide Weekend, and […]
Dig out the eye patch and dust off the tricorn hat. Weymouth Pirate Fest is back from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th October, with three days of live music, beach skirmishes and pirate mayhem across the town centre. The organisers describe it as “Dorset’s big October get-together of pirates of every kind, size, age and […]
Weymouth is gearing up for its biggest Halloween season yet, with a week of trails, parades and family fun taking over the town from 24th October to 1st November 2026. Local businesses, performers and community groups have joined forces to turn the town centre into one long spooky season, culminating in a spooky parade and […]
Weymouth & Portland is about to become one of the busiest stretches of coastline in the country, as a run of major sporting events lands on the town’s doorstep between now and the autumn. From elite Olympic sailing and a full distance triathlon to the Musto iQFOiL World Championships, the resort’s beaches, harbourside and open […]
We Are Weymouth is thrilled to announce the return of its acclaimed Dusk Til Dark series this September, with three days of light, sound and performance taking place across the town from Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th September 2026. The centrepiece of Dusk Til Dark 2026 is ‘Wave’, an internationally touring installation by artists Squidsoup, produced in partnership […]
We Are Weymouth, Weymouth’s Business Improvement District, has teamed up with Air 107.2 FM to launch a new events and gig listing guide, going live today. The guide gives Weymouth’s local businesses, promoters and venues a direct route to get their events and gigs viewed and heard across the town. Anything from a live music […]
The UK Beach Tour (UKBT) is delighted to announce the return of its flagship Weymouth Grand Slam, with an expanded week of competition and community engagement set to take place on Weymouth Beach from Wednesday 22nd July to Sunday 26th July 2026. Delivered in partnership with Weymouth Volleyball Club, the event will once again bring […]
Nothe Fort has had so many enquiries about The Longest Yarn 2 that it’s extending the exhibition right through the school holidays. It now runs from 1st July to 24th August, 10am to 4pm, giving visitors until the end of summer to see it. The exhibition is a collection of knitted World War II scenes, […]
We Are Weymouth held its Annual General Meeting on 15th June 2026, bringing together levy paying businesses from across the town to look back on a year of real achievement, talk honestly about the challenges everyone’s facing, and look ahead to what’s next. A tough year, handled head-on Chair of the Board Graham Perry opened […]
– Weymouth invites residents and visitors to celebrate King George III’s birthday on the Esplanade, 6th & 7th June 2026 – Weymouth is calling on locals and visitors to dust off their finest Georgian attire and answer a ‘Royal Decree’ this summer, as the King George III Birthday Celebration takes to the seafront for a […]