WHAT'S ON in Sherborne

Pannier market on the Parade.

Country Market, Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, 9.15am to 11.15am.

Sherborne Literary Society AGM, Cheap Street Church, 7.30pm for 8pm.

The meeting includes a talk by author Rachel Billington on the difference between writing for adults and children, and her new children's book Poppy's Angel, a sequel to Poppy's Hero.

Admission is free for members and £5 for non-members. For information, call Franchesca Dening on 01935 42472.

Barn Dance and Ceilidh, Church House, Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port, 7.30pm. Hosted by Milborne Porters Folk Dance Band and caller Will Antell. The event is open to all.

BearCat acoustic duo, the Rose and Crown, Trent, 9pm.

The band will perform folk, roots and acoustic favourites.

Saturday Morning Art Club, the Gryphon School, 10am to midday.

Part of the three-week course for children aged six to eight on design with colour.

Sherborne School lunchtime woodwind recital, Cheap Street Church, 1.30pm. Free admission.

Pannier market on the Parade.

Sherborne Town FC reserves v Blandford United, The Terrace Playing Fields, 2pm.

Yeovil and Sherborne A Hockey Club v PGSOB B, The Gryphon School, 1pm.

Lecture: The Quakers in Industry, the Digby Hall, Hound Street, 2:30pm.

The Blackmore Vale and Yeovil Association of the National Trust host a talk by Dr Mick Atkinson.

Entry costs £3 for members and £5 for guests.

Tea and biscuits provided.

For information call 01747 838810.

Gardening talk and workshop, Castle Gardens, 11.30am to 2.30pm, and a re-potting workshop from 10am to 4pm.

The Gardens Group is hosting a free talk so gardeners can learn how to care for their orchids and deal with pests and disease.

Ian Parsons from the British Orchid Growers Council will be at the talks giving advice.

Jazz workshop with Joe Browne and Hal Hutchison, the Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne School, 11am.

Milborne Port farmers' market, the skittle alley at the Queen's Head pub, 10.30am to 1.30pm.

For information contact Mandy Forsey on 07717 117744.

Dorset Mammal Group meeting, the Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, 7.30pm.

The meeting includes guest speaker Colin Varndell who will talk through his photographs of wild mammals of Dorset.

Entry is free to members and £3 for non-members.

Sherborne Town FC 1st team v Oldland Abbotonians, The Terrace Playing Fields, 7.30pm.

Concert: Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, Sherborne Abbey, 7.30pm. Elgar's Dream of Gerontius & Strauss' Horn Concerto in Eb No 1, Op 11, with soloists Rosie Aldridge, mezzo, Mark Wilde, tenor, Andrew Greenan, baritone, and Toby Cairns, French horn. Produced by the Sherborne School Choral Society and conducted by James Henderson.

Tickets available from Winstone's Bookshop, Cheap Street, Sherborne Tourist Information Centre and Sherborne School reception. For information call 01935 810518.

Tell us about your Sherborne area event.

Call 01935 709742 or e-mail sherborne@westgaz.co.uk.