Thokozile’s joyous world jazz with a hint of Anid Jazz, is perfectly complemented by the Getz/Gilberto sounds of Bossa Definitiva, fronted by Paris born vocalist Véronique Joly. 

Walking Through Winter is a four-part, mindful hiking series held from November through February by MindFuelBody coach, Tamara. The walks offer a seasonal pause to move your body, calm your mind, and reconnect with yourself, others, and the landscape around you.

Mark Steel returns to Lighthouse with his new tour, The Leopard in My House. The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle the multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of. Age guidance: 14+

Step into the sonic world of Pictish Trail, the shape-shifting alias of Scottish underground indie-folk hero Johnny Lynch.

An extraordinary celebration of Nina Simone’s timeless legacy, Lady Nade – acclaimed for her unique and award-winning vocal talent – stands as a shining star in the UK music scene. This high-octane performance, coupled with a heartfelt homage to Nina Simone, promises an unforgettable show.

The ice music pioneer, Terje Isungset, with his exquisite quartet featuring voice, ice harp, ice horn, iceophone, ice percussion and ice bass. This ice concert is a tribute to the most important thing in the whole world – nature – and is played on instruments made during Isungset’s annual Ice Music Festival in Norway. They are carved and crafted using only natural frozen ice from the lakes. Prepare to be transported by the extraordinary, beautiful and ethereal sounds of ice.

Stevie Martin (Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown) has been doing online comedy for a while (45 million views worldwide), but is now returning to live comedy with her latest show, which sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe and at Soho Theatre this year.

Age guidance: 14

A celebration of Amy's music life and legacy performed by her original band, led by her long-term Musical Director/bass player and close friend Dale Davis.

Lighthouse is delighted to welcome back one of the biggest UK jazz stars of the past 40 years, Andy Sheppard, alongside the wonderful, melodic jazz of Norway’s finest, The Espen Eriksen Trio.

Nuremberg, 1590. Europe teeters on the edge of modernity but, in the shadow of the gallows, executioner Frantz Schmidt has more immediate concerns. Torturer, hangman and - most unusually - meticulous diarist, Frantz wrestles with a family curse that haunts his every step. When a brash new assistant arrives, tensions ignite and the stage is set for a clash that could tear their brutal world apart.

Age guidance: 12+

Walking Through Winter is a four-part, mindful hiking series held from November through February by MindFuelBody coach, Tamara. The walks offer a seasonal pause to move your body, calm your mind, and reconnect with yourself, others, and the landscape around you.

This is not a musical. Milton Jones is tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm, but at least he doesn’t make a song and dance about it. A whole new show of daftness. You know it makes sense.

Emerging onto the UK folk scene with her debut album, Dwelling by the Weir (2022), Ellie explored folklore and stories of her hometown, Warwick, through ecological, sociological, and personal themes. It connected with wider audiences and secured her a place on the UK touring circuit. Ellie marks her return this summer with long-awaited new music.

Get ready for a tail-waggingly good evening with expert dog whisperer, Paula O’Sullivan. As a specialist canine behaviourist and advanced trainer, Paula has spent over a decade helping thousands of dogs (and their humans) understand each other better.

A nightmare is about to break free… Inspired by classic theatre ghost stories and cinema’s greatest frights, Shock Horror is full of shivers, shrieks and shocking revelations. Take a chilling journey into an unravelling, haunted past. Age guidance: 12+

Join us for a hauntingly good time this Halloween as Pier Journal takes over The Larder House for a frightful night of tricks, treats and tipples.

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.25 is the biggest, grandest and most sonorous of all of them and represents the C major summit of the 30-year-old composer’s Viennese style. A true masterpiece, it is not only magisterial but moving – broad and splendid, yet keenly detailed. Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation and takes on this mighty work.

Tchaikovsky identified deeply with Manfred, the lonely, heartbroken wanderer at the centre of Byron’s epic poem. This is a piece which is often overlooked due to its long and technically challenging nature – yet it has so much to offer with bountiful drama, colour and a memorable series of melodies.

Join us and our host Becky Hougham as she brings her famous Two Fat Melons pub quiz to Patch in Bournemouth.

Formed in 1970 in Birmingham UK, the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a band that fuses pop music with classical overtones. It’s creator, Jeff Lynne, added violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwind to the standard rock line-up.

This special BSO concert celebrates the unique aura of ELO, expanding the classic sound with a full symphony orchestra and band, with 6 singers to replicate the glorious wall of vocal sound. The concert celebrates ELO’s catalogue of classic chart hits – not re-imagined, but like you’ve never heard them before!

Join Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Gergely Madaras for a concert of music which includes Elgar’s magnificent showpiece Bach’s Fantasia & Fugue in C minor. 

More than just a mere transcription of Bach’s mournful organ Fantasia, layer upon layer of orchestral colour are built up until the full-throttle climax.

The first live gig at The Vault thanks to local promoter SHINDIG is Isle of Wight indie band Coach Party, tickets on sale now.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra presents a concert featuring Zemlinksy’s much underperformed Lyric Symphony. Inspired by Bengali poet Tagore’s The Gardener, the piece is an exploration - over the course of seven movements - of longing and desire. One of Britain’s most renowned baritones, Roderick Williams OBE takes on the mighty piece which merges symphony with opera, baritone and soprano with one another. Soprano Claudio Boyle and Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth complete a stellar line-up.

Join us and our host Becky Hougham as she brings her hit Two Fat Melons pub quiz to Patch on the first floor of Bobby’s in Bournemouth Town Centre.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2025/26 season with a concert that puts Shostakovich’s magnificent Tenth Symphony at its centre. The BSO’s Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth is at the helm of this concert and is joined by one of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Sir Stephen Hough, for Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.1. The BSO’s newly appointed Celebrated Composer, Dani Howard’s, work The Butterfly Effect will also be performed.