Dorchester Festival 2008 kicks off today with the theme for this year’s festivities being all things Cuban.

Stephen Berkoff talk at Dorchester Arts Centre Dorchester’s splendid Borough Gardens will be hosting lots of free events over the weekend including Morris dancing from 10am-1pm on Saturday, with the Samba Band Procession arriving in the park at 1pm. There is a Sunday afternoon line-up of rock and blues from 1-5pm and tonnes of Bank Holiday music and fun on Monday from 1-9pm.

Fans of Steven Berkoff can still get tickets for his talk ‘My Life In Food’ at Dorchester Arts Centre at 7pm on Saturday, whilst the Salsa Big Band are playing the Corn Exchange at 8.30pm on Saturday.

See our previous post for a full line-up of events.

Dorchester Festival 2008: Thur 22-Mon 26 May