Dorchester Cider Festival

Dorchester Cider Festival A family friendly celebration of the regions finest cider producers, special guests, great food and live music.

All profits from this event are distributed to local good causes by the Dorchester Round Table.

A big thank you to Sam Scaffolding for setting up the acoustic stage at the Dorchester Cider Festival. Your hard work an...
19/08/2025

A big thank you to Sam Scaffolding for setting up the acoustic stage at the Dorchester Cider Festival. Your hard work and support helped make the day a success and gave us the perfect space for some fantastic performances.

A huge thank you to everyone who respected the Borough Gardens during the Dorchester Cider Festival. The space looks jus...
19/08/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who respected the Borough Gardens during the Dorchester Cider Festival. The space looks just as beautiful afterwards as it did at the start, and that’s down to those who took care to use the bins and treat the gardens properly, as well as our team at and the brilliant Dorchester Scouts!

Sadly, not everyone did the same. Here’s a glimpse of the work that went into clearing up after those who left rubbish behind. Please remember this is a public space for everyone to enjoy - leaving it a mess isn’t fair on the gardens, the staff or your fellow festival goers.

Let’s make sure next year it’s all clean, all the way through.

We’re all set and ready at the Borough Gardens for the Dorchester Cider Festival. The gardens are looking fantastic and ...
16/08/2025

We’re all set and ready at the Borough Gardens for the Dorchester Cider Festival. The gardens are looking fantastic and we can’t wait to welcome you this weekend.

The Borough Gardens are looking stunning ahead of the Dorchester Cider Festival this weekend. A huge amount of work goes...
13/08/2025

The Borough Gardens are looking stunning ahead of the Dorchester Cider Festival this weekend. A huge amount of work goes into keeping these gardens in top condition and we want to make sure they stay that way.

Please enjoy the festival responsibly and respect the grounds. Dispose of litter in the bins provided and avoid damaging the plants or lawns.

Our team will be patrolling throughout the day and we ask everyone to keep an eye out for any behaviour that could harm the gardens. Let’s make sure they look just as beautiful after the festival as they do now.

📢 Set Times Are Here! 🍎🎶Get ready for a full day of music, cider, and summer vibes at Dorchester Cider Festival 2025!🗓 S...
07/08/2025

📢 Set Times Are Here! 🍎🎶
Get ready for a full day of music, cider, and summer vibes at Dorchester Cider Festival 2025!

🗓 Saturday 16th August
🕒 14:00–22:00
📍 Borough Gardens, Dorchester

🎤 Main Stage
14:00 – Nina Garcia
15:30 – The Surfin’ Birds
17:00 – The Shakespearos
18:30 – Stillyano
20:30 – The Skimmity Hitchers

🎸 Acoustic Stage
14:50 – Eva Grant
16:25 – Jack Daniels
18:00 – Chris Davies
20:00 – Dave Powell (of Chief Lazarus)

🍻 Free entry | Family-friendly | Bring your blankets, your crew & your cider-loving energy!

🍎 Dorchester Cider Festival 2025 🍻Join us at the Borough Gardens onSaturday 16th August, from 14:00 to 22:00🎤 Headliners...
23/05/2025

🍎 Dorchester Cider Festival 2025 🍻
Join us at the Borough Gardens on
Saturday 16th August, from 14:00 to 22:00

🎤 Headliners: The Skimmity Hitchers & Stillyano
🎶 Plus daytime sets from The Shakespearos, Surfin Birds & Nina Garcia

Expect banging tunes, refreshing ciders, and summer vibes all day long.
Bring your mates, your picnic blankets, and your thirst for good times!

Huge thanks to Sam Scaffolding Dorset Ltd for helping us get the Acoustic Stage up and running, giving Chief Lazarus' Da...
20/08/2024

Huge thanks to Sam Scaffolding Dorset Ltd for helping us get the Acoustic Stage up and running, giving Chief Lazarus' David Powell, as well as our other excellent acts, a place to perform throughout the day!

Here’s the times of our acts ahead of this weekend Cider Festival!We can’t wait to see you there! .lazarus
15/08/2024

Here’s the times of our acts ahead of this weekend Cider Festival!
We can’t wait to see you there!

.lazarus

Here's a sneak peek of the cup ahead of the weekend!Make sure you pick one up at our Dorchester Round Table stall, to do...
14/08/2024

Here's a sneak peek of the cup ahead of the weekend!

Make sure you pick one up at our Dorchester Round Table stall, to donate to a great cause and get access to our range of ciders available on the day.

We look forward to seeing you all at the The Borough Gardens, Dorchester, Dorset on Saturday!

Let us know what you think of the new cup, and which year your favourite cup design was!

We're always thankful of the work and efforts put in by G. Crook & Sons towards the Dorchester Cider Festival. If you wo...
14/08/2024

We're always thankful of the work and efforts put in by G. Crook & Sons towards the Dorchester Cider Festival. If you would like to know more about what they do, please visit their site: https://www.gcrookandsons.co.uk/

We're thrilled to see Places for People sponsoring us this year! An excellent company, with excellent people, doing incr...
13/08/2024

We're thrilled to see Places for People sponsoring us this year! An excellent company, with excellent people, doing incredible work! Please visit their page to find out more: https://www.placesforpeople.co.uk/

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Team Cider Fest – Our Story

In 2015 the first Dorchester Cider Festival & Perry in The Park took place at the beautiful Borough Gardens. The event’s origins stem back to a casual conversation between members of Dorchester Round Table suggesting that the county town could do with a Cider Festival where all the great local producers could showcase their drinks. Five years later, we have an event that is attended by roughly 4,000 people and have so far raised over £30,000 for local causes since the festival began.

The event has grown to become a firm fixture in the Dorset events calendar. Roughy 15 cider producers typically attend the festival’s cider village. Together they offer over 80 different types of cider to sample. Ranging from traditional scrumpy for the purists to raspberry & bubblegum flavours – ensuring there is everything under the sun to choose from. The food village also offers a wide variety of locally produced dishes to try.

The full event name includes the subtitle ‘Perry in the Park’ which refers to the live music element of the festival with both a pleasing nod to pear-flavoured cider, and previous Round Table event – The Party in the Park. The bandstand has played host to numerous artists including ‘scrumpy & western’ favourites The Skimmity Hitchers, Imprints, The Leggomen and The Jimmy Hillbillies.

All profits from Dorchester Cider Festival are donated to local good causes and charities. If you’d like to get involved, please get in touch!