2024 Festival Lineup

Scroll down for further details about individual events.

Tickets are on sale via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or go directly to individual events using the links in the timetable below. Nearer the dates of the events tickets will be in Cerne Village Stores.

SaturdaySundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
13th April
Eleanor Gallia
The Beltane Brew
10am Gathering the Herbs
1.30pm Cerne Brewery
Brewing the Beer
14th
3pm onwards Mindfulness Activities in St Mary’s (til festival end)

17th
7 for 7.30pm
Michael McCarthy:  What if the Swallows Didn’t Come Back?

18th
6pm
Will Best
Tales of Godmanstone History


20th
7 for 7.30pm
Oxford historian Helen Gittos
The Giant in a Sacred Landscape?


22nd
7 for 7.30pm
Sherborne Church Recording Group
Secrets of the Parish Church 

24th
7 for 7.30pm
Dorset Wildlife Trust
Nature on your Doorstep



26th
7pm
Tatterdemalion
Ceilidh in the Church




28th
2-4pm  Riverfly Safari
2-4pm
Jeremy Mackenzie
Cast a Fly and Learn about Trout Flies

 
3pm Dorchester String Quartet
29th
7 for 7.30pm
Jim Horsington
Farming in the Cerne Valley




2nd 
 
7 for 7.30pm
Richard Miles and other astronomers
Dating the Giant – All in the Stars?



4th
9.30am  Dorset Wildlife Trust Wildlife Gardening Workshop
Cerne Giant Festival 13th April to 5th May 2024