Tag: weymouth

Elves, sleigh bells and steampunk spells: Christmas in Weymouth 2026

Four weekends, one town centre, and a lot of glitter. Christmas in Weymouth starts on Saturday 28th November with an Elf World Record attempt and the Christmas Lights Switch On, and runs right up to Santa’s visit on 19th and 20th December. In between, steampunks, pirates and faeries take over for the Yuletide Weekend, and […]

X Marks the Spot: Pirates Drop Anchor in Weymouth This Weekend

Dig out the eye patch and dust off the tricorn hat. Weymouth Pirate Fest is back from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th October, with three days of live music, beach skirmishes and pirate mayhem across the town centre. The organisers describe it as “Dorset’s big October get-together of pirates of every kind, size, age and […]

TRAILS, TRICKS AND TRUNK ‘N’ TREAT: WEYMOUTH GOES ALL OUT FOR HALLOWEEN

Weymouth is gearing up for its biggest Halloween season yet, with a week of trails, parades and family fun taking over the town from 24th October to 1st November 2026. Local businesses, performers and community groups have joined forces to turn the town centre into one long spooky season, culminating in a spooky parade and […]

WEYMOUTH SERVES A SUMMER OF SPORT

Weymouth & Portland is about to become one of the busiest stretches of coastline in the country, as a run of major sporting events lands on the town’s doorstep between now and the autumn. From elite Olympic sailing and a full distance triathlon to the Musto iQFOiL World Championships, the resort’s beaches, harbourside and open […]

A WAVE OF LIGHT AND SOUND HITS WEYMOUTH – DUSK TIL DARK IS BACK

We Are Weymouth is thrilled to announce the return of its acclaimed Dusk Til Dark series this September, with three days of light, sound and performance taking place across the town from Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th September 2026.  The centrepiece of Dusk Til Dark 2026 is ‘Wave’, an internationally touring installation by artists Squidsoup, produced in partnership […]

Weymouth businesses rally round a town that keeps delivering

We Are Weymouth held its Annual General Meeting on 15th June 2026, bringing together levy paying businesses from across the town to look back on a year of real achievement, talk honestly about the challenges everyone’s facing, and look ahead to what’s next. A tough year, handled head-on Chair of the Board Graham Perry opened […]

WEYMOUTH, YOUR KING NEEDS YOU IN THE WATER

– Weymouth invites residents and visitors to celebrate King George III’s birthday on the Esplanade, 6th & 7th June 2026 – Weymouth is calling on locals and visitors to dust off their finest Georgian attire and answer a ‘Royal Decree’ this summer, as the King George III Birthday Celebration takes to the seafront for a […]

2026 Is Going to Be One for the Books – and We’ve Got the Leaflet to Prove It

We’ve got some exciting news, Weymouth. Your 2026 events leaflet has officially landed – and honestly, we couldn’t be more thrilled about what’s in store for our brilliant town this year. We Are Weymouth has teamed up with Weymouth Town Council to bring you a year absolutely rammed with things to see, do, and experience […]

Weymouth Lights Up: Inside the New GLOBALLS Experience

This week we headed down to St Thomas Street this week to see something completely new for Weymouth – and it’s safe to say, it didn’t disappoint. GLOBALLS has officially opened its doors in the town centre, bringing a glow-in-the-dark mini golf experience right into the heart of Weymouth. And after stepping inside, it’s clear […]