MANY events that were due to take place across Dorset and the New Forest over the next few months have been cancelled and postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Here are just some of them. 

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  • Teddy Rocks Festival, Blandford: Pushed back to September
  • Bourne2Sing have cancelled their scheduled concerts up until June
  • Poole Harbour Boat Show
  • Record Store Day 2020 postponed to June 20
  • PCC election in Dorset
  • Cerne Giant Festival in April
  • Shaftesbury Food Festival and Gold Hill cheese races. Organisers considering a date in October
  • Bournemouth Bus Rally (date TBC)
  • Dorset Neon Run has been postponed until September 12. It will take place at Poole Park 
  • Bourne Free 
  • Bournemouth University's SUBU Summerball has been cancelled
  • Tiger Day 13 at the Tank Museum has been rescheduled for August 8
  • Family Fest 2020, which was due to take place on Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31 has been postponed to Saturday August 15 and Sunday August 16
  • Shake and Stir Festival postponed until possibly June 26 and 27 in 2021
  • New Forest Ukulele Festival postponed until October. Date TBC
  • Lytchett Minster and Upton Carnival
  • Tankfest has been moved to September 11, 12 and 13
  • Dorset Bike Ride, which was due to be held on July 5 has been postponed to 2021
  •  New Forest and Hampshire County Show
  • Wimborne Folk Festival has been postponed until August 7 to August 9
  • Bournemouth 7s Festival postponed until August Bank Holiday
  • LoveRocks festival postponed until later this year - or possibly 2021 
  • Wareham Carnival