It's set to be one of the biggest weekends of the year.
Hotels are full, street parties are planned and the supermarkets are full of sausage rolls.
Here's just some of the events taking place today for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
- Parkstone's Big Jubilee Picnic - 12pm to 4pm - Branksome Rec - There will be live music and entertainment and lots of activities for all the family including stalls, crafts, face painting, soft play, bouncy castle, and much more.
2. Canford Heath street party – 11:15am - Adastral Square - with live music, Punch and Judy and a bouncy castle. All Canford Heath residents are invited.
3. Poole Seafood Festival: Fresh food and local produce stalls will line the Quay alongside the popular Champagne and Oyster bar, as well as beer, cider and wine. Mouth-watering highlights will include the return of The Mussel Pod, a Purbeck Trout Farm smorgasbord, open sandwiches and mackerel pate from The Porthole, Weymouth Seafood's sensational squid and the contemporary street food of Henry the Cockleman.
4. Christchurch Food Festival: The event showcases and celebrates some of the best small food and drink producers from the region as well as street food, local breweries and distilleries, and a host of entertainment.
Conker Spirits are back this year and will be supplying all the bars with their Dorset Gin, Bowser alcohol free spirit and Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur.
The entertainment stage has a full line-up with music from the likes of Six & Sax, David Mein, Brad as Elvis, Grace and Spin Out UK.
5. Children’s jubilee tea party: Held in Druitt Gardens, Christchurch, between 11am and 4pm. There will also be a cupcake competition for under 12s. There will be entertainment from Jamie Jigsaw, the Spider Man Carnival Band and Zadie Lanzino. Organised by Christchurch BID.
6. Southbourne Jubilee Celebration: 11am –4pm, music, stalls and 1950s theme.
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