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A three-day music festival celebrating and supporting local singers and bands is being held this coming weekend. The Raising Spirit Festival will take place in the walled garden of Came House at the Came Estate near Dorchester from June 18 to 20. The festival is the brainchild of Weymouth musician Ben Waters, who wishes to champion the world-class performers on our doorstep and help musicians who lost their income during the pandemic. He said: 2020 saw the hardest year ever for many people, particularly the people of Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester. It s long overdue that we should be championing this remarkable pocket of talent here in the south west and also at a time when they need help.
The banner being removed Picture: Chris Kipper Roberts The conditions are not ideal for taking down banners, said Dorchester councillor Alistair Chisholm on behalf of STAND. Where it has gone I do not know - but we want it back. It was such an inoffensive banner - we were actually doing the council s work for them by drawing attention to the Local Plan consultation, and encouraging local people to have their say on a huge issue for Dorchester. The council said it didn t meet their criteria for a banner - their criteria are apparently that it has to be a charitable or community event.