Vintage Jazz & American Songbook Vocalist in Dorset
Weddings · Private Celebrations · Hotels & Private Events · Remembrance Events
Kitty Mazinsky is a vintage jazz vocalist based in Hungerford, Berkshire, performing 1920s to 1960s American Songbook, swing and 1940s wartime classics at weddings, private events and special occasions across Dorset. She has performed Remembrance Sunday services in the Bride Valley and at a wedding at the Connaught Hotel in Bournemouth, and is available across the county for events of every scale and occasion.
Dorset spans some of the most beautiful and varied landscape in England — from the Jurassic Coast and the chalk downs of the Cranborne Chase to the market town of Sherborne, the cathedral city of Salisbury just over the border and the Blackmore Vale. The county has a wealth of country house venues, coastal settings and private estates well suited to weddings, private celebrations and special occasions. Kitty is happy to travel to Dorset for the right event.
Jazz in Dorset — Events, Venues & Occasions
Weddings in the Dorset Countryside
Dorset’s countryside — the rolling chalk downs, the Blackmore Vale and the wooded combes of the county interior — provides a beautiful backdrop for country house weddings and outdoor celebrations. Athelhampton House, Mapperton House and Came House are among the finest private venues in Dorset. The Ilsington Country House Hotel near Dorchester and Minterne House near Cerne Abbas are further options for wedding receptions and private dining.
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Bournemouth & the South Dorset Coast
Bournemouth and the Poole Harbour area offer a range of hotel venues and private event spaces for weddings, corporate dinners and private celebrations. Kitty has performed at a wedding at the Connaught Hotel in Bournemouth. The Sandbanks peninsula, the Harbour Heights Hotel and Chewton Glen just over the Hampshire border are among the finest settings along this stretch of coast.
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The Jurassic Coast — Coastal Events
The Dorset and East Devon Jurassic Coast is one of the most dramatic and distinctive stretches of coastline in England. Lyme Regis, Swanage, Worth Matravers and the stretch of coast between Weymouth and Bridport all offer private venues and hotel settings for summer events and private celebrations where live jazz sets exactly the right tone.
Remembrance & Heritage Events
Kitty has performed Remembrance Sunday services in the Bride Valley in west Dorset, and is available for Remembrance events, 1940s commemorations and heritage occasions across the county. Dorset’s strong connections to the Second World War — through its coastal defences, its airfields and its role in the D-Day preparations — make it a natural county for wartime heritage events.
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Sherborne & the Blackmore Vale
Sherborne is one of the most beautiful market towns in England — its abbey, its two castles and its honey-stone streets give it a character unlike anywhere else in Dorset. The Sherborne, a newly restored Grade I listed Georgian manor house in the heart of the town, is among the most distinguished settings in this part of the county for private events and special occasions. The surrounding Blackmore Vale and the villages of north Dorset have a number of country house venues and private event spaces suited to weddings and private celebrations.
Country House Hotels & Private Estates
Dorset has a fine collection of country house hotels well suited to afternoon teas, lounge sets and private dining. Summer Lodge Country House Hotel in Evershot, THE PIG on the Beach at Studland and Moonfleet Manor near Weymouth are among the most distinctive settings in the county for live jazz.
Dorset Venues & Towns
Kitty has performed at the following Dorset events:
Remembrance Sunday services, Litton Cheney, Bride Valley (2024, 2025 & 2026) · Wedding, Connaught Hotel, Bournemouth
Also available at venues across Dorset including:
Athelhampton House, Dorchester · Mapperton House, Beaminster · Came House, Dorchester · Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Evershot · The Pig on the Beach, Studland · Ilsington Country House Hotel, Dorchester · Moonfleet Manor, Weymouth · Chewton Glen (Hampshire border) · Minterne House, Cerne Abbas
Sherborne · Dorchester · Weymouth · Bridport · Beaminster · Lyme Regis · Blandford Forum · Wimborne Minster · Swanage · Wareham · Sturminster Newton · Shaftesbury · Evershot · Litton Cheney · Studland · Corfe Castle · Worth Matravers
Enquire About Your Dorset Event
Whether you are planning a wedding, private celebration or special occasion anywhere in Dorset, get in touch to check availability and discuss the right format for your occasion.