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Children/Family events
Durham City
Explore our new exhibition, try our new playful gallery trail and make your own game.
Markets
Durham
Every Saturday, the Market Place is transformed by up to 30 small independent traders…it becomes a traditional, bustling, fresh air market and a great shopping experience.
Children/Family events
Durham City
Explore our new exhibition all about play and toys, then try making your own game.
Family Fun
Durham City
Join us for a magical May where children will be taken on a mystical adventure.
Theatre
Fowlers Yard, Durham
A play adapted from the classic book by E. Nesbit. The children, as adults, look back on their childhood and relive their time as The Railway Children.
Children/Family events
Durham City
Get creative and make a mini Japanese Zen garden.
Show / Display
Durham
Ushaw’s fantastic Flower Festival returns on the weekend of Friday 6, Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 September 2024.
Fete / Fair
Durham
3 day summer craft fair with over 60 amazing stalls in the castle and grounds. Delicious home-cooked food served in castle cafes. Craft workshops to try your hand at. Free parking. Wheelchair accessible.
Concert
Durham
A CHOIR! A VOICE! Ladies Choir presents 'MUSIC TO HEAR'. An eclectic evening of beautiful and inspirational music at St Brandon’s Church, Brancepeth. FRIDAY 12th JULY at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm).
Exhibition
Durham City
Join poet, picture-maker and playwright Lizzie Lovejoy in a workshop to combine creative writing and visual art.
Music Event
The College, Durham City
Calling all Dancing Queens, this is your night to say, Thank you for the Music!
Fete / Fair
Durham
After an incredibly successful event last year, we’re teaming up with Plant Heritage North East to bring to you a bigger and better second edition of our Specialist Plant and Garden Fair on Saturday 15 June 2024 from 10am – 3pm.
Children/Family events
Durham City
Living history tableaux and exhibitions in Durham Market Place on Bank Holiday Monday, from 11am to 4pm.
Children/Family events
Sacriston
Free family fun day with inflatables, climbing wall, birds of prey display, fairground rides, face-painting & more!
Historical
Durham
Way Back When: 1940s is back for its fourth instalment on 2024, on Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 August!
Historical
Durham
Come and enjoy free history tours of Durham Market Hall, hosted by local historian and archivist, David Butler.
Children/Family events
Durham City
Handle some archaeological finds from Ancient Egypt and China and try our special archaeology trail.
Sporting Event
Old Elvet, Durham City
The 191st Durham Regatta takes place on Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th 2024. Each year the North’s premier rowing competition attracts up to 1500 rowers from across the region and beyond to the River Wear in the heart of Durham City for two…
Children/Family events
Durham City
Find out about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year festival, and make a shofar musical instrument.
Concert
Brancepeth
The Durham Singers present their summer concert 'Fauré and His Pupils' to celebrate the centenary of the composer's death, and his legacy, on Saturday 29 June 2024, 7.30pm, at St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth.
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