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Family Fun
Barnard Castle
Pitch up your tent or caravan and spend the weekend exploring the fabulous landscape around Doe Park in Teesdale from 31 May to 2 June. Meet up on Friday evening at 7pm for an introduction, settle in for the night, and take part in various…
Music Event
Barnard Castle
Tommy Blaize has one of the most recognisable voices in the UK. As the lead singer on Strictly Come Dancing for 20 glorious years, he's sung live each week to up to 12 million people.
Children/Family events
Barnard Castle
Time for you and your baby or toddler to explore play in the galleries, investigate materials and be creative in this self-led, free-play session. Suitable for pre-school children.
Markets
Staindrop
Mark your calendars for the highly anticipated return of our ever-popular Harvest Market in August 2024!
Arts & Crafts
Newbiggin
Explore peatlands through art with us on Friday 31 May, 10am to 3pm at Bowlees Visitor Centre. The creative and relaxing day aims to celebrate the unique beauty and ecological importance of peatlands in the North Pennines and beyond.
Competition / Game
Barnard Castle
Bingo That's Bonkers is here! This is a fun, thrilling, hysterical take on the good old famous game of bingo.
Festival
Stanhope
Stanhope Weekender is a live music event in the heart of Stanhope, Weardale.
Concert
Barnard Castle
Borealis brings together musicians from across the North to perform music that fuses elements of folk, rock and contemporary jazz.
Children/Family events
Barnard Castle
If you are looking for spectacular family entertainment with the WOW factor, look no further than Megaslam!
Children/Family events
Barnard Castle
An opportunity for anyone over the age of 5 years to try out new techniques, materials and experiment with our team of artists, makers and designers.
Concert
Barnard Castle
Five incredible players of the North East's professional orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, return to The Witham for another afternoon of beautiful classical music that'll leave you feeling refreshed and ready for summer.
Children/Family events
Middleton In Teesdale, Barnard Castle
Learn about the secret life of mammals at this family fun event. We will explore mammal habitat around High Force checking our camera traps as we go.
Talks
Hexham
Join us on Sunday 9 June, 7pm to 8.30pm, at Hexham Community Centre for a talk by geologist, Brian Young, which will explore some of the many spectacular and beautiful minerals for which the North Pennine dales are world-renowned.
Festival
Edmundbyers
Derwent Fest is back for 2024, from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th August.
Theatre
Staindrop
Step back in time over two hundred years and meet Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters as they navigate the mire of manners of regency society.
Historical
Staindrop
Raby Castle welcomes Annie Garthwaite in the week that her much anticipated novel, The King's Mother is published.
Outdoor Event
Staindrop
We've invited yoga teacher, breath work coach and soon to be physiotherapist Georgie, to take you through a rejuvenating session of movement and breath, alongside an educational talk on how stress busting techniques can help you harness some of…
Historical
Staindrop
Sir Henry Vane the Younger, 1613-1662; Discovering an extraordinary life and legacy.
Family Fun
Stanhope, Bishop Auckland
All aboard........for a very unique and unusual experience on Weardale Railway on Sunday 12th November 2023.
Children/Family events
Newbiggin
Adder-ation is a family friendly event being held at Bowlees Visitor Centre on Sunday 26 May, 1pm to 4pm.
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