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Experience the excitement of summer with our collection of summer events in Durham.

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  1. Poster showing craft material such as ribbon, sewing needle, material, and bows - 'Craft Destash'

    Add Castle Eden Destash - Castle Eden Village Hall to your Itinerary

    Castle Eden Destash - Castle Eden Village Hall

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    Arts & Crafts

    Castle Eden

    Craft supplies at low prices . From wool to resin, find a bargain for your craft needs. Free entry, free parking. 

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    13 July 2025Open 10:00 - 14:00
    More info for Castle Eden Destash - Castle Eden Village Hall
  2. Durham Brass 2025 Festival logo

    Durham Brass Festival 2025

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    Festival

    Durham

    BRASS is back in 2025 with a fantastic programme of brass-inspired events coming to Durham from 13 - 20 July, with a headline performance by Bill Ryder-Jones.

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    From:
    13 July 2025to20 July 2025
    More info for Durham Brass Festival 2025
  3. Barry Hyde

    Add Durham Brass Festival: Barry Hyde & Durham Miners Association Brass Band perform “Miners’ Ballads” to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Barry Hyde & Durham Miners Association Brass Band perform “Miners’ Ballads”

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    Durham City

    The Futureheads’ frontman Barry Hyde, brings his deeply personal and evocative new solo album, Miners’ Ballads, to life in a special live performance.

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    From:
    14 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Barry Hyde & Durham Miners Association Brass Band perform “Miners’ Ballads”
  4. Bill Ryder Jones with some Alpacas

    Add Durham Brass Festival: Bill Ryder-Jones & NASUWT Riverside Band presents "Iechyd Da" to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Bill Ryder-Jones & NASUWT Riverside Band presents "Iechyd Da"

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    Durham City

    Following Bill’s recent collaborations with the BBC Concert Orchestra, this show will bring a bold new reimagining of Iechyd Da to this year’s Durham Brass Festival.

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    15 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Bill Ryder-Jones & NASUWT Riverside Band presents "Iechyd Da"
  5. A woman peering out of one the Cathedral’s secret spaces that are rarely open to the general public.

    Add Magna Carta - Secret Spaces - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Magna Carta - Secret Spaces - Durham Cathedral

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    Durham

    Join us on this exclusive tour of the Cathedral’s secret spaces that are rarely open to the general public.

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    15 July 2025Open 13:00 -
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    More info for Magna Carta - Secret Spaces - Durham Cathedral
  6. A pink flower arrangement - flowers by Val Guest.

    Add Ferryhill, Sedgefield and District Flower Club Workshop to your Itinerary

    Ferryhill, Sedgefield and District Flower Club Workshop

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    Demonstration

    Sedgefield, County Durham

    Members Night Workshop. For more details please find us on Facebook @ Ferryhill, Sedgefield & District Flower Club.

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    15 July 2025Open 19:15 - 21:15
    More info for Ferryhill, Sedgefield and District Flower Club Workshop
  7. EDAN logo

    Add Twenty Years of EDAN - The EDAN Gallery to your Itinerary

    Twenty Years of EDAN - The EDAN Gallery

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    Seaham

    2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of EDAN. We would like to mark this with an exhibition that shows both the range of work that we are currently undertaking and also something of our history.

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    From:
    15 July 2025to23 Aug 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Twenty Years of EDAN - The EDAN Gallery
  8. Stuart Maconie

    Add Durham Brass Festival: Durham Brass hosts BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends! to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Durham Brass hosts BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends!

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    Durham City

    Writer and broadcaster, Stuart Maconie, will host Loose Ends from Redhills on Wednesday 16th July.

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    16 July 2025Open 18:30 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Durham Brass hosts BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends!
  9. Railway 200 logo

    Add Railway 200 Talk: “Teesdale Tracks and Derailing Dukes” – with Chris Lloyd to your Itinerary

    Railway 200 Talk: “Teesdale Tracks and Derailing Dukes” – with Chris Lloyd

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    Shildon

    As we’re into the Stockton & Darlington Railway Bicentenary year, we’re teaming up with the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and Jane Hackworth-Young to present a series of talks at Timothy Hackworth’s own Institute.

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    16 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Railway 200 Talk: “Teesdale Tracks and Derailing Dukes” – with Chris Lloyd
  10. runners set off rom the start line of Durham City Run

    Durham City Run Festival 2025

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    Sporting Event

    Durham City

    The Durham City 5K and 10K races returns to Durham on Thursday 17th July 2025.

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    From:
    17 July 2025to19 July 2025
    More info for Durham City Run Festival 2025
  11. Simon Armitage and LYR

    Add Durham Brass Festival: Simon Armitage & LYR with Easington Colliery Brass Band present “Firm As A Rock We Stand” to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Simon Armitage & LYR with Easington Colliery Brass Band present “Firm As A Rock We Stand”

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    Durham City

    Durham Brass Festival hosts BBC Radio 4 The Verb.  Simon Armitage & LYR performing “Firm As A Rock We Stand” with Easington Colliery Brass Band.  Plus poetry presented by Ian McMillan.

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    18 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Simon Armitage & LYR with Easington Colliery Brass Band present “Firm As A Rock We Stand”
  12. An audience watching outdoor cinema at Raby Castle

    Add Adventure Cinema at Raby Castle to your Itinerary

    Adventure Cinema at Raby Castle

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    Film

    Staindrop

    Outdoor cinema at Raby Castle.

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    18 July 2025Open 19:30 -
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    20 July 2025Open 13:30 -
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    20 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Adventure Cinema at Raby Castle
  13. A family at Beamish Museum standing with a vintage bus being driven by a Transport Engager.

    Add Summer Fun at Beamish 2025 to your Itinerary

    Summer Fun at Beamish 2025

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    Children/Family events

    Stanley

    Enjoy a fantastic summer of fun at Beamish Museum!

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    From:
    19 July 2025to1 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Summer Fun at Beamish 2025
  14. Streets of Brass performers in Durham City

    Durham Brass Festival: Streets of Brass

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Durham City comes alive in July with some of the very best street bands from the UK and beyond in ‘Streets of Brass’.

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    From:
    19 July 2025to20 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Streets of Brass
  15. Grand Finale all cast of Kynren view from the tribune

    Add Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025 to your Itinerary

    Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025

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    Toronto, Bishop Auckland

    Travel through 2,000 years of history in a single unforgettable evening! Watch as legends come to life – Vikings storm ashore, battles rage, and heroes rise beneath a sky ablaze with magic and fire.
    In 2025, celebrate the 200th anniversary of the…

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    13 Sept 2025Open 19:45 -
    More info for Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025
  16. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser sailing on the River Wear in Durham City with the Cathedral in the background

    Add Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Diddy Sweg to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Diddy Sweg

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This year, Brass Festival will take over the streets…and the water too! Cruise along the River Wear on the Prince Bishop, with our fantastic street bands onboard.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 14:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Diddy Sweg
  17. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser sailing on the River Wear in Durham City with the Cathedral in the background

    Add Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises – Brazen Brass Band to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises – Brazen Brass Band

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This year, Brass Festival will take over the streets…and the water too! Cruise along the River Wear on the Prince Bishop, with our fantastic street bands onboard.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 16:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises – Brazen Brass Band
  18. Liz Corney

    Add Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This unique programme pairs Northeast artists with talented brass ensembles to create new music and take part in a unique and unforgettable performance.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On
  19. People attending Durham Brass Festival's Party in the Park at Wharton Park in Durham City

    Add Durham Brass Festival: Party in the Park to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Party in the Park

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Get on your dancing shoes as our street bands bring the party to the park from 5pm to 9pm.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 17:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Party in the Park
  20. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser sailing on the River Wear in Durham City with the Cathedral in the background

    Add Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Mr Wilson’s Second Liners to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Mr Wilson’s Second Liners

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This year, Brass Festival will take over the streets…and the water too! Cruise along the River Wear on the Prince Bishop, with our fantastic street bands onboard.

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    From:
    19 July 2025Open 12:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Mr Wilson’s Second Liners
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