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  1. Buble and Bubbles poster with image of Michael Buble and tribute act Alex Hall

    Add Bublé & Bubbles - Party Night to your Itinerary

    Bublé & Bubbles - Party Night

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    West Auckland

    Join Alex Hall as he swoons the night away with a tribute to Michael Buble.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Dec 2025Open 19:00 - 23:45
    More info for Bublé & Bubbles - Party Night
  2. A brass band performing in the 1900s Town Bandstand at Beamish Museum with crowds watching.

    Add Brass Bands - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Brass Bands - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

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    Type:

    Music Event

    Beamish

    Tap your foot along to the sound of brass bands at Beamish Museum, who will be performing tunes in The 1900s Town bandstand from 2pm - 4pm. 

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to7 Sept 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Brass Bands - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
  3. Crowds of people watching a performance at the Hardwick Festival

    Add Hardwick Festival 2025 to your Itinerary

    Hardwick Festival 2025

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    Type:

    Festival

    Sedgefield

    Hardwick Festival returns 15th to 17th August. The 2025 line-up will be revealed soon.

    Dates

    From:
    15 Aug 2025to17 Aug 2025
    More info for Hardwick Festival 2025
  4. 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

    Type

    Type:

    Performance

    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…

    Awards

    • Regional and Miscellaneous Weardale Visitor Network Member 2025Weardale Visitor Network Member
    • Regional and Miscellaneous TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Awards 2025 2025TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Awards 2025

    Dates

    From:
    16 Aug 2025Open 20:45 -
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    23 Aug 2025Open 20:30 -
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    30 Aug 2025Open 20:15 -
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    6 Sept 2025Open 20:00 -
    From:
    13 Sept 2025Open 19:45 -
    More info for Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025
  5. Nashville recording artist Jeremy McComb

    Add Jeremy McComb at Steam Machine Brewing Company to your Itinerary

    Jeremy McComb at Steam Machine Brewing Company

    Type

    Type:

    Concert

    Newton Aycliffe

    Country singer Jeremy McComb is coming to Newton Aycliffe.

    Dates

    From:
    26 Aug 2025Open 18:30 - 21:45
    More info for Jeremy McComb at Steam Machine Brewing Company
  6. A woman looking at a car crash, on a desolate rural road.

    Add Alys Always by Lucinda Cox (Psychological Drama) to your Itinerary

    Alys Always by Lucinda Cox (Psychological Drama)

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Fowlers Yard, Durham

    After helping at the scene of a fatal accident, Frances finds her life changed.

    Dates

    From:
    21 Sept 2025Open 14:30 -
    From:
    22 Sept 2025to26 Sept 2025Open 19:30 -
    From:
    27 Sept 2025Open 14:30 -
    More info for Alys Always by Lucinda Cox (Psychological Drama)
  7. A woman in a purple shirt with a speech bubble that says, 'Honestly, A New Play About Lying All True, except the bits that aren't'

    Add Honestly - Everyman Theatre to your Itinerary

    Honestly - Everyman Theatre

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Spennymoor Settlement, Spennymoor

    Honestly, a new play about a compulsive liar, is coming to the Everyman Theatre at Spennymoor Settlement on Friday 10th October.

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2025Open 19:30 - 22:00
    More info for Honestly - Everyman Theatre
  8. Families enjoying the facilities at Wharton Park

    Add Summer Brass Concerts at Wharton Park to your Itinerary

    Summer Brass Concerts at Wharton Park

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Durham City

    We look forward to welcoming a selection of local colliery brass bands who will bring music to the ears of our visitors.

    Dates

    From:
    17 Aug 2025Open 13:00 - 15:00
    From:
    31 Aug 2025Open 13:00 - 15:00
    More info for Summer Brass Concerts at Wharton Park
  9. Image of The Snowman © Snowman Enterprises

    Add The Snowman – Film with Live Orchestra to your Itinerary

    The Snowman – Film with Live Orchestra

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    The College, Durham City

    Make this Christmas truly unforgettable with a special screening of the beloved festive classic The Snowman, brought to life by a live performance from a professional orchestra.

    Dates

    From:
    6 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for The Snowman – Film with Live Orchestra
  10. 'Much Ado About Nothing' - The Handlebards. Illustration of a woman on a bicycle.

    Add The HandleBards: Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Outdoor Theatre) - Wharton Park to your Itinerary

    The HandleBards: Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Outdoor Theatre) - Wharton Park

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    The HandleBards return to Wharton Park in summer 2025. Make the most of the early bird offer, tickets make a great Christmas gift. Book here for The Handlebards. - make the most of the early bird offer - visit and search for Wharton Park.

    Dates

    From:
    15 Aug 2025Open 18:30 -
    More info for The HandleBards: Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Outdoor Theatre) - Wharton Park
  11. Juan Martin playing the guitar

    Add Juan Martín in concert at The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Juan Martín in concert at The Bowes Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Barnard Castle

    Experience the passion and virtuosity of world-renowned flamenco guitarist Juan Martín in an unforgettable live concert.

    Dates

    From:
    21 Nov 2025to22 Nov 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Juan Martín in concert at The Bowes Museum
  12. Folk musicians playing together in the Band Hall in The Pit Village.

    Add Folk on Sunday - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Folk on Sunday - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Beamish

    Come and join The Cloth Cappers in The Band Hall in the Pit Village.  Featuring songs, tunes and dancing our musicians will be providing entertainment to suit all tastes with lively chorus songs and some high quality folk music between 12pm - 3pm.

    Dates

    From:
    7 Sept 2025Open 12:00 - 15:00
    From:
    5 Oct 2025Open 12:00 - 15:00
    From:
    2 Nov 2025Open 12:00 - 15:00
    From:
    7 Dec 2025Open 12:00 - 15:00
    More info for Folk on Sunday - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
  13. Black and white photo of a miner

    Add A Northern Requiem - for the Miners - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    A Northern Requiem - for the Miners - Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Durham

    Ten years ago, the wheels turned at the last deep coal mine in Britain for the final time. Across the coalfields, miners and their families mourned for their industry and their way of life. Now, A Northern Requiem celebrates those people and…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for A Northern Requiem - for the Miners - Durham Cathedral
  14. Aerial view of Durham City

    Add The Brass Band Conference 2025: The Next Generation to your Itinerary

    The Brass Band Conference 2025: The Next Generation

    Type

    Type:

    Talks

    Durham City

    The Brass Band Conference is an annual event and awards ceremony providing an unmissable opportunity for brass banders from across the country to learn, share and network.

    Dates

    From:
    27 Sept 2025
    More info for The Brass Band Conference 2025: The Next Generation
  15. Taylor Swift performing on stage at a concert

    Add The Music of Taylor Swift by Candlelight - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    The Music of Taylor Swift by Candlelight - Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Durham

    Swifties, get ready to sing your heart out, swap your bracelets, share the love and Shake It Off! The Music of Taylor Swift by Candlelight is here, and it's pure magic!

    Dates

    From:
    29 Oct 2025to30 Oct 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for The Music of Taylor Swift by Candlelight - Durham Cathedral
  16. Cartoon image of Jeanie and the Jolly Boys

    Add Jeanie and the Jollyboys - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Jeanie and the Jollyboys - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Beamish

    Enjoy the sound of Jeanie and the Jollyboys, who will be performing in the 1950s welfare hall between 12-2pm.

    Dates

    From:
    24 Aug 2025Open 12:00 - 14:00
    From:
    21 Sept 2025Open 12:00 - 14:00
    From:
    12 Oct 2025Open 12:00 - 14:00
    From:
    16 Nov 2025Open 12:00 - 14:00
    From:
    7 Dec 2025Open 12:00 - 14:00
    More info for Jeanie and the Jollyboys - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
  17. Grounds of Ushaw set up with picnic benches and tents in the sunshine

    Add Sounds on the Bounds at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Sounds on the Bounds at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham

    Join us for a vibrant weekend of live music and street art on the Bounds Field at Ushaw! Taking place Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 from 10am to 6pm.

    Dates

    From:
    23 Aug 2025to24 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 18:00
    More info for Sounds on the Bounds at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens
  18. Wicked characters  Glinder and Elphaba

    Add Wicked Brunch to your Itinerary

    Wicked Brunch

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    West Auckland

    Join us for a spellbinding fusion of pop perfection and Broadway magic.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Dec 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
    More info for Wicked Brunch
  19. Chris Difford

    Add Chris Difford: A Little Stand-Up And A Little Sit-Down at The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Chris Difford: A Little Stand-Up And A Little Sit-Down at The Bowes Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Barnard Castle

    Enjoy an intimate performance by double Ivor Novello award-winning lyricist and founding member of the rock group Squeeze, Chris Difford.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Nov 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Chris Difford: A Little Stand-Up And A Little Sit-Down at The Bowes Museum
  20. 1900s Pit Village band hall

    Add Beamish Folk - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Beamish Folk - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Beamish

    Beamish Folk is a new folk music session taking place on the second Sunday of each month in our 1900s Pit Village band hall, 11.30am-1.30pm.

    Dates

    From:
    10 Aug 2025to9 Nov 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Beamish Folk - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
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