Cinema, Theatre & Music Events
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Cinema, Theatre & Music Events
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Big Birthday Bash - Bowburn North Industrial Estate
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Festival
Bowburn
Beer & Music Festival.
Venue
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- 25 July 2026Open 12:00 - 19:30
Barnard Castle Little Brass Bash
Type
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Festival
Barnard Castle
The Durham Brass Festival is coming to Barnard Castle! Join us for a FREE evening of live music.
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- 14 July 2026Open 18:00 - 20:00
EverReady Band performing Myth, Magic & More - Durham Cathedral
Type
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Concert
Durham City
One of the North East's most celebrated brass ensembles, EverReady Band brings epic stories and cinematic soundscapes to life in the beautiful surroundings of Durham Cathedral as part of the 2026 Durham Brass Festival.
Dates
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- 18 July 2026Open 19:30 - 21:30
NETOA Christmas Concert with Jonathan Eyre FRCO at the Wurlitzer Organ
Type
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Music Event
Howden le Wear, Crook
JONATHAN EYRE plays a concert of Christmas music including Carols, etc. at the mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.
Dates
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- 20 Dec 2026Open 14:30 - 17:00
Beamish Folk - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
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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.
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- 9 Aug 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
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- 13 Sept 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
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- 11 Oct 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
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- 8 Nov 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
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- 13 Dec 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
Durham Fringe Festival 2026
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Festival
Durham City
Between 29th July and 2nd August 2026, Durham Fringe Festival will host a spectacular array of performing arts. Genres include theatre, music, stand-up comedy, comedy theatre, magic, spoken word, cabaret, dance, physical theatre, circus, and…
Dates
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- 29 July 2026to2 Aug 2026
The Hound of the Baskervilles - The City Theatre
Type
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Theatre
Back Silver Street, Durham
A reduced cast production of this classic tale.
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- 22 Nov 2026Open 14:30 -
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- 23 Nov 2026to27 Nov 2026Open 19:30 -
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- 28 Nov 2026Open 14:30 -
HECTOR GANNET "Talking In The Mother Tongue" with Durham Miners' Association Brass Band
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Music Event
Flass Street, Durham City
Hector Gannet returns to Durham Brass Festival, ahead of their forthcoming third album, The Great Shakedown, due later in this year.
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- 17 July 2026Open 19:30 -
Britain's Got Talent finalist Jean Martyn at the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ
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Type:
Music Event
Howden le Wear, Crook
Britain's Got Talent finalist JEAN MARTYN play a concert of light classical and popular music at the mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ.
Dates
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- 25 Oct 2026Open 14:30 - 17:00
Lights, Music & Thrills - Durham Fringe Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham City
Lights, Music & Thrills is the fascinating, wonderful and sometimes weird world of one of the most endearing traditions of the life of the travelling showman.
Dates
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- 29 July 2026to30 July 2026Open 17:00 -
Scouting For Girls Live in Durham Cathedral
Type
Type:
Concert
Durham City
Scouting For Girls will be performing their greatest hits live in Durham Cathedral.
Dates
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- 29 Oct 2026Open 19:45 - 22:00
G4 Christmas 2026 - Durham Cathedral
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Christmas and New Year
Durham
Gather to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year as G4 bring glad tidings of great joy this festive season, with the return of their 'G4 Christmas' tour in the most awe-inspiring cathedrals, priories, minsters, halls and abbeys across the UK.
Dates
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- 23 Nov 2026Open 19:30 - 21:30
Murdered To Death by Peter Gordon - A Comedy - The City Theatre
Type
Type:
Theatre
Back Silver Street, Durham
A spoof Miss Marple set in a country mansion.
Dates
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- 27 Sept 2026Open 14:30 -
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- 28 Sept 2026to2 Oct 2026Open 19:30 -
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- 3 Oct 2026Open 14:30 -
Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2026
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Performance
Bishop Auckland
Step into Kynren, a live action outdoor theatre spectacular that immerses you in 2000 years of history on an epic scale.
Dates
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- 18 July 2026to12 Sept 2026Various Opening Times
Durham Jazz Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Old Cinema Launderette in Gilesgate,
The 2026 Durham Jazz Festival will run from Friday 23rd October through to Sunday 25th October.
Dates
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- 23 Oct 2026to25 Oct 2026
The Last Days of Trump (A Liberal Fantasy) - The Department of Music Theatre
Type
Type:
Theatre
Durham
It's 2028 and octogenarian two-term President Donald Trump is finally about to be replaced for good. Will he go rogue like last time, or will a plan to keep him focused on golf, gorilla documentaries, porn, and developing his perfect presidential…
Dates
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- 1 Aug 2026to2 Aug 2026Open 19:45 - 20:45
Live Music at Crook Hall Gardens - Crook Hall Gardens
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Music Event
Durham
Local musicians make a visit extra special.
Dates
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- 20 July 2026Open 11:00 - 15:00
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- 17 Aug 2026Open 11:00 - 15:00
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- 21 Sept 2026Open 11:00 - 15:00
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- 19 Oct 2026Open 11:00 - 15:00
Lament of the Wandering Head by Sun Son Theatre - Durham Fringe Festival
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Performance
Durham
"LAMENT OF THE WANDERING HEAD"--A head that flies from its body at night. A woman who flies from her homeland and never quite lands. Drawing on a supernatural legend shared across Southeast Asia, Sun Son Theatre transforms this ancient image into a…
Dates
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- 31 July 2026to2 Aug 2026Open 15:30 -
Bishop Auckland Little Brass Bash
Type
Type:
Festival
Bishop Auckland
The Durham Brass Festival is coming to Bishop Auckland! Join us for a FREE evening of live music.
Dates
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- 15 July 2026Open 18:00 - 20:00
Martin Taylor in Concert - The Bowes Museum
Type
Type:
Concert
Barnard Castle
Experience an unforgettable evening of live music as multi-award-winning guitarist Martin Taylor MBE performs in the intimate setting of The Bowes Museum's Jubilee Room.
Venue
Dates
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- 17 Oct 2026Open 18:30 -
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