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  1. Auckland Palace, an orchestra and conductor and large Union Jack flag

    Add Proms at the Palace to your Itinerary

    Proms at the Palace

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Bishop Auckland

    Join us for an unforgettable evening of music at the iconic Auckland Palace Gardens.

    Venue

    The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland

    Dates

    From:
    27 June 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Proms at the Palace
  2. Lottery balls, text reads, 'Lucky Numbers', by Mike Yeaman (comedy)

    Add Lucky Numbers by Mike Yeaman (Comedy) to your Itinerary

    Lucky Numbers by Mike Yeaman (Comedy)

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Fowlers Yard, Durham

    Does winning the Lottery bring the family together …….. they'd know if they could find it!

    Dates

    From:
    23 Nov 2025Open 14:30 -
    From:
    24 Nov 2025to28 Nov 2025Open 19:30 -
    From:
    29 Nov 2025Open 14:30 -
    More info for Lucky Numbers by Mike Yeaman (Comedy)
  3. Ayclive 2025 advertising poster showing details of events

    Add Ayclive 2025 to your Itinerary

    Ayclive 2025

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    Type:

    Music Event

    Newton Aycliffe

    We're thrilled to announce that Ayclive Festival is back for its third year, bigger and better than ever! By popular demand, we're expanding to a two-day event, taking place on Friday 25th July and Saturday 26th July 2025.

    Dates

    From:
    25 July 2025to26 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Ayclive 2025
  4. poster tribute night freddie mercury

    Add Freddie Mercury Tribute Night to your Itinerary

    Freddie Mercury Tribute Night

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Peterlee

    Get ready to ROCK as we bring you an electrifying night of Queen's greatest hits with an unmissable Freddie Mercury Tribute.  

    Dates

    From:
    29 Nov 2025Open 19:00 - 22:30
    More info for Freddie Mercury Tribute Night
  5. Trains at Locomotion

    Add S&DR200 - STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS at Locomotion to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 - STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS at Locomotion

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Shildon

    ‘STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS’ is a new period costume drama, telling the extraordinary story of the birth of the railways.

    Dates

    From:
    21 Sept 2025to23 Sept 2025
    More info for S&DR200 - STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS at Locomotion
  6. Sign with The Barricade Boys West End Party, Four men in red suits jumping

    Add The Barricade Boys – West End Party at Auckland Palace to your Itinerary

    The Barricade Boys – West End Party at Auckland Palace

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Bishop Auckland

    Direct from London, these four dazzling performers are taking the world by storm. From the heart-wrenching emotion of Les Misérables to the toe-tapping harmonies of the Jersey Boys, The Barricade Boys will take you on a musical journey like no other.

    Venue

    The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for The Barricade Boys – West End Party at Auckland Palace
  7. 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)
  8. Crowds of people watching a performance at the Hardwick Festival

    Add Hardwick Festival 2025 to your Itinerary

    Hardwick Festival 2025

    Type

    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
  9. Josienne Clarke in orange dress

    Add Josienne Clarke Sings Sandy Denny: Across The Evening Sky to your Itinerary

    Josienne Clarke Sings Sandy Denny: Across The Evening Sky

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Barnard Castle

    Josienne Clarke has been hailed as the songwriter-poet of melancholy, as well as a thrilling interpreter of traditional song. In the wake of her acclaimed new album, Parenthesis, I, she is now stepping up to honour Sandy Denny – a singer with whom…

    Dates

    From:
    15 May 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Josienne Clarke Sings Sandy Denny: Across The Evening Sky
  10. image of Bon Jovi tribute band on stage

    Add Bon Jovi Forever to your Itinerary

    Bon Jovi Forever

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Barnard Castle

    'One wild night tour' – The only Bon Jovi tribute show you need to see!

    Dates

    From:
    6 June 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Bon Jovi Forever
  11. Painting of a building surrounded by trees

    Add I Was Glad - Durham School Chapel to your Itinerary

    I Was Glad - Durham School Chapel

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Quarryheads Lane, Durham

    The Chapel Choirs of Durham University, in collaboration with Durham Student Music, will be performing a programme of beautiful choral music on Saturday 21 June in the atmospheric acoustics of Durham School's Chapel.

    Dates

    From:
    21 June 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for I Was Glad - Durham School Chapel
  12. The organ in St Peter's Chapel  at Auckland Palace

    Add Organ Recital Series at Auckland Palace to your Itinerary

    Organ Recital Series at Auckland Palace

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Bishop Auckland

    The popular Organ Recital Series returns to St Peter’s Chapel.

    Venue

    The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland

    Dates

    From:
    21 June 2025Open 13:00 - 14:00
    From:
    16 Aug 2025Open 13:00 - 14:00
    From:
    18 Oct 2025Open 13:00 - 14:00
    From:
    13 Dec 2025Open 13:00 - 14:00
    More info for Organ Recital Series at Auckland Palace
  13. Lonnie Donegan

    Add Lonnie Donegan - The Stories (18+) to your Itinerary

    Lonnie Donegan - The Stories (18+)

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Barnard Castle

    Award winning songwriter and star of The Voice UK – Peter Donegan– and his older brother- Anthony Donegan – present a fantastic and unique evening of Lonnie's songs plus stories about their legendary father, 'The King of Skiffle' – Lonnie Donegan.

    Dates

    From:
    16 May 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Lonnie Donegan - The Stories (18+)
  14. The Specials Ltd Poster

    Add The Specials Ltd to your Itinerary

    The Specials Ltd

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Barnard Castle

    The Specials Ltd are the world's most authentic and original tribute to 2-Tone Records Legends, The Specials.

    Dates

    From:
    13 June 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for The Specials Ltd
  15. Durham Brass 2025 Festival logo

    Durham Brass Festival 2025

    Type

    Type:

    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.

    Dates

    From:
    13 July 2025to20 July 2025
    More info for Durham Brass Festival 2025
  16. Heroes vs Villains Cabaret

    Add Heroes and Villains - Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre to your Itinerary

    Heroes and Villains - Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre

    Type

    Type:

    Concert

    Durham

    Durham University Musical Theatre presents 'Heroes vs. Villains', a cabaret-style evening of performances from the heroes or villains of your favourite musical theatre shows, battling it out for which group can out-sing the other!

    Dates

    From:
    11 May 2025Open 19:30 - 20:45
    More info for Heroes and Villains - Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
  17. Durham Singers performing in St Brandon's Church in 2023

    Add Durham Singers' Concert "Only in Sleep" to your Itinerary

    Durham Singers' Concert "Only in Sleep"

    Type

    Type:

    Concert

    Brancepeth

    In their summer concert 2025, the Durham Singers will perform music for Evening prayer.

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Durham Singers' Concert "Only in Sleep"
  18. 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
  19. 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

    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…

    Awards

    • Regional and Miscellaneous Weardale Visitor Network Member 2025Weardale Visitor Network Member

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 21:15 -
    From:
    26 July 2025Open 21:15 -
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    2 Aug 2025Open 21:15 -
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    9 Aug 2025Open 21:00 -
    From:
    16 Aug 2025Open 20:45 -
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    23 Aug 2025Open 20:30 -
    From:
    30 Aug 2025Open 20:15 -
    From:
    6 Sept 2025Open 20:00 -
    From:
    13 Sept 2025Open 19:45 -
    More info for Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025
  20. Headshot of Ella Henderson

    Add Ella Henderson: Live at Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Ella Henderson: Live at Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Concert

    Durham

    Prepare for an unforgettable evening of music as the sensational Ella Henderson takes centre stage at the historic Durham Cathedral, as part of this year's Live at the Cathedral concert series.

    Dates

    From:
    25 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Ella Henderson: Live at Durham Cathedral
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