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  1. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add Introduction to the Uilleann Pipes - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Introduction to the Uilleann Pipes - Durham Folk Festival

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    Market Place, Durham

    If you've ever fancied learning the traditional Irish pipes, this is a fantastic first step.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 11:30 - 12:30
    More info for Introduction to the Uilleann Pipes - Durham Folk Festival
  2. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add 'The Homecoming'. The Sharon Shannon Trio; The Alistair Anderson Band; Easington Colliery Band with the Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    'The Homecoming'. The Sharon Shannon Trio; The Alistair Anderson Band; Easington Colliery Band with the Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Durham

    Over a career spanning 30 years, Sharon Shannon has redefined Irish traditional music while becoming one of its greatest stars. Her unique accordion style, inspired by traditional fiddle playing, has brought Irish music to a global audience.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 19:30 - 22:30
    More info for 'The Homecoming'. The Sharon Shannon Trio; The Alistair Anderson Band; Easington Colliery Band with the Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival
  3. Opulence at Lumley Castle Hotel

    Add Opulence at Lumley Castle Hotel to your Itinerary

    Opulence at Lumley Castle Hotel

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    Music Event

    Chester-Le-Street

    Lumley Castle Hotel at Chester-le-Street, County Durham, will be the backdrop for Opulence, running on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 September.

    While the big-name performers are not being unveiled until later this month, organisers have promised it will…

    Dates

    From:
    4 Sept 2026to5 Sept 2026
    More info for Opulence at Lumley Castle Hotel
  4. Mark Harrison wearing a hat and white shirt, performing on stage with his guitar.

    Add Mark Harrison - Claypath Delicatessen to your Itinerary

    Mark Harrison - Claypath Delicatessen

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    Music Event

    Durham City

    MARK HARRISON is widely considered one of the most original and interesting blues artists around. His alternative, all-original music has taken him to some iconic venues and festivals in the UK, attracting acclaim wherever he goes. In 2019 he…

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 18:30 - 21:00
    More info for Mark Harrison - Claypath Delicatessen
  5. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add Voices from the Tradition - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Voices from the Tradition - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    Featuring Seb Stone, Ruth & Sadie Price, Rosie Stewart and Graham Pirt

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 12:00 - 13:30
    More info for Voices from the Tradition - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival
  6. People tending to a small rowing boat on a rocky landscape.

    Add Voices from the Tradition - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Voices from the Tradition - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Durham

    Featuring Anne Lamb & Graeme Bell, the McKeaney Sisters, Ruth & Sadie Price, Katie Howson and Mark Borthwick

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 13:00 - 15:00
    More info for Voices from the Tradition - Durham Folk Festival
  7. A person singing outside with a guitar and microphone, with the text 'Calum Baird' underneath.

    Add Calum Baird - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Calum Baird - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    Calum Baird is an emerging Scottish folk, punk and story-telling singer-songwriter and musician who's been featured on BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Scotland.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 14:30 - 15:30
    More info for Calum Baird - Durham Folk Festival
  8. 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

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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.

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
    From:
    11 Oct 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
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    8 Nov 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
    From:
    13 Dec 2026Open 11:30 - 13:30
    More info for Beamish Folk - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
  9. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser on the river, with the text 'Folk on the Water' underneath.

    Add Folk on the Water: The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Folk on the Water: The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    An hour on the River Wear with our festival Patrons, whose ringing harmonies and powerhouse voices are sure to startle the swans.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 11:00 - 12:00
    More info for Folk on the Water: The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival
  10. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary Sextet; Faris Ishaq - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Durham

    Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary are an acclaimed musical duo known for fusing English folk traditions with Egyptian Maqam music. Tamsin Elliott is a Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist who plays the fiddle, lever harp, and a specially adapted…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 19:00 - 21:30
    More info for Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary Sextet; Faris Ishaq - Durham Folk Festival
  11. A person singing outside with a guitar and microphone, with the text 'Calum Baird' underneath.

    Add Calum Baird - People's Bookshop - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Calum Baird - People's Bookshop - Durham Folk Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Calum Baird is an emerging Scottish folk, punk and story-telling singer-songwriter and musician who's been featured on BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Scotland.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 19:30 - 21:00
    More info for Calum Baird - People's Bookshop - Durham Folk Festival
  12. A group of four people sitting down playing folk instruments, with the text 'Relentless Ceilidh Band' underneath.

    Add Relentless Band, Caller Fee Lock - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Relentless Band, Caller Fee Lock - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Relentless are an energetic ceilidh band blurring the line between traditional and contemporary dance music. With boundless enthusiasm and musical intensity, they drive the dancing with a power that’s bold and utterly infectious.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 13:00 - 15:00
    More info for Relentless Band, Caller Fee Lock - Durham Folk Festival
  13. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the 'o', on a light yellow background.

    Add Late Sing With The Wilsons - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Late Sing With The Wilsons - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    With the Wilsons. Last orders midnight; last buses 1am.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 21:00 - 23:59
    More info for Late Sing With The Wilsons - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival
  14. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add Windborne; Angeline Morrison - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Windborne; Angeline Morrison - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    Windborne went viral in 2017 for singing the Chartist anthem "The Song of the Lower Classes" outside Trump Tower. From the USA, their music has deep roots in traditions of vocal harmony and protest. Known for the innovation of their arrangements,…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 14:30 - 17:00
    More info for Windborne; Angeline Morrison - Durham Folk Festival
  15. Guitarist Claude Bourbon, performing live at Together Lounge on a dark stage.

    Add Sunday Afternoon Live Music - Claude Bourbon - Together Lounge to your Itinerary

    Sunday Afternoon Live Music - Claude Bourbon - Together Lounge

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    Type:

    Music Event

    Consett

    We're incredibly excited to welcome internationally acclaimed guitarist Claude Bourbon to Together Lounge for a very special Sunday afternoon performance.

    Dates

    From:
    6 Sept 2026Open 16:00 - 18:00
    More info for Sunday Afternoon Live Music - Claude Bourbon - Together Lounge
  16. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the 'o', on a light yellow background.

    Add Music Session in the Lantern Room - Saturday - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Music Session in the Lantern Room - Saturday - Durham Folk Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Market Place, Durham

    All instruments welcome.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 20:00 - 22:00
    More info for Music Session in the Lantern Room - Saturday - Durham Folk Festival
  17. Doc (left) and Marty McFly (right) looking bewildered into the night holding a scientific remote

    Add Back To The Future: Special Screening - Gala Durham to your Itinerary

    Back To The Future: Special Screening - Gala Durham

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    Great Scott!

    In the summer of 1985, Robert Zemeckis’s Back To The Future sent audiences hurtling through time in a DeLorean.
    Just over forty years later, Marty, Doc, Biff, and that unmistakable score are coming back to the big screen, fully…

    Dates

    From:
    5 Sept 2026Open 19:00 -
    More info for Back To The Future: Special Screening - Gala Durham
  18. Four sisters, smiling shoulder to shoulder in pink clothing, in front of a body of water. The text 'The McKeaney Sisters' underneath.

    Add An hour or so with The McKeaney Sisters - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    An hour or so with The McKeaney Sisters - Durham Folk Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    We were delighted when Anna, Rosie, Peggy and Kathleen accepted our invitation to perform at the first Durham Folk Festival for a rare opportunity to hear them in England. We can think of no better representatives of a true, honest singing tradition.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 15:30 - 16:30
    More info for An hour or so with The McKeaney Sisters - Durham Folk Festival
  19. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add Angeline Morrison, Macdara Yeates, Seb Stone - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Angeline Morrison, Macdara Yeates, Seb Stone - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Recently hailed as one of MOJO's 'voices taking folk into the future', Angeline Morrison is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who explores traditional song with a deep love, respect and curiosity. Her album 'The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs…

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 15:30 - 18:30
    More info for Angeline Morrison, Macdara Yeates, Seb Stone - Durham Folk Festival
  20. Person with glasses and a cap looking down at the camera, text 'Taffy Thomas.'

    Add Taffy Thomas - Market Square - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Taffy Thomas - Market Square - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Britain's very first Storytelling Laureate, Taffy has a repertoire of more than 300 stories, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation. This repertoire was built by meeting and working with…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 18:30 - 19:00
    More info for Taffy Thomas - Market Square - Durham Folk Festival
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