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  1. Musician Pete Atkin, smiling with his black guitar on a grey background

    Add Foolow Carols - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Foolow Carols - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Market Place, Durham

    Join Seb Stone to learn about the unique Christmas Day carolling tradition from Foolow in Derbyshire, and prepare to come a-carolling at the Camp as Christmas Cabaret!

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026Open 14:00 - 15:00
    More info for Foolow Carols - Durham Folk Festival
  2. 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

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    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
  3. Four people standing on a balcony over the water, with the text 'Banter' underneath them

    Add Banter - Ceilidh - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Banter - Ceilidh - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Durham

    Banter is a dynamic English folk and ceilidh quartet known as the "world's smallest big band", featuring Simon Care, Nina Zella, Tim Walker, and Mark Jolley. Prepare for a joyous night of dancing!

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026Open 20:30 - 22:30
    More info for Banter - Ceilidh - Durham Folk Festival
  4. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser on the river, with the text 'Folk on the Water' underneath.

    Add Folk on the Water: Macdara Yeates & Jennifer Reid - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Folk on the Water: Macdara Yeates & Jennifer Reid - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Durham

    Macdara Yeates and Jennifer Reid share street songs of Manchester and Dublin.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 17:00 - 18:00
    More info for Folk on the Water: Macdara Yeates & Jennifer Reid - Durham Folk Festival
  5. A person wearing a shirt and tie, holding a guitar. The text  underneath reads 'Petunia.'

    Add Petunia - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Petunia - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Joining us from Canada, Petunia is more than just an entertainer; he’s a modern musical enigma. Imagine David Lynch and Nick Cave had a hillbilly baby that yodeled…or Tom Waits met Elvis at Woody Guthrie’s hobo junction. He’s been referred to as…

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 14:00 - 15:00
    More info for Petunia - Durham Folk Festival
  6. 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
  7. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser on the river, with the text 'Folk on the Water' underneath.

    Add Folk on the Water: Jez Lowe - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Folk on the Water: Jez Lowe - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    A musical river cruise on the River Wear.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 16:30 - 17:30
    More info for Folk on the Water: Jez Lowe - Durham Folk Festival
  8. 4 festive people in the snow, in an illustrated style, with the font 'Camp as Christmas Cabaret' underneath

    Add Camp as Christmas - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Camp as Christmas - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    A seasonally unseasonal celebration of holiday nonsense. Surprise festival guests treat you to specially-chosen Christmas classics. There might be presents under the tree for good little girls and boys. There might be drag queens. If he’s not too…

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026Open 20:00 - 22:30
    More info for Camp as Christmas - Durham Folk Festival
  9. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add Steve Turner; Pete Atkin; Ruth & Sadie Price - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Steve Turner; Pete Atkin; Ruth & Sadie Price - Durham Folk Festival

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    Festival

    Durham

    Steve Turner is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of the best voices in the business.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 15:30 - 18:30
    More info for Steve Turner; Pete Atkin; Ruth & Sadie Price - Durham Folk Festival
  10. 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
  11. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add A Dove Among a Flock of Old Crows: Women Traditional Musicians in England - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    A Dove Among a Flock of Old Crows: Women Traditional Musicians in England - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    When exploring traditional music, why do we find so little information about its women musicians? Katie Howson ranges across England, looks across the Irish Sea and the Atlantic (and even further afield) to discover more about them. Through music,…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 13:30 - 15:00
    More info for A Dove Among a Flock of Old Crows: Women Traditional Musicians in England - Durham Folk Festival
  12. 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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    Type:

    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
  13. People tending to a small rowing boat on a rocky landscape.

    Add Klovharun - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Klovharun - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Klovharun is the name of the island in Finland where author Tove Jansson and artist Tuulikki Pietilä spent 26 summers. Tove is best known as the beloved creator of The Moomins, but more recently, her personal life has been revealed as a pioneering…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 12:00 - 13:00
    More info for Klovharun - Durham Folk Festival
  14. People tending to a small rowing boat on a rocky landscape.

    Add Gift of the Gab - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Gift of the Gab - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Gary (Gacko) Bridgens has been a showman and storyteller for 36 years. Ian Douglas is an outdoor theatre practitioner, a sought-after storyteller and raconteur. Both perform with the Grand Cavalcade/Magic Lantern on Sunday, but in Gift of the Gab…

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2026Open 11:30 - 12:30
    More info for Gift of the Gab - Durham Folk Festival
  15. Black and white photograph of a woman with long wavy hair standing with arms crossed, facing slightly to the side. Background is plain with a draped f

    Add Nerina Pallott in Concert at The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Nerina Pallott in Concert at The Bowes Museum

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    Type:

    Concert

    Barnard Castle

    Enjoy an unforgettable evening with critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot at The Bowes Museum this December.

    Venue

    The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

    Dates

    From:
    4 Dec 2026to5 Dec 2026Open 18:30 -
    More info for Nerina Pallott in Concert at The Bowes Museum
  16. Graphic with bold wording, Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced, against a newspaper background.

    Add Agatha Christie's A Murder Is Announced - Park View Theatre to your Itinerary

    Agatha Christie's A Murder Is Announced - Park View Theatre

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Chester le Street

    An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock's Victorian house. The victim is not one of the house's several occupants, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic…

    Dates

    From:
    10 Sept 2026to12 Sept 2026Open 19:15 - 21:30
    More info for Agatha Christie's A Murder Is Announced - Park View Theatre
  17. The Hound of The Baskervilles 22nd - 28th November 2026.

    Add The Hound of the Baskervilles - The City Theatre to your Itinerary

    The Hound of the Baskervilles - The City Theatre

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Back Silver Street, Durham

    A reduced cast production of this classic tale.

    Dates

    From:
    22 Nov 2026Open 14:30 -
    From:
    23 Nov 2026to27 Nov 2026Open 19:30 -
    From:
    28 Nov 2026Open 14:30 -
    More info for The Hound of the Baskervilles - The City Theatre
  18. L-R John Lyons, Richard Turner and Alan Patrickson.

    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

    From:
    23 Oct 2026to25 Oct 2026
    More info for Durham Jazz Festival
  19. Photograph of a woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a black top, looking pensively to her left. Background features a softly blurred body o

    Add St Catherine's Child in Concert at The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    St Catherine's Child in Concert at The Bowes Museum

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    Type:

    Concert

    Barnard Castle

    The Bowes Museum is delighted to welcome back emerging artist Ilana Zsigmond, AKA St Catherine's Child, for her second live performance in the beautiful setting of the Jubilee Room. Don't miss this chance to experience an evocative evening of…

    Venue

    The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2026Open 18:30 -
    More info for St Catherine's Child in Concert at The Bowes Museum
  20. Wallace and Gromit characters holding brass instruments against a green background

    Add Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers LIVE with EverReady Band - Empire Consett to your Itinerary

    Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers LIVE with EverReady Band - Empire Consett

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    Type:

    Family Fun

    Consett

    EverReady Band is bringing the award-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers LIVE to Empire Consett this October!
    ​​​​​​​Join one of the UK’s most celebrated brass bands for an unforgettable afternoon of live music, laughter and cinematic magic.

    Dates

    From:
    24 Oct 2026Open 14:30 -
    More info for Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers LIVE with EverReady Band - Empire Consett
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