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  1. Jeremy McComb, a country singer in a white cowboy hat - regales the packed audience on his last visit to Steam Machine

    Add Nashville Meets Aycliffe: Jeremy McComb - Steam Machine to your Itinerary

    Nashville Meets Aycliffe: Jeremy McComb - Steam Machine

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    Concert

    Newton Aycliffe

    Grammy-nominated country singer Jeremy McComb is headed back to the UK for three shows only - his last here until at least 2028 - and he's returning to Steam Machine. Jeremy McComb released his 7th album in October 2025, and we are delighted and…

    Dates

    From:
    14 Sept 2026Open 19:00 - 22:00
    More info for Nashville Meets Aycliffe: Jeremy McComb - Steam Machine
  2. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the letter 'o', with a light yellow background.

    Add Monkey's Revenge - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Monkey's Revenge - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    The first & the original Hartlepool Shanty choir, singing songs of the sea, the north and, of course monkeys!

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 14:30 - 15:00
    More info for Monkey's Revenge - Durham Folk Festival
  3. Four men singing on stage, with text underneath The Wilson Family.

    Add Welcome to Durham: an hour with The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Welcome to Durham: an hour with The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    Our Patrons set the tone for a fantastic weekend with an a capella hour of song at the Pitmen's Parliament.

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026Open 13:00 - 14:00
    More info for Welcome to Durham: an hour with The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival
  4. 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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    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
  5. 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
    From:
    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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Musician Katie Howson, holding an accordion with her name at the bottom.

    Add Katie Howson: Carry on Squeezing - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Katie Howson: Carry on Squeezing - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    Musician, researcher and historian Katie co-founded the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust with her late husband John. 50 years of melodeon-playing are explored here with light-hearted (non-scary) audience participation: choose one of Katie's…

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026Open 15:30 - 17:00
    More info for Katie Howson: Carry on Squeezing - Durham Folk Festival
  9. G4 members wearing santa hats and suits.

    Add G4 Christmas 2026 - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    G4 Christmas 2026 - Durham Cathedral

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    Type:

    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

    From:
    23 Nov 2026Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for G4 Christmas 2026 - Durham Cathedral
  10. The Prince Bishop River Cruiser on the river, with the text 'Folk on the Water' underneath.

    Add Folk on the Water: The Tom McConville Band - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Folk on the Water: The Tom McConville Band - Durham Folk Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    A one-hour cruise on the River Wear with a legendary figure of North East music and his band.

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026Open 15:30 - 16:30
    More info for Folk on the Water: The Tom McConville Band - Durham Folk Festival
  11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) advertising poster.

    Add John Barrymore in Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1920) with Live accompaniment by Aaron Hawthorne at the Wurlitzer organ to your Itinerary

    John Barrymore in Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1920) with Live accompaniment by Aaron Hawthorne at the Wurlitzer organ

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    Type:

    Music Event

    Howden le Wear, Crook

    Award-winning young Scottish organist AARON HAWTHORNE plays another 'live' silent movie accompaniment following his widely acclaimed performance last year.

    Dates

    From:
    22 Nov 2026Open 14:30 - 17:00
    More info for John Barrymore in Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1920) with Live accompaniment by Aaron Hawthorne at the Wurlitzer organ
  12. A text logo on a yellow background, with the Sanctuary knocker featured. Durham Folk Festival

    Add Durham Folk Festival - Redhills Durham Miners Hall to your Itinerary

    Durham Folk Festival - Redhills Durham Miners Hall

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    Type:

    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham City

    Join us for our first Durham Folk Festival, 18 - 20 September 2026. The best folk artists in the country, plus pub music sessions, free family events, ceilidhs and more.

    Venue

    Redhills Durham Miners Hall, Durham City

    Dates

    From:
    18 Sept 2026to20 Sept 2026Open 10:00 - 00:00
    More info for Durham Folk Festival - Redhills Durham Miners Hall
  13. 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

    Type

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

    Add The Wilsons' Farewell Set; The Welfare Collective; Johnny Handle - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    The Wilsons' Farewell Set; The Welfare Collective; Johnny Handle - Durham Folk Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Festival

    Flass Street, Durham

    The Wilsons are our Patrons, and proud purveyors of North East song and the most powerful family vocal harmonies. Their set will close this year's festival.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Open 19:00 - 21:30
    More info for The Wilsons' Farewell Set; The Welfare Collective; Johnny Handle - Durham Folk Festival
  15. Durham folk festival logo with a purple sanctuary knocker as the 'o', on a light yellow background.

    Add Morris Dance Displays - Durham Folk Festival to your Itinerary

    Morris Dance Displays - Durham Folk Festival

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    Type:

    Festival

    Durham

    Morris dance displays in the Market Square, including performances from:

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2026Various Opening Times
    More info for Morris Dance Displays - Durham Folk Festival
  16. A man playing a classical guitar, seated against a plain, warm-toned background. The man wears a dark suit, focusing on his fingers.

    Add Juan Martín Masterclass - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Juan Martín Masterclass - The Bowes Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Master Class

    Barnard Castle

    Aspiring flamenco players can take advantage of an opportunity to spend time with one of the world's guitar greats.

    Dates

    From:
    25 Oct 2026Open 10:30 - 12:30
    More info for Juan Martín Masterclass - The Bowes Museum
  17. 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
  18. 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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    Type:

    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
  19. 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

    Type

    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
  20. 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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    Type:

    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
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