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  1. Add S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways to your Itinerary

    S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways

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    Festival

    Staindrop

    Raby Castle will celebrate the year with stories associated with 19th-century inventions, including the reactions of landowners and farmers to trains, as well as how travel evolved into a privilege for the upper classes from their collections.

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025to31 Oct 2025Open 11:00 - 16:00
    From:
    3 July 2025to29 Oct 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways

  2. Durham Book Festival 2025

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    Durham Book Festival

    Durham

    Durham Book Festival is one of the country’s oldest literary festivals, taking place in and around Durham City, returning this year on 10th to 12th October.

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2025to12 Oct 2025
    More info for Durham Book Festival 2025

  3. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Durham Fringe Family Showcase to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Durham Fringe Family Showcase

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    To celebrate the 5th year of the Fringe & our biggest family offering to date, we're hosting a FREE family showcase.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 13:30 - 14:30
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Durham Fringe Family Showcase

  4. Add Durham Fringe Festival: COUAC … Physical Comedy to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: COUAC … Physical Comedy

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    Comedy

    Durham City

    This wordless show is an invitation to reflect on the place of nature and technology in our lives and the importance of preserving our humanity.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 14:30 - 15:30
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: COUAC … Physical Comedy

  5. Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Last Hurrah to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Last Hurrah

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    The Last Hurrah examines a family of ordinary people wrapped up in secrets and choices to be made.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 15:30 - 16:30
    From:
    25 July 2025to26 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: The Last Hurrah

  6. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Crossland & Wilkinson: Mean Business to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Crossland & Wilkinson: Mean Business

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    Comedy

    Durham

    Emma Crossland & Sam Wilkinson welcome you to Crossland & Wilkinson, the funniest megacorporation on the FTSE100. This induction covers vital topics like company history, your place in our grand plan (sorry, "strategy") and all the usual corporate…

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    From:
    25 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Crossland & Wilkinson: Mean Business

  7. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Charming to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Charming

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    Theatre

    Durham

    It's twenty years after the wedding. Cinderella has filed for divorce. The Slipper has shattered! What's a Prince to do? A brand new comedy by celebrated playwright Annie Lux.

    Dates

    From:
    24 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 22:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Charming

  8. Add Durham Fringe Festival - Phil Green: A Broken Man’s Guide to Fixing Others to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival - Phil Green: A Broken Man’s Guide to Fixing Others

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    Comedy

    Durham

    After a chance meeting at a failed Big Brother audition changed his life and the lives of others, Phil now brings us a show to save all men from a mental health crisis (well, maybe not all men). As heard on BBC Radio 4.

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival - Phil Green: A Broken Man’s Guide to Fixing Others

  9. Add Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot

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    Theatre

    Owengate, Durham City

    Lorca and Margot collide in a double bill. Forget about Brexit and join your European cousins for a night of clown, mime and absurdity.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 20:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot

  10. Add Durham Brass Festival: Bill Ryder-Jones & NASUWT Riverside Band presents "Iechyd Da" to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Bill Ryder-Jones & NASUWT Riverside Band presents "Iechyd Da"

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    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Following Bill’s recent collaborations with the BBC Concert Orchestra, this show will bring a bold new reimagining of Iechyd Da to this year’s Durham Brass Festival.

    Dates

    From:
    15 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Bill Ryder-Jones & NASUWT Riverside Band presents "Iechyd Da"

  11. Add Durham Fringe Festival - Steve Pledger to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival - Steve Pledger

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    Music Event

    Owengate, Durham City

    Steve Pledger will again be performing a selection of award-winning songs at Durham Fringe Festival 2025. His songs - taken from across his 4 critically-acclaimed albums - reflect the times in which we live and are sure to be delivered with his…

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 18:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival - Steve Pledger

  12. Durham Brass Festival: Streets of Brass

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Durham City comes alive in July with some of the very best street bands from the UK and beyond in ‘Streets of Brass’.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025to20 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Streets of Brass

  13. Add Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Always Drinking Marching Band to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Always Drinking Marching Band

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This year, Brass Festival will take over the streets…and the water too! Cruise along the River Wear on the Prince Bishop, with our fantastic street bands onboard.

    Dates

    From:
    20 July 2025Open 11:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Always Drinking Marching Band

  14. Add S&DR200 - Railway Firsts at Locomotion to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 - Railway Firsts at Locomotion

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Shildon

    Home to one of largest collections of historic rail vehicles in the world, Locomotion is pulling out all the stops to commemorate S&DR200.

    Dates

    From:
    15 Feb 2025to31 Dec 2025
    More info for S&DR200 - Railway Firsts at Locomotion

  15. Add Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This unique programme pairs Northeast artists with talented brass ensembles to create new music and take part in a unique and unforgettable performance.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On

  16. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Love Hurts to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Love Hurts

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    Death has had a rebranding – the cape and scythe has had to go and he's here with his purple suit and his customer satisfaction survey to give death a more user-friendly vibe.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 16:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Love Hurts

  17. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-E to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-E

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    On her first day prison officer Casey will be placed into The Isolation wing with the hardened officer Stafford to show her the ropes. Whilst there, Casey will encounter The Mad, The Bad and The Sad of the prison world.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 20:30 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-E

  18. S&DR200 - Memory of a Journey

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    Children/Family events

    Various locations throughout March to August 2025 S&DR200 Presents: Trains have been part of our lives for 200 years. This project is a participation project that encourages visitors to reminisce about a journey that they remember.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Mar 2025to31 Aug 2025
    More info for S&DR200 - Memory of a Journey

  19. Add S&DR200 Celebrating Railways: Past, Present and Future at Locomotion to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 Celebrating Railways: Past, Present and Future at Locomotion

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Shildon

    The highlight of the anniversary year will be Rail Futures, a celebratory festival taking place in late September and early October.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Sept 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for S&DR200 Celebrating Railways: Past, Present and Future at Locomotion

  20. Add S&DR200 - STEAM to the Future to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 - STEAM to the Future

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Station Road, Darlington

    An exhibition reflecting on the history of steam railways and how the rail industry is gearing up for a second revolution driven by the growing green technologies sector in Teesside.

    Dates

    From:
    11 July 2025to5 Oct 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for S&DR200 - STEAM to the Future