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   Banter; Jez Lowe; Sam Carter sings Nic Jones - Durham Folk Festival

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   Flass Street, Durham

   Banter are Simon Care, Nina Zella, Tim Walker and Mark Jolley. Apart from being incredible musicians, they bring a totally fresh approach to their repertoire with re-workings of well-known songs and dance tunes. Renowned for their originality, they…

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   19 Sept 2026Open 20:30 - 23:30

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   Music Session - Sunday - Durham Folk Festival

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   Durham

   All instruments welcome. Free entry - no ticket needed

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   20 Sept 2026Open 14:00 - 16:00

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   High Spen Blue Diamonds Centenary - Durham Folk Festival

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   Flass Street, Durham

   High Spen Blue Diamonds: A Century of Rapper
   

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   19 Sept 2026Open 11:00 - 12:00

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   Music Session - Holy GrAle - Durham Folk Festival

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   Durham

   All instruments welcome!
   

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   18 Sept 2026Open 13:00 - 15:00

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   Spafford Campbell - Market Square - Durham Folk Festival

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   Durham

   Spafford Campbell are twenty-something mould-breakers, fiddle player Owen Spafford and guitarist Louis Campbell. The two first met as teenagers playing traditional music. The connection, they say, was immediate. The duo Spafford Campbell began…

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   20 Sept 2026Open 16:30 - 17:00

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   Monkey's Revenge - Durham Folk Festival

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   Durham

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

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   20 Sept 2026Open 14:30 - 15:00

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   The Grand Cavalcade - Durham Folk Festival

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   Durham

   On Sunday, make way for the Grand Cavalcade! Master entertainers set up in Durham Marketplace with The Grand Exhibition of Contraptions & Curiosities, a charming yet chaotic show of myths, music, magic, mayhem, silliness, songs, sparkles, bangs and…

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   20 Sept 2026Various Opening Times

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   North Pennines Star Gazing Festival

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   The North Pennines Stargazing Festival is back for 2026 – running between Friday 16 October and Sunday 1 November. This year is the tenth edition of the annual festival. Events are being organised by the North Pennines National Landscape team and a…

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   16 Oct 2026to1 Nov 2026

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   Why Space Travel is Hard - North Pennines Star Gazing Festival

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   Barnard Castle

   Join us for an exciting dark skies event in the Langdon Beck Hotel. The evening will be led by Andy Gray – local astronomer and science educator. The evening will start with a talk from Andy Gray on why space travel is hard. Humanity has come a long…

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   22 Oct 2026Open 19:00 - 22:00

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    Folk on the Water: The Wilsons - Durham Folk Festival

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    Durham

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

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    20 Sept 2026Open 11:00 - 12:00

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    Discover the Creatures of the Night - North Pennines Star Gazing Festival

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    Newbiggin

    Discover the hidden creatures of the night on a guided evening family walk from the Bowlees Visitor Centre in Upper Teesdale. Join the North Pennines National Landscape team as we explore the fascinating lives of moths, bats, owls and other…

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    27 Oct 2026Open 19:00 - 21:00

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

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    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…

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    20 Sept 2026Open 19:00 - 21:30

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    Klovharun - Durham Folk Festival

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    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…

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    20 Sept 2026Open 12:00 - 13:00

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

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    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.

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    20 Sept 2026Open 15:30 - 16:30

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    Folklore Across Forms - Durham Book Festival

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    Durham

    Morvern Graham, Amy Jeffs and Aimée MacDonald explore how modern interpretations of folklore can bring new life to ancient stories through prose and visual art. Visual artist Morvern Graham shares her new take on our country’s traditional folktales…

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    11 Oct 2026Open 17:30 - 18:30

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

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    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.

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    20 Sept 2026Open 19:00 - 21:30

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    Voices from the River Gaunless with Jake Morris-Campbell - Durham Book Festival

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    Durham

    In a new commission, writer Jake Morris-Campbell explores how a beguiling watercourse near Bishop Auckland – the River Gaunless, a tributary of the River Wear, known in Old Norse as ‘useless,’ – is being saved and enhanced for the community today.…

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    11 Oct 2026Open 16:00 - 17:00

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    Family Astronomy - North Pennines Star Gazing Festival

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    Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle

    This is a great way to get children interested in astronomy and science. They will enjoy an interactive talk in the classroom and then will be able to see and touch rocks from space – meteorites. A stunning interactive talk on space stuff in the…

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    Grassholme Observatory, Teesdale

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    31 Oct 2026Open 18:00 - 19:30

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    The Demon Barber Roadshow; Spafford Campbell - Durham Folk Festival

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    Durham

    For over two decades, The Demon Barbers have redefined live folk performance with their explosive fusion of traditional music, English folk dance and Hip-Hop choreography.

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    20 Sept 2026Various Opening Times

    More info for The Demon Barber Roadshow; Spafford Campbell - Durham Folk Festival
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    Sleep Stories: Romalyn Ante, Naomi Booth and Sarah Hall - Durham Book Festival

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    Durham

    Writers Romalyn Ante, Naomi Booth and Sarah Hall join us to discuss three specially commissioned short stories, which form part of Sleep Stories, a podcast series blending science and fiction, inspired by the contemporary sleep crisis.  

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    From:

    11 Oct 2026Open 14:00 - 15:00

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