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Christmas Gift Bouquet Workshop with The Northern Flower Garden
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Christmas and New Year
Durham
Join florist Debbie from The Northern Flower Garden to celebrate Christmas and make a gift for someone special. Learn the art of bouquet making just in time for Christmas! In this relaxed, hands-on workshop, Debbie will show you how to use the…
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- 19 Dec 2026Open 11:00 - 13:00
Festive Tablescape & Table Arrangement Workshop Periwinkle Barn
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Christmas and New Year
Staindrop, Darlington
Discover how to transform your table into a seasonal showpiece in this inspiring hands-on workshop. Deborah of Periwinkle Barn will begin by demonstrating how to create a beautiful table centrepiece alongside delicate bud vase arrangements, sharing…
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- 19 Dec 2026Open 10:00 - 12:00
Bowes Book Club: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - The Bowes Museum
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Workshop
Barnard Castle
Be transported to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, a contemporary novel that follows Nora Seed as she finds herself in a mysterious library between life and death, where each book offers the chance to explore a different version of her life.…
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- 20 Dec 2026Open 14:30 - 15:30
Breakfast with Santa - Empire Consett
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Christmas and New Year
Consett
Ho ho ho! Santa’s coming to town!
Come and enjoy breakfast with Father Christmas this festive season at Empire Consett where young ones can receive a present and enjoy a light breakfast of toast and pastries with juice or water. Accompanying adults…Dates
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- 20 Dec 2026Open 11:30 - 13:00
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- 24 Dec 2026Open 09:00 - 10:30
Breakfast with The Grinch & Cindy Lou
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Christmas and New Year
Chester le Street
Get ready for a morning of mayhem as the mean, green, Christmas crunching Grinch takes over breakfast! We’ve teamed up with Make My Day Events to bring Whoville’s most mischievous resident to life, enjoy some Yuletide yumminess with a side of…
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- 20 Dec 2026to21 Dec 2026Open 09:30 -
Luxury Christmas Table Arrangement with Periwinkle Barn
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Christmas and New Year
Staindrop, Darlington
Create a festive masterpiece in the Conservatory and embrace the art of seasonal floristry at our Luxury Christmas Table Arrangement Workshop. Set within the stunning glasshouse conservatory, this experience is guided by Deborah of Periwinkle Barn,…
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- 20 Dec 2026Open 10:30 - 12:30
The Grinch & Friends Festive Family Show
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Christmas and New Year
Carville, Durham
Join The Grinch and friends live on stage. Enjoy magical fun and games played with on stage characters like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Elsa singing LIVE! Numerous stage games and prizes, balloon drops and more, includes photographs and meet and…
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- 20 Dec 2026Open 12:00 - 16:00
Movies and Magic - Elf
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Christmas and New Year
Durham
Snuggle up in your PJ’s, get comfy to watch the fabulous festive movie Elf, be in awe and entertained by our magician and enjoy endless popcorn, hot dogs, pizzas, potato wedges and Christmas stotties!
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- 21 Dec 2026Open 14:30 - 18:00
Breakfast with Santa
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Christmas and New Year
Chester le Street
Share a magical morning with the big man himself! We’ve teamed up with Make My Day Events to bring you the ultimate Christmas experience - a festive breakfast filled with sparkle, songs and a sprinkle of Santa magic
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- 22 Dec 2026to23 Dec 2026Open 09:30 -
Little Elves Christmas Hunt
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Christmas and New Year
Chester le Street
Get ready for a festive adventure on the beautiful Castle grounds! Our Little Elves Hunt invites children to follow a trail of Christmas-themed clues, solving puzzles and discovering hidden surprises along the way. It’s the perfect way for little…
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- 22 Dec 2026to23 Dec 2026Various Opening Times
A Magical Christmas Stay - High Force Waterfall and Hotel
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Christmas and New Year
Forest In Teesdale, Barnard Castle
A relaxed countryside Christmas getaway in County Durham Looking for the perfect rural escape this festive season? Spend Christmas in the heart of the North Pennines National Landscape at High Force Hotel – a beautiful country hotel beside one of…
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- 24 Dec 2026to27 Dec 2026
Christmas Day at Józef’s Riverside Restaurant
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Christmas and New Year
Durham
Celebrate Christmas Day in true style at the Radisson Blu Durham, where your Christmas lunch begins with a sparkling glass of fizz on arrival to get the festivities off to a wonderful start. Settle in and savour a full Christmas menu bursting with…
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- 25 Dec 2026Open 12:00 - 15:00
May The Toys Be With You
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Exhibition
Darlington
From a galaxy far, far away to Hopetown Darlington, celebrate 50 years of Star Wars with one of the UK's finest collections of vintage toys, original cinema posters and memorabilia.
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- 9 Jan 2027to21 Mar 2027Open 10:00 - 16:00
DULOG: Shrek The Musical - Gala Durham
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Theatre
Durham
Shrek the Musical comes to Gala Durham in this hilarious and heartwarming stage spectacular, presented by Durham University’s biggest musical theatre company, DULOG.
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- 26 Jan 2027to30 Jan 2027Various Opening Times
David Bowie: On Tour
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Exhibition
Barnard Castle
Bringing together 100 highlights from the Victoria and Albert Museum's (V&A) David Bowie archive – many that have never been on public display before – David Bowie: On Tour will travel to venues across the UK across multiple years.
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- 23 Oct 2027to30 Jan 2028Open 10:00 - 17:00
An Audience with Dr Margaret Bradshaw - The Bowes Museum
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Talks
Barnard Castle
Celebrate the remarkable Upper Teesdale landscape and the rare flora found across the valley at this special evening with local botanist and ecologist Dr Margaret Bradshaw MBE.
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An Evening with Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen - Durham Book Festival
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Festival
Durham
Join award-winning poet Hollie McNish for a hilarious and heartfelt evening of poetry, reading from her latest collection, Virgin, and unpicking the meaning of the word with her trademark feminist wit, fury and compassion.
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Aurora Night - North Pennines Stargazing Festival
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Festival
Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle
After the welcome Gary, and the team, will take you on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe. Following this, you will be split into groups and, weather depending, start observing the sky, with telescopes and cameras. On certain nights throughout the…
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Bowie By Candlelight - Durham Cathedral
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Concert
Durham City
We are delighted to bring you Bowie by Candlelight, featuring 'David Live' The David Bowie Tribute Show. An incredible night of Bowie anthems including Let's Dance, Starman, Life on Mars, Rebel Rebel and more, performed by candlelight.
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Bread Alone Anthology - Durham Book Festival
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Festival
Durham
In the acclaimed new anthology, Bread Alone, 33 writers respond to the question ‘What happens when we run out of working-class writers?’.
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