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  1. Add Fused Glass Cactus Workshop with Mexican Snacks to your Itinerary

    Fused Glass Cactus Workshop with Mexican Snacks

    Type

    Type:

    Workshop

    Lanchester

    Join us and Nat from Northern Sky Designs for a morning of creative fun at our very first Fused Glass Potted Cactus Workshop.

    Dates

    From:
    18 Oct 2025Open 13:30 - 16:30
    More info for Fused Glass Cactus Workshop with Mexican Snacks

  2. Add John Robertson "Plays With His Audience" to your Itinerary

    John Robertson "Plays With His Audience"

    Type

    Type:

    Comedy

    Barnard Castle

    Improv, mayhem, gaming comedy, crowd work and songs from the UK's most manic comic on his first-ever stand-up tour!

    Dates

    From:
    6 Dec 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for John Robertson "Plays With His Audience"

  3. Add Family Coastal Wildlife Walk to your Itinerary

    Family Coastal Wildlife Walk

    Type

    Type:

    Walking Event

    Horden

    Join us for a relaxing walk around Cotsford Fields, Horden. We'll look for wildflowers and insects, identify trees, and spot seasonal birds along our coastal grasslands.

    Dates

    From:
    12 Oct 2025Open 10:00 - 12:00
    More info for Family Coastal Wildlife Walk

  4. Add Connor Burns "Gallus" to your Itinerary

    Connor Burns "Gallus"

    Type

    Type:

    Comedy

    Barnard Castle

    GALLUS is Connor’s fourth solo hour. A prolific joke writer whose lightning fast, razor-sharp wit combines with his signature single malt Scottish-level cynicism to help create the perfect storm of brilliant jokes performed by a disarming comedy…

    Dates

    From:
    21 Oct 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Connor Burns "Gallus"

  5. Add Christmas Elizabethan Banquet - Lumley Castle Hotel to your Itinerary

    Christmas Elizabethan Banquet - Lumley Castle Hotel

    Type

    Type:

    Festive Food

    Chester le Street

    Enjoy the singing and humour presented by the Court Chamberlain, Herald, Musicians and Ladies of the Court, all in traditional costume while feasting yourself on succulent food, wine and mead.

    Dates

    From:
    6 Dec 2025Open 18:00 - 01:00
    From:
    19 Dec 2025Open 18:00 - 01:00
    More info for Christmas Elizabethan Banquet - Lumley Castle Hotel

  6. Add Seaham Seaside Market to your Itinerary

    Seaham Seaside Market

    Type

    Type:

    Markets

    Seaham

    Seaham Seaside Market is a weekly market held every Friday.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
    More info for Seaham Seaside Market

  7. Add Autumn Wellbeing Walk with Climate Action North - Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors to your Itinerary

    Autumn Wellbeing Walk with Climate Action North - Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors

    Type

    Type:

    Guided Walk

    Murton

    Join us for a Autumnal Wellbeing walk with Climate Action North our Eco Partner on Friday 10th October. 

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2025
    More info for Autumn Wellbeing Walk with Climate Action North - Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors

  8. Add Psycho Path - Lintz Hall Farm to your Itinerary

    Psycho Path - Lintz Hall Farm

    Type

    Type:

    Halloween

    Lintz Lane, Burnopfield

    PSYCHO PATH 2025 promises to be once again the biggest Halloween Event in the UK. Our Multi Award winning Screamathon is now established as a must experience event every year and 2025 will be no different. With more nightmarish attractions and…

    Dates

    From:
    27 Sept 2025to1 Dec 2025
    More info for Psycho Path - Lintz Hall Farm

  9. Add Halloween After Dark in The Plotters' Forest - Raby Castle Park and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Halloween After Dark in The Plotters' Forest - Raby Castle Park and Gardens

    Type

    Type:

    Halloween

    Staindrop

    Halloween After Dark Illuminated Trail in The Plotters Forest.

    Venue

    Raby Castle, Park and Gardens, Staindrop

    Dates

    From:
    25 Oct 2025to26 Oct 2025
    From:
    29 Oct 2025to31 Oct 2025
    More info for Halloween After Dark in The Plotters' Forest - Raby Castle Park and Gardens

  10. Add Saturday Outdoor Market to your Itinerary

    Saturday Outdoor Market

    Type

    Type:

    Markets

    Durham

    Every Saturday, the Market Place is transformed by up to 30 small independent traders…it becomes a traditional, bustling, fresh air market and a great shopping experience.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Saturday Outdoor Market

  11. Add Children's Lantern Parade and Saint Nicholas' Service at Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Children's Lantern Parade and Saint Nicholas' Service at Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    Durham City

    Build excitement for the Christmas season with a lantern procession from the Market Place to the cathedral.

    Dates

    From:
    7 Dec 2025Open 15:30 -
    More info for Children's Lantern Parade and Saint Nicholas' Service at Durham Cathedral

  12. Add Dark Sky Astronomy and Stargazing - North Pennines Stargazing Festival to your Itinerary

    Dark Sky Astronomy and Stargazing - North Pennines Stargazing Festival

    Type

    Type:

    Stargazing Events

    nr Mickleton

    ​​​​​​The event will begin with a welcome from the lead astronomer at Grassholme Observatory, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he was Director and CEO for over…

    Dates

    From:
    24 Oct 2025to26 Oct 2025Open 20:00 - 23:00
    More info for Dark Sky Astronomy and Stargazing - North Pennines Stargazing Festival

  13. Add Neapolitan Nativity - The Auckland Project to your Itinerary

    Neapolitan Nativity - The Auckland Project

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    Market Place, Bishop Auckland

    Be dazzled by our monumental 18th-century Neapolitan Nativity scene. This remarkable Baroque créche, known in Italian as a presepe, is a giant Nativity scene staged in a true-life Neapolitan setting.

    Venue

    The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland

    Dates

    From:
    21 Nov 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Neapolitan Nativity - The Auckland Project

  14. Add Fatherhood - a laugh out loud take on being a dad across generations and cultures. to your Itinerary

    Fatherhood - a laugh out loud take on being a dad across generations and cultures.

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Barningham

    A highly physical and laugh out loud take on fatherhood across generations, cultures and languages.

    Dates

    From:
    11 Oct 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Fatherhood - a laugh out loud take on being a dad across generations and cultures.

  15. Add Spotlight Tour - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Spotlight Tour - The Bowes Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Talks

    Barnard Castle

    A friendly and informative introduction to an exhibition, the collection or building. Led by The Bowes Museum’s team of Visitor Attendants, Curators and Volunteer Tour Guides, join us for an informal 30-minute tour, everyday at 11:00 to find out…

    Dates

    From:
    2 Jan 2025to4 Jan 2026Open 11:00 -
    More info for Spotlight Tour - The Bowes Museum

  16. Add Railway 200: Guided Tours of Stockton and Darlington Railway to your Itinerary

    Railway 200: Guided Tours of Stockton and Darlington Railway

    Type

    Type:

    Guided Walk

    Shildon

    To celebrate Railway 200, I am available to offer guided tours of the line by coach, bicycle or walking together with the opportunity of visiting the fabulous museums of Locomotion in Shildon, HopeTown in Darlington and Preston Park in Stockton.

    Dates

    From:
    23 Apr 2025to30 Nov 2025
    More info for Railway 200: Guided Tours of Stockton and Darlington Railway

  17. Add Big "Spooky" Science - Potion Making, Colour Changing Monster Brains & Dancing Ghosts to your Itinerary

    Big "Spooky" Science - Potion Making, Colour Changing Monster Brains & Dancing Ghosts

    Type

    Type:

    Halloween

    Lanchester

    Potion Making, Colour Changing Monster Brains & Dancing Ghosts. Join us for a session of  Big 'Spooky' Science where every child will take part in some hands on creepy science experiments.

    Dates

    From:
    31 Oct 2025Open 11:30 - 12:30
    More info for Big "Spooky" Science - Potion Making, Colour Changing Monster Brains & Dancing Ghosts

  18. Add Magna Carta and the North - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Magna Carta and the North - Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Exhibition

    Durham City

    800 years after the 1225 Magna Carta was issued, this exhibition features all six documents, exploring why Durham Cathedral came to have them, what they meant for life in the north of England, and their continuing importance today.

    Dates

    From:
    11 July 2025to2 Nov 2025Open 10:00 -
    More info for Magna Carta and the North - Durham Cathedral

  19. Add Alpaca Petting to your Itinerary

    Alpaca Petting

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Lanchester

    Join us and Fellside Alpacas for the return of our Alpaca Petting event.

    Dates

    From:
    28 Oct 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
    More info for Alpaca Petting

  20. Add Pyromusical - Kynren 2025 to your Itinerary

    Pyromusical - Kynren 2025

    Type

    Type:

    Bonfire Night

    Toronto, Bishop Auckland

    Join us for the seventh edition of our sensational Pyromusical on Saturday, 1st November 2025.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Nov 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Pyromusical - Kynren 2025