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Summer Highlights

From festivals and fetes to vintage vehicles and open air theatre, enjoy a packed summer of fun in Durham with events to enthral and excite the whole family.

Embrace the warmth and vibrancy of summer in Durham with our curated guide to seasonal highlights. Discover a plethora of events, from lively festivals and outdoor performances to family-friendly activities and cultural showcases. Immerse yourself in the richness of summer arts, enjoy open-air concerts, and savor culinary delights at seasonal workshops. Whether it's nature excursions or festive celebrations, Durham's summer highlights offer a diverse array of experiences for all. Stay connected with the latest happenings and make the most of your summer in Durham, where every moment becomes a highlight.

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  1. Agnes Barnes standing with her hands on her hips in front of images of a smiley face, a German flag, and childhood photos.

    Add Angela Barnes ANGST - The Witham to your Itinerary

    Angela Barnes ANGST - The Witham

    Type

    Type:

    Comedy

    Barnard Castle

    A brand-new stand-up show from Angela Barnes, star of Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo. Angela is a worrier. Whatever it is, she'll worry about it. But don't let that worry you – she'll worry enough for the both of you.

    Dates

    From:
    12 Sept 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Angela Barnes ANGST - The Witham
  2. Lizzie Lovejoy, 'Gobby Lass' wearing colourful eyeshadow, standing at the beach, next to vibrant beach houses

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Gobby Lass to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Gobby Lass

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    Type:

    Performance

    Owengate, Durham City

    If there's one thing to say about Lizzie Lovejoy, it's that they're a right Gobby Lass! Join them at Durham Fringe Festival for a spoken word celebration of the North East, filled with local stories, humour and a little bit of Northern dialect…

    Dates

    From:
    24 July 2025to26 July 2025Open 17:30 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Gobby Lass
  3. People visiting a colourful flower stall at the Artisan Market at Dalton Park Outlet and Outdoors.

    Add Summer Artisan Market - Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors to your Itinerary

    Summer Artisan Market - Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors

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    Type:

    Markets

    Murton

    Get ready for a weekend of shopping, sunshine and summer vibes at Dalton Park’s Summer Artisan Market

    Dates

    From:
    16 Aug 2025to17 Aug 2025
    More info for Summer Artisan Market - Dalton Park Outlet & Outdoors
  4. Crook Hall gardens

    Add Crook Hall Gardens Tour: History and Literary Links to your Itinerary

    Crook Hall Gardens Tour: History and Literary Links

    Type

    Type:

    Guided Walk

    Step into Crook Hall Gardens' past on a guided tour.

    Dates

    From:
    16 Apr 2025to29 Oct 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Crook Hall Gardens Tour: History and Literary Links
  5. A selection of disco glitter balls

    Add Decades Disco at Beamish Hall Hotel to your Itinerary

    Decades Disco at Beamish Hall Hotel

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    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    Beamish

    Put on your dancing shoes and party the night away to classics from the 80s, 90s and noughties.

    Dates

    From:
    13 Dec 2025Open 19:00 -
    From:
    19 Dec 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Decades Disco at Beamish Hall Hotel
  6. Cirque du Soleil Clown Master conceptor Daniel Passer playing the accordion

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting] to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting]

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    HEADING INTO NIGHT IS A clown ode (on forgetting) - it is joyous irreverent dance - innocence at the loss of memories - ecstatic glee at the regaining. Performed by Cirque du Soleil Clown Master conceptor Daniel Passer. In engagement and…

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 21:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting]
  7. Railway 200 logo

    Add Railway 200 Talk: “Timothy Hackworth – The Man who Engineered a Future for the Locomotive” – with Mike Norman to your Itinerary

    Railway 200 Talk: “Timothy Hackworth – The Man who Engineered a Future for the Locomotive” – with Mike Norman

    Type

    Type:

    Talks

    Shildon

    As we’re into the Stockton & Darlington Railway Bicentenary year, we’re teaming up with the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and Jane Hackworth-Young to present a series of talks at Timothy Hackworth’s own Institute.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Aug 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Railway 200 Talk: “Timothy Hackworth – The Man who Engineered a Future for the Locomotive” – with Mike Norman
  8. Poster promoting Howdy Show at Peterlee Pavilion - illustration of cowboys on horseback.

    Add Howdy - A Country Pop Extravaganza Show to your Itinerary

    Howdy - A Country Pop Extravaganza Show

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    Type:

    Dance

    Peterlee

    HOWDY, PETERLEE! Saddle up for the ULTIMATE Country and Western Show — Live music, line dancin', games, prizes, and a FREE glass of Moonshine to get you rollin'!

    Dates

    From:
    30 Aug 2025Open 14:30 - 19:00
    More info for Howdy - A Country Pop Extravaganza Show
  9. Silver spinner ring and tools.

    Add Silver Spinner Ring Workshop & Cream Tea - Lanchester Garden Centre to your Itinerary

    Silver Spinner Ring Workshop & Cream Tea - Lanchester Garden Centre

    Type

    Type:

    Workshop

    Lanchester

    A jewellery making workshop with Simply Smallholding is an experience to remember.

    Dates

    From:
    3 Aug 2025Open 09:00 - 13:00
    From:
    5 Oct 2025Open 09:00 - 13:00
    More info for Silver Spinner Ring Workshop & Cream Tea - Lanchester Garden Centre
  10. Modern Japanese bluish glass sculpture with a design based on ancient form.

    Add Exploring Ancient Japan at The Oriental Museum to your Itinerary

    Exploring Ancient Japan at The Oriental Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Learn about prehistoric Japan and make a clay dogu figure.

    Venue

    Durham University Oriental Museum, Durham City

    Dates

    From:
    1 Aug 2025Open 13:00 - 15:00
    More info for Exploring Ancient Japan at The Oriental Museum
  11. A Christmas Wreath with a pink ribbon

    Add Christmas Wreath Making to your Itinerary

    Christmas Wreath Making

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    Durham City

    Get ready to deck your halls with boughs of holly as we dive into the wonderful world of Christmas wreath making.

    Dates

    From:
    29 Nov 2025to30 Nov 2025Open 13:00 - 17:00
    More info for Christmas Wreath Making
  12. Safety expert Ian Crawford holding cutlery

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users: Advanced & Improvers to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users: Advanced & Improvers

    Type

    Type:

    Comedy

    Durham

    With fork-related accidents up by 7% and the teaspoon declared hazardous (size-to-injury wise), there has never been a better time to polish your cutlery safety awareness. Safety expert Ian Crawford serves his classic safety tips alongside all-new…

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 17:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users: Advanced & Improvers
  13. Text reads, 'Wreath Making' with illustrations of a wreath, Christmas lights and a Santa hat.

    Add Wreath Making - The Manor House Hotel & Spa to your Itinerary

    Wreath Making - The Manor House Hotel & Spa

    Type

    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    West Auckland, Bishop Auckland

    Add a touch of homemade charm to your Christmas with a Christmas wreath making workshop.

    Dates

    From:
    7 Dec 2025Open 11:30 - 16:00
    More info for Wreath Making - The Manor House Hotel & Spa
  14. Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market Logo with illustration of a tractor and carrot.

    Add Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market to your Itinerary

    Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market

    Type

    Type:

    Farmers Market

    Middleton-in-Teesdale

    March to December, traditional Farmers Market in an all-weather, undercover auction mart. Free Entry. Free Parking. Dog Friendly. 40+ Fabulous Foodie Traders every month.

    Dates

    From:
    22 Mar 2025to20 Dec 2025
    More info for Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market
  15. Hands with strings attached to fingers and letters on each string which spell 'The Rubbish Puppets'

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Rubbish Puppets to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Rubbish Puppets

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    A girl is hidden away in her bedroom, alone by design. Still, company seems to find her anyway when the messy room comes to life. The Rubbish Puppets bring her much needed friendship, but there’s only so much a rag tag group of animate objects can…

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 19:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: The Rubbish Puppets
  16. Stargazing at Raby Castle

    Add Stargazing at Raby Castle to your Itinerary

    Stargazing at Raby Castle

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    Type:

    Stargazing Events

    Staindrop

    This exclusive event offers a rare opportunity to explore the night sky under the expert guidance of a professional astronomer. Whether you are an experienced stargazer or a newcomer to astronomy, this session promises to provide valuable insights…

    Dates

    From:
    18 Oct 2025Open 19:00 -
    From:
    25 Oct 2025Open 19:00 -
    From:
    15 Nov 2025Open 18:00 -
    From:
    22 Nov 2025Open 18:00 -
    From:
    13 Dec 2025Open 18:00 -
    From:
    17 Jan 2026Open 18:00 -
    From:
    24 Jan 2026Open 18:00 -
    More info for Stargazing at Raby Castle
  17. Carriage pass to 'West Door of Westminster Abbey'

    Add Special Tour: Raby and The Royal Family - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Special Tour: Raby and The Royal Family - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens

    Type

    Type:

    Historical

    Staindrop

    Raby's hugely popular tour commemorating the castle's historic links with royalty returns for 2025. Beginning with Raby's origins as a manor belonging to King Canute in the early 11th century, we will guide you through almost 1,000 years of Raby's…

    Dates

    From:
    6 Sept 2025Open 10:00 -
    From:
    11 Oct 2025Open 10:00 -
    More info for Special Tour: Raby and The Royal Family - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens
  18. Black and white photo of St Michael and All Angels Church Hawthorn

    Add Diane Rowe - The History of Hawthorn - Murton Library to your Itinerary

    Diane Rowe - The History of Hawthorn - Murton Library

    Type

    Type:

    Talks

    Murton, Seaham

    Join local historian Diane Rowe for a talk on the history and geography of the Hawthorn settlement from the 880s to the present day. 

    Dates

    From:
    16 Sept 2025Open 10:30 -
    More info for Diane Rowe - The History of Hawthorn - Murton Library
  19. Emma Crossland & Sam Wilkinson drinking from mugs with swirly straws, standing against a swirly background.

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

    Durham Fringe Festival: Crossland & Wilkinson: Mean Business

    Type

    Type:

    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
  20. A match at Seat Unique Riverside on a sunny day, Lumley Castle pictured in the background.

    Add International Cricket Returns to Durham Riverside in 2025 to your Itinerary

    International Cricket Returns to Durham Riverside in 2025

    Chester le Street

    Durham Cricket have once again secured two England international fixtures in 2025. Both the men’s and women’s teams will play at Durham's Banks Homes Riverside ground in Chester le Street in prime summer slots.

    Dates

    From:
    22 July 2025Open 13:00 -
    More info for International Cricket Returns to Durham Riverside in 2025
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