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  1. Add Stargazing Suppers - High Force Hotel and Waterfall to your Itinerary

    Stargazing Suppers - High Force Hotel and Waterfall

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    Type:

    Dark Skies

    Forest-in-Teesdale

    Discover the magnificence of the night sky with an exciting stargazing experience at the breath-taking High Force Waterfall in County Durham.

    Dates

    From:
    30 Aug 2025to29 Mar 2026
    More info for Stargazing Suppers - High Force Hotel and Waterfall

  2. Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Rubbish Puppets to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Rubbish Puppets

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    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

  3. Add North Pennines NatureFest: Geoparks Rock to your Itinerary

    North Pennines NatureFest: Geoparks Rock

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    Type:

    Workshop

    Blanchland

    Come along to this family friendly workshop and find out what is fabulous about Geoparks around the world.

    Dates

    From:
    29 May 2025Open 10:30 - 12:30
    More info for North Pennines NatureFest: Geoparks Rock

  4. Add Cliffecon - Halloween Edition at Oak Leaf Sports Complex to your Itinerary

    Cliffecon - Halloween Edition at Oak Leaf Sports Complex

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    Halloween

    Newton Aycliffe

    Cliffecon Halloween Edition will be taking place on Saturday 25th October 2025 at Oakleaf Sports Complex.
    You can expect all the delicious geekiness of Cliffecon but with a spooky twist!

    Dates

    From:
    25 Oct 2025Open 10:30 - 16:00
    More info for Cliffecon - Halloween Edition at Oak Leaf Sports Complex

  5. Add Susan Gray - Shildon Library to your Itinerary

    Susan Gray - Shildon Library

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    Talks

    Shildon

    Join local author, Susan Gray for a talk about her novels and writing careerwhich began after celebrating a significant birthday.

    Dates

    From:
    5 June 2025Open 14:00 -
    More info for Susan Gray - Shildon Library

  6. Mother Courage and Her Children Ensemble ‘84

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Horden,

    Ensemble ‘84 present a bold new reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s classic anti-war play, Mother Courage and Her Children, translated by Lee Hall, performed by an all County-Durham cast and members of South Africa’s acclaimed Isango Ensemble.

    Dates

    From:
    14 May 2025to24 May 2025
    More info for Mother Courage and Her Children Ensemble ‘84

  7. Add Rock of Ages to your Itinerary

    Rock of Ages

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Chester-le-Street

    Rock of Ages takes you back to the time of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair!

    Dates

    From:
    11 June 2025to14 June 2025Open 19:15 - 22:00
    More info for Rock of Ages

  8. Add Pool - EDAN Art Gallery to your Itinerary

    Pool - EDAN Art Gallery

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    Exhibition

    Seaham

    The word 'Pool' has a range of what appear to be very different meanings although they are all related through some notion of 'coming together and sharing'. We can think of anything from pools of water, through pooled gambling 'The Pools', shared…

    Dates

    From:
    3 June 2025to12 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Pool - EDAN Art Gallery

  9. Add S&DR200 Presents WOW North East (Women of the World) International Festival to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 Presents WOW North East (Women of the World) International Festival

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    Type:

    Performance

    Durham City

    The first ever WOW Festival in the north-east of England will be packed with unmissable talks and performances, celebrating achievements and stories from women, girls, and non-binary people from the region and beyond.

    Dates

    From:
    17 Oct 2025to18 Oct 2025
    More info for S&DR200 Presents WOW North East (Women of the World) International Festival

  10. Add Waterfalls and Wildlife Walk. to your Itinerary

    Waterfalls and Wildlife Walk.

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    Type:

    Guided Walk

    Newbiggin, Barnard Castle

    Join our Senior Reserve Manager, Martin Furness for a 7.5 mile walk along the River Tees from Low Force, through juniper woods and up to High Force, returning along the lower slopes of Holwick Fell.

    Dates

    From:
    21 May 2025Open 10:00 - 15:00
    More info for Waterfalls and Wildlife Walk.

  11. Add Seed Bombs - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Seed Bombs - The Bowes Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Workshop

    Barnard Castle

    Join this engaging, hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own pollinator-friendly seed bomb using native seeds to take home with you.

    Dates

    From:
    26 May 2025Open 14:30 - 15:30
    More info for Seed Bombs - The Bowes Museum

  12. Add Ladies Opens - Brancepeth Castle Golf Club to your Itinerary

    Ladies Opens - Brancepeth Castle Golf Club

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    Type:

    Golf Events

    Durham

    Open events at Brancepeth are extremely popular and usually sell out very quickly as they attract visitors from all over the North of England and beyond.  We pride ourselves in making everyone’s visit to our golf course memorable by delivering…

    Dates

    From:
    29 May 2025
    From:
    27 June 2025
    From:
    12 Sept 2025
    More info for Ladies Opens - Brancepeth Castle Golf Club

  13. Add Railway 200 Talk: “Three Greeners of Etherley and a Model Steam Engine” with Tom Walker to your Itinerary

    Railway 200 Talk: “Three Greeners of Etherley and a Model Steam Engine” with Tom Walker

    Type

    Type:

    Talks

    Shildon

    Tom Walker is descended from the Greener family who played an important part in the operation of the S&DR at the Etherley engine house.

    Dates

    From:
    18 June 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Railway 200 Talk: “Three Greeners of Etherley and a Model Steam Engine” with Tom Walker

  14. Add LGBTQIA+ Object Trail - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    LGBTQIA+ Object Trail - The Bowes Museum

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Barnard Castle

    Explore The Bowes Museum’s collection through a different lens and learn about the stories and emotions objects hold through the lived experiences of those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

    Dates

    From:
    1 May 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for LGBTQIA+ Object Trail - The Bowes Museum

  15. Add Durham Choral Society presents Duruflé's Requiem and Fauré's Requiem to your Itinerary

    Durham Choral Society presents Duruflé's Requiem and Fauré's Requiem

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    Concert

    Durham

    The Durham Choral Society returns to Durham Cathedral for a performance of two monuments of French liturgical music, the Requiems by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) and Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986). Accompanied by the Cathedral's exceptional great organ,…

    Dates

    From:
    17 May 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Durham Choral Society presents Duruflé's Requiem and Fauré's Requiem

  16. Add The Discovery of Birds - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens to your Itinerary

    The Discovery of Birds - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Durham

    Drawing on Ushaw Library’s rich and varied natural history holdings, The Discovery of Birds illuminates the development of bird art and ornithology from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.

    Dates

    From:
    12 Apr 2025to22 June 2025
    More info for The Discovery of Birds - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

  17. Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years

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    Type:

    Family Fun

    Durham

    Magician, Tim Lichfield, was first bitten by the magic bug at the tender age of 7.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 15:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years

  18. Add Saturday Outdoor Market to your Itinerary

    Saturday Outdoor Market

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    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

  19. Add Railway 200: Shildon Shindig to your Itinerary

    Railway 200: Shildon Shindig

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Shildon

    The Shildon Shindig will be held on Saturday 17th May at Shildon AFC’s ground, which plays a huge part in the local community and is a real focal point for not just football fans but also local people, schools and businesses.

    Dates

    From:
    17 May 2025
    More info for Railway 200: Shildon Shindig

  20. Add Horticultural Show 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Horticultural Show 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

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    Type:

    Show / Display

    Beamish

    The museum has teamed up with the North East Horticultural Society for this annual event, taking place on the museum’s Events Field, which will see fierce, friendly competition at the museum as a vast array of vegetables, flowers and crafts are put…

    Dates

    From:
    6 Sept 2025to7 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Horticultural Show 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North