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  1. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Amity – Back From The Brink to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Amity – Back From The Brink

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Owengate, Durham City

    An exhilarating show for all lovers of music and poetry.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 17:30 - 18:30
    From:
    27 July 2025Open 17:30 - 18:30
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Amity – Back From The Brink

  2. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the Quack to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the Quack

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    Ellie’s world shatters when her partner runs off with her closest friend. As she spirals, unexpected counsellors emerge from her past, leading her on a wild journey of self-discovery. But as the thrill of surrender takes hold, the line between…

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 19:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the Quack

  3. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Occupy to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Occupy

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    Where did we come from? Where are we going? When is Mother’s Day 2025? We would very much like to know. And where can we find answers? The Internet. And who could possibly show us the entirety of the Internet within the limits a tight 50-minute…

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 10:00 -
    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 10:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Occupy

  4. Add Secular Salon: Sam Green: The Story of Britain's First Openly Gay Councillor to your Itinerary

    Secular Salon: Sam Green: The Story of Britain's First Openly Gay Councillor

    Type

    Type:

    Talks

    Durham

    Professor Richard Huzzey, Professor of Modern History at Durham University, will be giving a talk on Sam Green, the country's first openly gay county councillor.

    Dates

    From:
    22 June 2025Open 19:00 - 21:00
    More info for Secular Salon: Sam Green: The Story of Britain's First Openly Gay Councillor

  5. Add Durham Fringe Festival - Adele Cliff: Adele, Adele, Adele… Cliff It Isn’t The Consequences Of My Own Actions to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival - Adele Cliff: Adele, Adele, Adele… Cliff It Isn’t The Consequences Of My Own Actions

    Type

    Type:

    Comedy

    Owengate, Durham City

    Fresh from performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Durham Fringe regular and 2023 Leicester Comedy Award Nominee Adele Cliff returns to examine lying, honesty and consequences. The many time Joke of the Fringe nominee, double…

    Dates

    From:
    25 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 21:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival - Adele Cliff: Adele, Adele, Adele… Cliff It Isn’t The Consequences Of My Own Actions

  6. Add The Rocky Horror Show - Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre to your Itinerary

    The Rocky Horror Show - Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    'Let's do the Time Warp again' as DULOG presents the ultra-camp cult classic sci-fi satire and celebration of self-expression: The Rocky Horror Show!

    Dates

    From:
    19 June 2025to21 June 2025Open 19:30 - 23:30
    More info for The Rocky Horror Show - Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre

  7. Add Railway 200: Diesel Pioneers Gala at Tanfield Railway to your Itinerary

    Railway 200: Diesel Pioneers Gala at Tanfield Railway

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Marley Hill, Tanfield

    Join us this September for the Diesel Pioneers Gala, a standout event in our Tanfield300 celebrations! Taking place on the 20th and 21st of September 2025, this gala is a tribute to the industrial diesel locomotives that played a vital role in…

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025to21 Sept 2025
    More info for Railway 200: Diesel Pioneers Gala at Tanfield Railway

  8. Add Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This unique programme pairs Northeast artists with talented brass ensembles to create new music and take part in a unique and unforgettable performance.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Brassed On

  9. Add Durham Singers' Concert "Only in Sleep" to your Itinerary

    Durham Singers' Concert "Only in Sleep"

    Type

    Type:

    Concert

    Brancepeth

    In their summer concert 2025, the Durham Singers will perform music for Evening prayer.

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Durham Singers' Concert "Only in Sleep"

  10. Add Weaving Stories: From Community Hands and Hearts to your Itinerary

    Weaving Stories: From Community Hands and Hearts

    Type

    Type:

    Exhibition

    Durham

    Spanning generations and cultures, each group explored a different part of the museum’s collection and responded through collage, painting, textiles, poetry, printmaking, and interactive installations. Their artworks reflect personal stories,…

    Dates

    From:
    24 May 2025to14 Sept 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Weaving Stories: From Community Hands and Hearts

  11. 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:
    27 June 2025
    From:
    12 Sept 2025
    More info for Ladies Opens - Brancepeth Castle Golf Club

  12. Add Boney M Live at Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Boney M Live at Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Concert

    The College, Durham

    Pop-Disco powerhouse BONEY M. will be performing live inside Durham Cathedral on Friday 24th October 2025!

    Dates

    From:
    24 Oct 2025Open 19:00 - 22:00
    More info for Boney M Live at Durham Cathedral

  13. Add Attelage Horse Weekend 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Attelage Horse Weekend 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Beamish

    See a remarkable carriage driving competition by the Concours d'International d'Attelage de Tradition (CIAT) take place around the museum.

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2025to14 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Attelage Horse Weekend 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

  14. Add Pockerley 30th Anniversary Celebrations at Beamish to your Itinerary

    Pockerley 30th Anniversary Celebrations at Beamish

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Stanley

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of Pockerley Old Hall, the museum will hold 30 activities at Pockerley between 17th May and 31st December 2025.

    Dates

    From:
    17 May 2025to31 Dec 2025
    More info for Pockerley 30th Anniversary Celebrations at Beamish

  15. Add Parkland Play - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Parkland Play - The Bowes Museum

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Barnard Castle

    Explore the museum with our spotting and drawing activities and enjoy our outside spaces with the Pocket Parkland Playbook, specially designed to help you get creative with the natural materials around you. All available from reception.

    Dates

    From:
    1 May 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Parkland Play - The Bowes Museum

  16. Add S&DR200 - STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS at Locomotion to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 - STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS at Locomotion

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Shildon

    ‘STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS’ is a new period costume drama, telling the extraordinary story of the birth of the railways.

    Dates

    From:
    21 Sept 2025to23 Sept 2025
    More info for S&DR200 - STEAM, WHEELS n’ RAILS at Locomotion

  17. Add National Meadows Day – Family Friendly to your Itinerary

    National Meadows Day – Family Friendly

    Type

    Type:

    Family Fun

    Holwick

    Celebrate National Meadows Day at this family friendly event. Join in the fun and creative activities for families and adults interested in nature, farming and cultural heritage.

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2025Open 10:30 - 15:30
    More info for National Meadows Day – Family Friendly

  18. Add Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Owengate, Durham City

    Lorca and Margot collide in a double bill. Forget about Brexit and join your European cousins for a night of clown, mime and absurdity.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 20:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot

  19. Add Riverbanks History Walk - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Riverbanks History Walk - Durham Cathedral

    Type

    Type:

    Walking Event

    The College, Durham

    Discover the hidden history of the woods and riverbanks that form the spectacular setting for the cathedral. Explore their historic features and trace their change from defensive site to Victorian pleasure garden on this 1.5-mile-long walk.

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025Open 10:30 -
    From:
    26 July 2025Open 10:30 -
    From:
    30 Aug 2025Open 10:30 -
    From:
    27 Sept 2025Open 10:30 -
    More info for Riverbanks History Walk - Durham Cathedral

  20. Walking with the Ghosts of Durham

    Type

    Type:

    Guided Walk

    Durham City

    Join the Ghost Whisperer for a guided walk around the city of Durham revealing some of the history and ghosts from Durham's dark past. 

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025
    More info for Walking with the Ghosts of Durham