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  1. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages

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    Type:

    Comedy

    Owengate, Durham City

    A comic tour of the medieval world with daft professor of medieval studies Luke Connell and his games, props and songs.

    Dates

    From:
    24 July 2025Open 18:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages

  2. Add Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Das Brass to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Das Brass

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    This year, Brass Festival will take over the streets…and the water too! Cruise along the River Wear on the Prince Bishop, with our fantastic street bands onboard.

    Dates

    From:
    20 July 2025Open 15:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: BRASS Boat Cruises Das Brass

  3. Vitality Blast 2025 Fixtures

    Type

    Type:

    Sporting Event

    Chester le Street

    Vitality Blast T20 from Wednesday, 11 June 2025 to Friday, 18 July 2025 at BANKS Homes Riverside.

    Dates

    From:
    11 June 2025to18 July 2025
    More info for Vitality Blast 2025 Fixtures

  4. Add Twenty Years of EDAN - The EDAN Gallery to your Itinerary

    Twenty Years of EDAN - The EDAN Gallery

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Seaham

    2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of EDAN. We would like to mark this with an exhibition that shows both the range of work that we are currently undertaking and also something of our history.

    Dates

    From:
    15 July 2025to23 Aug 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Twenty Years of EDAN - The EDAN Gallery

  5. Add S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways to your Itinerary

    S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways

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    Type:

    Festival

    Staindrop

    Raby Castle will celebrate the year with stories associated with 19th-century inventions, including the reactions of landowners and farmers to trains, as well as how travel evolved into a privilege for the upper classes from their collections.

    Dates

    From:
    1 June 2025to30 Nov 2025
    More info for S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways

  6. Add I Was Glad - Durham School Chapel to your Itinerary

    I Was Glad - Durham School Chapel

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    Type:

    Music Event

    Quarryheads Lane, Durham

    The Chapel Choirs of Durham University, in collaboration with Durham Student Music, will be performing a programme of beautiful choral music on Saturday 21 June in the atmospheric acoustics of Durham School's Chapel.

    Dates

    From:
    21 June 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for I Was Glad - Durham School Chapel

  7. Add Railway 200 Talk: “The Stockton & Darlington Railway – Getting America on Track” – with Jonathan Ratcliffe to your Itinerary

    Railway 200 Talk: “The Stockton & Darlington Railway – Getting America on Track” – with Jonathan Ratcliffe

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    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:
    17 Sept 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Railway 200 Talk: “The Stockton & Darlington Railway – Getting America on Track” – with Jonathan Ratcliffe

  8. Add Nature, Running & Parkinson's Group at Hamsterley Forest to your Itinerary

    Nature, Running & Parkinson's Group at Hamsterley Forest

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    Type:

    Wellness Event

    Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland

    Forestry England has launched a new physical activity and wellbeing pilot to help more people with Parkinson’s get active for the Spring in a fun and engaging way.

    Dates

    From:
    2 May 2025to18 June 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Nature, Running & Parkinson's Group at Hamsterley Forest

  9. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Funny Nobodies to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Funny Nobodies

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    Type:

    Comedy

    Durham

    Two Shows in One! Connor Read brings you ‘Legs Akimbo!’ Prepare for queer Geordie storytelling, full of witty observations and family revelations as he celebrates the Northern nannas who raised him.

    Dates

    From:
    27 July 2025Open 20:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Funny Nobodies

  10. Add Wolsingham Show 2025 to your Itinerary

    Wolsingham Show 2025

    Type

    Type:

    Agricultural Show

    Wolsingham

    Celebrate the county’s farming life at England’s oldest and Durham’s biggest open-air Agricultural show. A jam-packed weekend of family-friendly entertainment.

    Dates

    From:
    6 Sept 2025to7 Sept 2025
    More info for Wolsingham Show 2025

  11. Add Ella Henderson: Live at Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Ella Henderson: Live at Durham Cathedral

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    Type:

    Concert

    Durham

    Prepare for an unforgettable evening of music as the sensational Ella Henderson takes centre stage at the historic Durham Cathedral, as part of this year's Live at the Cathedral concert series.

    Dates

    From:
    25 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Ella Henderson: Live at Durham Cathedral

  12. Add Durham Brass Festival: Simon Armitage & LYR with Easington Colliery Brass Band present “Firm As A Rock We Stand” to your Itinerary

    Durham Brass Festival: Simon Armitage & LYR with Easington Colliery Brass Band present “Firm As A Rock We Stand”

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Durham Brass Festival hosts BBC Radio 4 The Verb.  Simon Armitage & LYR performing “Firm As A Rock We Stand” with Easington Colliery Brass Band.  Plus poetry presented by Ian McMillan.

    Dates

    From:
    18 July 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Durham Brass Festival: Simon Armitage & LYR with Easington Colliery Brass Band present “Firm As A Rock We Stand”

  13. Add Singing Break at Auckland Palace to your Itinerary

    Singing Break at Auckland Palace

    Type

    Type:

    Music Event

    Bishop Auckland

    An inspirational and uplifting weekend of singing in the company of composer, singer and music director Joanna Forbes l'Estrange in the magnificent setting of Auckland Palace. Participants will have the opportunity to sing Joanna's major new work, A…

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2025Open 13:00 - 16:00
    More info for Singing Break at Auckland Palace

  14. Crazy Creatures - Durham University Botanic Garden

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham

    Get interactive with the Crazy Creatures visiting the Garden for the day.

    Dates

    From:
    14 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    From:
    25 Oct 2025Open 10:30 - 16:00
    More info for Crazy Creatures - Durham University Botanic Garden

  15. Add Car Boot & Antique Fair to your Itinerary

    Car Boot & Antique Fair

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    Type:

    Antique Fairs

    Tow Law

    Car Boot & Antique Fair.  Large indoor and outdoor space with a cafe serving hot food.

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2025Open 10:00 - 15:00
    More info for Car Boot & Antique Fair

  16. Add Classic Car Show - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Classic Car Show - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens

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    Type:

    Show / Display

    Staindrop

    In an exciting collaboration between Raby and Durham Automobile Club, visitors can expect to see a stunning selection of Classic Cars. Whether you are a car enthusiast or simply looking for a fun day out, join us in the Deer Park to enjoy a car…

    Dates

    From:
    29 June 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for Classic Car Show - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens

  17. Add Crank It Up! 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Crank It Up! 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Beamish

    Join us for a host of science, technology, engineering and maths-related activities taking place over this special weekend!

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2025to6 July 2025
    More info for Crank It Up! 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

  18. Durham Book Festival 2025

    Type

    Type:

    Durham Book Festival

    Durham

    Durham Book Festival is one of the country’s oldest literary festivals, taking place in and around Durham City, returning this year on 10th to 12th October.

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2025to12 Oct 2025
    More info for Durham Book Festival 2025

  19. Add Durham County Show to your Itinerary

    Durham County Show

    Type

    Type:

    Agricultural Show

    nr Thornley

    The annual Durham County Show.

    Dates

    From:
    5 July 2025to6 July 2025
    More info for Durham County Show

  20. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last Act to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last Act

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    The year is 1916. Drawn from two years of Sussex retirement for the funeral of his friend, Dr Watson, Holmes returns to Baker Street to resolve ‘the last act’ of his epic career.

    Dates

    From:
    24 July 2025to26 July 2025Open 18:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last Act