What's on this Week
Find out what’s happening this week across the Culture County. From festivals and exhibitions, to sport and theatre, you’re certain to have an eventful time in Durham.
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Children/Family events
Various locations throughout March to August 2025 S&DR200 Presents: Trains have been part of our lives for 200 years. This project is a participation project that encourages visitors to reminisce about a journey that they remember.
Children/Family events
The Fringe Festival will include events created by community organisations, local businesses and heritage partners.
Festival
The 27 September 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), which gave birth to the modern railway. To celebrate this landmark anniversary, the nine-month S&DR200 Festival will take place across…
Children/Family events
Fall in love with blossom at Crook Hall Gardens, across the city of Durham and throughout the North East this year. Pick up a blossom map, take part in an event, or simply savour the uplifting impact of blossom.
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.
Children/Family events
Durham
Come and see the new-born lambs during March and April. We have several different breeds of sheep which will lamb over 8 weeks. Feed the pet lambs and see the fluffy Easter chicks, as well as all the usual farm activities.
Exhibition
Barnard Castle
Discover the timeless elegance, craftsmanship and innovation of Joséphine Bowes’ textile collection.
Exhibition
This bespoke touring library exhibition will travel round the region and showcases the Stockton and Darlington Railway's history using high-quality reproductions of important artefacts and documents found and brought together from archives across…
Show / Display
Shildon
In April, Locomotion, in partnership with Shildon Model Railway Club, will host a model railways show featuring a range of different layouts and displays.
Easter
Stanley
Special Dietary & Children's Menu Children's Afternoon Tea Menu Gluten Free Afternoon Tea Menu Vegan Afternoon Tea Menu
Causey's Traditional Indulge in a selection of delicate sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream and jam, and a…
Exhibition
Durham
This year, our iconic book takes centre stage at Palace Green Library.
Exhibition
Station Road, Darlington
An exhibition looking at the engineering innovation that inspired Stephenson, the father of the railways, leading to the opening of Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825.
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.
Guided Walk
A guided walk from Crook Hall Gardens delving into the history of Durham.
Guided Walk
Step into Crook Hall Gardens' past on a guided tour.
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.
Exhibition
Seaham
Photography by EDAN artists and Northern School of Art photographic students.
Theatre
Stockton Road, Seaham
In Your Face Theatre presents We Will Rock You - Jr at Seaham Town Hall, Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Saturday 3rd May 2025.
Theatre
Durham
Based on her incomplete novel, this witty play looks under the bonnet of Jane Austen and asks: what can characters do when their author abandons them?
Exhibition
Durham City
Maria Cooper is a printed textile artist and designer based in County Durham. A graduate of both the Royal College of Art and the Northern School of Art, her practice is deeply rooted in the materiality of textiles, handcrafted processes and the…
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