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Durham Music Service: Leavers' Gala Concert

Durham Music Trust is delighted to celebrate the musical journey of some if its finest young musicians with this very special event.Durham Music’s Gala Leavers’…

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Durham Music Service: Snappy Operas Gala Performance

Snappy Operas is an award-winning schools programme, making and performing new mini-operas with primary-aged children to help them discover and embrace the joy…

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The Comedy Store (July

With over 35 years’ experience in the business and as the premiere name in comedy, The Comedy Store is renowned as a breeding ground for new talent, and remains…

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Krishna: Presented by Raaga Sudha Music Academy

Raaga Sudha Music Academy brings to you Pradarshan’26 on Krishna. Join the academy for a mesmerising celebration featuring captivating performances, soul stirri…

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Helen West Theatre Dance School: The Only Way Is Up

Join Helen West Theatre Dance School for their annual Summer production, The Only Way is Up.A showcase of dance and musical theatre from performers aged 3 to 18…

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Connect Multi Academy Trust in Concert: Magic Of The Musicals

Connect Multi-Academy Trust are proud to present Magic of the Musicals, an evening of high quality performances to celebrate the singing, dancing and acting tal…

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The Pitmen Poets

After their hugely successful tour of 2024, the public demand for more has persuaded the Pitmen Poets to ride again…From Billy Elliot to Auf Wiedersehen Pet Fro…

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ELVANA "Viva Brass Vegas" with Oompah Brass XXL

Blending the swagger of rockabilly with the raw punch of grunge, ELVANA rips through Nirvana’s catalogue while smashing it together with the finest moments of E…

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Paula Radcliffe: Chasing Stars - Film Screening & Live Podcast

Join us for a special opening for the 10th anniversary of the Durham City Run Festival, featuring one of the greatest athletes in British sporting history, Paul…

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Brassed On featuring Dilettante, Vice Killer & Isabel Maria alongside brass

Celebrating the incredible versatility of brass, Brassed On will perform a show featuring North East local artists.

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Grimethorpe Colliery Band In Concert

Founded over a century ago in a Yorkshire mining village, Grimethorpe Colliery Band achieved a worldwide reputation from the hit film Brassed Off and are regard…

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Pinocchio at Crook Hall Gardens National Trust

Carlo Collodis classic is a perennial favourite. It is the third most translated book in the world, having appeared in no fewer than 260 languages since it was…

National Trust: Crook Hall and Gardens, Durham

Brancepeth Castle Summer Craft Fair 2026

A spectacular three -day craft fair at Brancepeth Castle, held 24-26th July 2026 near Durham City. 70 stalls of unique crafts.

Brancepeth Castle, Durham

Gala Lunchtime Concert Series (July 2026 )

Ruth Lambert is a talented and versatile jazz singer based in the North East who has established herself in recent years as one of the UK’s most classy and dist…

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Fake

It's pretty, but is it art? Through magic, comedy and storytelling, Chris Cook shares the story of a faker so skilled he had to forge his way to freedom, an art…

The Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham

Heist: How to Steal a Masterpiece

The mastermind. The conman. The inside guy. We're assembling a team. We're doing a heist. Are you in?

The Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham

Harriet Kemsley: Work In Progress (14+)

Following her eye-opening appearance on the first series of Last One Laughing UK, multi-award winning stand-up comedian Harriet Kemsley tries out new material i…

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The Last Days of Trump (A Liberal Fantasy)

It’s election night in the year 2028 and aging two-term President Donald Trump is finally about to be replaced for good.

Durham University, Durham

Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Join us for an evening featuring the famous Antonio Vivaldi cycle «The Four Seasons» in the unique interpretation of contemporary composer Max Richter, performe…

Durham Cathedral, Durham

Toto The Ninja Cat And The Great Snake Escape (Age 5+)

A brand-new family musical for everyone over five.Meet Toto. She might look like an ordinary cat, but she’s no ordinary feline.

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Gala Lunchtime Concert Series (Aug

Trumpeter Graham Hardy is a familiar face to jazz fans in the North East as both bandleader (including the Northern Monkey Brass Band) and as sideman in numerou…

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Les Miserables Cast A

Cast B Valjean Michael M Javet Alastair P Marius Leo B Eponine Eilidh H Cosette Bella M Fantine Esther B Gavroche Eloise Little Cosette Isabel B Enjolras Rachel…

Durham Johnston School, Durham

Les Miserables Cast B

Cast B Valjean Ben C Javet Alastair P Marius Daniel M Eponine Bella H Cosette Julie A Fantine Miranna Gavroche Eve B Little Cosette Katie M Enjolras Mia A Inn-K…

Durham Johnston School, Durham

Mark Harrison

MARK HARRISON is widely considered one of the most original and interesting blues artists around.

Claypath Deli, Durham

Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll

In 2012, Wilko Johnson, the iconic rock star and founder of legendary Essex band Dr Feelgood, was told he had inoperable cancer and a year to live.

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Sunderland Legends: Peter Reid & Kevin Phillips

Join us for an audience with Sunderland Legends Peter Reid and Kevin Phillips.Peter Reid was voted as the PFA Players’ Player of the Year in 1985 and came fourt…

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An Evening With Danny McNamara

Danny McNamara is the founder and lead singer of one of the most iconic bands of the last 20 years, Embrace.

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Skapones

Launderette InfoDoors 7 Music from 7.45 Well stocked bottle bar all finished by 11 or earlierLaunderette is a mixed seating and standing venue.

Old Cinema Launderette, Durham

Ballet Black At 25 (Age 7+)

Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a much-anticipated return to Gala Durham.For twenty-five years, Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black has…

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Go West - We Close Our Eyes... And Other Stories - An Intimate Evening with singer, Peter Cox

Go West arrived on the charts like a comet. With classic hits like We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, Faithful, and King of Wishful Thinking, which featured on the Jul…

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Tracy Borman: Tudors on Tour

Discover the Tudors as you’ve never seen them before with historian, broadcaster and bestselling author Tracy Borman OBE.

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Daniel Kitson - Thrum (16+)

There’s the sound of somewhere else and the permanence of a plant pot and the ubiquity of a phrase and the heartbreaking brevity of a very long time.

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Rich Hall: Chin Music

“Chin Music” has two meanings. One is idle talk. The other is a brushback throw in baseball or cricket to intimidate the batter.

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An Evening with Ruby Wax

Don’t miss the incomparable Ruby Wax live on stage for a brilliant, bold and deeply human evening of storytelling, insight and razor-sharp wit.From her trailbla…

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Superstar - A Musical Evening with Ben Forster

Ben Forster is a British actor and singer best known for winning ITV's Superstar talent show in 2012, which led to him playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.

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Durham Jazz Festival: Marvin Muonekè & Strictly Smokin' Big Band

This show brings together one of the rising stars on the UK jazz scene with one of the North East’s most beloved acts.Marvin Muoneké is a vocalist, songwriter,…

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The Nick Cope Family Show

Come and join Nick Cope for a brand new, delightful family concert, featuring all your favourite Nick Cope hits and more.Nick has been writing and recording his…

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Adventures In Modern Recording: An Intimate Evening with Trevor Horn

From Seal to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, from ABC to Yes, from Grace Jones to Belle and Sebastian, and from Robbie Williams to Pet Shop Boys, one man has been at…

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David Ford

These days, David Ford feels much more at home operating on the fringes of the music business, not trying to be famous, not trying to get rich.

Old Cinema Launderette, Durham

David Ford's 2026 ’Songbook’

Launderette InfoDoors 7 Music from 7.45 Well stocked bottle bar all finished by 11 or earlierLaunderette is a mixed seating and standing venue.

Old Cinema Launderette, Durham

Rapunzel 2026: Relaxed Performance

Our relaxed performances are designed to welcome audiences who may otherwise feel excluded from live theatre.We aim to create a less formal, more supportive env…

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Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West

The Metropolitan Opera LA FANCIULLA DEL WESTPuccinis exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the companys first n…

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Carl Hutchinson: Fine Whine

Carl has a unique blend of storytelling and physical comedy, with a dash of down-to-earth banter.

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Royal Ballet & Opera: Cosi fan Tutte

Spurred on by a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends.

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Simon Fowler: The Ocean Colour Scene Songbook & Beyond

He’s the singer/songwriter who wrote the tunes for the Britpop generation. Simon Fowler, frontman for Ocean Colour Scene, penned The Riverboat Song, The Circle,…

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This Is The Life by John Godber

Dave and Sapphire have worked backstage at the Old Forge for years. They’ve never felt the lure of the spotlight, they prefer the dark of the wings.

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The Rachel Parris Songbook

The BAFTA-nominated comedian is back on the road, bringing some of her favourite songs from the last fifteen years of her comedy career, alongside brand new sta…

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Nik Kershaw: Music and Lyrics

Nik Kershaw exploded onto the UK pop scene in 1984. A string of global hit singles including Wouldn’t it Be Good, The Riddle and I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on…

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