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Beamish Reliability Run
Join us for the 49th Beamish Reliability Run, a 150-mile run through Durham and North Yorkshire beginning and ending at Beamish Museum.
The Beamish Safety and Reliability Run is for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles registered before 1956.
Beamish Museum
Beamish
Today
Gala Big Band
Gala Big Band boasts an unrivalled swing repertoire, so if you’re a musician with a passion for the untraditional, why not get involved?
Our welcoming community band meets Tuesdays fortnightly, supporting a diverse range of amateur and semi-pro musician from ages 12 to 85!
Gala Theatre and Cinema 1 Millennium Place Durham
Today to Sat 6 Jul
Truckfest North East
Truckfest comes to the North East! Join us for a great family fun filled weekend with monster trucks, stunt bike action, childrens characters, celebrity guests and hundreds of trucks on show!
Wolsingham Showground, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland,
Today
Durham Coast - Durham Coast half marathon 2019
13.1miles/21.1km of pumping hearts, burning muscles, sweat and stunning scenery. A great way for energetic types to experience the picturesque Durham Coast. A challenging route from Seaham to Crimdon Dene.
Durham Coast
Today
Playing with Light exhibition
Artists Brian Lavery, David Foster and Michael Horner invite you to enjoy their interpretations using a variety of media depicting doors, wildlife, international scenery, people and story telling
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Today to Sat 29 Jun
Hilarity Bites New Act Competition 2019 - Heat Three
Coming to Hilarity Bites at Hole in the Wall in Darlington on June 17th 2019:
Hilarity Bites New Act Competition 2019 - Heat Three
Show details:
In June and July 2019 the Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year competition returns, for the twelfth year, as the North-East’s biggest and longest running comedy
Hole in the Wall, Horsemarket, Darlington
Mon 17 Jun 19
Learning with LEGO®
Join Simon Ayres from Barnard Castle Preparatory School for a fun and interactive talk about how playing with LEGO® together helps us learn. Come along and learn new techniques to help make maths enjoyable for everyone.
The Bowes Museum
Newgate
Thu 20 Jun 19
Tai Chi And Qigong Class
We teach Chen style Tai Chi Chuan including Chen 11 Form, Chen 75 Form (Lao Jia Yi Lu), Chen Fan Forms (1 and 2). Qigong including Five animals, Eight pieces of brocade, Five elements, Shibashi, etc.
St Matthews Community Centre
Arncliffe Gardens / Elwick Road
Hartlepool
Thu 20 Jun
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Emmanuel Sonubi & Rob Mulholland
Coming to Hilarity Bites at Bishop Auckland Town Hall on June 21st 2019:
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Emmanuel Sonubi, Rob Mulholland & host Andy Fury
Show details:
Emmanuel Sonubi - Jason Manford tour support.
Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland
Fri 21 Jun 19
PICNIC CINEMA WEEKEND at Hamsterley Forest Fri 19th & Sat 20th June
Strap yourselves in Picnickers. This July we are loading up the Picnic Cinema Spaceship and beaming 2 Sci-Fi cult classic parties across the dark skies of Hamsterley Forest
There are rumours of strange and otherworldly beings hiding deep in the forest.
Hamsterley Forest, Nature & Parks, Forests. Durham Dales, Hamsterley
Fri 21 Jun 19 and Sat 22 Jun
Wolsingham Village Gardens - Open Garden for NGS
8 gardens mainly centred around the recreation field. One is a short walk/drive to the edge of the village . They vary between traditional gardens, more unusual gardens and allotments. One borders the river Wear, another has ponds and water features.
Wolsingham Village Gardens, Bishop Auckland
Sat 22 Jun 19
Watercolour painting with Chris Mouncey
Artist Chris Mouncey offers you the chance to enjoy a day painting on location around the Market Cross, with The Witham as your base. Chris is also holding 2 more watercolour painting tuition days on 22nd June down by the river Tees and 27th July by the castle.
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Sat 22 Jun
Michael Jackson Tribute Night
Michael Jackson Tribute night
Mitch ‘MJ’ Mimms is an incredible UK based Michael Jackson Tribute Act. Emulating the look, moves and vocals of Michael, Mitch creates a captivating show that will bring you as close to MJ as you can possibly get.
Railway Athletic Club Darlington
Sat 22 Jun 19
1940’s Dance
Dance the night away in 40s style - bring your friends to enjoy swinging music from Damaris Jean and Ragtime Rewind Vintage Swing Band. £15 | includes a ration style lunchbox
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Sat 22 Jun 19
Hidden Gardens of Croft Road - Open Garden for NGS
5 very different and interesting gardens, well named as ’Hidden Gardens’. All are behind tall hedges. Oxney Cottage is a very pretty cottage garden with lawns, herbaceous borders and roses, colourful and varied unusual plants.
Hidden Gardens of Croft Road, Darlington
Sun 23 Jun 19
Summer Sunday Quiz Night
A Summer Sunday quiz night held at the newly refurbished Devonport Hotel, at Middleton one Row, a beautiful village setting on the river Tees.
£2.50 per person entry, included is a small cone of fish and chips.
A fundraising event for Darlington Samaritans.
Bring a team for a fun friendly night.
The Devonport Hotel
The Front Middleton on Row
Sun 23 Jun 19
Hilarity Bites New Act Competition 2019 - Heat Four
Coming to Hilarity Bites at Hole in the Wall in Darlington on June 24th 2019:
Hilarity Bites New Act Competition 2019 - Heat Four
Show details:
In June and July 2019 the Hilarity Bites New Act of the Year competition returns, for the twelfth year, as the North-East’s biggest and longest running comedy
Hole in the Wall, Horsemarket, Darlington
Mon 24 Jun 19
Opera North ; Big sing
Join us for an inspirational evening of music making as pupils from Barnard Castle & Bishop Auckland join forces to perform a new commission piece Wonderland Restored written by composer Will Todd and based upon his opera Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Mon 24 Jun 19
Andy Yeadon’s Rock and Pop Music Studio Concert
Andy Yeadon teaches piano, drums and guitar at Barnard Castle School. This evening you will have the opportunity to hear his talented students display their musical abilities as singers, pianists, drummers and singer songwriters.
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Tue 25 Jun 19
Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Beginners Dance Class
Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dance class for beginners.
Suitable for people wishing to learn for cruises, holidays or to aid general fitness.
Friendly class.
Good size wooden sprung dance floor.
St Oswald’s Church Hall,
Church Street
Durham City
Tue 25 Jun
Old King Coal
Join us at Beamish Museum to remember the region’s proud coal mining heritage.
Coal mining once dominated the North East.
Beamish Museum
Beamish
Wed 26 Jun 19 to Sun 30 Jun
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Laura Lexx and Steve Bugeja
Coming to Hilarity Bites at Outstanding Art in Durham on June 27th 2019:
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Laura Lexx and Steve Bugeja
Show details:
Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk (Work in Progress) - Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Lexx is a “bouncy, bubbly stand up star” (Telegraph).
Outstanding Art, 76 North Road
Thu 27 Jun 19
NT live : Small Island
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Thu 27 Jun 19
The Big Band Theory
Big Band Theory offer an exciting new blend of big band tradition and pop hits. Based in Leeds, directed by Edd Maughan, this 15-strong line up of twenty- and thirty-somethings are high-quality musicians from across the North of England united by their enthusiasm for making music together.
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle
Sat 29 Jun 19