Durham Arts Events

Scouting For Girls Live in Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral 29 Oct 2026

Durham Official Big Freshers Icebreaker - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold Out 10 Years Running 🏆

Katie O'Brien's Irish Tavern Durham 28 Sep 2026

Vibes presents: UB40 feat Ali Campbell

Sunderland Live 30 May 2026

Durham Folk Festival

Durham Folk Festival 20 Sep 2026

Opulence

Lumley Castle 5 Sep 2026

ELVANA "Viva Brass Vegas" with Oompah Brass XXL

Gala Durham 12 Jul 2026

An Evening of Kate Bush at Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral 26 Sep 2026

Masquerade: End of Year Concert

Durham Cathedral 12 Jun 2026

The ABBA Day Party: Durham💃🕺

Babylon Durham 15 Aug 2026

Opulence presents Live at Lumley Castle

Lumley Castle 4 Sep 2026

Shildonlive Saturday

Hackworth Park 6 Jun 2026

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

Gala Theatre, DH1 1WA Durham, United Kingdom 18 Jul 2026

The West End Day Party: Durham 🎭

Babylon Durham 9 May 2026

Amazing Dragons

Brancepeth Castle, DH7 8DF Brancepeth, United Kingdom 31 May 2026

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club ft. Louise Young & David Eagle

Bishop Auckland Town Hall 22 May 2026

Motown Day Party: Durham ✨

Babylon Durham 11 Jul 2026

OD Summer Weekend

Durham School - founded 1414 27 Jun 2026

Outdoor theatre with Illyria: Pinocchio

Frankland Lane, DH1 5SZ Durham, United Kingdom 23 Jul 2026

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club ft. Christian Reilly & Sam Serrano

Bishop Auckland Town Hall 26 Jun 2026

Tiny Wings & Tasty Things

Lanchester Garden Centre 28 May 2026

Creative Writing Workshop at the Museum of Archaeology

Palace Green Library 16 May 2026

Introduction to wax melt making

Elvet & Bailey 10 May 2026

The Relationship is the Therapy: A Symposium on Therapy Research & Practice

Room CG83 • Chemistry Building • Durham University 8 May 2026

North East Festival of Blossom 2026: Origami and calligraphy workshop with Teikyo University

Frankland Lane, DH1 5SZ Durham, United Kingdom 28 May 2026

Summer Tour: Durham

Claypath Delicatessen 7 Jun 2026

Paint Sip Turtle Bay Durham

Turtle Bay Durham 20 Feb 2026

Map a real place, or create your version of an existing fantasy map

Elvet & Bailey, 23 High Street, Prince Bishops Place, Durham, DH1 3UJ 6 Jun 2026

Durham Street Photography Workshop – Full-Day Experience

2-5 Market Pl 16 May 2026

Botanical Slab Vases 🌿 (Handbuilding)

2B, Esh Winning Industrial Estate, Esh Winning, Durham 16 May 2026

AIM National Conference 2026

Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens 9 Jun 2026

Learn to draw a fantasy map

Elvet & Bailey, 23 High Street, Prince Bishops Place, Durham, DH1 3UJ 6 Jun 2026

Book Launch: Blood, Sweat and Tears by Ruben Verwaal

Institute for Medical Humanities • Durham University 11 May 2026

A Festival of Fun, Music and Learning for all u3a members

Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens 12 May 2026

Crinnions Music Fest

25 front street, Lanchester 24 May 2026

Beginner Pottery Taster Class: Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding

2B, Esh Winning Industrial Estate, Esh Winning, Durham 9 May 2026

BTS Trombone Day - North East

Mark Hillery Arts & Music Centre, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LT 10 May 2026

Steve Pledger: LIVE - The King's Head, Lanchester

The Kings Head 24 May 2026

Cloe Sparrow - Creative Bookbinding

Dead Dog Gallery at Durham Sixth Form Centre 30 Apr 2026

Gender, affective injustice & ‘the greatest medical scandal of the 21st c.'

Institute for Medical Humanities • Durham University 11 May 2026

Screenwriting for Playwrights

Gala Theatre & Cinema 9 May 2026

Poetry walk

Frankland Lane, DH1 5SZ Durham, United Kingdom 14 Jun 2026

Mat Hunsley - Durham, Claypath Deli

Claypath Delicatessen 23 May 2026

jewellery making workshop

Newton Grange 19 May 2026

Writing Folklore: A Discussion with Kym Deyn and Nathaniel Spain

People's Bookshop 19 May 2026

Chris Helme

Coundon WMC 30 May 2026

Lunchtime Curator Tour at the Oriental Museum

Oriental Museum 16 Apr 2026

Jack Warren - Blooming Pots

Durham Sixth Form Centre 9 Jun 2026

Conservation Rangers at Rainton Meadows: life beneath the water's surface.

Rainton Meadows 30 May 2026

Romeo and Juliet

Shadforth Village Hall 4 Jul 2026

Invisible Visible Management Workshop

Palace Green Library 2 Jun 2026

Student Art Prize 2025/26 Celebration and Prize Announcements!

Palace Green Library 17 Jun 2026

Matilda Sutton - A conversation in drawing

Dead Dog Gallery at Durham Sixth Form Centre 5 May 2026

Cultivate Ideas

The Dead Dog Gallery at Durham Sixth Form Centre 17 Jun 2026

Durham, Durham University and the General Strike 100 years on

Department of Engineering • Durham University 12 May 2026

Durham Control 10: Cornered

Croxdale Community Centre 6 Jun 2026

Canvas Sip & Paint

Kettle Black Co 6 May 2026

Durham Big Freshers Icebreaker - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold Out 10 Years Running 🏆

Katie O'Brien's Irish Tavern Durham 28 Sep 2026

Durham Fun Puzzle Treasure Hunt! :)

Durham Train Station 24 Oct 2017

Little Dragons

Oriental Museum 26 May 2021