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Embrace your love of music with an array of exciting festivals, performances and events happening across Durham this year.
See big name acts, exciting new bands and up and coming local artists at iconic venues across the county. From intimate gigs and street parties to fabulous festivals and stadium tours. A visit to Durham is guaranteed to get your toes tapping!
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Christmas and New Year
Sedgefield
Sedgefield's three choirs' present their Christmas concert: A Rhapsody of Christmas.
Concert
Durham City
Highlighting music that normally accompany a stage performance. This includes Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (a tragic love story) and Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty depicting the lilac fairy and puss-in-boots.
Music Event
Barnard Castle
Joining Rob Heron (vocals/guitar) is Tom Cronin (mandolin/harmonica/guitar), Ben Powling (Saxophone/Clarinet) and Ted Harbot (double bass/electric bass) and Paul Archibald (drums).
Christmas and New Year
Durham
As Buddy the Elf would say, ‘The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.’ So, with that being said, get ready for a holly, jolly and musical Christmas at Prince Bishops Place!
Festival
Sedgefield
Hardwick Festival returns 15th to 17th August. The 2025 line-up will be revealed soon.
Music Event
Durham City
The Washboard Resonators are Jack Amblin and Martyn Roper; hailing from Leeds they are described as sounding and looking like 'a ragtime street band meets a Hollywood musical on a theatre stage somewhere around 1932'.
Christmas and New Year
Bishop Auckland
Join us for our Christmas Sing Along at St. Peter’s Chapel, Auckland Palace!
Music Event
Durham City
Here is a rare chance to hear Handel's Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) performed by Durham Choral Society and orchestra. The music is typically baroque and with a recognisable tune, with the words, of "See the conquering hero comes" as a popular brass…
Concert
Durham City
All I want for Christmas… is some festive a cappella! Presenting a diverse selection of a cappella, there is truly something for everyone to enjoy.
Christmas and New Year
Durham City
Get ready to unwrap the ultimate holiday treat with our Christmas Movies Concert! Join us as we embark on a jolly journey through the heart-warming and hilarious worlds of beloved Christmas films.
Christmas and New Year
Durham City
Be transported back to the medieval monastery here at Durham Cathedral with Britten's Ceremony of Carols.
Music Event
Newton Aycliffe
Join us for an unforgettable night that will have you singing and dancing all night long.
Christmas and New Year
Durham City
Enjoy an outstanding musical evening in the days after Christmas with a performance of Vivaldi's timeless classic, The Four Seasons, in the spectacular candlelit setting of Durham Cathedral.
Christmas and New Year
Durham City
All are welcome to join this atmospheric service to mark the start of Advent.
Concert
Durham
Durham Singers with their musical director Tom Edney present Christmas carols from countries across Europe, including Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway and Iceland. You might are also get invited to sing along in a few carols with the…
Music Event
Durham City
The concert will take you on a tour celebrating European national identity. From the tone poems of Sibelius' Finlandia and Smetana's Vltava, to the Russian folklore of Borodin's Symphony No. 2.
Concert
Durham
Candlelight: Best of the Beatle. Experience live classical music like never before at Ushaw on Friday 13 December 2024.
Music Event
Durham City
An immersive tribute to Hans Zimmer and cinema's most iconic music with a live chamber orchestra illuminated by light!
Christmas and New Year
Durham
This winter, Ushaw is delighted to welcome back the talented young musicians of Durham Music Youth Orchestra and Choir in a magical performance and screening of The Snowman. A BAFTA winning classic, featuring the song Walking in the Air, The Snowman…
Christmas and New Year
Beamish
Enjoy the sound of our very own Beamish Choir, who will be performing in The Pit Village chapel at 12pm and 12.45pm.
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