2025 Events

Key Events in Durham

Durham hosts an exciting programme of events across the county every year, which attract visitors and encourage longer stays. Below you will find a selection of key events for 2025, which can be used in your own marketing activity to give your customers a reason to visit, or return.

For further information on what’s on across the county, download or register to receive a weekly copy of the This is Durham Week Ahead e-newsletter - a valuable tool to enable you to let your customers know what's going on in Durham. The week ahead is updated and available for download every Friday.

Do you have an event to promote? Complete the event submission form to have your event listed on thisisdurham.com, the official tourism website for the county.

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More 2025 Event Highlights

Durham Restaurant Week - January
Fire & Ice  28 February - 1 March
S&DR200 Festival: All Change - 29 March

Durham World Heritage Site Day - April, date tbc
Shakespeare Recovered: Durham's First Folio - 4 April - 2 November
Bishop Auckland Food Festival - 12 - 13 April
Durham Pride - 24 - 25 May

 

Durham Regatta - 14 - 15 June
Durham County Show - 5 -6 July
Magna Carta and the North - 11 July - 2 November
Durham Miners' Gala - 12 July
Durham Brass Festival - July, dates TBC
Durham City Run Festival - July, dates TBC
Durham Fringe Festival - 23 - 27 - July
IncludFEST - date TBC
Kynren - an epic tale of England - 26 July - 13 September (Saturday evenings)
Seaham Food Festival - 2 - 3 August
Hardwick Festival - 15 - 17 August
Derwent Fest 2024 - August, date TBC
Weardale Show - August, date TBC

Wolsingham Show - 6 - 7 September
Heritage Open Days - 12 - 21 - September
The Brass Band Conference 2025: The Next Generation - 27 September
Durham Book Festival - October, date TBC
North Pennines Stargazing Festival - October, date TBC
Lumiere -  13 - 15 November

Durham Christmas Festival - 5 -7 December
Pantomime, Gala Durham - November, date TBC

See more events at thisisdurham.com