What’s On
CHRISTMAS MARKET AND LIGHTS SWITCH IN STANHOPE
IT’S that time of year again with Father Christmas very busy in the North Pole frantically preparing for his round the world trip. Meanwhile, in Stanhope, Santa’s little helpers have been working hard with the culmination of the year-long planning
Knit a Christmas square in Stanhope
ROOT and Branch Café is holding an event on Thursday, November 21st to which everyone is invited to make knit a festive square. They are multiplying too! A spokeswoman for Root and Branch, said, “Join our friendly knitting sessions and
Marie Curie Pre-Christmas Concert at Bishop Auckland
THE Bishop Auckland Fundraising Group of Marie Curie is holding an event at St. Mary’s RC Church, Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland on Friday, 12th December at 7.30pm to be entertained by the Durham Police Brass Band in a pre-Christmas Concert.
The Original PHANTOM returns to the North East!
TO celebrate the centenary of the release of the classic horror movie ‘Phantom of the Op- era’ in 1925, starring the ‘master of a thousand faces’ Lon Chaney, a special showing is taking place in County Durham with a live
Silver Band concert at Hamsterley
HAMSTERLEY Churches Together have another exciting fundraising event taking place this month. Middleton-in-Teesdale Band will be performing in Hamsterley Methodist chapel on November 20th. The event, which begins at 7pm will also include supper. Tickets £7.50
Weardale Remembrance Services Sunday 9th November
The poppy display at St John’s Chapel. THE annual Remembrance services will take place around the Dale on November 9th. This is the communities’ opportunity to remember those Weardale men and women who gave their lives in two world wars
REMEMBRANCE EVENT AT ETHERLEY TO INCLUDE DURHAM POLICE BAND AND STUNNING DISPLAYS
ETHERLEY Methodist Church has organised a very special community event as part of the Remembrance commemorations. It will begin on November 1st with a performance by the popular Durham Police Metropolitan Brass Band, conducted by Dennis Noble. It begins at
Popular fireworks display Stanley Fireworks returns this weekend
THE popular well established community event Stanley Fireworks will take place once again on Sunday 2nd November 2025. The free event that has drawn a crowd of thousands from across the region since being established in 2012 will this year
Bishop Auckland is “bowled over by success”.
EXCITEMENT is growing in County Durham with the opening of the new Game’s On Bowling. Part of the £54 million Bishop Auckland Retail and Leisure Park, Game’s On Bowling attracted crowds to its official opening on Friday, including Bishop Auckland
Scary sights in Fir Tree
THE annual Scarecrow Competition is up and running in Fir Tree with many of the entries focussed on the theme of Halloween. Organised by the Fir Tree and Harperley Residents Association, the scarecrows are inventive and entertaining. Villagers have really
Visit Beamish, The Living Museum of the North this October as the museum focuses on folklore.
FROM ghostly goings-on to 1950s UFO sightings, discover the region’s folklore at Beamish Museum during its October Half Term event, from Saturday, 25th October to Sunday, 2nd November 2025. Visitors to the County Durham open air museum will be able