Festival and event news

Members of a County Durham brass band were welcomed as guests of honour to the county's twinned town of Tübingen this month.

Bishop Auckland Town Hall will host a day of moving events as Holocaust Memorial Day remembers victims of the Holocaust and genocides.

A nationally acclaimed exhibition showing rare photographs taken by women on the frontline is set to stir audiences as it comes to Bishop Auckland Town Hall.

A world famous orchestra will perform Handel's hugely popular Messiah on the opening night of a vibrant vocal music festival.

TV comedy stars, stage performances of children's favourite stories and a women-only wartime photography exhibition are coming to Bishop Auckland this spring, alongside a range of impressive comedy and music performances.

Durham Vocal Festival is set to return for a third year, promising world famous artists, thousands of performers and two world premieres.

The biennial Lumiere light festival, produced by leading arts charity Artichoke and commissioned by the council, will return to Durham city from the 14 to 17 November 2019. Lumiere 2019 will mark 10 years since the festival first launched in Durham in 2009.

There's more than just tricks, but real family treats, in a spellbinding programme of Halloween events in County Durham parks this month.

Durham will host its most ambitious ever Lumiere light festival in 2019, featuring a selection of some favourites from the past decade of festivals.