Festival and event news

Father Christmas will be welcoming visitors to his festive yurt for two weekends in the lead up to Christmas.

Families are invited to join in with all the fun of the fair when an engaging new art exhibition and a series of live dance performances premiere at a Durham City art gallery.

A Durham City theatre will host a series of accessible performances, including its first ever captioned show, to enable everyone to enjoy its festive events.

The tenth anniversary edition of Lumiere Durham closed last night, Sunday 17 November, after four spectacular evenings showcasing light art across the city. Hundreds of thousands of people braved incessant rain to experience the event.

Pupils from primary schools across County Durham learnt how people of different religions use light to celebrate their faith at a festival this month.

With the UK's largest light festival less than a week away, visitors are being encouraged to plan their journey in advance.

A seaside town will serve up a second helping of culinary fun when a successful food festival returns next year.

Families can enjoy an evening full of frighteningly good circus fun in Durham City's Wharton Park this Halloween.

A food festival that attracted more than 29,000 people in April will serve up even more tasty treats, celebrity chefs and culinary inspiration when it returns next year.

Magic carpet rides, pop icons and a chilling desert island adventure - an exhilarating autumn awaits at a County Durham theatre.

Durham is preparing to celebrate the entry of the Year of the Pig in true Chinese style.

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