📅 October 2026 Events in Durham

Sat 3 Oct

Monthly needlefelt group

📍 Sedgefield: The Cafe @ NETPark

Sat 3 Oct

Dive into the Bluespaces Project

📍 Low Barns

Sat 3 Oct

Community Reporter Scheme - Session 4

📍 25 Newgate St

Sun 4 Oct

Beekeeping taster sesssion

📍 Beverley Parks Nature Reserve

Sun 4 Oct

Powertex full face mask

📍 Field & Fodder

£15.00

Tue 6 Oct

Engaging the “ineffable” in Therapeutic Practice and Qualitative Research

📍 Upper Mountjoy Centre Event Space • Durham University

Tue 6 Oct — Tue 24 Nov

The Bible Course at Tees Valley Community Church

Wed 7 Oct

Women on Wheels basic bike maintenance. Chester-le-Street

📍 Recyke y'bike Chester-le-Street

Thu 8 Oct

Autumnal Printmaking with Cloe Sparrow - Week 3 Linocut

📍 The Dead Dog Gallery at Durham Sixth Form Centre

£6.13 - £11.55

Thu 8 Oct

Autumn Wreath Workshop

📍 East Durham College, Houghall Campus

£30.00

Thu 8 Oct

Paint Sip The Lambton Worm Chester Le Street

📍 The Lambton Worm

£22.00 - £39.00

Fri 9 Oct

Swanton Community Services Durham Recruitment Open Day

📍 Woodhouse Lane

Fri 9 Oct

Pumplejuice Presents - Tired of Fighting / The Fry Ups

📍 Holy Grale Basement

From £5.00

Sat 10 Oct

Candlelight: Tribute to Adele

📍 Durham Town Hall

From £20.00

Sat 10 Oct

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer

📍 Durham Town Hall

From £20.00

Fri 2 Oct

Motown by Candlelight

📍 Durham Cathedral

From £24.50

Sat 3 Oct

TWILIGHT RAVE (Hull)

📍 The Welly

Sat 3 Oct

Motown by Candlelight

📍 Durham Cathedral

From £24.50

Fri 9 Oct

Fyfe Dangerfield Live at The Bowes Museum

📍 The Bowes Museum

£27.33 - £32.68

Sat 10 Oct

Jason Narducy Living Room Show (Durham)

$28.52

Sat 10 Oct

St Catherine's Child Live at The Bowes Museum

📍 The Bowes Museum

£27.33 - £32.68

Sat 10 Oct

Hull Noir & Hull Libraries present: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

📍 Hull Central Library

Mon 12 Oct

Durham Rock Choir

📍 Elvet Methodist Church

Thu 15 Oct

Eagles by Candlelight

📍 Durham Cathedral

From £24.50

Thu 1 Oct

Night of Mediumship With Stephen Black

📍 Tindale Cresent Workmens Club

Fri 9 Oct

Moon Market Phoenix Club

📍 Phoenix Club

Sun 11 Oct

Moon Market Newton Aycliffe

📍 Neville Community Centre

Thu 15 Oct

Night of Mediumship With Stephen Black

📍 Sacriston W.m.c.

Fri 16 Oct

Horror Car Wash

📍 Sunderland Live

Sat 17 Oct

Horror Car Wash

📍 Sunderland Live

Sun 18 Oct

Horror Car Wash

📍 Sunderland Live

Tue 20 Oct

Trimdon Village Hall

📍 Trimdon Village Hall

Thu 22 Oct

Horror Car Wash

📍 Sunderland Live

Fri 23 Oct

Horror Car Wash

📍 Sunderland Live

Sat 24 Oct

Community Planting Day, Blue House

📍 Blue House Woodland Burials

Sat 24 Oct

Horror Car Wash

📍 Sunderland Live

From £22.00

Sat 3 Oct

Shildon MFC Indoor Model Flying

📍 East Durham College

Sun 4 Oct

Houghall Discovery Trail

📍 The Pump House Tea Room

Sun 4 Oct — Sun 15 Nov

Guided walk: Crook Hall Gardens to the Oriental Museum

📍 Crook Hall Gardens

Wed 7 Oct

Birtley Active Travel Centre Free Learn to Ride Lesson

📍 Birtley Library

Wed 7 Oct

BMFA NE Area Monthly Meeting

📍 Burnmoor Cricket Club

Thu 15 Oct

Muddy Wellies: Autumn Shapes and Colours

📍 Easington Lane Community Access Point

Sat 17 Oct

Shildon MFC Indoor Model Flying

📍 East Durham College

Thu 22 Oct

Muddy Wellies: Minibeasts

📍 Easington Lane Community Access Point

Fri 23 Oct

Discover your local air ambulance: adult's session

📍 Great North Air Ambulance Service

£5.04

Fri 23 Oct — Sat 24 Oct

Ghost Hunt - Mainsforth Miners Welfare

📍 Mainsforth Miners Welfare,

£33.22

Sun 25 Oct

Nature Rangers at Low Barns

📍 Low Barns

Sun 25 Oct

Shildon MFC Indoor Model Flying

📍 Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre

Thu 1 Oct

Kundalini Activation

📍 Bullion Hall

Sold out at source

Sun 4 Oct

Simply Sanctuary: October - Sleep Sanctuary

📍 Durham Wellness Space

£15.00

Mon 5 Oct

Sound Bath - Escomb

📍 Escomb Village Hall

£16.96 - £27.80

Wed 7 Oct

Sound Bath

📍 Parkmore Hotel

Sold out at source

Thu 8 Oct

The Calming Voice - The Reset for Busy Minds

📍 Durham Wellness Space

£13.00

Sat 10 Oct

Vision and Intention Studio

📍 Durham Wellness Space

£22.38

Sat 10 Oct

Wellbeing Weekends - Texture Printing

📍 Easington Lane Community Access Point

Fri 16 Oct

Ho'oponopono Meditation and Sound Frequency Session

📍 Newton Hall Community Centre

£8.83 - £16.96

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

Laughter Yoga Leader Training Durham

📍 Alington House Community Association

£225.00 - £325.00

Sat 17 Oct

Wellbeing Weekends: Wild Yoga for all with Roy Moor

📍 Easington Lane Community Access Point

Sat 17 Oct

Autumnal Wax Melts- Field and Fodder Durham

📍 Field & Fodder

£10.00

Sat 24 Oct

Wellbeing Weekends: Seasons Changing Wildlife Walk

📍 Easington Lane Community Access Point

Thu 1 Oct

Billy No Mates - Bishop Auckland Monthly Coworking

📍 Knead A Slice

Fri 2 Oct

BUSINESS NETWORKING SPENNYMOOR - The Fox Cub with IPC

📍 Fox Cub

Wed 7 Oct

Chester-Le-Street Business Networking | NE Networking

📍 Chester le Street Town Football Club

Tue 13 Oct

Women’s Networking: Afternoon Tea at Lumley Castle

📍 Lumley Castle

£42.00

Wed 14 Oct

Co-Designing the Retrofit Strategy for Our Homes in the North East - Part 3

📍 Redhills Durham Miners Hall

Wed 14 Oct

Chester-Le-Street Business Networking | NE Networking

📍 Chester le Street Town Football Club

Wed 14 Oct

Kraken Networking - The Detective Rooms, Durham

📍 Detective Rooms

Free - £4.50

Wed 14 Oct

Women Who Care of Durham/ Orange Counties - October 2026

Thu 15 Oct

Avoiding and Resolving Disputes

📍 E.Volve Business Centre

Free - £25.00

Thu 15 Oct

Preparing Buildings for Heat Networks and Decarbonisation

📍 Durham University

Sat 17 Oct

Vocations Roadshow

📍 Emmanuel Church : Bridlington • Bridlington

Thu 22 Oct

BUSINESS IS HARD.

📍 35a The Riverwalk

Thu 1 Oct

Moral injury in healthcare: A personal journey of injury and healing

📍 Department of Theology and Religion • Durham University

Thu 15 Oct

A History of the World in four Algorithms

📍 St John's College • Durham University

Sat 17 Oct

Sustainable Equine Management - Stuart Myers

📍 Lanchester Social Club

Sat 24 Oct

NEC Area 1 Revival Weekend with Pastor Doug Batchelor

📍 Glow Church

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 25 Oct

The Power Of Style

CAD 28.25

Sun 25 Oct

People’s Emergency Briefing

📍 Lanchester Community Centre

Wed 28 Oct

Durham Cathedral Institute Event: Technology, AI and the Human Future

📍 Durham Cathedral

Fri 30 Oct

Unspeakable: Trauma, Memory, and Violence

📍 Institute for Medical Humanities • Durham University

Sat 31 Oct

A Quiet Awakening? Younger Adults Exploring Faith – Stories from the Frontline

📍 Prior's Hall Events, Durham Cathedral

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

2026 UCI BMX WORLD CUP - MENTIOUGOU (CHI)

📍 China

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

LTA Padel - Durham & Cleveland County Closed

📍 True Padel - Durham

Wed 7 Oct

Autumn Afternoon Racing - Sedgefield Racecourse

📍 Sedgefield Racecourse

Sat 10 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

2026 UCI BMX WORLD CUP - ZHANGJIAKOU (CHI)

📍 China

Sun 11 Oct

Scare Bear Run 2026 - North

📍 Durham Amateur Rowing Club

£18.00 - £29.00

Sun 18 Oct

Durham National 2026 - Sedgefield Racecourse

📍 Sedgefield Racecourse

Mon 26 Oct

Discover your local air ambulance: children's session

📍 Great North Air Ambulance Service

£5.04

Thu 1 Oct

Woven Wedding Showcase

📍 Woven Durham

Sat 3 Oct

Durham Headlock Vintage Clothing Sale

📍 Durham Students' Union

Sun 4 Oct

Lartington Hall Wedding Show

📍 Lartington Hall

Sat 10 Oct

Durham Headlock Vintage Clothing Sale

📍 Durham Students' Union

Sun 11 Oct

Runa Farm Wedding Show

📍 Runa Farm

Sat 24 Oct

Pumpkin Flower Arrangement Workshop

📍 Derwent Manor Boutique Hotel

£50.00

Sun 25 Oct

Spooky Skydive

📍 Sky-High Skydiving

£50.00

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Mainsforth Community Hall Ghost Hunt with the Shadow Stalkers

📍 Mainsforth Community Centre

£16.96

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Halloween Ghost Hunt - The Haunted Hallways (with Optional Sleepover)

📍 Quarryheads Lane

£33.22 - £49.46

Sat 31 Oct

Kindred Halloween Special - Inner Sight Experiences (Durham)

📍 Quarryheads Lane

£65.71

Mon 19 Oct

Live in Consett Comedy

📍 The Grey Horse

£6.13

Tue 20 Oct

Michael Spicer - Hope All's Well

📍 Durham Gala Theatre

Thu 22 Oct

John Kearns - Tilting At Windmills

📍 Durham Gala Theatre

Sat 24 Oct

Neil Delamere: Reinventing The Neil

Thu 1 Oct

Book Launch: Northern Saints in Holy Places: A Pilgrims' Guide to North East England

📍 Cuthbert Centre for Pilgrimage and Prayer, Durham Cathedral

Tue 13 Oct

Morpeth Library - Gary Heads Author Talk

📍 Morpeth Library - Morpeth Sports and Leisure Centre

Fri 16 Oct

Pitman Poets

📍 The Word, National Centre for the Written Word

£11.55

Wed 21 Oct

The weight of it all: Festival of Social Science

📍 Durham City Centre - Exact Venue TBC

Fri 9 Oct

Oktoberfest - Buzz Bingo Darlington

📍 Buzz Bingo Darlington

From £10.00

Sat 10 Oct

Oktoberfest - Buzz Bingo Darlington

📍 Buzz Bingo Darlington

From £10.00

Sun 11 Oct

Oktoberfest - Buzz Bingo Darlington

📍 Buzz Bingo Darlington

From £10.00

Fri 30 Oct — Sat 31 Oct

Tropiloco Durham: A Nightmare on North Road @ Home & Botanic

📍 Home And Botanic Durham

From £10.00

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Durham

📍 Durham Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Durham

📍 Durham Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Durham

📍 Durham Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Wed 14 Oct

Billy No Mates x FUEL - Chester-le-Street Coworking

📍 Fuel Coffeeworks