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A skiffle band performing on stage

Skiffle Session & Uke Club

Join us for an afternoon of skiffle music in the 1950s welfare hall! Enjoy our own band, Hop, Skiffle and Jump, performing from 12pm until 1pm, followed by our Uke Club from 1.15pm until 2pm where you can develop your ukulele skills.

  • Sunday, 26th April 2026
Posed photo in costume from photographer's studio.

Durham Photographic Society Exhibition 2026

Durham Photographic Society will be putting on a fantastic display of their work.

  • Friday, 1st – Monday, 4th May 2026
Figures after rapper dancing.

Beamish Colliery Rapper Team

We hope to be joined by as many local dance sides as possible, both rapper, long sword, morris and clog. Teams will be performing all over the site, and a rapper competition will be staged for the visitors at the end of the day.

  • Saturday, 2nd May 2026
Jeanie and the Jolly Boys band performing on stage

Jeanie and the Jollyboys

Enjoy the sound of Jeanie and the Jollyboys

  • Sunday, 3rd May 2026
Hetton Band Hall

Folk on Sunday

Come and join The Cloth Cappers in The Band Hall in the Pit Village.

  • Sunday, 3rd May 2026
Three staff members outside drift mine.

Centenary of the General Strike

Join us in The 1900s Colliery as we mark the centenary of the General Strike.

  • Saturday, 9th – Sunday, 10th May 2026
May Half-Term

Festival of Transport

Saturday, 23rd to Sunday, 31st May 2026

Join us for a Festival of Transport as part of May Half Term!

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Vintage fire engine.