Folk in County Durham

Folk Calendar lists 17 sessions, 5 folk club nights, 1 custom and 1 morris practice at 16 venues in County Durham. Darlington has the most, with 8. Monday is the busiest night, with 7 of the regular listings.

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Friday 23 October to Friday 1 January

A quiet few weeks here, so this runs on to Friday 1 January.

Monday 26 October Hunter’s Moon

Saturday 31 October

Hallowe'en

Thursday 5 November

Bonfire Night

Monday 9 November New moon

Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon

Monday 30 November

St Andrew's Day

Thursday 31 December

Thu 31 Dec 23:00 00:30
Custom

Allendale Tar Bar’l

Sets off from Market Place, Allendale, Northumberland

Friday 1 January

Fri 1 Jan 11:50 13:00
Custom

Monkseaton Morris New Year’s Day Dance

The Ship, Monkseaton, Tyne and Wear

Everything listed in County Durham

Sessions 17

Folk at the Hearth Bishop Auckland · Monthly, 1st Friday at 19:00
Steeltown Session Consett · Monthly, 2nd Monday at 19:30
Darlington Folk Acoustic Club Darlington · Monthly, 2nd and 4th Thursday at 19:30
Darlington Folk Workshop Darlington · Every Tuesday at 20:00
Folk at the Travellers Rest Darlington · Monthly, 2nd Wednesday at 14:00
House of Hop Folk Music Session Darlington · Monthly, 3rd Sunday at 14:30
Elm Tree Monday Session Durham · Every Monday at 20:00
Elm Tree Tuesday Session Durham · Every Tuesday at 19:30
Station House Session Durham · Monthly, 2nd Thursday at 20:00
Fisherfolk Hartlepool · Monthly, 1st Monday at 20:00
Hartlepool Folk Club Hartlepool · Every Monday at 12:30
Steam Machine Sessions Newton Aycliffe · Monthly, 1st Sunday at 13:00
ERWAMS Shildon · Every Tuesday at 19:00
The Auckland Shanty Singers Shildon · Every Monday at 19:00
Frog & Ferret Session Spennymoor · Monthly, 2nd Sunday at 19:00
Stockton Folk Club Stockton-on-Tees · Every Monday at 19:30
The Welly Folk Club Wolviston · Every Thursday at 20:30

Folk club nights 5

Gordon Tyrrall and Barbara Mainland at Stockton Folk Club Monday 9 November 2026 at 19:30
Bella Gaffney at Darlington Folk Acoustic Club Thursday 26 November 2026 at 19:45
Anthony John Clarke at Darlington Folk Acoustic Club Thursday 10 December 2026 at 19:45
John Watterson at Darlington Folk Acoustic Club Thursday 28 January 2027 at 19:45
Often Herd at Darlington Folk Acoustic Club Thursday 25 March 2027 at 19:45

Customs 1

Durham Miners’ Gala Durham · Every year on the second Saturday in July, from 08:30

Morris practices 1

Step This Way practice Chester-le-Street · Every Monday at 18:45

Towns in County Durham

Darlington (8)
Durham (4)
Hartlepool (2)
Shildon (2)
Stockton-on-Tees (2)
Bishop Auckland (1)
Chester-le-Street (1)
Consett (1)
Newton Aycliffe (1)
Spennymoor (1)
Wolviston (1)

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