"A two-day showground spectacular at Thornly Hall Farm featuring livestock competitions, show jumping, monster trucks, Shetland pony racing, and a fun dog show for all the family."
Durham County Show
"A coastal food celebration on the Durham seafront featuring street food, cookery classes, live music, TV chefs, and locally sourced produce from across the North East."
Seaham Food Festival
"Claimed to be England's oldest open-air agricultural show, this two-day Weardale event at Scotch Isle Park combines serious livestock competitions with show jumping, birds of prey, an artisan food market, and live music."
Wolsingham Show
"A brand new not for profit festival on a historic coastal peninsula mixing folk concerts, Morris dancing and a 1940s themed day at a Victorian gun battery museum."
Headland Folkfest
"A small leather ball is passed through a bull ring and fought across the village in a game over 1000 years old."
Sedgefield Shrove Tuesday Ball Game
✦ Weird & Wonderful"70 years since the first rally, this County Durham estate show still gathers huge steam engines, vintage commercials and classic cars in the grounds of Lambton Castle."
Chester-le-Street Steam and Vintage Fair
"Two days of live tribute bands and a food village set in the heart of the Durham Dales at Stanhope showground, with a popular fancy dress competition on the Saturday."
Stanhope Weekender Music Festival