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Music
Last Train Home Festival 2026
Sat 5 Sep · 12:00
Darlington Hippodrome, The Forum Music Centre and The Hullabaloo · Darlington
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Arts & Culture
Common Stars: Art and the Starling
Fri 3 Jul · 09:00
Redcar Palace · Redcar & Cleveland
17JulFri
Arts & Culture
Stanley Davison: A Decade in Paint
Fri 17 Jul
Hartlepool Art Gallery · Hartlepool
25AugTue
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James Lindsey Bird ARCA Exhibition
Tue 25 Aug
Darlington Library Art Gallery · Darlington
26AugWed
FreeFamily
Little Seedlings Free Soft Play at Dobbies Stockton
Wed 26 Aug · 07:15
Dobbies Stockton · Stockton-on-Tees
31AugMon
FreeFamily
Daisy Fest 2026
Mon 31 Aug · 09:00
Daisy Chain, Calf Fallow Farm · Stockton-on-Tees
31AugMon
FreeFamily
Hopetown End of Summer Party
Mon 31 Aug · 09:00
Hopetown Darlington · Darlington
31AugMon
FreeSport & Fitness
Danny Shurmer/James Parkinson Memorial Trophy charity match
Mon 31 Aug · 11:00
Park Drive cricket ground · Hartlepool
31AugMon
FreeFamily
Children’s Stories & Rhymes – 31 August
Mon 31 Aug · 12:00
Community Hub Central Children’s Library · Hartlepool
1SepTue
Sport & Fitness
Move It and Shake It
Tue 1 Sep · 09:15
ARC Stockton Arts Centre · Stockton-on-Tees
1SepTue
FreeCommunity
The Recovery Festival
Tue 1 Sep · 10:00
Darlington Town Centre · Darlington
1SepTue
Workshop & Learning
Bandjam Juniors & Seniors at Middlesbrough Town Hall
Tue 1 Sep · 15:45
Middlesbrough Town Hall · Middlesbrough
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Little Loco storytelling brings railway courage and cooperation to Preston Park
A drop-in family storytelling day at Preston Park Museum follows a nervous little locomotive finding the courage to tackle a big job on the historic Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Preston Park’s hands-on railway exhibition gives young children the controls
All Aboard! at Preston Park Museum lets children explore a giant replica train through wheels, coal, pistons and play while discovering the Stockton and Darlington Railway story.
Darlington GP partnership puts NHS App skills into free adult learning courses
A new partnership between Learning & Skills Darlington and all 11 GP practices in the town will help residents build everyday digital skills and learn how to use the NHS App.
Tees Valley tennis charity opens financial support for young players
Families can now apply for help with coaching, equipment, competition and travel costs where money is stopping an 8 to 18-year-old from taking part in tennis or padel.
Seven-piece Fleetwood Mac tribute brings live show to Middlesbrough Theatre
Seven Wonders brings its live Fleetwood Mac tribute to Middlesbrough Theatre on 19 September, covering music from the Peter Green years through to the band's later catalogue.
Motown classics get a live-band celebration at Middlesbrough Theatre
Legends of Motown comes to Middlesbrough Theatre on 12 September with a live band and a set built around songs associated with the Motown era.
Free Tees Expo brings hundreds of businesses together at the Riverside this September
Tees Expo returns to Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium on 17 September, with free delegate entry, more than 70 exhibitors and a programme of business talks and networking.
Christopher Macarthur Boyd brings new nocturnal stand-up hour to Stockton
Scottish comedian Christopher Macarthur Boyd brings Howling at The Moon to ARC Stockton on 11 September, exploring neurodiversity, sexuality and mental life through stand-up.
Tees Valley SpotlightConnection
Young people help shape bold new vision for Middlesbrough town centre
Plans for Middlesbrough town centre include a new theatre, hotel, green public spaces and thousands of homes, with feedback from 1,300 young people, parents and carers helping to shape the strategy.
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£5 Friday ukulele sessions keep Stockton’s community players strumming together
ARC Stockton’s ARCulele Advanced group continues through September with weekly £5 Friday sessions for adult players who already know the basics.
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British Sign Language courses open in Darlington and Middlesbrough this September
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