What's On

JiggleBeamers is our fantastic drop-in session for families with pre-school children! Bring your little ones along to our new weekly play session in the Pit Village Band Hall.

We’ve teamed up with Durham County Council’s Walk for Life to hold a weekly health walk, starting from the Main Entrance.

Join us for the second year of our new event looking at Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

Newcastle Male Chorus will be performing in the Pit Village chapel at 11am and 2pm.

Come along to our Hetton Band Hall from 1.30pm on Mondays to join in with some traditional music, songs and dance.

Dig out your 50s finery and rock and roll along to this fabulous celebration of all things fifties.

On Friday, 7th July the Masonic Hall will be set for a fantastic film night as part of our Festival of 50 - showing Penny Points to Paradise (1951) and celebrating independent British filmmaker and distributor, Adelphi Films Ltd.

Between 20 and 50 competitors from The Quoits Association will play in the traditional game of quoits in the Pit Village.

Enjoy a trip along the Beamish Cog Railway - the world's first 7 1/4" gauge rack railway set within the grounds of the museum.

On Saturday, 8th July the Masonic Hall will be set for a fantastic film night as part of our Festival of 50 - showing the first Ealing comedy shot in colour, The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953).

Ashington and District Male Voice Choir will be performing in the Pit Village chapel at 11am and 2pm.

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus will be performing in the Pit Village chapel.