Discover Spennymoor’s hidden treasure
Do you know what a pit yakker, a bleezer or a kist is, or what a hewer did down the pit? writes Durham Mining...
Spennymoor Town Band in competition success
Spennymoor Town Band, conducted by Fiona Casewell, competed at the recent Bolsover Festival of Brass Entertainment, held in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
With tough competition from across...
Reg Vardy Band to play at St Paul’s
The award-winning Reg Vardy Band is to launch its 2022 season in Spennymoor after the pandemic forced it to stop performing concerts for nearly...
Dates announced for Bishop Auckland Food Festival 2020
A food festival that attracted more than 29,000 people in
April will serve up even more tasty treats, celebrity chefs and culinary inspiration
when it returns...
Dancers Donate Charity Funds
THE JOANNE Banks Dancers of Spennymoor have been busy this summer raising money for cancer charities.
In memory of Alison Maddison and Ian...
Brass festival brings the party to people
Streets and parks across County Durham will come alive next
month when a feel-good music festival makes its joyous return.
Durham BRASS is set to deliver...
Big Brass Bash returns to Spennymoor
Top brass bands are once again set to party in the parks of County Durham this summer when Brass, Durham’s liveliest festival, returns for...
Lewis is UK’s strongest kid
Spennymoor teenager, Lewis Askwith has been named the UK’s Strongest Kid after winning the competition in St Albans on Easter Monday.
Lewis competed in the...
‘Triple Bill’ of dance at Everyman
Eliot Smith Dance, the Newcastle based contemporary dance company, is set to perform its Triple Bill production at Spennymoor’s Settlement Everyman Theatre.
The diverse...
Norman Cornish Centenary commemorated
The County Durham mining community that provided a lifetime of inspiration for artist Norman Cornish, will sit at the heart of a special exhibition,...
