shildon's leap festival
Thursday 29th February 2024
The event was a fantastic success. Throughout the evening, over 2,000 residents gathered to enjoy the entertainment, culinary delights, and installations created by the pupils of St John's CE Primary School.
The children were empowered to explore their musical and artistic inclinations, depicting their interpretation of the leap year. They collaborated with local arts organisation, Dispel Art to create a captivating art installation of the solar system, and under the guidance of musician Sam Slatcher, penned an enchanting song titled "It's Finally Here" resulting in a beautiful soundtrack and short film by Laura Degnan.
Bishop Auckland's Christmas Town
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th November 2023
Even bigger than the previous two years, this year's Christmas Town commanded nearly 40,000 visitors to enjoy the festivities! Including Santa's Grotto, the ice rink, the giant snow globe and a ferris wheel new for 2023.
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The Cabaret Club 2023
Over the course of 2023, we welcomed multi Cabaret acts to Bishop Auckland. We had a mixture of comedy, music and also some that merged the two.
One of the acts, Nana Funk, was so popular that we invited her back to host our Big Christmas Quiz at Christmas Town!
Street Food Markets 2023
On the last Friday of every month between March and October, we teamed up with Bridge Creative to bring you the Street Food Markets. This included various traders offering different cuisines and treats, along with live entertainment.
Bishop Auckland's Heritage Festival
Saturday 23rd September
A journey of discovery and memories of the town and its people. Free exhibitions: walking tours, family activities, vintage cars, guest speakers, displays, and a whole host of local partners and organisations who brought our heritage to life!
Bishop Auckland's Christmas Town
18th - 20th November 2022
Attracting 17,000 people with Christmas Joy, our Grotto, Markets, Ice Rink, performances, workshops and entertainment were a roaring success in 2022.
Kabaret Vollmond
Simon David: White Gay
28 October 2022
Simon belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive (and annoying!) demographic there is: the white gay! Simon had a catchy song for just about everything wrong with the community he loves to hate!
Hallows Haunt
22 October 2022
Our Halloween events included a giant troll & animatronic spider stomping around the Marketplace and a spooky piece of theatre with Tales from a Haunted Bookshop!
The Platinum Jubilee
2nd - 4th June 2022
In June we produced a Jubilee party and picnic with live entertainment, lighting of the beacon, and traditional games accompanied by afternoon teas, a vintage car show and fair ground rides.
BACCANALIA Festival
30th April - 1st May 2022
Our entertainment festival with something for everyone began with cabaret, music, theatre, comedy and family shows. Our headliner was Paul Sinha who received a standing ovation.
Bishop Auckland's Christmas Town
26th - 28th November 2021
Christmas Town began in 2021 and despite challenges, it received incredible feedback making it an endeavour we had to bring back for 2022!
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