Local Activities

Events in Northumberland

For more information and exact dates, please visit Information Britain.

This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events. In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.

March

• Easter Extravaganza , Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed

April

• Northumbria Gathering, Morpeth, week after Easter

May

• Bird Day at Paxton House , Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
• Riding the Bounds, Berwick
• The Flora of Paxton House, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed

June

• Morpeth Fair Day, Town Centre, Morpeth, mid June
• Ovingham Goose Fair, Goose Fair Cross, Ovingham, mid June
• Paxton House Vintage Rally, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed

July

• Amble Sea Fayre Festival, The Littleshore, Amble, early July
• Brinkburn Music Festival, Rothbury
• Felton & Thirston Village Fair, Recreation Field, Morpeth, early July
• Haltwhistle Town Carnival & Garden Party, Town Centre, Haltwhistle, early July
• Music at Paxton Festival , Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
• Tweedmouth Salmon Feast, Tweedmouth, Sunday following 18 July

August

• Falstone Border Shepherds Show, Showfield, Hexham, mid August
• Glanton Village Show, Showfield, Glanton, mid August
• Glendale Show, Wooler, late August
• Great North Bike Ride, Seahouses
• Kielder Forest Festival, Kielder Castle, Kielder, early August
• Newbiggin Fair, Town Centre, Newbiggin, early August
• Paxton Teds Super Fundays, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
• Slaley Show, Townhead Field, Hexham, 11th
• Victorian Fridays, Berwick-upon-Tweed
• Warkworth Flower Show, Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, mid August
• Whittingham Show, Showfield, Alnwick, mid August

September

• Annual Fungus Foray, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
• Belford Show, Belford Middle School, Belford, late September
• Harbottle Show, Oak Tree Field, Morpeth, early Sepember
• Hexham Abbey Festival, Hexham
• Seahouses Festival, Various Centres, Seahouses, early September

October

• Border Shepherds Show, Alwinton, secondd week in October
• Hexham Abbey Festival, Hexham

November

• Alnwick Christmas Lights, Market Square, Alnwick, late November

December

• Allendale Tar Barrel Ceremony, Allendale, 31 December
• Northumberland & Borders History Fair, Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham.