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.