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Supporting over 100 small independent local businesses in the Durham City Centre.

The page is ran by the market traders of Durham Markets, located on the Market Place, Durham City, Durham, UK

What a fabulous day! ❤️ 🌈
31/05/2026

What a fabulous day! ❤️ 🌈

23/05/2026
SO excited about today’s line up at the Through the Decades Weekender 🎉👏
23/05/2026

SO excited about today’s line up at the Through the Decades Weekender 🎉👏

What an AMAZING start to our Through the Decades Weekender! 🎉✨The Market Place has been full of music, laughter, history...
22/05/2026

What an AMAZING start to our Through the Decades Weekender! 🎉✨

The Market Place has been full of music, laughter, history, balloon animals, dancing, shopping and smiling faces all day long ❤️

A massive thank you to everyone who came down today to support our traders, performers and local businesses. Seeing the city buzzing like this is exactly what it’s all about.

And we’re only just getting started… 👀

Still loads happening across the weekend including live music, entertainment, living history camps, kids activities, fancy dress, stilt walkers, face painting, puppachinos for your four-legged friends and so much more! 🐶🎭🎶

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📍 Durham Market Place
📅 Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th May

Come and celebrate 175 years of Durham Markets with us!

This weekend we’re celebrating in style with our FREETHROUGH THE DECADES WEEKENDER📍 Durham Market Place📅 Friday 22nd – S...
21/05/2026

This weekend we’re celebrating in style with our FREE
THROUGH THE DECADES WEEKENDER
📍 Durham Market Place
📅 Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th May
⏰ From 10am daily

We’ve packed the whole weekend with live music, entertainment, history, family activities, performers, dancing, walkabouts and plenty going on for kids and grown-ups alike. Honestly there’s so much happening!!!

✨ EXPECT:
🎶 Live singers, bands, choirs & performers
🕺 Tyneside Irish Dancers
🎭 Stilt walkers & walkabout entertainment
🤡 Marty the Market Clown balloon modelling
🏕️ East India Company Living History Camp
⚔️ Interactive historical workshops & displays
🎨 Kids activities, colouring & games
🐶 FREE Puppachinos for your four-legged friends
🎉 Fancy Dress Competition all weekend
🛍️ Plus all your amazing local independent traders

Whether you want to shop local, entertain the kids, soak up some history, grab food, listen to music or just wander around pretending you “only came for one thing”… there’s something for everyone.

It’s completely FREE to attend and designed to bring people into the city to celebrate our amazing market and support the brilliant small businesses that keep it alive.

Come down, bring the family, bring the dog, bring your nana in a 70s outfit if she’s willing. Durham Market Place is going to be BUSY in the best possible way. 🎈

This weekend we’re celebrating in style with our FREETHROUGH THE DECADES WEEKENDER📍 Durham Market Place📅 Friday 22nd – S...
21/05/2026

This weekend we’re celebrating in style with our FREE
THROUGH THE DECADES WEEKENDER
📍 Durham Market Place
📅 Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th May

We’ve packed the whole weekend with live music, entertainment, history, family activities, performers, dancing, walkabouts and plenty going on for kids and grown-ups alike. Honestly there’s so much happening

✨ EXPECT:
🎶 Live singers, bands, choirs & performers
🕺 Tyneside Irish Dancers
🎭 Stilt walkers & walkabout entertainment
🤡 Marty the Market Clown balloon modelling
🏕️ East India Company Living History Camp
⚔️ Interactive historical workshops & displays
🎨 Kids activities, colouring & games
🐶 FREE Puppachinos for your four-legged friends
🎉 Fancy Dress Competition all weekend
🛍️ Plus all your amazing local independent traders

Whether you want to shop local, entertain the kids, soak up some history, grab food, listen to music or just wander around pretending you “only came for one thing”… there’s something for everyone.

It’s completely FREE to attend and designed to bring people into the city to celebrate our amazing market and support the brilliant small businesses that keep it alive.

Come down, bring the family, bring the dog, bring your nana in a 70s outfit if she’s willing. Durham Market Place is going to be BUSY in the best possible way. 🎈

What a line-up we have for you! 👏🏻 🎉 BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DURHAM MARKETS - 175 YEARS! 🎉 And what better way to celebra...
20/05/2026

What a line-up we have for you! 👏🏻 🎉 BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DURHAM MARKETS - 175 YEARS! 🎉 And what better way to celebrate than with a HUGE FREE family weekender right in the heart of the city ❤️

📍 Durham Market Place
📅 Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th May
⏰ FREE EVENT | Family Fun All Weekend!

We’re bringing Durham Market Place to life for an unforgettable celebration packed with live music, family entertainment, history, performers, fancy dress, kids activities, market shopping and so much more! ✨

🎭 Fancy Dress Competition
Dress up from your favourite decade for the chance to WIN amazing prizes including £100 Durham Market vouchers!
Medieval? Victorian? 1940s? 1990s? Totally random and chaotic? We want to see it all!

🎶 Live performances all weekend
🎪 Stilt walkers, disco performers & balloon modelling
🎨 Face painting, glitter tattoos & hair braiding
🏴‍☠️ East India Company Living History Camp
🩺 Padraig’s Gruesome Historical Workshops
🧒 Kids Tent with games, colouring & activities
🐶 FREE Puppachinos from Bert & Barns
🛍️ Indoor & Outdoor Independent Market Traders

This weekend is all about celebrating Durham, supporting local businesses, bringing families into the city and creating something fun, free and memorable for everyone ❤️

Whether you come for the music, the shopping, the history, the costumes, the food or just to soak up the atmosphere… there’s something for every age.

✨ Grab the family, dress up if you fancy it, and come spend the weekend with us!

18/05/2026

One Weekend! So much going on! 🎉🎪 DURHAM MARKET 175TH ANNIVERSARY THROUGH THE DECADES WEEKENDER 🎪🎉

Join us for a HUGE FREE family event in Durham Market Place across THREE packed days of entertainment, music, history, performances, activities and fun for all ages! ✨

📅 Friday 22nd May
📅 Saturday 23rd May
📅 Sunday 24th May
⏰ 10am – 4pm
📍 Durham Market Place

Expect:
🎶 Live music & performances throughout the weekend
🎭 Walkabout entertainers, stilt walkers & disco heads
⚔️ East India Company Living History & Re-enactment Society
🎪 Children’s activities & Little Traders Tent
💃 Tyneside Irish Dancers
🎤 The 4 Decades Show
🏴‍☠️ Shanty singers, choirs, pipers & more
🎨 Games, colouring & family fun
👗 Through the Decades Fancy Dress Competition

This is a completely FREE community event celebrating 175 years of Durham Markets and supporting our fantastic local independent businesses ❤️

With high streets struggling more than ever, events like this are all about bringing people back into the city, supporting local traders and giving families something brilliant to enjoy together.

Come down, soak up the atmosphere and celebrate Durham!

🐶 🎉 🐕 We’re so excited to announce our regular trader Bert and Barn's Natural Doggy Treats will be giving FREE Puppachin...
18/05/2026

🐶 🎉 🐕 We’re so excited to announce our regular trader Bert and Barn's Natural Doggy Treats will be giving FREE Puppachinos for your four-legged friends all weekend for the Durham Markets - Through the Decades Weekender - 175th Anniversary 🐾

📍 Durham Market Place
📅 Friday 22nd, Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May
⏰ 10am till 4pm

Bring the family, bring the dog, soak up the atmosphere and enjoy a completely FREE community event packed with entertainment, music, living history, performers, kids activities and loads more across the weekend 🎪✨

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Market Place
Durham
DH13NJ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9am - 4:30pm

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