Diary and Events

Sunday 1
Sedgefield Farmers Market, Village Green, 8:30am-12:30pm.
Monday 2
Sedgefield Local History Society, Ceddesfeld Hall, 7:45pm. Wynard Hall Teacher Training College—Haydn and Norma Neal.
Wednesday 4
Ferryhill Town Band Christmas Concert, St. Edmund’s Church, 7:30pm. Tickets £10 or family from £25, available from Brian Mutch (b.mutch@btinternet.com) or from Loft To Loved (cash only).
Friday 6
Sedgefield and District U3A, Sedgefield Parish Hall, 2pm. Christmas party with seasonal quiz.
Saturday 7
Farewell Organ Recital with Alexander Ord, St. Edmund’s Church, 7pm. Tickets £6 on the door, children are free and refreshments are included. Proceeds go to Dementia UK
Friendly Fixers, Fishburn Youth and Community Centre, 10:30am to 12:30pm. Repair café.
Sunday 8
Christmas Carols, Mordon Village Hall, 5:30pm.
Thursday 12
Whist Drive and Christmas Raffle, Mordon Village Hall,7pm.
Friday 13
Sedgefield’s Choirs’ Christmas Concert, St. Edmund’s Church, 7:30pm. Tickets £7 and £5 (under 16s) from members of the choirs and at Tickety Boo.
Sedgefield In Bloom coffee morning, Sedgefield Parish Hall, 10am. Come and enjoy our homemade delicious treats. Wear your Christmas jumpers or twinkle if you would like.
Sedgefield Rock and Blues Club, an evening with Aynsley Lister.
Saturday 14
Ferryhill, Sedgefield and District Flower Club, Sedgefield Parish Hall, 2pm. Workshop—details to be provided.
Sedgefield’s Choirs’ Christmas Concert, St. Edmund’s Church, 7:30pm. See above for ticket details.
Tuesday 17
Sedgefield Memory Café, Sedgefield Methodist Hall, 10:30am to 12pm. For those living with dementia and carers.
Friday 20
Carols on the Green with Fishburn Band, 6:30pm. Mince pies and mulled wine available in Ceddesfeld Hall afterwards. Everyone welcome.
Tuesday 31
Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Party, music from Mamma Said, Sedgefield Parish Hall, 7:30pm. Tickets £12.50 from Sedgefield Town Council Office, 01740 621273.


Save the date The Mayor’s Valentine Dance
will be held on the 14 February 2025. Mamma Said will provide the music. Please bring your own nibbles and drinks.

Tickets are £7.50 and available from Sedgefield Town Council Offices.



From Loft to Loved Craft Groups
Every Wednesday (10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm, 5pm-7pm and 7pm-9pm).
Sewing groups every Thursday (10am-12pm, 12:30pm-2:30pm).
Places need to be pre-booked - visit us or call on 07833 226676.



Speed Quiz at Hardwick Arms
Every Thursday at 8pm in the Hardwick Lounge Bar.

Quiz at The Dun Cow
Every Monday at 8:30pm, hosted by the Sedgefield Mayor, Peter Hinde. £1 per person and each team gets a bowl of chips at half-time.
Arts Update with Geoff Millichap

Sedgefield’s Choirs’ Rhapsody

Tickets are selling fast for Sedgefield’s Choirs’ Christmas Concert: A Rhapsody of Christmas.

Sedgefield Lyric Singers, SLYC and Lirica will perform a stunning selection of seasonal delights on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 December in St. Edmund’s Church, starting at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available from Tickety Boo or from members of the choirs, priced £7 & £5 (U16s.) Buy yours now, to avoid disappointment.


Dick Whittington

The Players and SPYS are well into their rehearsals for this years Pantomime, Dick Whittington, written by Tom Guest and directed by Sarah Atkinson. With music from movies, this years panto will give audiences the usual singing, dancing, hissing, booing and slapstick they have come to expect.

It is those factors that have seen every performance sell out by November! We cannot thank everyone enough for their continued support. We also want to take this opportunity of thanking Tickety Boo who continue to act as our Box Office. They have been selling our tickets from the shop for many years and their support is invaluable.

We would like to remind customers that if purchasing tickets this can only be done with cash. We would also like to ask patrons that if there are any issues with ticket purchases or availability, this needs to be done directly through the Sedgefield Players. Tickety Boo are not able to resolve any disputes and have no say in when tickets are given to them.

We will be announcing our shows for 2025 soon.


Memorable Nights at Hardwick Hall

Hardwick Hall truly has something for everyone this December and into the new year.

Make this party season one to remember with pantomime in the form of Aladdin, a swing band, a Bavarian Oompah Band, an evening dedicated to ABBA, another dedicated to the golden age of boy bands (5ive, Take That, Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Blue and more).

There is a bingo night featuring a 3- course meal, karaoke and air guitar competitions, as well as a Soul & Motown night courtesy of the band Storm.

There is a Murder Mystery night on Saturday 2 December, and where better to welcome the New Year than at one of the two parties both hosted at Hardwick on 31 December (a 3 course meal New Year’s Eve party and a New Year’s Eve Gala Ball).

In short, with literally dozens of events in December alone there is far too much to summarise here. Visit hardwickhallhotel.co.uk/upcomingevents and find the night out for you. Some of these events are selling out already, so don’t delay and book your special night out now.


Pantomimes in the area

Don’t be too down-in-the-dumps if you missed out on a ticket to see Sedgefield Players’ sold-out run of Dick Whittington this year—there are more pantos around the region with all the traditional thrills and spills, songs and silliness.

Bishop Auckland Town Hall is staging Cinderella from 4 to 11 December bishopaucklandtownhall.org.uk/bishoppost/cinderella/.

Billingham Forum’s show - also Cinderella - runs from 4 December to 5 January forumtheatrebillingham.co.uk/pantomime.

There is also Gala Durham’s production of Beauty and the Beast in a reimagined Mediaeval France with a distinct local flavour.
Runs until 31 December. galadurham.co.uk/galapost/beautyand-the-beast/. So don’t sit at home in a huff, don your posh frock & head out for traditional festive fun & frolics.

More local events

Winter Market at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Festive spirit in abundance and unique gift opportunities in the grounds of the Bowes Museum. Price includes museum admission, workshops, and festive activities. 13 to 15 December, £6.50.
thebowesmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/winter-market/.


ROH Live: Cinderella at the Friarage Theatre, Yarm School
This is a live-streamed performance of the Royal Opera House’s spellbinding ballet on Wednesday 11 and Sunday 15 December.
Website

Carols for All - Durham Cathedral
Traditional carols and readings in a magnificent setting. Saturday 7 (11am & 1:30pm), Sunday 8 December (2pm).
more information