Summer is in full swing here in Hexham! Highlights this month include our hugely popular Bluegrass Festival (now with added Americana) and the opening of a Sci-Fi monsters exhibition called Seek, Locate, Restore!

HEXHAM ABBEY Open to visitors 10am-5pm daily (service times excepted)

HEXHAM OLD GAOL Open 10am-4pm Wed to Sun (open all week during school holidays) £8/conc

QUEEN’S HALL ARTS CENTRE Closed Sundays/Bank Holidays (full programme queenshall.co.uk)

FORUM CINEMA Open seven days a week (full programme at forumhexham.com)

ADVENTOURSUK.COM Gruesome walking tours of Hexham (7pm Fri and 3pm Sat) Book online

Daily Highlights

Tues 1st-Wed 3rd The Ballad of Wallis Island Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 4th 2pm & 4pm Lunchtime Live – Philip Crozier Hexham Abbey FREE

Fri 4th 2pm & 4pm Spot’s Birthday Party Queen’s Hall Theatre £16/£15

Sat 5th 11am-3pm Indoor Market – CH Event Priory Buildings at Hexham Abbey FREE

Sat 5th 7.30pm Hexham Orpheus Choir with J’s & B’s Singers Hexham Abbey £15/conc

Sun 6th 11am & 1.30pm Robyn Hood Queen’s Hall Theatre £15/£13/£16

Sun 6th Noon-2pm Chris Kelly / Straight To Tape Bandstand – Abbey Grounds FREE

Tues 8th 9am-3pm Antiques & Vintage Fair – Colin Caygill Wentworth Leisure Centre £2

Tues 8th-Thurs 10th Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Thurs 10th 7-9pm The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I Hexham Abbey £20/conc

Thurs 10th-Sat 12th 7.30pm The Curious Adventures of Alice Queen’s Hall Theatre From £12

Sat 12th 9am-1.30pm Hexham Farmers’ Market Abbey Flags & Cowgarth FREE

Sat 12th 10am-3pm Hexham Classic and Motorsport Car Show Hexham Mart £5

Sat 12th 7.30pm Eabhal (Scottish folk) Hexham Library £17

Sun 13th Noon-2pm Giles Strong Quartet Bandstand FREE

Sun 13th 3pm Sunday Jazz at the Queen’s Hall: Ferg Kilsby Hexham Library £12/£10 in advance

From 14th Sci-Fi Monsters Exhibition: Seek, Locate, Restore! Queen’s Hall FREE

Tues 15th 10am-1pm Pop-Up Garden Workshop with Yvette Ja Queen’s Hall £40 18+

Tues 15th 7pm Ran (40th Anniversary) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 18th-Thurs 24th How To Train Your Dragon (2025) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 18th 7.30pm Comedy Sneak Peeks Queen’s Hall Theatre £14.50

Sat 19th 9am- 2pm Hexham Indoor Vintage, Flea & Antique Fair Mart £5/£3

Sat 19th 4.30pm Laurel and Hardy: Marriage Triple Bill Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Sun 20th 11am-4pm Sci-Fi Monsters Live Event! Queen’s Hall £15/£7.50

Sun 20th 1-3pm Mike Turnbull & The Valiant Knights/Front Porch Band Bandstand FREE

Tues 22nd 7.30pm The Ultimate Irish Hooley Queen’s Hall Theatre £28

Fri 25th 10am-4pm Draw for the Terrified Workshop Queen’s Hall £55 16+

Fri 25th 7pm Hoedown Ceilidh – Hexham Bluegrass Festival Community Centre £7/conc

Sat 26th 9am-1.30pm Hexham Farmers’ Market Abbey Flags & Cowgarth FREE

Sat 26th 11am-1pm Corbridge Chamber Music Festival Concert Abbey £22

Sat 26th Noon-8pm Hexham Bluegrass Festival Bandstand & Abbey Grounds FREE

Sat 26th 6.15 & 8.30pm Adele by Candlelight Abbey From £15

Sun 27th from noon Hexham Bluegrass Festival Town Centre events FREE/ticketed

Sun 27th 5pm Edinburgh Comedy Preview Day Queen’s Hall £10 per show/£30 day pass

Want to plan your visit to Hexham? Take a look at our main site for info on accommodation, shopping and where to eat and drink.