Hexham has got a serious sci-fi vibe going on this August. That’s all thanks to a new festival called Cosmic Frequencies and a unique sci-fi monsters exhibition. We’re also welcoming GlastonAbbey, an outdoor tribute festival at Hexham Abbey over the Bank Holiday Weekend.

Love films? Don’t miss our link below to the trailer for Jaws at 50. Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece is being shown at the Forum Cinema in late August.

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

All month 10am-4pm Sci-Fi Monsters Exhibition (closed Sundays & Bank Holiday Monday) Queen’s Hall FREE

Fri 1st at 1pm Lunchtime Live – Alessandro Bianchi Hexham Abbey FREE

Fri 1st-Thurs 7th The Smurfs (U) How To Train Your Dragon (PG) Jurassic World Rebirth (12A) Forum £10.50/conc

Sun 3rd, Wed 6th & Thurs 7th The Other Way Around (Spanish with subtitles – 12A) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Tues 5th at 6.30pm Summer Wars (Japanese with subtitles – 12A) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 8th & Sun 10th-Thurs 14th Four Letters of Love (12A) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 8th-Thurs 14th Superman (12A) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 8th 7pm-11pm Cosmic Frequencies: Sci-fi Pub Quiz & Cos-play Party & DJs The Tannery pub FREE

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

Sat 9th from 10am- 3pm Hexham Indoor Market in the Priory Buildings – CH Event Hexham Abbey FREE

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

Sat 9th 12.30pm-1.30pm Cosmic Frequencies: A Metaphysical Salon The Heart pub FREE

Sat 9th at 2pm-3pm Cosmic Frequencies: The History of Sci-Fi Fx The Heart pub FREE

Sat 9th 7pm-9.30pm Cosmic Frequencies: Cosmic Talks Forum Cinema £18/conc

Sun 10th at 4.30pm Cosmic Frequencies: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Forum Cinema £6

Tues 12th 9am-3pm Hexham Antiques and Vintage Fair – Colin Caygill Wentworth Leisure Centre £2

Fri 15th & Sat 16th Friendship (rated 15) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Sun 17th at 3.15pm Wolf Children (Japanese with subtitles – rated 12A) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Mon 18th at 6.30pm Amadeus (rating PG) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 22nd from 5.45pm GlastonAbbey: Oasis 96 / StereoConics / Coldplay it Again Abbey cloisters From £18

Sat 23rd 9am-1.30pm Hexham Farmers’ Market Abbey Flags & Cowgarth FREE

Sat 23rd 5.45pm from GlastonAbbey: Sham Fender/Brightside Killers/Robbie Williams Exp AbbeyFrom £18

Sun 24th Aug at 3pm Jazz on Sundays: Chris Coull Quartet Hexham Library £12/10

Tues 26th at 6.30pm Kaegmusha (Japanese with subtitles – rating 12A) Forum Cinema £6

Fri 29th & Sat 30th Jaws (50th Anniversary) Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Fri 29th-7th Sept Jacobites: The Radcliffes and the 1715 Rising Hexham Abbey FREE

Fri 29th at 7pm Chris Helme (ex The Seahorses) The Vault £29.50

Fri 29th at 7.30pm Core Music presents the Nel Begley Trio Hexham Community Centre £12/conc

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH

HEXHAM ABBEY plus Big Story exhibition (10am-5pm Mon-Sat / 11am-5pm Sundays) FREE

HEXHAM OLD GAOL (Open 10am-4pm Mon to Sun) with free kids’ activities £8/conc

QUEEN’S HALL ARTS CENTRE (Closed Sundays/Bank Holidays) FREE

FORUM CINEMA (Open seven days a week)

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

INSPIRED POTS Pottery painting studio (Open Wed-Sunday)

PROJECT ESCAPE Four escape rooms (Open seven days a week)

GIGS at The Fox, Vercelli’s, The Grapes, The Tannery & The Victorian Tap