This summer seems to have flown by! Its is having a last blast with a packed September and a huge variety of events in Hexham.

Enjoy four days of music and the arts at the annual Hexham Abbey Festival; Hexham Book Festival is bringing comic/classicist Natalie Haynes to the Queen’s Hall; and tours to Hexham’s fascinating House of Correction are taking place as part of Heritage Open Days.

Daily Highlights

Until Sat 6th Sci-Fi Monsters Exhibition: Seek, Locate, Restore! Queen’s Hall FREE (closed Sundays)

Tues 2nd at 7pm The Ceremony Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Thurs 4th at 7pm NT Live: Inter Alia Forum Cinema £18.50/conc

Fri 5th at 7.30pm Done to Death, By Jove! Queen’s Hall £16/conc

Sat 6th 9am-2pm Hexham Indoor Vintage, Flea & Antique Fair Hexham Mart £5/£3

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

Fri 12th-Thurs 25th Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Forum Cinema £10.50/conc

Sat 13th 9am-1.30pm Hexham Farmers’ Market Abbey Flags & Cowgarth FREE

Sat 13th & Sun 14th Heritage Open Days: House of Correction Tours Hexham Old Gaol FREE

Sat 13th 10am-4pm Monthly Indoor Market Gifts & Crafts – CH Event Abbey Priory Rooms FREE

Sat 13th at 6.15pm & 8.30pm Taylor Swift by Candlelight Hexham Abbey £35/conc

Sat 13th at 7.30pm Destination Bowie Queen’s Hall Theatre £18

Sat 20th at 2pm Wonders of Our Universe Queen’s Hall £20/conc

Sun 21st at 3pm Sunday Jazz: James Borland Hexham Library £10/£12 on the door

Sun 21st at 7.30pm Creedance Clearwater Review Queen’s Hall £23

Mon 22nd at 7.30pm Natalie Haynes: No Friend To This House Queen’s Hall £22

Thurs 24th at 6.30pm Abbey Festival Chorus Evensong Hexham Abbey FREE

Thurs 25th at 1pm Abbey Festival: Matthew Kelley Organ Festival Hexham Abbey FREE

Thurs 25th at 3pm Abbey Festival: Poetry & Music: Sean O’Brien & John Green Abbey £15/conc

Thurs 25th at 7.30pm Grace Petrie: This Is No Time To Panic! Queen’s Hall £18/conc

Thurs 25th at 8pm Abbey Festival: Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening Hexham Abbey £22/£15/conc

Fri 26th at 7pm Abbey Festival: The Sixteen – Angel of Peace Hexham Abbey £30/conc

Fri 26th 5pm-8pm The Creative Quarter Open Evening St Mary’s Chare FREE

Fri 26th at 7.30pm Thank ABBA For The Music Queen’s Hall Theatre £26.50

Sat 27th 9am-1.30pm Hexham Farmers’ Market Abbey Flags & Cowgarth FREE

Sat 27th 11am Abbey Festival: The Velveteen Rabbit Hexham Abbey £15 group/conc

Sat 27th at 2pm Magic & Marvels Queen’s Hall Theatre £14/conc

Sat 27th at 7.30pm Abbey Festival Chorus and Orchestra: Britten and Mozart Abbey £22/£15/conc

Sun 28th at 10am Abbey Festival: Festival Chorus Eucharist Hexham Abbey FREE

Sun 28th at 7.30pm Abbey Festival: An Evening with Cole Porter Queen’s Hall £20/conc

Tues 30th at 4.30pm A Squash and a Squeeze Queen’s Hall £17/conc

Throughout the month

Hexham Abbey plus the 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 Thurs-Sat) at The Fox, Vercelli’s, The Grapes, The Tannery & The Victorian Tap

Stay a little longer

Tempted by some of September’s events in Hexham? Why not come and stay for the night (or more). We also have a great range of places to eat and drink.

Cover image: Grace Petrie