What's on in Northumberland in January 2027

Friday 1 January 2027

• New Year's Day café opening

  Blyth Battery, Blyth · Free

  The volunteers at Blyth Battery open their tea room on New Year's Day, a good excuse for a blustery walk along South Beach. The rest of the site is closed for the winter. Organiser

• New Year's Day walk to Sycamore Gap

  11:00 The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, Once Brewed

  Start the year with a five mile circular walk along Hadrian's Wall past milecastles, Sycamore Gap and Crag Lough, returning on lower paths. No dogs. Organiser

Saturday 2 January 2027

• Monthly Coffee Morning

  10:00 Seaton Delaval Arts Centre, Seaton Delaval

  A relaxed community coffee morning at the arts centre on Blyth Street, a good chance to see the building and pick up the programme. Organiser

• Space Kids: Searching for Aliens

  16:30 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £25 adults, £15 concessions, family ticket £72 (4 people)

  A family session asking whether there is life out there and how scientists might find it, with space rocks to look at and the telescopes pointed at the Moon, planets and stars when the sky allows. Organiser

• Aurora Night (early evening)

  19:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder

  A New Year northern lights evening starting at 7pm, with a talk on aurora and telescope observing if the sky is clear. Organiser

Sunday 3 January 2027

• Astrophotography evening

  20:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £39 adults, £33 concessions

  A talk on photographing the Milky Way, aurora and star trails, then practical shooting under the dark sky if the weather allows. Bring a camera with a wide-angle lens and a tripod; phones can be used too. Organiser

• Shooting Star Supper: Quadrantids meteor shower

  21:00 Battlesteads Dark Sky Observatory, Wark · £27.50 adults, £24.50 concessions, £75.50 family of four

  Soup and sandwiches in the Battlesteads restaurant, then the observatory to learn where shooting stars come from, handle meteorites and watch for the Quadrantids. Indoor activities run if it is cloudy. Organiser

Monday 4 January 2027

• Our Celestial Neighbourhood

  20:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £39 adults, £33 concessions (under 16s, over 65s)

  A tour of the solar system from Mercury to Neptune with the observatory's astronomers, meteorites to handle and planets through the telescopes when the sky is clear. Organiser

Tuesday 5 January 2027

• Ponteland Wildlife Group talk: Hoverflies

  19:30 St Mary's Parish Centre, Ponteland · £3

  An evening talk by Mark Welfare for Ponteland Wildlife Group, a local group of Northumberland Wildlife Trust. Everyone is welcome. Organiser

Wednesday 6 January 2027

• Music in the Café

  12:30 Woodhorn Museum, Ashington · Included with Woodhorn Annual Pass (£11 adults, £10 concessions, under 18s free)

  Three's a Crowd play easy listening songs from the 60s and 70s in the Winding House Café. Drop in with a cuppa. Organiser

Saturday 9 January 2027

• Space Kids: Searching for Stars

  16:30 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £25 adults, £15 under 16s, £72 family (2 adults, 2 children)

  An early-evening session for children: a short talk, making constellations the way the ancient Greeks did, then a tour of the observatory and the telescopes. It finishes in time for tea, and everyone needs a ticket. Organiser

Wednesday 13 January 2027

• Ship Inn winter supper

  The Ship Inn, Low Newton-by-the-Sea

  A set winter supper menu pairing the Ship's kitchen with its own brewery. Book by phone on 01665 576262. Organiser

Thursday 14 January 2027

• Morpeth Music Society: Tom Poster, piano

  19:30 Morpeth Methodist Church, Morpeth · £20; season ticket £80 for six concerts; under 18s free

  Pianist Tom Poster gives a solo recital for the Morpeth Music Society. Tickets online, from the Chantry tourist information centre or on the door if any are left. Organiser

Saturday 16 January 2027

• Space Kids: Searching for Aliens

  16:30 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £25 adults, £15 concessions, family ticket £72 (4 people)

  A family session asking whether there is life out there and how scientists might find it, with space rocks to look at and the telescopes pointed at the Moon, planets and stars when the sky allows. Organiser

• Brit Rock Film Tour

  19:00 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £10

  Four UK climbing and adventure films with big climbs, laughs and good stories. Organiser

• Our Celestial Neighbourhood (early evening)

  19:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder

  The solar system evening at the earlier 7pm start: a talk on the planets, a look round the observatory and telescope observing if the sky is clear. Organiser

• Destination Live: Rolling Stones

  19:30 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £27

  A 12-piece band with horns plays the Rolling Stones' hits. Organiser

Sunday 17 January 2027

• Bastles of Tarsetdale guided walk

  10:30 Greenhaugh car park, Greenhaugh · Under 16s free with a paying adult

  A 7.5-mile moderate walk through Tarsetdale's hay meadows to see several bastles, the fortified farmhouses of the reiver years, plus a church and an 18th-century dovecote. Bring a packed lunch; no dogs. Organiser

• Royal Northern Sinfonia: Appalachian Spring

  15:00 St Mary's Church, Wooler

  Royal Northern Sinfonia players directed by Maria Wloszczowska perform Barber's Summer Music, Adams's Shaker Loops, Korngold and Copland's Appalachian Spring. Organiser

Monday 18 January 2027

• The Dark Cosmos

  20:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder

  A specialist evening on dark matter, dark energy and the questions cosmology has not yet answered, with telescope observing if the sky is clear and hot drinks included. Organiser

Tuesday 19 January 2027

• Exhibition on Screen: Renoir and Love

  Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed · £15 adults, £14 concessions, £8 children

  A film tour of the National Gallery's Renoir exhibition, with experts on his paintings of love and everyday pleasure. Also showing on Sunday 24 January. Organiser

• Exhibition on Screen: Renoir and Love

  19:00 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £15, concessions £14

  A film about Renoir's paintings of love, from the National Gallery. Also shown 27 January at 12.30pm and 2 February at 4.15pm. Organiser

Wednesday 20 January 2027

• Our Celestial Neighbourhood

  20:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £39 adults, £33 concessions (under 16s, over 65s)

  A tour of the solar system from Mercury to Neptune with the observatory's astronomers, meteorites to handle and planets through the telescopes when the sky is clear. Organiser

Friday 22 January 2027

• Our Celestial Neighbourhood (early evening)

  19:00 Kielder Observatory, Kielder

  The solar system evening at the earlier 7pm start: a talk on the planets, a look round the observatory and telescope observing if the sky is clear. Organiser

• Celine: My Heart Will Go On

  19:30 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £28

  A concert of Celine Dion's hits with a live band. Organiser

Saturday 23 January 2027

• Royal Northern Sinfonia at Alnwick Playhouse

  Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick

  The region's chamber orchestra visits Alnwick Playhouse for a January concert. Organiser

• Berwick Music Society: Alexandra Mackenzie and Ingrid Sawers

  14:00 Berwick Parish Church (Holy Trinity), Berwick-upon-Tweed · £15, under 18s free

  A Saturday afternoon cello and piano recital for Berwick Music Society. Under 18s get in free. Organiser

• Space Kids: Searching for Stars

  16:30 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £25 adults, £15 under 16s, £72 family (2 adults, 2 children)

  An early-evening session for children: a short talk, making constellations the way the ancient Greeks did, then a tour of the observatory and the telescopes. It finishes in time for tea, and everyone needs a ticket. Organiser

Sunday 24 January 2027

• Exhibition on Screen: Renoir and Love

  Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed · £15 adults, £14 concessions, £8 children

  A second screening of the Exhibition on Screen film about the National Gallery's Renoir show. Organiser

• Royal Northern Sinfonia: Chamber Music on a Grand Scale

  15:00 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · £23 adults, £8 students, school children free

  Twelve players from the Royal Northern Sinfonia perform Holst, Brahms and Spohr on a Sunday afternoon. Organiser

Tuesday 26 January 2027

• The Met Opera: La Fanciulla del West

  18:00 Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed · £15 adults, £14 concessions, £8 children

  Puccini's Wild West opera in a new Metropolitan Opera staging by Richard Jones, sung in Italian with subtitles. Organiser

• Nashville Live

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £28

  A country music tribute with a live band working through 40 songs made famous by Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers and more. Organiser

Wednesday 27 January 2027

• Sleeping Beauty (Alnwick Theatre Club panto)

  Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £18, children £10, premium £21

  Alnwick Theatre Club's pantomime by Sophie Towers, set in the land of Wick. The club has been performing in the town for over 75 years. Organiser

Thursday 28 January 2027

• Guided walk: River Walk

  11:15 Wallington, Cambo · Included with normal admission (National Trust members free)

  An easy 2.6 mile volunteer-led walk through the formal gardens and along the River Wansbeck, with stepping stones or a bridge. Meet at the Clocktower; dogs on leads are welcome. Organiser

• Guided walk: Winter walk

  13:30 Wallington, Cambo · Included with normal admission (National Trust members free)

  A gentle 2.3 mile volunteer-led walk through the West Woods and Wellbeing Woods, with talk of how the woods are managed. Wear boots and waterproofs. Organiser

Friday 29 January 2027

• Morpeth Antiquarian Society talk: Meet the Members

  19:15 St James' Centre, Morpeth · £4 visitors, £1 members

  Members bring displays from the society's autumn heritage exhibition and give short talks, with tea and cake. Visitors welcome; doors open at 7pm. Organiser

• Deepest Fears: Ghost Stories

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £14.50

  Two ghost stories by E.F. Benson and Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted for the stage by Adam Z. Robinson. Organiser

Saturday 30 January 2027

• Space Kids: Searching for Aliens

  16:30 Kielder Observatory, Kielder · £25 adults, £15 concessions, family ticket £72 (4 people)

  A family session asking whether there is life out there and how scientists might find it, with space rocks to look at and the telescopes pointed at the Moon, planets and stars when the sky allows. Organiser