What's on in Northumberland in March 2027

Tuesday 2 March 2027

• Ponteland Wildlife Group talk: Rewilding Britain

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

  An evening talk by Steven Lipscombe of Rewilding Britain for Ponteland Wildlife Group, a local group of Northumberland Wildlife Trust. Everyone is welcome. Organiser

Wednesday 3 March 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

• Wor Bella

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £18

  A play about the North East munitionettes of the First World War and their football teams, told through striker Bella Reay, who scored 130 goals in 30 games. Organiser

Friday 5 March 2027

• Fairport Convention: 60th Anniversary Winter Tour

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £40

  The folk-rock band mark 60 years with old favourites and newer songs. Organiser

• Totally Blondie

  19:30 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £28

  A Blondie tribute band covering hits from across the band's career. Organiser

Saturday 6 March 2027

• Bradley Creswick and Margaret Fingerhut: Alnwick Music Society

  19:30 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £20, ages 19 to 30 £8, under 18s free

  A violin and piano recital of Vaughan Williams, Franck, Ravel and MacMillan. Organiser

Sunday 7 March 2027

• Guided walk: set foot in Scotland

  10:30 Hethpool car park, College Valley, Hethpool

  A demanding 8.5 mile circuit from the College Valley over the border via Eccles Cairn and the Stob Stones, with nearly 1,500ft of climbing. No dogs. Organiser

• Tannahill Weavers

  19:00 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £22

  The veteran Scottish traditional band brings fast instrumentals, ballads and humour. Organiser

Wednesday 10 March 2027

• Piatti Quartet and Simon Callaghan

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · £23 adults, £8 students, school children free

  Chamber music by Vaughan Williams, Schumann and Dvorak, marking 75 years of Hexham and District Music Society. Organiser

Thursday 11 March 2027

• Morpeth Music Society: Piatti Quartet with Simon Callaghan, piano

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

  The Piatti Quartet are joined by pianist Simon Callaghan for chamber music with strings and piano. Tickets online, from the Chantry tourist information centre or on the door if any are left. Organiser

Friday 12 March 2027

• The Bob Dylan Story

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £26.50

  A tribute to Bob Dylan's songs and the stories behind them, with a nod to the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Organiser

• I Think He Died of a Tuesday

  19:45 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £18

  A comedy drama about a father and son learning to carry on after losing the family's larger than life star. Organiser

Saturday 13 March 2027

• Blyth Battery season opens

  11:00 Blyth Battery, Blyth · Free

  The restored First and Second World War coastal defence battery on South Beach reopens for the season, with its gun emplacements, displays and tea room. Normally open weekends, 11am to 4pm. Organiser

• Berwick Music Society: Cliodhna Scott

  14:00 Berwick Parish Church (Holy Trinity), Berwick-upon-Tweed · £10, under 18s free

  Flautist Cliodhna Scott, with pianist Julie Wilson, plays an hour-long recital. Under 18s get in free. Organiser

• Night-time navigation

  16:00 Walltown Country Park, Greenhead · £30, or £55 for two, plus booking fee

  Practise navigating in the dark and in poor visibility with National Park instructors. You need a daytime navigation course behind you; bring a head torch. Organiser

• Ballroom Blitz

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £36

  A dance show mixing ballroom with contemporary choreography, with live music and big staging. Organiser

• The Bob Dylan Story

  19:30 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £27

  A tribute show telling Dylan's story through his songs, with visuals and anecdotes. Organiser

Thursday 18 March 2027

• The Elves and the Shoemaker

  13:00 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · £12 adults, £10 under 16s, £40 family of four

  A new version of the fairy tale told with clowning, puppetry and a miniature world. Shows at 1pm and 4pm. Organiser

Friday 19 March 2027

• Morpeth Antiquarian Society talk: Roman Offerton: Riverine Archaeology in the River Wear

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

  Gary Bankhead on riverine archaeology and Roman Offerton on the River Wear. Visitors welcome; doors open at 7pm. Organiser

Saturday 20 March 2027

• The Dusty Springfield Songbook and 60s Show

  19:30 Seaton Delaval Arts Centre, Seaton Delaval · £14, concessions £13.50

  Jenna Highfield sings her way through Dusty Springfield's career, from The Springfields to the solo hits, with a 60s feel. Theatre seating and bring your own drinks. Organiser

Sunday 21 March 2027

• Brough Law Fell Race

  10:30 Bulby's Wood car park, Ingram · £5 on the day

  A short, sharp five-mile fell race over Brough Law in the Breamish valley with about 1,300 feet of climbing. Organiser

• Guided walk: Romans to roadstones

  10:30 Cawfields Quarry, Haltwhistle

  A six mile circuit from Cawfields past Milecastle 42 and over the fells to Haltwhistle, returning along the Haltwhistle Burn to see how industry changed the landscape. No dogs. Organiser

Tuesday 23 March 2027

• The Royal Ballet: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  19:15 Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed · £15 adults, £14 concessions, £8 children

  Christopher Wheeldon's colourful ballet of Alice's trip down the rabbit hole, screened from the Royal Opera House. Organiser

Friday 26 March 2027

• Northern Cross Easter pilgrimage to Holy Island

  Pilgrims' Way, Holy Island, Holy Island · Free

  The Northern Cross pilgrimage, now in its 51st year, walks from Lanark and Carlisle through Holy Week to Lindisfarne, with a Beal leg for those joining on Good Friday only. Contact the organisers to take part, and check the causeway safe crossing times before you travel. Organiser

Saturday 27 March 2027

• CATS in SPACE

  19:30 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £31.50

  The British rock band play songs from their seventh studio album alongside older favourites, with a new line-up. Organiser

Sunday 28 March 2027

• Guided walk: Rothbury, Lordenshaw and Thompson's Rock

  10:30 Rothbury Riverside car park, Rothbury

  A 5.5 mile walk from Rothbury up to Lordenshaw and along the Simonside path to Thompson's Rock, passing cup and ring marked rocks on the way back. No dogs. Organiser

• Dave Gray and Jon Doran

  19:00 Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick · £8

  Two Newcastle folk musicians on button accordion, fiddle and voice. Organiser

Wednesday 31 March 2027

• Ice Age Adventure Live

  14:00 Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham · From £19.50

  An Easter holiday family show where the audience helps a team of explorers save the woolly mammoth. Organiser