Anniversary Picnic, Hackworth Park

Shildon's Hackworth Park, named after one of the engineers most closely associated with the Stockton & Darlington railway, will host an Anniversary Picnic to mark 200 years since that first journey.

Performances of STEAM, the newly commissioned piece by Southpaw Company, will be the highlight of an afternoon of live music and entertainment. There will also be fantastic performances from The Auckland Shanty Singers, Easington Brass Band, Sam Slatcher, and the Railway Institute Singers, as well as entertainment from The Bubble Whisperer and Sense-O-Matic.

Performance timings:

12:00 The Auckland Shanty Singers

12:30 - STEAM by Southpaw

13:10 - Easington Brass Band

13:50 - Sam Slatcher

14:25 - Railway Institute Singers

14:50 - STEAM by Southpaw

15:30 - Easington Brass Band 

There will also be drop-in craft activities, vintage funfair rides and side-stalls.

Entry is free and no tickets are required. Hackworth Park is just a short walk from Locomotion, so rail enthusiasts are welcome to enjoy all that is to offer there before heading to the park for an afternoon of railway-themed fun.