05/06/2026
Looking for something to do this Saturday? 👀
We’re encouraging residents to join the 8th Battalion the Rifles, and their military band and bugles, for a fun-filled day of military music at Wharton Park.
It’s all part of the Rifles Freedom Concert which will be to celebrate ten years since the park’s reopened following a significant revamp.
Starting at 11am, visitors will be treated to :
🎵 Durham Music Wind Band morning workshop with the Rifles
🥘 Food and drink stalls including Caps Off Brewery, Grandpas Fish Bar and Street Coffee Co.
🔫 Paint ball and exhibition stalls
🪡 Craft activities for families
💪 Fitness coach from L K Health and Wellbeing
🥁 At 1pm, the 68th Society will be performing and carrying out re-enactments in memory of the Durham Light Infantry in the parks amphitheatre.
🎺 Residents will then be able to enjoy the concert from 2.30pm until 3.30pm.
There is no need for visitors to book, and seating will be available in the park’s outdoor amphitheatre on the grassed banks.
The concert comes at a poignant time as the day marks 82 years since D-Day. To mark the occasion, the cultural, heritage and registration venue, The Story Durham, will be lit up in commemoration.
