Miners Picnic Day 2024 Dates. The miners’ picnic at woodhorn continues to attract people of all ages from across the north east with family friendly live music, events and activities. A miners’ picnic day has been held in northumberland every year since 1864 except during the first and second world wars, the general strikes of 1921, 1926 and 1984, and the outbreak of.

This past saturday, the heart of northumberland beat with pride and joy as the annual miners’ picnic made a triumphant return to woodhorn museum. At the empire mine state park in grass valley.