Welcome to #Kirkgate’s February newsletter. We’re excited to let you know that we’re having a lot of shiny new windows installed at the Kirkgate Centre! Windows on our quirky Kirkgate world The 13 specially made windows will grace the ground floor Egremont Room – the shape-shifting community space that works its socks off as a café/bar/exhibition hall/private party venue/business meeting …

A very Happy New Year to you from the #Kirkgate team. After the carols and Christmas songs, Auld Lang Syne and the Vienna New Year Concert, we want to keep the tempo up with a tuneful and KEEP MUSIC LIVE start to the year. We feature Cockermouth music legend Billy Bowman; we launch our new jazz evenings; and we put …

Welcome to #Kirkgate’s December newsletter. Cockermouth’s town centre Christmas lights are now adding a sparkling dazzle to the long nights of the festive season as the winter solstice approaches. Our amazing illuminated ‘Portrait of Dorothy Wordsworth’, by Cumbrian artists Chris and Jennie Dennett, is a fascinating addition. She stands on the Main Street central reservation, not far from Wordsworth House …

Welcome to #Kirkgate’s November newsletter. Here in Cockermouth we had a difficult few days with record amounts of rain at Honister and across the area leading to the Cocker in particular rising dangerously. Fortunately the flood defences held but a few very vulnerable properties, including our near neighbour The Honest Lawyer restaurant on the Cocker bridge, were inundated. The Town …

Welcome to #Kirkgate’s October newsletter. We’ve got a busy set of offerings all the way to Christmas, a new website is soon to be launched, and our AGM is in November when we’ll be setting out some exciting ambitions for the future Live music hits its stride Coming up, there are some thrilling, foot-stomping, internationally big-time acts on the Kirkgate …

Welcome to September! Schools are back and the equinox’s special half day/half night magic fast approaches. And then – the joys of darkening, starry nights with bright lights through to Christmas at the Kirkgate and Arts Out West venues across West Cumbria. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-when-autumnal-equinox You can see What’s On on our website now with shows closer to Christmas being added soon. …

Welcome to the August edition of the Kirkgate newsletter.  We are looking forward to a busy and happy August – we have so much on as the summer reaches its peak. Peter Rabbit lollops into the Kirkgate What a surprise! Peter Rabbit, the naughtiest rabbit in Cumbria, visited us in July to kick off the school holidays. Peter popped in …

Welcome to the July edition of the Kirkgate newsletter.  What a busy and exciting month June was. July and August are going to be amazing as the summer hots up! Coming up – something for everyone What’s your bag? Live music, the year’s best films, keeping the kids entertained in the holidays, a fascinating outdoor challenge, new shopping experiences? We …

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE KIRKGATE QUARTER Welcome to this first edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Each month we aim to bring you news and opinions from our community. In April we had four seasons in one month and in May we have started with winter but we are enthusiastically looking forward to summer. Putting …