Lovers of Cumbria’s arts and heritage scene are being invited to buy into a little bit of local history if they ‘pay for a pane’ at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre! The centre, based in what was a Victorian-era school in the heart of town, needs to launch an urgent fundraising effort to replace 40 windows to the side and rear of …
The international opera experience is returning to Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre after a Covid-induced absence! ‘As live’ screenings of much-loved operas from prestigious venues around the globe was a popular element of the Kirkgate programme until the pandemic wrought worldwide havoc in 2020. Australia’s stunning Sydney Harbour location will provide the backdrop for a monthly run of ‘as live’ screenings to …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle July 2026 What a weekend! Have we all recovered from Cockermouth Live yet? We had some fantastic music at the Kirkgate over the weekend, and as always we’re delighted to be part of this really special festival. Snake Davis and his band played to a sell out audience on Friday night Cockermouth Live is organised by a …
It seems that April showers have landed late for us this year! But the gardeners among us will be grateful for the recent change in the weather, and you can always find something fun to do in the dry at Kirkgate. This month we’ve got Celia Burbush leading a day long Harbourside Painting Workshop as part of our crafts@Kirkgate events. Covering some introductory exercises …
We’re well into bank holiday season, and bluebells haven’t let us down this year! Did you know that there’s a gruesome legend surrounding the beautiful display in Rannderale? Read more below. May is another month full of music at the Kirkgate, we’ve already had two superb live gigs and there’s another two to go. Did you make it along to …
Representatives of a Cumbria-based charity that helped fund a major upgrade of facilities at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre have been able to see – and sample – the improvements first hand! Eric Southward, a trustee of the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, and his wife Janet were invited along to Saturday’s sellout performance by Joni Mitchell tribute band This Flight Tonight. The …
A near £300,000 refurbishment programme at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre is complete. An 18-month improvement project, with funding from a range of organisations, has allowed the Kirkgate to substantially upgrade the equipment and facilities at its town centre base – a converted Victorian primary school. To mark the event, representatives from one of the major funders, the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, …
Spring has well and truly sprung in recent weeks, the weather doesn’t seem to know what it wants to do… but we have faith that the sunshine will win the battle! It’s the perfect time for a clear out and a fresh start, and we’ve got plenty going on this month to help with that. You’ll have had details of …
The Cockermouth Community Musical, developed through Kirkgate Arts and Heritage as part of the Our Freedom: Then and Now project, is part of a national photography exhibition launched recently in London to a host of organisation representatives. Our Freedom: Then and Now was a UK-wide, locally-led arts and creative programme reflecting on what ‘Our Freedom’ means to local people and …
The Oscar winners are on their way to Cockermouth! The town’s Kirkgate Centre hosts weekly movie screenings with popular films shown each Friday, then the following Monday and Wednesday. And this week’s offering is none other than Hamnet, for which star Jessie Buckley won the Oscar for Best Actress at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The film dramatises …
