Cockermouth’s ever-popular fashion and shopping experience is back …. And this time there’s a great opportunity to pick up a bargain in time for school prom season! Cockfrock Spring 2025 takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18. The annual two-day sale of pre-loved, good quality ladies’ fashion has become established as a …
Joe Fagan
Joe is a lifelong resident of Cockermouth and is well known as a local business owner having started his first business in the town at the age of 17. It is probably as a landlord that he is best known to most. Joe was the landlord first at The Bush on Main Street in 2009, and then The Swan on …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle February 2025
It’s almost half term and the bulbs are just starting to pop their heads above the ground after their winter slumber. We’re looking forward to a colourful spring outside the centre – with daffodils and crocuses that our volunteers planted, thanks to Cockermouth Rotary for supplying the bulbs. The auditorium work is progressing well, with ductwork now being installed ready …
Arts Out West Spring/Summer 2025 Programme
Starts Saturday 15th February and runs until Saturday 31st May Arts Out West is the rural touring arm of Kirkgate Arts and Heritage serving a large area of West Cumbria. We work with volunteers in various venues throughout Allerdale and Copeland providing local audiences with high quality professional performances. This upcoming season has a wide range of shows – from …
Fancy a Friendly Chat about Cockermouth?
Interested in meeting up with a group of like-minded people to chat about all things related to Cockermouth’s past? Then the town’s Kirkgate Centre may have just the thing for you! It’s launching the Cockermouth Chat Group on Thursday, February 6 (1pm), a free monthly opportunity to sit down and share memories about significant events or personal memories of life …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle January 2025
Happy New Year! A particularly happy one for Kirkgate Arts as it is our 30th birthday year!! We’re also really excited about all the work going on in our auditorium at the moment. Although we’ve been sat in the office cringing at the crashes and bangs of the ceiling coming down in the auditorium, we know it will be worth …
Arts Council Capital Funding Project: next stage
Kirkgate Arts & Heritage is delighted to announce the next phase of their improvement works at The Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth have begun. After the completion of the first two stages of funded work, a complete refurbishment of the lift and replacement of all the outdated lighting around the building, the upstairs auditorium space is now undergoing significant improvement with …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle December 2024
Welcome to the December 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. A very different newsletter this month, as Gloria, Bob and all the volunteers have worked so hard bringing you their articles over the last twelve months we wanted to give them a festive break. We can’t quite believe how fast 2024 has gone by! So many events, exhibitions, projects, improvements, …
Developing skills in sound engineering
We are delighted to announce that we have received support from the Lakes to the Sea investment panel to improve facilities in our downstairs performance space at the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth. The funding will provide industry standard PA equipment to compliment the existing sound facilities at the centre, as well as enable the sound engineers at the Kirkgate to …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle November 2024
Welcome to the November 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. This is always a busy month at Kirkgate! Alongside all our usual events, classes and activities we are host to the annual Round Table Beer festival! You can now book your tickets for this on our website, although they are already sold out for some of the sessions… Get …