Arts Out West programme brings a touch of music, dance, bingo – and murder! An eclectic mix of characters – including Flanders and Swann, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Juliet and Romeo and a bingo-playing murderer! — all combine to highlight the Arts Out West programme of village hall theatrical activities for the first half of 2026. Kirkgate Arts Out West …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle January 2026
Happy New Year! We’re bursting into 2026 with another packed schedule of events, more being added to the website by the day so do keep checking in here. Have you got your Jazz January tickets booked yet? Don’t forget, tickets booked for any of the 2026 jazz@Kirkgate events get a discount of 10% when you use the promo code JAZZ2026. This offer …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle December 2025
Welcome to the December Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle, and with it all the best Seaons Greetings! Do you like our festive picture above? Thanks to local artist Aisling for creating this lovely image. It would usually be around this time that we’d be putting our feet up and saying ‘that’s a wrap!’ for the year, but not this year. If you’re looking for something …
Final chance to see ‘Our Freedom’ musical
Final chance to see ‘Our Freedom’ musical A community musical celebrating the concept of freedom, which was premiered at the Cockermouth Christmas lights switch-on recently, will be performed for the second and final time at the town’s Kirkgate Centre next week. ‘Our Freedom: Then and Now’ is a new programme of community-based events in arts centres and libraries across the …
Final preparations for ‘Our Freedom’ project
Final preparations are underway on a community musical that will take place in Cockermouth shortly as part of a nationwide celebration linked to the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. ‘Our Freedom: Then and Now’ is a new programme of community-based events in arts centres and libraries across the UK highlighting what ‘Our Freedom’ means to local …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle November 2025
This month we’re inviting you to put the kettle on, get yourself cosy and delve deeper into what we do at Kirkgate Arts & Heritage. Our Monthly Chronicles have been jam packed this year, with all sorts of exciting events, celebrations and milestones, and now it’s time to take a moment to think about the people who make it all …
CockFrock Autumn Event
Cockfrock — Cockermouth’s ever-popular pop up sale of pre-loved ladies clothing and accessories — is back with another special pre-Christmas event! An annual two-day sale of pre-loved, good quality ladies fashion usually takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre each Spring. However, with Christmas not far away, organisers have again decided to stage an Autumn event next month to allow …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle October 2025
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle October 2025 Autumn has well and truly landed, thank goodness for those double glazed windows and efficient boilers that we installed a few years back! Certainly feeling the benefit in recent weeks at the centre. It’s onwards and upwards with our funded work as technical details are now pinned down ready for our upgrade to digital sound …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle September 2025
Welcome to the September Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s already feeling autumnal, we can see the colours on the trees changing before our eyes from our office window at Kirkgate and we are gearing up for our September sports sale… Yes, Kirk Kit is back! There’s still time to register as a seller at this event, if you have any camping …
Would you like to help The Kirkgate celebrate ‘Our Freedom’?
Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre has been chosen to participate in a nationwide arts and creative programme reflecting what freedom means to people, linked to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new programme of community-based events in arts centres and libraries across the UK highlighting what ‘Our Freedom’ means to …