Welcome to the May 2023 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s a bumper Bank Holiday month and we have a bumper KQC for you too. UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS Big Screen We love being Cockermouth’s cinema. The fabulous sound quality and big screen impact of our film screenings and live streaming can’t be beaten. So don’t stay home for your film fix, come …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : April 2023
Welcome to the April 2023 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle, with all the news you need from Cockermouth’s cultural quarter. This month – why The Kirkgate is where the history of Cockermouth starts, why Kirkgate needs YOU, and why ‘Cilla’ felt @Home@Kirkgate. BOOK FESTIVAL – 2023! Our first ever Kirkgate Book Festival last month, bringing writers and book lovers together, was …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : March 2023
Not long now – the clocks change to British Summer Time in the wee small hours of 26 March (yet we’re still getting snow!), and Kirkgate’s first ever Book Festival arrives the day before, Saturday, March 25. So new things to do are just around the corner and all the latest news is in this month’s KQC. BOOK EARLY Kirkgate …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : February 2023
Welcome to longer days, early spring flowers and all the latest news at #Kirkgate! Work is gathering pace for our first ever Book Festival on March 25 at the Kirkgate Centre. With the annual Words by the Water celebration of books and authors in Keswick now no more, we decided to give it a go in Cockermouth. So, for one day only, …
Press Release: Comedy Alive in Cockermouth
NEWS RELEASE Immediate: January 23, 2023 Comedy Alive in Cockermouth A popular comedy actor and comedian from the award-winning television series Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights is set to take to the stage at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre on Saturday, January 28. Archie Kelly, best known for his comic portrayal of Kenny “Dalglish” Senior in Phoenix Nights, is top of the bill …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : January 2023
Welcome to #Kirkgate 2023. In this first newsletter of the New Year we send you our best wishes and hopes for health and happiness, joy and jubilation. Coming along to the Kirkgate Centre or an Arts Out West venue could do wonders for you in all those areas, so we look forward to seeing you! UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS This year #Kirkgate …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : December 2022
There’s been Christmas fare aplenty at the #Kirkgate and Arts Out West venues so far this December. Cockermouth Amateur Dramatic Society have given us laugh-out-loud comedy in their show The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol (phew – what a title!). And there’ve been gorgeous Celtic Christmas Strings with Máire Chathasaigh and Chris Newman playing festive music …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : November 2022
It’s a boozy kind of love this month in the Kirkgate Quarter. The prosecco corks will be popping at our AW Cockfrock (that’s Autumn/Winter in fashion parlance) on 19 and 20 November, with an exclusive preview evening for Friends of Kirkgate on Friday 18th. The bar will be open. Cockermouth Round Table’s Beer Festival is back at the Kirkgate on 24, 25 and …
Kirkgate Arts Out West wins major grant
Cockermouth charity Kirkgate Arts and Heritage has won a major 3-year grant from Arts Council England to support its work in small community venues throughout West Cumbria. Arts Out West, which the charity runs with the help of volunteers at over 20 West Cumbrian village halls, community centres, libraries and schools, has been chosen as one of the Arts Council’s …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : October 2022
Welcome to October’s #Kirkgate newsletter. This autumn’s offerings are a positive Harvest Supper of goodies, from a mouth-watering, heart-warming play about bread-making, to spooky torchlight tours, ghost stories and the birth of the horror film. Be sure to check the website regularly for what’s coming up at the Kirkgate and Arts Out West venues across West Cumbria. We also send …