October 17th is World Singing Day and Cumberlandia’s Community Choir – Sing Owt!’s 20th Birthday! Join us for the day in a celebration of vocal harmony at Jennings Brewery, Cockermouth. Each year on the 3rd Saturday in October, people all over the world gather in groups of all sizes in schools, pubs, parks, plazas and homes to sing and …
Time to cash in on that unused sporting equipment again
It’s time to give all of your unwanted sports kit and equipment a thorough sales workout! Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre will be repeating its popular Kirk Kit sporting goods sales spectacular shortly — and registration for sellers is still open. Have you got any old bits of sporting equipment or clothing taking up valuable space in the cupboard or wardrobe? Then …
Arts Out West programme brings a touch of music, mystery and drag!
Plus! This season we are offering free tickets at all our Library shows AND half-price tickets to under 18’s (under 25 SEN) for all shows in the former Copeland area – use code ‘COPELAND3’ to get your half-price tickets! An eclectic mix of shows – including Every Brilliant Thing, The Zimmer of Love and Emmeline Pankhurst – Angel or Anarchist? …
Heritage Day preparations avoid being blown off course!
Preparations for an upcoming Heritage Open Day in Cockermouth were disrupted by what organisers feared could have been a blast from the past! Volunteers from the town’s Heritage Group and the Kirkgate Centre were helping to audit and re-pack artefacts held at the centre for next month’s event – when they came across a brass World War 2 artillery shell! …
Are you up for the challenge in the Great Big Kirkgate Quiz?
Quiz lovers in the Cockermouth area are gearing up for another big challenge at the Kirkgate Centre! The Great Big Kirkgate Quiz takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre on Saturday, September 5. The Big Quiz has become a hugely popular, biannual part of the Kirkgate’s programme with teams of up to six people battling it out for the prizes. …
The Kirkgate is hoping for some gain with its panes!
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 …
World class opera screenings return to the Kirkgate!
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 says thanks with a little Joni magic!
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 …
Major improvement programme at Kirkgate Centre complete
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, …
Cumbrian Arts Project features in National Exhibition
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 …