PRESS RELEASE 26th October 2023 An exhibition telling the story of how boots, shoes and clogs were made in Cockermouth for several hundred years opens at the town’s Kirkgate Centre next week. Dead animals, dog and pigeon poo, and even the bark from oak trees were all once used in the shoemaking process! The exhibition reveals the history of making …
Press Release: An “Absolutely Fabulous” Pink October line-up at Kirkgate
NEWS RELEASE Immediate: October 3, 2023 An ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ Pink October line-up at Kirkgate How much pink can one town take? Cockermouth’s entertainment venue the Kirkgate Centre has a run of absolutely fabulous girlie fashion, glamour and fun events lined up from Saturday, 7 October. Cockermouth’s legendary pre-loved fashion shopping experience Cockfrock returns on Saturday and Sunday (7 and 8 …
Press Release: A Kirkgate Big Weekend for Food Festival
NEWS RELEASE Cockermouth entertainment venue The Kirkgate Centre has lined up a weekend of big-hitting shows as part of the town’s Taste Cumbria food festival on 23 and 24 September. Headlining on Saturday 23 September is comedy favourite John Lebbon joined by Irish comedian Kieran Lawless, hailed by reviewers as “hilarious self-deprecating humour from a man desperately trying to be …
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 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 Exhibition Tells Fascinating Story of Strawberry How
A new exhibition opening in Cockermouth next week (October 26th) relates the fascinating history of the Strawberry How site, a location well-known to generations of the town’s schoolchildren. The Story of Strawberry How is being presented by Kirkgate Arts and Heritage at the town’s Kirkgate Centre from Wednesday, October 26 to Sunday, October 30 (11am to 4pm daily, closing early …
Maryport Children Explore Seafaring Heritage
Children at a Maryport infants school are working with an award-winning Cumbrian artist to learn about the maritime heritage of their town. The children at Netherton school start work on September 22 with artist Celia Burbush exploring the trades and traditions that supported Maryport’s seafaring history. The activity is part of a major project run by the Cockermouth-based charity Kirkgate …
Cockermouth Children Explore West Cumbria’s Cultural Heritage
Children at Cockermouth’s All Saints Primary School have discovered that an internationally renowned 20th century artist whose work is in many leading art galleries was born in the town. Her connection to Cockermouth has largely been forgotten. Dorothy Bradford (née Bassano) was born in 1918, the daughter of a Cockermouth art teacher. Her story came to light while the children …
Public Art Show by Cockermouth Teens
Talented young artists from Cockermouth School are showing their work in a special new exhibition, free to the public, to be held at the town’s Kirkgate Centre. The exhibition, ‘Step Aside Words!’ is open between 10am and 3pm every day from Saturday 28 May to Tuesday 31 May. Refreshments are available. Nicola McMullen, Head of Art at Cockermouth School, said …
Cockfrock returned to Kirkgate
On 14th and 15 May @ the Kirkgate Theatre, Cockermouth’s legendary shopping experience returned! Ticket price for Saturday included a glass of Prosecco! Did you know… Fashion production makes up 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions, dries up water sources, and pollutes rivers and streams. Plus a shocking 85% of all textiles go to the dump each year (UNECE, 2018). So …