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, …
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 …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle October 2024
Welcome to the October 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. The nights are drawing in and the leaves are falling, we love this time of year- such beautiful colours, and a good excuse to have a hot chocolate and get cosy! It’s now we’re really feeling the benefit of those new windows and the boilers that we had replaced …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle September 2024
Welcome to the September 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. The weather continues to be as unpredictable as ever! But you can rely on Kirkgate Arts & Heritage to keep bringing you the best in cinema, live music, workshops and more this Autumn. We’re delighted to be launching a new season of Kirkgate Arts Out West shows, so we thought it …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle August 2024
Welcome to the August 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. We usually take a month off the Chronicle in August, but with so much to share we had to break that tradition this summer! In this month’s edition we welcome Katy Higgins to the team, Katy is our new finance and admin officer who has been settling in over the last …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : July 2024
Welcome to the July 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. What a wonderful start to the month! The weather behaved itself for Cockermouth Live, and we had a busy weekend at the Kirkgate Centre, with ‘Blazin’ Fiddles’ and ‘This Flight Tonight’ performing to sell out audiences, as well as Oppgard and Friends on Saturday afternoon, plus our very own …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle June 2024
Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Another month of celebration at Kirkgate, with the official acceptance of the Kings Award for Voluntary Service, and a party at Buckingham Palace! Two of our dedicated volunteers travelled down for the day, read all about it below. We also had our own party right here at the centre, welcoming the Lord …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle May 2024
Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s a month of celebration at Kirkgate Arts & Heritage! We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in a significant funding application to Arts Council England to improve our facilities at the centre. This ambitious project came about with two aims in mind- to reduce our environmental impact and to improve …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : April 2024
Welcome to the April 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. The March winds seem to have arrived a little late this year! We’re glad to say the daffodil displays are holding fast to our railings, and through the town- wonderful to see a splash of bright spring colour. As this month sees the birthday of William Wordsworth, we thought we …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : March 2024
Welcome to the March 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s great to see the sun shining and the spring bulbs starting to bloom, Easter is just around the corner swiftly followed by the birthday of Cockermouth’s most famous son, William Wordsworth (born on April 7th, 1770). Soon the town will be awash with daffodils thanks to Cockermouth Rotary Club, as from …