Welcome to the February 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Love is in the air this month… We’re in the midst of wedding preparations here at the centre this week, as Ellie and Kieran transform the Kirkgate. There’s fairy lights, a glitterball, beautiful flowers and more… We’ll be sharing stories and photographs from their big day in next month’s …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : January 2024
Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Happy New Year! We hope you’re managing to stay warm and cosy, and keep those January blues at bay. It’s time to get the kettle on, put your feet up, and browse through the first Chronicle of the year with us. There’s lots going on, as always, and some new …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : December 2023
Welcome to the December 2023 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. What an amazing year for Kirkgate Arts & Heritage! At the Kirkgate Centre we’ve seen over 160 big screen events, over 50 live music performances plus exhibitions, table top sales, theatre shows, Cockfrock events, workshops and more over the last 12 months. It’s no wonder all our volunteers and staff …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : October 2023
Welcome to the October 2023 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. This month the Chronicle has a guest writer! If you follow us on Facebook you’ll have spotted our Kirkgate Pixie taking over the reins every now and again, with behind the scenes snippets. We thought we’d hand over to our resident pixie (our Operations Manager, Katie Gentry) for October’s …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : September 2023
Welcome to the September 2023 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Although we had a spell of unseasonably warm weather to start the month, there’s certainly a nip in the air as autumn arrives. We’re very glad of our new double glazed windows, now in the auditorium as well as downstairs in the bar, to keep the draughts out! September …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : July 2023
Welcome to the July 2023 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. There’s big news this month from #Kirkgate about the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. You all know just how amazing our volunteers are so we are delighted that they have received a nomination for this award. The Kirkgate’s volunteers have been selected from the Cumbrian nominees to go forward …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle : May 2023
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, …