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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II We at Kirkgate share the national and international sadness at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and send our condolences to the Royal Family. During this period of National Mourning we are following government guidance and continuing our activities. There will be a minute’s silence and we will screen an image of HM The Queen …

Welcome to July’s KQC! The month got off to a great start with Cockermouth Live!, the town’s annual weekend festival of music, entertainment and family fun. Kirkgate is proud to be one of the many organisations involved in showcasing musical and other talent – you can read more below in the KQC from Bob Pritchard who works his socks off …

Welcome to #Kirkgate’s June newsletter. This month we’re focusing on some of the other ways we have fun, and what we’re proud of, when we’re not showing films or hopping at gigs in our theatre. #Kirkgate is a lot more than just an entertainment venue. The Centre is a key part of what makes our area tick. We’re also Kirkgate …

Welcome to #Kirkgate’s May newsletter. ‘Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May is out’ as they say, meaning ‘it won’t be warm enough to do without your vest until the May blossom (hawthorn) is in bloom’. You must have seen the drifts of white in the hedges, so with that in mind, we’re focusing on next weekend’s Cockfrock sale where you …