Kirkgate is an entertainment and cultural venue at the heart of the lively community of Cockermouth, Cumbria.
We celebrate our local talent and heritage, and bring top quality professional entertainment to our town and many other communities across the area to the west of the Lake District National Park.
Whether you enjoy films on a big screen, live music, theatre, exhibitions, shows for children and families or community events, Kirkgate has something for everyone. Our quirky character makes us a special venue for weddings, parties, festivals and conferences.
Our vision is to ensure that creative talent is valued, developed and supported, with opportunities for all to actively enjoy the arts, local heritage and community life as well as being thoroughly entertained!
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Colours of Time (15)
29th July 2026 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in Normandy, four cousins, previously strangers, discover a mysterious shared past. Two centuries earlier, Adèle Munier, their ancestor and owner of the house, left her rural home for Paris in search of her mother's identity, at the heart of the city's modernization and the rise of Impressionism. As her descendants ...
Kirkgate Crafters
30th July 2026 7:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
Kirkgate Crafters is our monthly craft club. We usually meet on the fourth Thursday of the month from 7pm – 9pm. Please note: our July meeting will be on Thursday, 30th July at the usual time. Bring along a project you’re working on. Join us for craft and chat, share skills and to meet others. Open to all, all crafts ...
The Christophers (15)
31st July 2026 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A dark comedy in which once-celebrated artist's children enlist a forger to access his unfinished canvases in a deceptive bid to secure an inheritance when he dies. “Terrifically exhilarating and funny, as bracing as a large vodka and tonic before lunch: fast, literate and funny with a key plot progression elliptically and unsentimentally managed”. Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian Starring: ...
Iago Banet
1st August 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Described as ‘a master of the guitar’ by Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 In Tune; as 'nothing short of phenomenal' in a recent review, and as a ‘highly recommended artist’ by Celtic Connections, Iago Banet creates stories without words, enthralling audiences. After starting his career in Galicia, he moved to London in 2014, where he played in various bands before ...