Welcome to the September Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s already feeling autumnal, we can see the colours on the trees changing before our eyes from our office window at Kirkgate and we are gearing up for our September sports sale… Yes, Kirk Kit is back! There’s still time to register as a seller at this event, if you have any camping …
Would you like to help The Kirkgate celebrate ‘Our Freedom’?
Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre has been chosen to participate in a nationwide arts and creative programme reflecting what freedom means to people, linked to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new programme of community-based events in arts centres and libraries across the UK highlighting what ‘Our Freedom’ means to …
Council grant widens access to anniversary film festival
Cumbrian residents in receipt of working age benefits or pension credits will be able to enjoy free entry to an exciting film festival with a strong local flavour …. thanks to support from Cumberland Council! The Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and one of the main events is a special Summer Film Festival featuring …
Cockfrock’s lessons in fashion for Prom Season 2025!
Cockfrock — Cockermouth’s eagerly-anticipated pre-loved fashion and shopping experience — is back and proving as popular as ever! Cockfrock Spring 2025 takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18 … and, with a couple of weeks still to go, organisers have announced that all sales spots have already been snapped up. “That means …
Happy birthday and many happy returns to the Kirkgate!
Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre is 30 years old this year …. And a fabulous range of celebratory events are being lined up to mark the occasion! With the centre’s main auditorium now back in action after a major refurbishment that took several weeks to complete, it’s all systems go for an anniversary year to remember. Events already organised include: A 30th …
Arts Out West Spring/Summer 2025 Programme
Starts Saturday 15th February and runs until Saturday 31st May Arts Out West is the rural touring arm of Kirkgate Arts and Heritage serving a large area of West Cumbria. We work with volunteers in various venues throughout Allerdale and Copeland providing local audiences with high quality professional performances. This upcoming season has a wide range of shows – from …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle January 2025
Happy New Year! A particularly happy one for Kirkgate Arts as it is our 30th birthday year!! We’re also really excited about all the work going on in our auditorium at the moment. Although we’ve been sat in the office cringing at the crashes and bangs of the ceiling coming down in the auditorium, we know it will be worth …
Developing skills in sound engineering
We are delighted to announce that we have received support from the Lakes to the Sea investment panel to improve facilities in our downstairs performance space at the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth. The funding will provide industry standard PA equipment to compliment the existing sound facilities at the centre, as well as enable the sound engineers at the Kirkgate to …
Time to celebrate with Andrea Bocelli!
Music lovers in Cockermouth will get the opportunity to help world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli celebrate his 30-year career later this month. Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration (PG) is a musical extravaganza filmed over three days in a breathtaking natural amphitheatre, the Teatro del Silenzio (Theatre of Silence), in the singer’s hometown of Lajatico, Tuscany. The film captures Andrea in …
It’s Cockfrock Time Again October 2024
Cockfrock — Cockermouth’s ever-popular fashion shopping extravaganza — is back with another special pre-Christmas event! An annual two-day sale of pre-loved, good-quality ladies fashion usually takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre each Spring. However, with Christmas not far away, organisers have once again decided to stage an Autumn event this weekend to allow people to grab a bargain in …