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Cooking@Kirkgate Feast! Cooking demo with Manon Plouffe

26th March 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Join us for a cooking demo with local chef Manon Plouffe from Wild Zucchinis to celebrate our Cooking at Kirkgate community cooking project. We will bring to you a colourful food demonstration concocted and simmered down from recipes that have been created in our new kitchen in the past two years. Like a little trip down memory lane, we will ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Fused Glass taster session

29th March 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Book your place on a fused glass taster session with Roxanne Denny of RD Glass. Learn a new skill and have fun being creative with hands on instruction and the freedom to choose what you make. During the session you will use pre-cut pieces of glass, glass rods and crushed glass in a range of shapes and colours. You will ...

Dean: The Puppet Musical! @ Dean School Sports & Arts Facility

29th March 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm)

Dean CE School

Category: Arts Out West

Dean: The Puppet Musical! Let’s make the show right here! A hands-on, hilarious, creative get-together where everyone can help create a new hit Musical. In this event you’ll get to make a puppet character to appear in a unique musical show that celebrates where you live.Our creative team take you on a fast, fun-filled journey to create the puppets and ...

Behold Ye Ramblers

29th March 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Theatre

Townsend Theatre Productions in association with The Society for the Study of Labour History BEHOLDYERAMBLERS- a new play by Neil Gore From the voices oframblersand campaigners to the songsandpoetry inspired by pastandcurrent struggles, “BeholdYeRamblers” is a new play about The Clarion newspaperandthe organisations formed by its readership, including the famous rambling club, The Sheffield ClarionRamblers. Along with the Clarion Cyclists, ...

Cockermouth Chat Group

3rd April 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Spring Wreath

5th April 2025 10:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Fresh foliage and flower wreath making class, Everything will be provided just come along and enjoy the creative experience. The workshop will take 3 hours.

The Great Big Kirkgate Quiz!

5th April 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Toby Gaffney is bringing another batch of bafflers and bamboozlers to give the old grey matter a seriously fun work out! With a myriad of rounds to test your general knowledge, powers of observation and lateral thinking Toby will take you on a multimedia journey of head scratching wonderment! Up to six in a team, but it’s a friendly affair ...

Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy (15)

7th April 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher. If anything, the series has improved with age. This may be the best one yet. Tom ...

The Family Magic Show

8th April 2025 2:30pm (Doors open at 2:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Theatre

The Great Baldini is a magical legend, a relict of the music halls and a theatrical performer of the old school. Known the world over as ‘The Emperor of Illusion’, ‘The Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘The Maharajah of Mystery’, he is a hugely entertaining stage magician. Baldwin, the magical dog, is his faithful companion. FAMILY MAGIC SHOW tells the story ...

Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy (15)

9th April 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher. If anything, the series has improved with age. This may be the best one yet. Tom ...

Poets Out Loud

9th April 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

CADS present – The Rivals

11th April 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Amateur Theatre

Sheridan's ever-popularThe Rivals is a fast-moving romantic comedy about two young couples and their problems. Misunderstandings, unwanted parental interventions, intercepted letters and mistaken identity all play their part in one hectic day that ends with pistols and duels in the park. Will Jack Absolute get Lydia Languish and the approval of his father? Can Faulkland control his suspicions long enough ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Block Printing Family Workshop

12th April 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Join Market Place Print Studio for a vibrant, family-friendly workshop exploring the playful technique of Block Printing. There are two times available, 10am or midday, and the sessions run for approximately and hour and a half. We will explore colour, pattern-making, tessellation and repetition through the prism of block printing using lino and rubber stamps. You will learn how to ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Block Printing Family Workshop

12th April 2025 12:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Join Market Place Print Studio for a vibrant, family-friendly workshop exploring the playful technique of Block Printing. There are two times available, 10am or midday, and the sessions run for approximately and hour and a half. We will explore colour, pattern-making, tessellation and repetition through the prism of block printing using lino and rubber stamps. You will learn how to ...

CADS present – The Rivals

12th April 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Amateur Theatre

Sheridan's ever-popularThe Rivals is a fast-moving romantic comedy about two young couples and their problems. Misunderstandings, unwanted parental interventions, intercepted letters and mistaken identity all play their part in one hectic day that ends with pistols and duels in the park. Will Jack Absolute get Lydia Languish and the approval of his father? Can Faulkland control his suspicions long enough ...

CADS present – The Rivals

13th April 2025 2:30pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Amateur Theatre

Sheridan's ever-popularThe Rivals is a fast-moving romantic comedy about two young couples and their problems. Misunderstandings, unwanted parental interventions, intercepted letters and mistaken identity all play their part in one hectic day that ends with pistols and duels in the park. Will Jack Absolute get Lydia Languish and the approval of his father? Can Faulkland control his suspicions long enough ...

Heritage Walk: Lost Pubs of Cockermouth

14th April 2025 6:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

Join our Community Projects Officer and archaeologist, Helen Johnston for a walk around Cockermouth to learn more about some of the many pubs, taverns, inns and brew houses in the town. We'll find out how pubs and inns have played a crucial role in the town's development and social life. The walk will last about 1.5 hours, and will be ...

Paddington in Peru (PG)

14th April 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru. Paddington in Peru delivers everything I've come to love about ...

Paddington in Peru (PG)

16th April 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru. Paddington in Peru delivers everything I've come to love about ...

Paddington in Peru (PG)

17th April 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru. Paddington in Peru delivers everything I've come to love about ...

National Theatre Live – Dr Strangelove

17th April 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Event cinema

Dr. Strangelove co-adapted by Armando Iannucci co-adapted and directed by Sean Foley Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and ...

Conclave (12A)

18th April 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Conclave won 4 BAFTAs including best film and it also won the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (or Ensemble). Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together ...

Katey Brooks

19th April 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

“A once-a-generation talent” Henry Yates (NME, Guardian) Growing up inside a cult, Katey Brooks found refuge in song. A rebellious artist that resists formula, the ‘powerful’ (Evening Standard) award-winning singer, songwriter & producer brings a seamless blend of Americana, Folk and Pop to listeners’ ears, which has earned her radio play from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, 6music, Canada’s ...

Conclave (12A)

21st April 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Conclave won 4 BAFTAs including best film and it also won the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (or Ensemble). Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together ...

Conclave (12A)

23rd April 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Conclave won 4 BAFTAs including best film and it also won the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (or Ensemble). Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together ...

Robin A. Smith – An Impromptu Concert

24th April 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

An evening of beautifully performed music by world renowned composer and arranger Robin A. Smith. An array of music styles from Classical, Jazz , Soul and Folk. www.robin-smith.co.uk

A Real Pain (15)

25th April 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

"A Real Pain" follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, but their adventure takes a dark turn when the odd couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Kieran Culkin swept the board winning every supporting actor in this season's awards. ...

Monthly Market Seller Registration

26th April 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

26th April 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

The Hairy Girl

26th April 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Theatre

The Hairy Girl by Kersti Ståbi Directed by Abbi Patrix Once upon a time there was a king and a queen who lived in a castle full of gold, diamonds and good food, but they didn't have any children… This is the very ordinary beginning to one of the wildest of Scandinavian fairy tales! The Hairy Girl thunders through the ...

Anne-Marie Sanderson @ St Bees Village Hall

27th April 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

St Bees Village Hall

Category: Arts Out West

Anne-Marie Sanderson’s new album, ‘Old Light’ (released 5th Sep 2024) brings together songs written over the course of a decade, drawing on themes of nature, personal growth, and ancestral wisdom. Anne-Marie’s songwriting is both thought-provoking and uplifting, combining deft guitar work with imaginative melodies, and her delivery combines a heartfelt tenderness with a sense of purpose. The songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and ...

Jazz@Kirkgate: Andrea Vicari Trio

27th April 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

AndreaVicari- Piano Andy Champion – double bass Abbie Finn – drums AndreaVicaripresents Jazz Doodles – a weekly radio show onwww.jazzlondonradio.com. Tuesday & Thursday at 3pm and Saturdays at 3.30pm. Pianist and composerAndreaVicariwas born in Miami (Florida) and grew up in Birmingham (England). Educated at Cardiff University she won a scholarship to study at The Guildhall School of Music in London.Andreawas ...

A Real Pain (15)

28th April 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

"A Real Pain" follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, but their adventure takes a dark turn when the odd couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Kieran Culkin swept the board winning every supporting actor in this season's awards. ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Beltane

30th April 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

‘Beltane’ with Manon Plouffe. Lets celebrate the beginning of summer by creating recipes inspired by May Day/Beltane. We will learn to make Bannock bread, Oatcakes and honey cakes. All materials provided.

A Real Pain (15)

30th April 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

"A Real Pain" follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, but their adventure takes a dark turn when the odd couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Kieran Culkin swept the board winning every supporting actor in this season's awards. ...

Cockermouth Chat Group

1st May 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Steel @ The Gather – Ennerdale

1st May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

The Gather, Ennerdale

Category: Arts Out West

Two lads. Twelve hours. One million pounds. On the wet West Cumbrian coast, James and Kamran have been mates for more than a decade. At seventeen, the world should be theirs but Workington’s a ghost town – an unemployment blackspot where lasses drink Bacardi by the pint and boys don’t cry. When James discovers he is heir to a single ...

A Complete Unknown (15)

2nd May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Timothée Chamalet won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role. Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton picking up Oscar nominations for their roles. Set in the influential New York City music scene of the early 1960s, "A Complete Unknown" follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan's meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert ...

Steel @ Globe Hall – Ireby

2nd May 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Globe Hall Ireby

Category: Arts Out West

Two lads. Twelve hours. One million pounds. On the wet West Cumbrian coast, James and Kamran have been mates for more than a decade. At seventeen, the world should be theirs but Workington’s a ghost town – an unemployment blackspot where lasses drink Bacardi by the pint and boys don’t cry. When James discovers he is heir to a single ...

Steel @ The Kirkgate

3rd May 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Two lads. Twelve hours. One million pounds. On the wet West Cumbrian coast, James and Kamran have been mates for more than a decade. At seventeen, the world should be theirs but Workington’s a ghost town – an unemployment blackspot where lasses drink Bacardi by the pint and boys don’t cry. When James discovers he is heir to a single ...

A Complete Unknown (15)

5th May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Timothée Chamalet won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role. Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton picking up Oscar nominations for their roles. Set in the influential New York City music scene of the early 1960s, "A Complete Unknown" follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan's meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert ...

A Complete Unknown (15)

7th May 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Timothée Chamalet won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role. Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton picking up Oscar nominations for their roles. Set in the influential New York City music scene of the early 1960s, "A Complete Unknown" follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan's meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert ...

Hard Truths (12A)

9th May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Hard Truths was nominated for Best British Film and Marianne Jean-Baptiste was nominarted for Best Actress at the BAFTAs. Pansy is a woman tormented by anger and depression, hypersensitive to the slightest possible offence and ever ready to fly off the handle. She criticises her husband and their adult son so relentlessly that neither bothers to argue with her. She ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Copper Creatures

10th May 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Get ready for a creative and fun-filled experience at the Copper Creatures Workshop! This delightful session is perfect for all skill levels (age 12+), offering the chance to craft a charming wire creature to brighten up any space. You’ll learn how to shape wire into beautiful spirals. Once you’ve filled your shape with gorgeous swirls, you’ll further decorate your copper ...

Jack Rutter

10th May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

Yorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years. A hugely engaging stage presence, his soaring vocal, powerhouse guitar and bouzouki playing and masterful arrangements of traditional songs and contemporary covers have enthralled audiences from the largest festival main stages to the most intimate ...

The Sunday Session

11th May 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Heritage Talk: The Birth of Airborne Forces

12th May 2025 6:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

In 1940, Churchill calls for the formation of a 5000 strong airborne force. Over the next five years, the Airborne Forces go from nothing, to two Divisions, with a reputation forged in battle. This talk draws upon the stories, as told by the veterans that fought in some of the most iconic battles of the 2nd World War. It tells ...

Hard Truths (12A)

12th May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Hard Truths was nominated for Best British Film and Marianne Jean-Baptiste was nominarted for Best Actress at the BAFTAs. Pansy is a woman tormented by anger and depression, hypersensitive to the slightest possible offence and ever ready to fly off the handle. She criticises her husband and their adult son so relentlessly that neither bothers to argue with her. She ...

Hard Truths (12A)

14th May 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

Hard Truths was nominated for Best British Film and Marianne Jean-Baptiste was nominarted for Best Actress at the BAFTAs. Pansy is a woman tormented by anger and depression, hypersensitive to the slightest possible offence and ever ready to fly off the handle. She criticises her husband and their adult son so relentlessly that neither bothers to argue with her. She ...

Poets Out Loud

14th May 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

Cockfrock Spring 2025 Sellers Registration

16th May 2025 3:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

Yes! It's back! The fashion event we all love! For SPRING 2025 we're bringing on the glitz and glamour for Prom season, if you have a pre-loved prom dress hanging up at home, register to sell and let us help you find that frock a new home. We're looking for good quality ladies fashions and accessories… If you would like ...

Cockfrock Spring 2025

17th May 2025 10:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

Cockermouth's legendary shopping experience is back! We're gearing up for prom season at this year's spring sale so if you have a glamorous gown languishing in a wardrobe why not register to sell and find it a loving new home! Looking for a knockout frock at a knockdown price? This is the sale for you! Did you know… Fashion production ...

Cockfrock Spring 2025

18th May 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

Cockermouth's legendary shopping experience is back! We're gearing up for prom season at this year's spring sale so if you have a glamorous gown languishing in a wardrobe why not register to sell and find it a loving new home! Looking for a knockout frock at a knockdown price? This is the sale for you! Did you know… Fashion production ...

Mr Burton (12A)

19th May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

MR BURTON is a Feature Drama charting the relationship between a Port Talbot school teacher and a wild young school boy called Richie Jenkins, who was the son of a boozy miner. Richie dreamed of becoming an actor and Philip recognized his raw talent, tutored him and became his adoptive father. This film is the story of how Richie Jenkins ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Summer Salads

21st May 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

'Summer Salads' with Manon Plouffe. Go crazy with summer salads whether you want to eat fresh, healthy or trim your belly… Summery salads is the way to go! All materials provided.

Mr Burton (12A)

21st May 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

MR BURTON is a Feature Drama charting the relationship between a Port Talbot school teacher and a wild young school boy called Richie Jenkins, who was the son of a boozy miner. Richie dreamed of becoming an actor and Philip recognized his raw talent, tutored him and became his adoptive father. This film is the story of how Richie Jenkins ...

I’m Still Here (15)

23rd May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

I'm Still Here won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give ...

Monthly Market Seller Registration

24th May 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

24th May 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

Comedy@Kirkgate with John Lebbon

24th May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Comedy

John Lebbon is back with another superb line up of guest comedians. More info coming soon!

Jazz@Kirkgate: Ben Crosland’s Threeway featuring Steve Waterman and Steve Lodder

25th May 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

‘THREEWAY AT TWENTY’ Steve Waterman – Trumpet/Flugelhorn Steve Lodder – Piano/Keyboards Ben Crosland – Bass “The ensemble playing has the togetherness that only comes from top musicians who know each other well and think as one. Everything is clear and precise yet full of delicacy and feeling” Dave Gelly, The Observer “Three stellar musicians…Crosland’s compositions are often quite captivating, the ...

I’m Still Here (15)

26th May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

I'm Still Here won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give ...

I’m Still Here (15)

28th May 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

I'm Still Here won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give ...

Magic Cabaret @ Bassenthwaite Parish Room

29th May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Bassenthwaite Parish Room

Category: Arts Out West

The Great Baldini’s MAGIC CABARET combines his two award-winning shows (ILLUSIONATI and SHOWMAN into a seamless two act, two hour Magic Show like no other. The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old school theatrical performer. The show starts with Baldini disappointed that his ...

Magic Cabaret @ Globe Hall – Ireby

30th May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Globe Hall Ireby

Category: Arts Out West

The Great Baldini’s MAGIC CABARET combines his two award-winning shows (ILLUSIONATI and SHOWMAN into a seamless two act, two hour Magic Show like no other. The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old school theatrical performer. The show starts with Baldini disappointed that his ...

September 5th (15)

30th May 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

September 5th picked up several nominations for Best Film and its Screeenplay. "September 5" is a historical drama film directed by Tim Fehlbaum that focuses on the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew. The film highlights their transition from covering the Olympics to reporting on the hostage situation involving Israeli athletes, and showcases ...

Magic Cabaret @ St Bees Village Hall

31st May 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

St Bees Village Hall

Category: Arts Out West

The Great Baldini’s MAGIC CABARET combines his two award-winning shows (ILLUSIONATI and SHOWMAN into a seamless two act, two hour Magic Show like no other. The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old school theatrical performer. The show starts with Baldini disappointed that his ...

Jack Badcock

31st May 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

Singer and guitarist, Jack Badcock is a hugely experienced performer, having toured throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, both as a solo act and as frontman and founding member of his multi-award winning, internationally renowned world-folk band 'Dallahan'. Raised in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland and later Yorkshire, England, before moving to Scotland as a teenager, Jack has a split national ...

Stainmore Railway – West Side Story Photographic Exhibition

2nd June 2025 12:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're delighted to be one of the stops on this touring exhibition! With funding support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this photographic exhibition tells the story of the key role played by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and its successors, in North West England. 2025 is the bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) which ...

September 5th (15)

2nd June 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

September 5th picked up several nominations for Best Film and its Screeenplay. "September 5" is a historical drama film directed by Tim Fehlbaum that focuses on the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew. The film highlights their transition from covering the Olympics to reporting on the hostage situation involving Israeli athletes, and showcases ...

September 5th (15)

4th June 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

September 5th picked up several nominations for Best Film and its Screeenplay. "September 5" is a historical drama film directed by Tim Fehlbaum that focuses on the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew. The film highlights their transition from covering the Olympics to reporting on the hostage situation involving Israeli athletes, and showcases ...

Cockermouth Chat Group

5th June 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

The Return (15)

6th June 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king. Their son Telemachus faces death at the hands ...

The Show Tunes Must Go On!

7th June 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

Get ready for an incredible night of musical excellence with "The Showtunes Must Go On"! This exciting show brings the best of Broadway and the West End to life in your local theatre. We promise an unforgettable show with an explosion of high-energy performances. From the haunting melodies of Phantom of the Opera to the empowering anthems of Wicked, you'll ...

The Sunday Session

8th June 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Sarah Jane Scouten

8th June 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

In March 2020, Canadian folk & country artist Sarah Jane Scouten was living in rural Scotland. With tours cancelled, days stretched endlessly, punctuated only by the steady unfolding of Scottish springtime, leaf by leaf, petal by petal. Growing up on the west coast of Canada, to her the flora of Dumfries and Galloway was a pageant of scent and colour, ...

Heritage Talk: The Stainmore Route and Kirkby Stephen East – 60 years on from closure

9th June 2025 6:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

To coincide with the Stockton & Darlington Railway in Cumbria Photographic Exhibition, and to celebrate 200 years of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, Mike Thompson, Project Manager of the Stainmore Railway Co. Ltd will be joining us for our June heritage talk. This presentation will briefly describe the rationale for the railway, and its route, and then provide an overview ...

The Return (15)

9th June 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king. Their son Telemachus faces death at the hands ...

The Return (15)

11th June 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Film

After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king. Their son Telemachus faces death at the hands ...

Poets Out Loud

11th June 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

‘Soaked’ by Emma Rydal

14th June 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Theatre

‘Soaked’ by Emma Rydal. Directed by Peter Macqueen. It’s Wine 0 Clock! When do you stop? Imogen and Rich don’t care if the glass is half full or half empty, as long as there’s wine in it that’s what’s important. That’s how they unwind, how they party, how they cope with the stresses of life; young children, high powered jobs. ...

‘Soaked’ by Emma Rydal

15th June 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Theatre

‘Soaked’ by Emma Rydal. Directed by Peter Macqueen. It’s Wine 0 Clock! When do you stop? Imogen and Rich don’t care if the glass is half full or half empty, as long as there’s wine in it that’s what’s important. That’s how they unwind, how they party, how they cope with the stresses of life; young children, high powered jobs. ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Flower Pressing

21st June 2025 2:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Come along for a lovely afternoon learning about this gentle activity which has been practised for hundreds of years, but which still has relevance today, being a relaxing, mindful and inexpensive hobby with low environmental impact. You will learn techniques for successful flower pressing as well as producing your own bookmark and framed picture from a range of existing pressed ...

Mark Harrison

21st June 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

Nobody writes songs like MARK HARRISON. Constantly touring and multi-awards-nominated, Mark Harrison has a reputation for being unlike anyone else out there.Described at BBC Radio 2 as an artist who ‘makes you think afresh’, and by countless audience members and reviewers as ‘uplifting and ‘inspirational’, his highly individual music takes him to some of the top venues and festivals in ...

Jazz@Kirkgate: Giles Strong Quartet

22nd June 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

The Giles Strong Quartet features four long established and respected musicians on the regional jazz scene. Giles Strong (guitar) is joined by John Bradford (drums), Ian Paterson (double bass) and Pete Tanton (trumpet and flugal horn). With inventive improvisation and interplay the Giles Strong Quartet create a unique style of acoustic chamber jazz. Their music reflects a shared love of ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Veg pie and pud!

25th June 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

On the menu today: Vegetable and herb pie and fresh fruit cheese cakes! Join Helen's Herbs for a morning of culinary creativity. All materials provided.

Monthly Market Seller Registration

28th June 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

28th June 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

FEVER Drag Cabaret

28th June 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

More info coming soon…

Cockermouth Chat Group

3rd July 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Poets Out Loud

9th July 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

The Sunday Session

13th July 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Monthly Market Seller Registration

26th July 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

26th July 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Kintsugi Craft Workshop for Beginners

26th July 2025 11:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Kintsugi Craft Workshop for Beginners Discover the ancient art of Kintsugi with Amelia in a fun and creative way. Kintsugi, which literally translates as 'golden joinery', celebrates the Japanese philosophy of the beauty of imperfection. In this beginners workshop you will: be given your own toolbox which will contain all the materials and items you need for this workshop. learn ...

Jazz@Kirkgate: The Hannah Brine Quartet

27th July 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

Singer songwriter Hannah Brine brings the gorgeous songs from her forthcoming album Blue Sky Now to Kirkgate Arts. Inspired by the Great American Songbook, with a voice & song writing style likened to Carole King, Norah Jones and Rumer, Hannah writes & performs lush ballads & lively jazz anthems, telling tales of growth & change, of life & loss, all ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Lemon curd and Chelsea buns

30th July 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

On the menu today: lemon curd and sweet or savoury chelsea style buns. Join Helen's Herbs for a morning of culinary creativity! All materials provided.

Cockermouth Chat Group

7th August 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Block Printing Family Workshop

9th August 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Join Market Place Print Studio for a vibrant, family-friendly workshop exploring the playful technique of Block Printing. There are two times available, 10am or midday, and the sessions run for approximately and hour and a half. We will explore colour, pattern-making, tessellation and repetition through the prism of block printing using lino and rubber stamps. You will learn how to ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Block Printing Family Workshop

9th August 2025 12:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Join Market Place Print Studio for a vibrant, family-friendly workshop exploring the playful technique of Block Printing. There are two times available, 10am or midday, and the sessions run for approximately and hour and a half. We will explore colour, pattern-making, tessellation and repetition through the prism of block printing using lino and rubber stamps. You will learn how to ...

The Sunday Session

10th August 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Poets Out Loud

13th August 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

Monthly Market Seller Registration

23rd August 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

23rd August 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

Jazz@Kirkgate: The Matt Carmichael Quartet

24th August 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

‘A distinctive new voice in a crowded scene….Carmichael has the gift of uplift in his music’ ★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine ‘can make you laugh and shed a tear within the turn of a bar’ Jazzwise Magazine ‘Has his own sound and is a storyteller’ BBC FOUR ‘Joyous’ Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2) Matt Carmichael (sax) Ali Watson (bass), Stephen Henderson ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: BBQ Galore!

27th August 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

BBQ Galore! with Manon Plouffe Lets learn how to marinate/massage/twist and shout a burger/meatless hot dogs/flat breads and all that jazz for a festive outdoor party. All materials provided.

The Ultimate Bubble Show!

29th August 2025 10:00am (Doors open at 9:30 am)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

Experience the best in soap bubble entertainment. Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble.This is a fast paced show full of high energy and surprises as Ray uses various different gases to create incredible bubble sculptures, effects and magical displays.Watch in amazement ...

The Ultimate Bubble Show!

29th August 2025 3:00pm (Doors open at 2:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

Experience the best in soap bubble entertainment. Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble.This is a fast paced show full of high energy and surprises as Ray uses various different gases to create incredible bubble sculptures, effects and magical displays.Watch in amazement ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: An introduction to needle felted landscapes

30th August 2025 10:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Learn the basics of needle felting and about the varieties of wool and other fibres available in the UK. Take away your own unique creation and the wherewithal to complete anything you have not finished. Please bring ideas or pictures for inspiration but nothing too complicated.

Cockermouth Chat Group

4th September 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Poets Out Loud

10th September 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Colour and Collage with Celia Burbush

13th September 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Collage is a wonderful approach, explored by many artists, but most iconically by Kurt Schwitters, the grandfather of modern art, who lived in Cumbria for the last years of his life, having fled his home country of Germany. Collage involves the combining of found images or scraps of materials to construct new images, which can have an aesthetic charge or ...

The Sunday Session

14th September 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Crafts@Kirgate: The Art of Laying Gold Leaf – Contemporary Gilding Workshop with Amelia

20th September 2025 11:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

The Art of Laying Gold Leaf – Contemporary Gilding Workshop In this 2 ½ hour workshop, youwill: learn the art of contemporary gilding, how it has changed over time and how you can use it in your own home to give it the Midas touch! be given your own toolbox which will contain all the materials and tools required for ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Jam and muffins

24th September 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

On the menu today: Plum jam and savoury muffins! Join Helen's Herbs for a morning of culinary creativity, all materials provided.

Kirk Kit – Sellers Registration

25th September 2025 5:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

Recycle your unwanted sports and exercise equipment with our Kirk Kit Sale! After the years of successful sales through Cockfrock, we wanted to offer a similar chance to sell sporting goods.You can sell clothing and equipment for all sports, outdoor activities, camping, water activities, cycling etc. Men's and women's clothing and equipment, for all ages, adult and children will be ...

Kirk Kit – Autumn 2025

27th September 2025 10:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

It's time for a workout revamp! Get ready, set and go! with our second 'Kirk Kit' sporting goods sale. After the years of successful sales through Cockfrock, we wanted to offer a similar chance to sell unwanted sports and exercise equipment.It's the same format as Cockfrock, but for clothing and equipment for all sports, outdoor activities, camping, water activities, cycling ...

Kirk Kit – Autumn 2025

28th September 2025 10:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

It's time for a workout revamp! Get ready, set and go! with our second 'Kirk Kit' sporting goods sale. After the years of successful sales through Cockfrock, we wanted to offer a similar chance to sell unwanted sports and exercise equipment.It's the same format as Cockfrock, but for clothing and equipment for all sports, outdoor activities, camping, water activities, cycling ...

Jazz@Kirkgate: Mike Smith Band

28th September 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

We are very excited to welcomeThe Mike Smith Band back to the Kirkgate after their entertaining concert in early 2024 – we got a huge crowd in that night as well! He comes to the Kirkgate with a superb line up, including the the wonderful Tom Kincaid on piano. Mike Smith – sax (Echo and the Bunnymen, Elkie Brooks) Tom ...

Cockermouth Chat Group

2nd October 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Dreams and Zines with Celia Burbush

4th October 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Explore and experiment with text, image and layout, creating your own zine (short for magazine). Zines are a chosen medium of vibrant subcultures, with their first appearance as 1930s fanzines celebrating science fiction. In recent years, entire festivals and fairs are dedicated to these self-published works. They’re all about DIY, use what you find, and say what you want to ...

Poets Out Loud

8th October 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Autumn Wreath

11th October 2025 10:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Helen Shipton-Smith returns to Kirkgate to share her skills in this three hour workshop. Bringing together all the colours of autumn this wreath making class will reflect the gorgeous colours of the season. Materials provided.

The Sunday Session

12th October 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Monthly Market Seller Registration

25th October 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

25th October 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Cinnamon Swirls

29th October 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

On the menu today: Beetroot chutney and cinnamon swirls. Join Helen's Herbs for a morning of culinary creativity, all materials provided.

Crafts@Kirkgate: Rag Rug Workshop

1st November 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Make a rag rug out of recycled clothes! Learn a traditional craft and recycle / repurpose worn out clothing. Make a really special Christmas gift. All materials included. A light lunch is included in the price, or you are welcome to bring your own. Any questions, please ask info@cumberlandragrugs.co.uk

Cockermouth Chat Group

6th November 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Gilded Christmas Decorations

8th November 2025 11:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

The perfect workshop to ring in the Christmas spirit! Learn the art of laying gold leaf by gilding your own festive Christmas ornaments and decorations ✨ You will be taught about the art of gilding, how it has changed over time and how you can use it in your own home to give anything a new gilded sparkle! Your festive ...

The Sunday Session

9th November 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...

Poets Out Loud

12th November 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: All things pastry!

19th November 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

On the menu today: Glorious pies! All things pastry! Join Manon Plouffe for a morning of culinary creativity, all materials provided.

Monthly Market Seller Registration

22nd November 2025 9:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

For £10 you have access to one of ten tables for the morning of our monthly indoor market, where you can sell your unwanted items, home produced crafts, books, music, almost anything! We will send you a link to our seller guidelines when you book, but please click the link to check that your items are suitable before booking a ...

Kirkgate Monthly Market

22nd November 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Special Event

We're opening our downstairs space for a monthly sale! Whether it'soriginal creations from local makers and crafters,unwanted household items, CD's, books, DVD's, toys and games you're sure to find some treasure among our sellers offerings. For the spring and summer we are also offering plants for sale, plus tasty treats to enjoy with a cuppa while you browse! If you ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Fused glass Christmas decoration taster session

23rd November 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Book your place on a fused glass Christmas decoration taster session with Roxanne Denny of RD Glass. Learn a new skill and have fun being creative with hands on instruction and the freedom to choose what you make. During the session you will use pre-cut pieces of glass, glass rods and crushed glass in a range of shapes and colours. ...

Jazz@Kirkgate: Arun Ghosh ‘Northern Quartet’

23rd November 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Music

Very excited to be able to bring this artist to the Kirkgate, with some fabulous musicians. Arun Ghosh is a British-Asian clarinettist, composer and music educator. Named as Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year in 2014 and 2018 in the APPJA / Parliamentary Jazz Awards Arun brings his “Northern quartet” to jazz@Kirkgate featuring John Ellis on piano and Dave Walsh on ...

Cockermouth Chat Group

4th December 2025 1:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Local History

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting will be at the Friend's Meeting House, Kirkgate, CA13 9PH at the usual time of 1pm – 3pm. See you there! A time to chat and share memories over a cup of tea/coffee. From food to school days, to work and travel and all sorts in between. We'll have some photos and artefacts from the ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Christmas Wreath

6th December 2025 10:00am

Kirkgate Centre

Category: Join In

Celebrate Cumbria’s winter season by making your very own sustainable Festive Wreath to dress your front door. Harriet from Cumberland Flower Farm will bring a lovely mix of cumbrian evergreen foliages, grasses and berries and guide you in crafting a compostable wreath using sustainable materials and techniques. Tuition, materials and tools and equipment will be supplied, but please wear old ...

Crafts@Kirkgate: Christmas Wreath

6th December 2025 2:00pm

Kirkgate Centre

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Celebrate Cumbria’s winter season by making your very own sustainable Festive Wreath to dress your front door. Harriet from Cumberland Flower Farm will bring a lovely mix of cumbrian evergreen foliages, grasses and berries and guide you in crafting a compostable wreath using sustainable materials and techniques. Tuition, materials and tools and equipment will be supplied, but please wear old ...

Cooking@Kirkgate: Fun Festive Food!

10th December 2025 9:30am

Kirkgate Centre

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Fun Festive Food! Easy and stress free recipes to impress your guests at Christmas. From starters to pudding with an addition of bling with cute canapés & colourful cocktails. Join Manon Plouffe for a morning of culinary creativity, all materials provided.

Poets Out Loud

10th December 2025 8:30pm

Kirkgate Centre

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Booking not required *Please note doors open for this event at 8.30pm* Poets Out Loud For writers, readers and listeners from Cumbria and beyond. All are welcome to a most informal evening of poetry at the Kirkgate Centre. It IS for listeners, not just writers. Lovers of poetry and the spoken word who would like to just sit and enjoy ...

The Sunday Session

14th December 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

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Are you a musician, looking for a place to test out your tunes? Do you sing/play and would love to meet up with other musicians to have a bit of a jam? Our open mic night has evolved! We're starting a new approach, to cater for all, with our Sunday Sessions. Come down for a listen, or bring an instrument ...
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