The arts and culture scene in The Lake District, Cumbria is thriving, with many events taking place throughout the county year-round. Whether you want to enjoy a play, dance to live music, discover an art exhibition or visit a museum, there’s so much to experience in this vibrant part of the country.
If you’re a theatre enthusiast, you’ll find plenty to enjoy in the Lake District, Cumbria, with performances in some truly spectacular venues. How about catching a show next to a lake, or in a coastal town?
We often welcome touring productions including theatre and opera; while our independent cinemas also show live streams of performances taking place in world-class venues like the National Theatre.
If you’re a film buff, there are lots of fantastic cinemas showing the latest releases as well as art house classics. Did you know? The Lake District, Cumbria has featured in a number of films and TV shows like Star Wars and The Witcher!
Put on your dancing shoes and head out for an evening of live music – whether it’s a concert, a festival or an evening at the pub, there’s something to suit all tastes.
For a real celebration of our local culture, why not head for one of our vibrant festivals? The Winter Droving festival in Penrith is a colourful display held every October, complete with torchlit parade and a festive atmosphere. Meanwhile, museums hold regular events and exhibitions highlighting everything from art and film to our local history.
Search and view what's taking place below and let us introduce you to a world of theatre, music and the arts here in Cumbria.
This new display delves into the Townend archive collection, a treasure trove of four hundred years…
Award winning crime writer Jonathan Whitelaw is flying in from Canada to launch his new book, The…
Heavyweights of the Cumbrian and International art world are joining together to take part in Rock…
Gemma is looking for love, but it's complicated! With the help of dating app Tingle, she dates two…
Bring your family and step back in time to the 1940s! *Authentic living history *Military…
Now in its 12th year, the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition is an open art competition which…
Tired of spring-cleaning, Mole leaves Mole End and ventures out to the riverbank, where he…
Inspired by the wild and beautiful Northern Fells and a shared history of drawing from life, local…
Join local historian and archaeologist Dan Elsworth for this informative illustrated talk covering…
Annie - A local artist who has worked in pastels, watercolours and acrylics for over 30 years. A…
Sarah, based in Penrith, Cumbria, an ideal base to explore the Lakes, Cumbrian coastline, and the…
What is a space? Where are the spaces? Who fills the spaces and why? Nolitex have been exploring…
Meet talking rocks, find sunken trinkets and explore quarry portals at Signal Film and Media's next…
In this humourous, multi-role playing adaptation, Hotbuckle invites us to enter the world of The…
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of any sort of… disappointed love. Catherine…
As Kay lives in Cumbria and Gillian lives in the Trossachs, textiles and walking are intertwined…
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of…
You may leave the Lake District, but once you’ve been, it’ll never leave you.
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Sedbergh
There is ever-present change in all our lives, presented in a new exhibition of fibre arts by students and staff of ArtyBird Carnforth.
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Sedbergh
Threadmill are a group of fifteen textile and mixed media artists committed to the promotion of textiles as both a decorative and expressive art form. Together they seek to increase awareness and education at all levels through their exhibitions…
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Sedbergh
Contemporary Quilt Group is a specialist group within the Quilters' Guild. Its members are a diverse collection of quilters and textile artists, working at the cutting edge of our practice, creating innovative and dynamic art. Their mission is to…
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Grasmere
William Wordsworth knew a thing or two about the value of ancient trees. His poem 'Yew-Trees' famously venerates the Lorton and Borrowdale Yews, their preternatural existence in the landscape, and significant place in national and Lakeland history.
Wordsworth Grasmere, Grasmere
Kendal
Cumbria Festival Chorus, conducted by Ian Jones, presents Rachmaninov's ethereal hymn of praise. With saxophone interludes by Lynne Williams.
Keswick
Brought to you by the National Trust for the Festival of Archaeology. Come and join us for a rare opportunity to visit the processing mill at Force Crag Mine. To make this event more inclusive, we would like to offer transport for those who may have…
Brougham, Penrith
Join the HandleBards at Brougham Hall for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Four young lovers find themselves lost in a magical forest, where the Fairy King and Queen are fighting for the possession of…
Brougham Hall, Cumbria
Tarn Road, Brampton
Join utter legends Robin, Marian, and the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest for a hilariously adventurous take on the timeless tales of everyone's favourite archer.
Pernicious Prince John and the shifty Sheriff of Nottingham have hatched a plan to put a…
Talkin Tarn Country Park, Brampton
Flookburgh, Grange-over-Sands
The Cumbria Steam Gathering takes place annually over the last weekend in July. Our home since 1986 has been Cark Airfield, Flookburgh, Grange over Sands LA11 7LS by kind permission of Mr J Latham and Sons.
Lake Rd, Keswick
The world's most famous detective gets a hilarious makeover in this spectacularly theatrical comedy
A terrible murder, a terrifying family curse, a killer on the loose and a gigantic beast on the moor; this sounds like a case for Sherlock Holmes!…
Brampton
Sir John Falstaff, everyone's favourite Shakespearean sleazeball, has fallen on hard times. To fix his finances, he plans to seduce the wives of two wealthy merchants. But, wise to his wily ways, the ladies take the opportunity to punish Falstaff by…
Talkin Tarn Country Park, Brampton
Whitehaven
The amazing cast of the Whitehaven Theatre Group roll out there latest hilarious new productions, STEPPING OUT!
Sedbergh
know her textile art, but also, she still designs and creates jewellery, likewise clothes, restores furniture, photographs, draws, and paints, even on walls. She is a very versatile artist.
Her academic training was in Russia, since she is of…
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Sedbergh
Linocut and Wood engraving relief prints inspired by the Cumbrian Landscape
As a printmaker using linocut and wood engraving, I create relief prints here at the Mill in my studio on level 2. From my sketches of the landscape of Cumbria I am inspired…
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
County Square, Ulverston
Mark Lundquist Productions
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Direct from a weeklong run in London's West End, a SOLD-OUT Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story continues to stun audiences across the globe!…
Whitehaven
One man, one monster, one glorious dream to singlehandedly tell the most famous cult horror story of all time, and absolutely no budget whatsoever. What could possibly go wrong?
Moresby, Whitehaven
Hollywood in the 1940's. The most glamorous place on earth.
Corny Brothers studios is delighted to open its doors for exclusive backstage tours, allowing a fascinating peek behind the scenes into how the movies are made.
Meet with the stars of the…
Penrith
The one hour family show features some of Britain's funniest clowns, traditional slapstick comedy, magic, illusions, the amazing girl in the spinning bottle, cartoon characters, plate spinning, an acrobatic human slinky, puppets, prizes and…
The Rheged Centre, Penrith
Penrith
I don't know why she swallowed a fly...... But The People's Theatre Company do!
And now you can too as they bring the world's best loved nonsense rhyme to life just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pam Adams' best-selling book!
The Rheged Centre, Penrith
Lake Rd, Keswick
A high-flying adventure for all the family…
Raised in the Indian jungle, Mowgli the man cub spends his boyhood days running wild with his wolf friends and hunting with the pack.
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