When’s it on: 25/04/2013 till 26/04/2013 from 8.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Theatre
Where’s it being held: Brewery Arts Centre 122A Highgate Kendal Cumbria Kendal
What’s happening: Susan Cookson plays Jacks wife Sally, a flower shop owner. Susan is mostly known for playing Mrs Kath Wylie in the BBC Drama Casualty however she has also appeared in Emmerdale, Clocking Off, Fat Friends, Peak Practice and most recently Mount Pleasant.
When’s it on: 19/06/2013 till 19/06/2013 from 7.30pm. each day.
Type of event: Theatre
Where’s it being held: Brewery Arts Centre 122A Highgate Kendal Cumbria Kendal
What’s happening: Helena loves the arrogant Bertram, and when she cures the King of France of his sickness, she claims Bertram as her reward.
When’s it on: 09/03/2013 till 09/03/2013 from 2.00pm – 5.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Talk
Where’s it being held: The Jerwood Centre, Grasmere Grasmere
What’s happening: Speakers will include contributors to a new volume of essays on Lake District tourism, edited by John K.Walton and Jason Wood. Ian Brodie, former Director of Friends of the Lake District, will speak on the subject of landscape preservation. Contributors will debate the relationships between history, heritage, landscape, culture and policy that underlie the activities of the National Park, Cumbria Tourism and the aspirations to recognise the Lake District as a UNESCO Heritage Site.
When’s it on: 31/03/2013 till 31/10/2013 from N/A each day.
Type of event: Outdoor Activity
Where’s it being held: At range of hire points around the South Lakes. For listings go to: www.electricbicyclenetwork.com/h Kendal
What’s happening: Hire an electric bike! Get outside and enjoy exploring the hills, lakes and fells with the powerful assist of an electric bike. Leave your car behind and truly experience the Lakes without straining up the hills! The Electric Bicycle Network is made up of over 40 bike hire and charge points. To hire a bike, check the listings, and phone or send them an email booking enquiry direct at www.electricbicyclenetwork.com/hire Costs vary: an hour taster (£10) to full day hire (£30 approx).
When’s it on: 04/05/2013 till 05/05/2013 from 1.00pm to 5.00pm both days. each day.
Type of event: Flower Show /Open Garden
Where’s it being held: Around the village of Storth Arnside
What’s happening: 12 gardens open to the public.Plant sale. Refreshments available. Toilets in Storth Village Hall & some gardens. Tickets & maps from Storth Village Hall & Storth Village Church. Proceeds from the event will go towards buying defibrillators for Storth Village.
When’s it on: 14/07/2013 till 14/07/2013 from 9.15am. each day.
Type of event: Walk
Where’s it being held: Arnside Promenade Arnside
What’s happening: This beautiful and exhilarating walk leads you from the shore at Arnside to Kents Bank accompanied at all times by a team of expert Bay Guides led by the Queen’s Guide Cedric Robinson. The walk is, on average 7 and 8 miles long and is suitable for children and dogs. Application forms can be found on Bendrigg website www.bendrigg.org.uk
When’s it on: 20/02/2013 till 20/02/2013 from 9.30am-4.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Outdoor Activity
Where’s it being held: Brown Robin Nature Reserve, Grange-over-Sands. Meet at Cumbria Grand Hotel car park. Grange-over-Sands
What’s happening: Come and learn some traditional forest management crafts that will help to maintain the important diversity in the woodland. Please wear outdoor clothing and bring a packed lunch. Children under 16 years of age are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Contact Pete Jones on 01539 816300 or peterj@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk to confirm your attendance and to check event details.
When’s it on: 14/03/2013 till 14/03/2013 from 7.30pm. each day.
Type of event: Talk
Where’s it being held: Friends Meeting Room, Kendal Kendal
What’s happening: Gordon Yates will be showing another of his superb films about birds. This one covers his favourite places and includes many close up images of birds.
When’s it on: 05/04/2013 till 05/04/2013 from 7.30pm 9.30pm. each day.
Type of event: Theatre
Where’s it being held: The Heron Theatre, Stanley Street, Beetham,Cumbria Beetham
What’s happening: In prison for the murder of her husband, Fay receives a visit from her daughter whom she hasn’t seen for 18 years. Hailed by the Daily Telegraph as “a shatteringly powerful play”, Iron unravels the lives of both women with scalpel-like precision as Josie struggles to understand the stranger before her and above all to find out what happened on the night her father was killed.
When’s it on: 18/05/2013 till 18/05/2013 from 6.00pm – 10.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Workshop/Course/Arts & Crafts
Where’s it being held: Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal Kendal
What’s happening: We are serving up some Victorian food outside the museum and gallery as part of Museums at Night, but were keeping our very modern tastes in mind to serve you some more modern treats. Whatever your tastes, there will be something delicious for you.
When’s it on: 17/08/2013 till 18/08/2013 from 10.30am. each day.
Type of event: Outdoor Activity
Where’s it being held: Castle Drive, Kendal, LA9 7BN Kendal
What’s happening: junior football tournament for u8s, 9, 10s and 11s all details www.kendalunitedjfc.com
When’s it on: 23/02/2013 till 23/02/2013 from 3.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Talk
Where’s it being held: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal Kendal
What’s happening: Free with gallery admission, tickets are limited, available on the day on a first-come first-served basis. We are offering visitors the chance to improve their knowledge of the history of art in our series of talks. These are held in the Gallery and are aimed at giving people a chance to extend their knowledge. Amy Concannon, Assistant Curator, British Art, 1790-1850 at Tate starts our history of art series.
When’s it on: 16/03/2013 till 16/03/2013 from 10.30am – 2.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Outdoor Activity
Where’s it being held: Cartmel Cartmel
What’s happening: Choose from trail runs of 10km or 18km through some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the Lake District.
When’s it on: 11/04/2013 till 11/04/2013 from 2.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Talk
Where’s it being held: Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, Windermere Windermere
What’s happening: Margaret Reid, Windermere Steamboat Museum Curator, wants to tell you about the Windermere Steamboat Museum project, and in particular some of the themes that will feature in the new museum when it opens.
When’s it on: 27/05/2013 till 31/05/2013 from 11.00am 4.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Workshop/Course/Arts & Crafts
Where’s it being held: Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria Windermere
What’s happening: We like to think of our organisation as fairly green, but we do end up with a lot of cardboard boxes in the venues. Weve invited some artists along for the week to work with families in bringing these dull and lifeless boxes to life. Free with admission.
When’s it on: 27/09/2013 till 21/12/2013 from 10.30am – 4.00pm. each day.
Type of event: Exhibition
Where’s it being held: Abbot Hall Art Gallery Kendal Kendal
What’s happening: The Radev Collection is named after Mattei Radev, who came to Britain in the 1950s as a stowaway on a cargo ship, fleeing from communism in his native Bulgaria. Radev went on to build a new life in London mixing in the artistic Bloomsbury circle and becoming a leading picture framer for the London Galleries. The impressive collection includes works by British and international artists including Duncan Grant, Alfred Wallis, Ivon Hitchens, Ben Nicholson and Lucien Pissarro.
When’s it on: 28/02/2013 till 28/02/2013 from 2.30pm each day.
Type of event: Music
Where’s it being held: Ambleside Parish Centre, Ambleside Ambleside
What’s happening: Danzi : Wind Quintet in B flat Major Samuel Barber : Summer Music Op 31 Ligeti : 6 Bagatelles. This exciting wind ensemble of flute, oboe, French horn, bassoon and clarinet formed at The University of Manchester and Royal Northern College of Music and were runners up in the prestigious St Martin in the Fields competition.
When’s it on: 22/03/2013 till 22/03/2013 from 7.30pm. each day.
Type of event: Talk
Where’s it being held: Ambleside Parish Centre, Ambleside Ambleside
What’s happening: Local birdwatcher Fred Gould will present his new slide presentation about birds. Joint with Anbleside Natural History Society.
When’s it on: 17/04/2013 till 17/04/2013 from 7.30pm. each day.
Type of event: Theatre
Where’s it being held: Brewery Arts Centre,122A Highgate, Kendal Cumbria Kendal
What’s happening: Driven along by a romance all the more charming for being unacknowledged, Much Ado About Nothing is a miracle of comic and dramatic suspense and gives us, in
When’s it on: 09/06/2013 till 09/06/2013 from 9.00am. each day.
Type of event: Festival/Gala/Agricultural Show/Fair
Where’s it being held: Castle Drive Kendal LA9 7BN Kendal
What’s happening: Featuring Kendal’s DANCE ATTIK plus the inflatable football fastest shot. Jungle activity,tombola,climbing wall,all day refreshments,face painting,adult body zorbs,barbecue,archery,ice creams,bunjee trampolines,zorbwalker balls for kids,quad bikes,raffle,plus much more.
