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Cockermouth Round Table Beer Festival 2025
27th November 2025 6:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
Thursday 27th November 6-11pm £12 including booking fee and free souvenir glass. It’s the opening night of the 2025 Cockermouth Beer Festival. Quizmaster Ian will once again be hosting the Pub Quiz, included with your entry. Come and try over 50 beers and ciders whilst testing out your brain. Friday 28th November 6-11pm £15 including booking fee and free souvenir ...
Cockermouth Round Table Beer Festival 2025
28th November 2025 6:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
Thursday 27th November 6-11pm £12 including booking fee and free souvenir glass. It’s the opening night of the 2025 Cockermouth Beer Festival. Quizmaster Ian will once again be hosting the Pub Quiz, included with your entry. Come and try over 50 beers and ciders whilst testing out your brain. Friday 28th November 6-11pm £15 including booking fee and free souvenir ...
Cockermouth Round Table Beer Festival 2025
29th November 2025 12:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
Thursday 27th November 6-11pm £12 including booking fee and free souvenir glass. It’s the opening night of the 2025 Cockermouth Beer Festival. Quizmaster Ian will once again be hosting the Pub Quiz, included with your entry. Come and try over 50 beers and ciders whilst testing out your brain. Friday 28th November 6-11pm £15 including booking fee and free souvenir ...
Cockermouth Round Table Beer Festival 2025
29th November 2025 6:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
Thursday 27th November 6-11pm £12 including booking fee and free souvenir glass. It’s the opening night of the 2025 Cockermouth Beer Festival. Quizmaster Ian will once again be hosting the Pub Quiz, included with your entry. Come and try over 50 beers and ciders whilst testing out your brain. Friday 28th November 6-11pm £15 including booking fee and free souvenir ...
Westlife – Royal Albert Hall (25th Anniversary Concert)
30th November 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Experience an unforgettable celebration as Westlife take centre stage at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall for a fun-filled night of nostalgia honouring 25 magnificent years of chart-topping music. Over the years Westlife have achieved 14 UK Number 1 singles and sold over 55 million records worldwide. To mark the milestone, the band will be joined by the renowned Royal Philharmonic ...
The Naked Gun (15)
1st December 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
The American crime spoof-slapstick comedy returns: Only one man has the particular set of skills – to lead Police Squad and save the world. ‘A film that has a better chance of producing a belly laugh than any in recent memory: one that deserves, as Drebin would say, “20 years for man’s laughter”. John Nugent – Empire Magazine Starring: Liam ...
The Naked Gun (15)
3rd December 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
The American crime spoof-slapstick comedy returns: Only one man has the particular set of skills – to lead Police Squad and save the world. ‘A film that has a better chance of producing a belly laugh than any in recent memory: one that deserves, as Drebin would say, “20 years for man’s laughter”. John Nugent – Empire Magazine Starring: Liam ...
Kirkgate Youth Theatre – A Winter’s Gathering 2
4th December 2025 6:30pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Come in from the cold and join Kirkgate Youth Theatre for an evening of stories. We bring to you the local legends of 'St Bega' and 'Long Meg' and our re-working of the gothic and ghostly tale, ‘The Rime of The Ancient Mariner’.
Better Days (15)
5th December 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A group of women bond in rehab and try to change their lives for the better. A powerful French comedy-drama that tackles profound themes and tells the stories of people with alcohol problems. The film combines elements of comedy and drama, and explores themes of addiction, friendship, and new beginnings. Better Days is a film of two halves, one grounded ...
Donnelly & South’s Christmas Cracker @ Muncaster Parish Hall, Ravenglass
5th December 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Muncaster Parish Hall, Ravenglass
The most fun you can have without shinning down someone’s chimney! Christmas show with some crazy bits, a sackful of their singalong, wintry-wonderful songs. The best Christmas-Duo-Show this side of Morecambe & Bublé! A stocking-load of Keith’s hilarious seasonal anecdotes and jokes. The gift of a couple of scary solstice ghost stories. Pour on lashings of Lauren’s, silky-smooth, brandy-butter vocals. ...
Crafts@Kirkgate: Christmas Wreath
6th December 2025 10:00am
Kirkgate Centre
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 ...
Donnelly & South’s Christmas Cracker @ Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
6th December 2025 1:30pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Florence Mine Arts Centre
The most fun you can have without shinning down someone’s chimney! Christmas show with some crazy bits, a sackful of their singalong, wintry-wonderful songs. The best Christmas-Duo-Show this side of Morecambe & Bublé! A stocking-load of Keith’s hilarious seasonal anecdotes and jokes. The gift of a couple of scary solstice ghost stories. Pour on lashings of Lauren’s, silky-smooth, brandy-butter vocals. ...
Crafts@Kirkgate: Christmas Wreath
6th December 2025 2:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
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 ...
Donnelly & South’s Christmas Cracker @ Kirksanton Village Hall
6th December 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Kirksanton Village Hall
The most fun you can have without shinning down someone’s chimney! Christmas show with some crazy bits, a sackful of their singalong, wintry-wonderful songs. The best Christmas-Duo-Show this side of Morecambe & Bublé! A stocking-load of Keith’s hilarious seasonal anecdotes and jokes. The gift of a couple of scary solstice ghost stories. Pour on lashings of Lauren’s, silky-smooth, brandy-butter vocals. ...
GreenMatthews’ Midwinter Revels
7th December 2025 3:30pm (Doors open at 2:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Following on from A Christmas Carol: In Concert and A Brief History of Christmas, GreenMatthews present their new festive show. Spanning several centuries, GreenMatthews’ Midwinter Revels is a celebration of Yuletide Past guaranteed to warm the cockles of the most Scrooge-like heart. Featuring Christmas carols, winter folk songs, toe-tapping tunes and a plethora of weird and wonderful instruments, the show ...
Wild Zucchinis World Food Night!
7th December 2025 7:00pm
Kirkgate Centre
Join Manon and the Wild Zucchinis team for another stop on the World Tour of food! This month we are celebrating Christmas from around the world, with three courses to tantalise your taste buds! More info coming soon…
Donnelly & South’s Christmas Cracker @ Maryport Settlement
7th December 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
The Settlement Maryport
The most fun you can have without shinning down someone’s chimney! Christmas show with some crazy bits, a sackful of their singalong, wintry-wonderful songs. The best Christmas-Duo-Show this side of Morecambe & Bublé! A stocking-load of Keith’s hilarious seasonal anecdotes and jokes. The gift of a couple of scary solstice ghost stories. Pour on lashings of Lauren’s, silky-smooth, brandy-butter vocals. ...
Better Days (15)
8th December 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A group of women bond in rehab and try to change their lives for the better. A powerful French comedy-drama that tackles profound themes and tells the stories of people with alcohol problems. The film combines elements of comedy and drama, and explores themes of addiction, friendship, and new beginnings. Better Days is a film of two halves, one grounded ...
Cooking@Kirkgate: Fun Festive Food!
10th December 2025 9:30am
Kirkgate Centre
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.
Better Days (15)
10th December 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A group of women bond in rehab and try to change their lives for the better. A powerful French comedy-drama that tackles profound themes and tells the stories of people with alcohol problems. The film combines elements of comedy and drama, and explores themes of addiction, friendship, and new beginnings. Better Days is a film of two halves, one grounded ...
Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale (PG)
12th December 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
The third and final film concerning Downton Abbey following the much loved TV series. “this silly, enjoyable nonsense should go on for ever” Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian “Cheesier than a wheel of Stilton and about as edgy, Downton Abbey bows out with a cosy but loveable final instalment that will leave few dry eyes among long-time fans of Julian ...
John Cleese Packs It In (12A)
13th December 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
1 85-year-old Man, 5 Countries, 16 Cities, 23 shows, 6 weeks. Will he make it home … or is this the end of the road? One of the most recognisable figures in British comedy, John Cleese’s career spans six decades – from his early days with the Cambridge Footlights to co-founding Monty Python, co-creating Fawlty Towers, and writing and starring ...
The Sunday Session
14th December 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:45 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
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 ...
Our Freedom: Then and Now Cockermouth Musical Indoor Performance
14th December 2025 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Marking 80 years since the end of WWII, this free community musical is based on people's memories of living in the area during and after the war – including the VE Day celebrations when the Billy Bowman band played to the crowds from the roof of the air-raid shelter on Main Street. Moving and powerful stories based on the memories ...
Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale (PG)
15th December 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
The third and final film concerning Downton Abbey following the much loved TV series. “this silly, enjoyable nonsense should go on for ever” Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian “Cheesier than a wheel of Stilton and about as edgy, Downton Abbey bows out with a cosy but loveable final instalment that will leave few dry eyes among long-time fans of Julian ...
Cosy Christmas: Songs with Laura
16th December 2025 1:30pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Join us for a heartwarming afternoon of festive music and good company at our Cosy Christmas Singalong. Led by local pianist and singer Laura, we’ll enjoy singing along to well-loved Christmas songs and carols that capture the spirit of the season. During the interval, relax and chat with friends over a glass of complimentary mulled wine and a mince pie, ...
Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale (PG)
17th December 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
The third and final film concerning Downton Abbey following the much loved TV series. “this silly, enjoyable nonsense should go on for ever” Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian “Cheesier than a wheel of Stilton and about as edgy, Downton Abbey bows out with a cosy but loveable final instalment that will leave few dry eyes among long-time fans of Julian ...
SCHOOLS OUT FOR CHRISTMAS: Songs with Laura
19th December 2025 6:00pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Join us on Friday after school at the Kirkgate for a for a magical family Christmas singalong with local piano player and singer, Laura. Gather the whole family and get into the Christmas spirit as we sing all your favourite festive tunes — from jolly classics to cosy carols. It’s the perfect way to kick off the holidays and spread ...
FEVER Drag Cabaret New Year Special!
31st December 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
See in the New Year with the FEVER gang!! This is a special one-off extended cabaret, with Summersalt and Aura Gasm bringing us a whopping 4 hours of entertainment to see in the New Year!! More info coming soon…. **Special VIP tickets available** If you'd like the chance to have a selfie on stage with the Fever team, and a ...
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (12A)
2nd January 2026 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Docudrama. Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book. Everyone knows his music, but no-one knows the moment everything changed. “The Best Film of the Year” – Joey Magidson; Awards Radar “Jeremy Allen White is a convincingly tortured rock star” – ...
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (12A)
5th January 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Docudrama. Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book. Everyone knows his music, but no-one knows the moment everything changed. “The Best Film of the Year” – Joey Magidson; Awards Radar “Jeremy Allen White is a convincingly tortured rock star” – ...
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (12A)
7th January 2026 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Docudrama. Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book. Everyone knows his music, but no-one knows the moment everything changed. “The Best Film of the Year” – Joey Magidson; Awards Radar “Jeremy Allen White is a convincingly tortured rock star” – ...
I Swear (15)
9th January 2026 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A bio pic/docudrama covering the story of John Davidson who was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed. It’s a film about empathy, about understanding someone’s situation. A drama with a lot of laughter but never laughing at somebody. “A film that might just ...
The Great Big Kirkgate Quiz!
10th January 2026 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
It's quiz time again! As usual our Quizmaster extraordinaire Toby Gaffney will be baffling and bamboozling us with a variety of multimedia rounds. Teams of up to six can take part, and if you haven't a team to go with you can turn up and join one on the night. £7 per person for a right good night of cerebral ...
I Swear (15)
12th January 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A bio pic/docudrama covering the story of John Davidson who was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed. It’s a film about empathy, about understanding someone’s situation. A drama with a lot of laughter but never laughing at somebody. “A film that might just ...
I Swear (15)
14th January 2026 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
A bio pic/docudrama covering the story of John Davidson who was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed. It’s a film about empathy, about understanding someone’s situation. A drama with a lot of laughter but never laughing at somebody. “A film that might just ...
The Mastermind (12A)
16th January 2026 2:00am (Doors open at 1:00 am)
Kirkgate Centre
In 1970, three people wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, it turns Mooney (Josh O’Connor) is relegated to a life on the run. Kelly Reichardt doing a heist movie? That might sound strange after Wendy and Lucy, First Cow, Certain Women, Meek’s Cutoff for ...
Music for a Winter’s Night: Bitterbeck and Yis Aye
18th January 2026 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Bitterbeck and Yis Aye Parlour Concert Sunday January 18th 2025 An uplifting evening of original acoustic music with some of west Cumbria’s finest folk musicians, in the relaxed and intimate surroundings of the Kirkgate’s Egremont Room. An old school collaborative ‘parlour concert’ with two wonderful bands (9 musicians) sharing the stage for a special midwinter treat. Bitterbeck are an easy-going ...
The Mastermind (12A)
19th January 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
In 1970, three people wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, it turns Mooney (Josh O’Connor) is relegated to a life on the run. Kelly Reichardt doing a heist movie? That might sound strange after Wendy and Lucy, First Cow, Certain Women, Meek’s Cutoff for ...
The Mastermind (12A)
21st January 2026 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
In 1970, three people wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, it turns Mooney (Josh O’Connor) is relegated to a life on the run. Kelly Reichardt doing a heist movie? That might sound strange after Wendy and Lucy, First Cow, Certain Women, Meek’s Cutoff for ...
Hedera
14th February 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Hedera is a chamber folk project from Bristol featuring Lulu Austin (violin), Maisie Brett (violin, viola), Tamsin Elliott (accordion, harp), Beth Roberts (double bass, violin) and Isis Wolf-Light (clarinets). They perform original and traditional pieces inspired by music from England, Scotland, France, Bali, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ethiopia and beyond, translated through a prism of experimental minimalism and contemporary classical influences. Their ...
The Often Herd
28th February 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
The Often Herd transcend the traditional boundaries of bluegrass music. Although they might resemble an American string band, complete with driving energy, tight vocal harmonies and dazzling instrumental interplay, their vibrant, transatlantic sound is deeply coloured by their surroundings; the striking natural and industrial landscapes of Northern England. This unique approach won them the title of “Best European Bluegrass Band ...
Tryckster – 30 years of madness!
14th March 2026 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
Tryckster ply a boisterous trade in foot-stomping energetic tune-led songs about the state of the world and how we fix it. The band came into being following a St Patrick’s Night session in Cockermouth back in 1996, so this event celebrates their 30years of contribution to the local folk scene, in the venue that’s been an important part of their ...
Cockfrock Spring 2026 Sellers Registration
14th May 2026 3:30pm
Kirkgate Centre
Yes! It's back! The fashion event we all love! We're looking for good quality ladies fashions and accessories… If you would like toregister as a seller at Cockfrocksimply 'buy' a ticket to this 'event'. You don't even need to come to the sale itself! We take care of all that for you, all you need to do is get your ...
Dave Camlin: Hope Rises
20th June 2026 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Kirkgate Centre
An evening with Dave Camlin and Friends Acoustic music at its finest, an evening of uplifting and hopeful songs for a brighter future, to launch Dave’s new solo album. A musical polymath, Dave has been the creative force behind many community music initiatives in west Cumbria over the years, including the Soundwave music organisation and the Solfest and Cumberlandia music ...Sorry, no Events match your filter criteria. Click here to reset filters