Live music, festivals, theatre, family days and local happenings across Cumbria.
216 events found
Exhibition
Seasonal Hill Top display exploring the real inspiration, manuscript, artwork and restored dolls' house behind Beatrix Potter…
Family Trail
Find needle-felted Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb hiding in playful miniature scenes throughout Beatrix Potter's Hill Top from 15 …
Exhibition
Free outdoor exhibition at Wray from 28 August 2026 to 31 March 2027, featuring enlarged historic photographs by Rupert Potte…
Art Trail
Fifty-four artists open studios and pop-up exhibitions across Cumbria from 5 to 20 September 2026 in a free county-wide art t…
Photography Exhibition
Max Boardman's quarry-landscape photography exhibition runs at Heaton Cooper Studio in Grasmere from 10 September to 25 Octob…
Heritage Festival
Heritage Open Days returns across Cumbria from 11 to 20 September 2026, unlocking free tours, historic buildings, industrial …
Trail Running and Walking Challenge
A 75km/47-mile, fully waymarked run or walk around Windermere, starting at 6am on 12 September with a 24-hour limit.
Photography Exhibition
Joanne Coates's photography exhibition explores women in agriculture and rural labour in Holeslack barn at Sizergh, running i…
Art Exhibition
An immersive Great Barn exhibition by local and national artists explores soil, microscopic life, farming and the landscape a…
Family Trail
A family trail created with Nosy Crow explores soil and underground life along Sizergh's Holeslack accessible trail into Nove…
Multisport Outdoor Event
Montbell brings its first UK Lake to Fell weekend to Borrowdale on 12-13 September 2026, combining nature sessions with an un…
Outdoor Wellness
Five bookable £15.50 wood-fired sauna and optional forest-plunge sessions take place at Whinlatter on Sunday 13 September 202…
Taste apples from Acorn Bank's remarkable heritage orchard every weekend from 5 September to 25 October 2026, with free tasti…
Walking Festival
A week of guided Howgills walks, wellbeing experiences and evening talks in and around Sedbergh, opening on 13 September and …
Rock & Pop Music
A live Queen tribute bringing the band's biggest rock anthems to The Sands Centre.
Walking and Outdoors
The new 120-mile Westmorland and Furness Way officially launches on 15 September 2026 as part of Sedbergh Walking and Wellbei…
Heritage Exhibition
Discover how the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion reached Westmorland through the contrasting stories of Old Ben Browne and George Bro…
Guided Tour
Book the 3pm small-group guided tour at Townend, with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday sessions through 29 October 2026.
Take Part
Free monthly creative sessions for people living with dementia and their carers.
Dance
A dance and music showcase with performances on 16 and 17 September.
Theatre
Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful comes to Bowness in an acclaimed one-person stage adaptation.
Comedy
Award-winning comedian Alasdair Beckett-King brings his imaginative new stand-up show King of Crumbs to Carlisle.
A launch-week 4.5-mile guided walk from Church Brough to Kirkby Stephen on 17 September, timed to connect with the 563 bus fr…
Food History and Heritage
See historic food recreated from the Browne family's 17th-century recipe book at Townend on Thursdays through 29 October 2026.
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