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Coming events across Lakeland:
If you have an event
that needs a mention please email
Lakestay for inclusion. Details of classical concerts to be
held in West Cumbria are given in the newly-published Newsletter
prepared by “ConGo” (West Cumbria Concert Goers). The Newsletter
is available FREE OF CHARGE on request to killick.wasdale@btinternet.com
(or phone 019467-26258).
January
February
www.keswickfilmfestival.org
March
Words
by the Water Festival Keswick
Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show - 3rd Saturday
March 6 2010
Malcolm Wilson Rally in North Lakes
April
Lakes Collective of Artists & Designer Makers Spring Fair – Sat
2nd April 2011, Cartmel Institute, Cartmel 10am-4pm.
Lakes Collective of Artists & Designer Makers Mother’s Day Fair
– Sun 3rd April, 2011 Hawkshead Town Hall 10am-4.30pm
Good Friday: Uppies and Downies football
through Workington .
Damson Day, Lyth Valley
Lakes Collective of Artists & Designer Makers Easter Fair
– Mon 25th April 2011, Ambleside Parish Centre, Ambleside
10am-4.30pm
May
Muncaster Feast of Flowers
4th – 6th May (Spring Bank Holiday); Floral displays in the
Church and Castle by Millom & District Flower Club, free garden
tours and cooking with flowers demonstrations.The gardens are
usually in peak flower at this time of the year. Muncaster
Castle.
Printfest Printfest
2013 will take place on the weekend of 4 and 5 May at the
Coronation Hall, in Ulverston.
Cockermouth Rotary
Touch a Truck May 5th 2013
Carlisle and Borders Flower Show
- Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday
Cockermouth Sheepdog Trials - 2nd Saturday
GREYSTOKE ARTS
FESTIVAL, nr Penrith, Cumbria. 4th May - 13th May 2012 o Greystoke
Church
Keswick Jazz Festival held in May features 80 concerts and
shows in no less than 18 venues around the town. Usually .Highlight
is a New Orleans style street parade on market day.
Western Lake District KiteFest More information
at www.kite-fest.co.uk
Melmerby May Day - 2nd Saturday
Gilsland Garden and Crafts Fair - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
Friday, May 29, to Sunday, May 31 2009 Ravenglass Charter Fair.
website at www.ravenglasscharterfair.org.uk
The 12th Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival.
Cockermouth Georgian
Fayre Next staged May 2014
Ireby Music Festival
Coniston Water Festival - Whit Weekend (commences Friday)
Cartmel Races May Race Day Fair – Saturday
in May
Curwen Fair, Workington - Whit Saturday
Bassenthwaite Festival
of Baroque music.
Hutton Roof Country Fair and Fell Race - Whit Saturday
26th-27th May 2012 Country Fest, Crooklands, Kendal. http://www.westmorlandshow.co.uk/country_fest.html
Kendal Mediaeval Market - Whit Monday
Queen of Solway Dance Festival, Maryport - Whit Tuesday to Saturday
The Great Garden Show, Holker - Last Friday to Sunday..30th May
– 1st June in 2008
Muncaster Festival: 25th to 29th May 2013
The Festival culminates with the international Jesters Tournament
held on the final day when the Fool of Muncaster is chosen. Muncaster
Castle.
June
Cockermouth Carnival
mid June
Appleby Horse FairJune
6-12 2013
Ireby Festival June 1-2 2012...www.irebyfestival.co.uk-
June 2 2012 Queens Jubilee Cream Tea Party, At Lindeth Howe Hotel,
Bowness, LA23 3LF ,2 - 4pm Tickets - Adults £5 Children
£2; Call 015394 45759 for tickets, All proceeds going to
the Bendrigg Trust Charity.
Castletown Gala Day, Penrith - 1st Saturday
Bassenthwaite Festival
Early June (June 8-9 2012)
Seaton Childrens Carnival - 2nd Saturday
Fell
Gather, Cockermouth June 11 2011.
Carlisle Carnival - 2nd Sunday
The Lanercost Music
Festival takes place in June at Lanercost Priory, between
Brampton and Hadrian’s Wall.
Winton Sheepdog Trials - 3rd Saturday
Appleby Jazz Festival - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
Barrow in Furness Rotary Gala - 3rd Sunday
Brough Hound and Terrier Show - 3rd Sunday
Coniston Country Fair on 22nd July 2007
Cumbria Classic Car Show, Carlisle - 3rd Sunday
Cockermouth Woolfest
In late June each year.
Flookburgh Charter Fair - 3rd Sunday
Keswick Carnival - 3rd Sunday
Kirkby Lonsdale Brass Contest - 3rd Sunday
Muncaster Jubilee Festival
Including the world famous Festival of Fools. 3rd – 7th June
2012.
June18-22 2008 - Lanercost Music Festival
June 20-22 2008 - Silloth Vintage Rally
Alston Sheepdog Trials - 4th Saturday
June · 29 2008- Distington Vintage Steam Rally
Warcop Rushbearing - St Peters Day
Endmoor Country Fair - last Sunday
Ullswater Country Fair - last Sunday
July
Eden is a Summer Festival
2010 brings together hundreds of local events throughout the
beautiful Eden District of Cumbria during July and August.
The annual Morcambe
Bay Search & Rescue Cross Bay fundraising walk
Windermere Triathlon
July 4 2010.
Skelton Agricultural Show - 1st Saturday
Cockermouth Festival(all
month)
Music on the Marr19th
– 21st July 2012 Castle Carrock CA8 9LU
Ambleside Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
Flimby Carnival - 1st Saturday
Carlisle Festival...July 3-11th 2010 See
www.carlislefestival.org.uk
Musgrave Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
Whitehaven Carnival -
1st Saturday
West Cumbria Vintage Rally, Distington - 1st Sunday
LANGDALE GALA 1ST SUNDAY
Westmorland Horticultural Society Show, Kendal - 1st Sunday
July 18-20 2008 Furness
Fest.
Alston Gala - 2nd Saturday
Staveley Carnival to be held in and around Staveley village between
Kendal and Windermere in S. Lakeland from July 14th-16th 2006
Coniston Fair, 19th July2009
Appleby Annual Carnival and Sports - 2nd Saturday and Sunday
Ravenstonedale Festival.
July 17-19 in 2009.
New Lakeland Rose Show, Grange over Sands - 2nd Saturday and Sunday
Allithwaite Carnival - 3rd Saturday
Brampton Live Folk/roots
music festival
Cleator Moor Sports - 3rd Saturday
Cumberland County Show, Carlisle - 3rd Saturday
Maryport Blues Festival 29-31 July 2011.
Festivalwebsite
Keswick Christian
Conventions
Dalemain Craft Fair - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
Dearham Carnival - 4th Saturday
Eden Valley Dog Training Club, Stainton - 4th Saturday
Lorton Hound Show - 4th Saturday
CockRock
in Cockermouth July20- 22 2012.
Penrith Show - 4th Saturday
North Lonsdale Show, Ulverston - Last Thursday
Lanercost Craft Fair - Last Saturday
West Cumbria Rose Society Show, Egremont - Last Saturday
Windermere Lakes Lions Festival, Bowness - Last Saturday and Sunday
Cumbria Steam Gathering,
Flookburgh - Last Saturday and Sunday
From Friday 29th to Sunday
31st July 2011, Lowther Deer Park will host the Kendal Calling
music festival, which was voted best small festival 2010
23rd July - 1st August 2011
Craft Fair, Dacre Hall, Lanercost.
Mon-Sat 10.00 - 5.30; Sun 12.00 - 5.30 .For further details contact
Elizabeth Harding 0169772538
August
Gilsland Agricultural Show, Triermain Farm, Gilsland Sunday 7th
August 2011 www.gilslandshow.co.uk
Lake District Summer Music
International Festival
Cartmel Show - 1st Wednesday
Whitehaven International Festival (July or August)...Find
out more...
Lake District Sheepdog Trials, Staveley - 1st Thursday
Beetham Sports - 1st Saturday
Cockermouth Agricultural
Show - 1st Saturday
Grasmere Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
Thirlmere Flower Show - 1st Saturday
Silloth 150th celebrations August
8/9 2009..
Fell Pony Society Breed Show, Brougham Castle - 1st Sunday
Solway and Hadrian Fuchsia Show, Houghton, nr Carlisle - 1st Sunday
Lunesdale Agricultural Show, Kirkby Lonsdale - 2nd Tuesday
Appleby Agricultural Show - 2nd Thursday
Lowther Game and Country Fair; - Countryman Fairs will hold the
Lowther Game and Country Fair, on the 13th and 14th August 2011,
and in forthcoming years on the 2nd weekend of August.
Dalston Show - 2nd Saturday (Lowther
Estate website)
Saturday 15th August 2009
Lake Windermere charity paddle.
Gosforth District Agricultural Show - Now (2009)changed to 3rd
Saturday.
Threlkeld Sheepdog Trails - 3rd Wednesday
Brough Agricultural Show - 3rd Thursday
Grasmere Sports - Grasmere
Sports, Sunday August 30 2009.
Ambleside Flower Show and Crafts - 3rd Friday to Sunday
Barbon Annual Sheepdog Trials - 3rd Saturday
Crosscrake Flower Show - 3rd Saturday
Ravenstonedale Agricultural Show - 3rd Saturday
SOLFEST.Near
Silloth AUGUST 23 -25 AUGUST 2013
Storth Gardening Show - 3rd Saturday
Gatesgarth Country Fair - 3rd Sunday
Lakeland Festival of Brass, Grange over Sands - 3rd Sunday
Langdale Country Fair - 3rd Sunday
Kendal Gathering - Week commencing 4th Friday
Kirkby Lonsdale Gardening Show - 4th Saturday
Kendal Folk Festival - Bank Holiday Friday to Sunday
Lake District Summer Music;International
Festival and Summer School 3 - 19 August 2007
Wigton Dog Training Obedience - Bank Holiday Saturday and Sunday
Greenodd Horticultural Show - Bank Holiday Saturday
Patterdale Dog Day - Bank Holiday Saturday
Esthwaite Open Sheepdog Trails - Bank Holiday Sunday
Kentmere Sheepdog Trials - Bank Holiday Sunday
Dentdale Gala - Bank Holiday Monday
Keswick Show - Bank Holiday Monday
Muncaster Fair and Sheepdog Trials, Ravenglass/Black Combe
Beagles Field Day at Haverigg near Millom; Both events clash on
August 27 2007 - Bank Holiday Monday
Silloth Carnival - Bank Holiday Monday
Kendal MintFest August 29-31 2008...Mintfest can be
found at www.mintfest.org.
Ennerdale and Kinniside Show - Last Wednesday
Burton, Milnthorpe and Carnforth Show - Last Thursday
Caldbeck and Hesket Sheepdog Trials - Last Thursday
Cartmel Rcaes Aug 25 2008/august 23 2008
Crosby Ravensworth Show - Last Thursday
Dufton Show and Sheepdog Trials - Last Saturday
Millom and Broughton Agricultural Show - Last Saturday
Hesket Newmarket Agricultural Show - Last Saturday
Eskdale Fete - Last Sunday
Black Combe County Fair at BootleMonday August 27 in 2012. Those
wishing to book a pitch should contact Graham Dicker on 019467
25041.
Selside and Grayrigg show is on the last Thursday in August
September
Ulverston Beer Festival at Coronation Hall. Around 70 brews from
over 50 breweries are available; September 1 2011.
TASTE
CUMBRIA, Cockermouth Saturday September 29 - 3oth 2012.
Silloth
Music and Beer Festival 2012 , Thursday 6th and Sunday 9th
September. 2012
Alston Show - 1st Saturday
Appleby Gardeners Show - 1st Saturday
Lowick Show - 1st Saturday
Thornthwaite Home and Garden Show - 1st Saturday
Kirkby Lonsdale Victorian Fair - 1st Saturday and Sunday
Westmorland Horticultural Society Show, Kendal - 2nd Tuesday and
Wednesday
Westmorland County
Show, Crooklands - (2nd Thursday)
Alston Flower Show - 2nd Saturday
Gilsland Show - 2nd Saturday
Ulverston Lantern Procession - 2nd Saturday 18th Sept in 2010
Ulverston Market Charter Festival - 2nd Saturday
Westmorland Horticultural Society Show, Kendal - 3rd Wednesday
Loweswater and Brackenthwaite Show - 3rd Thursday
Brampton Sheepdog Trials - 3rd Friday
Egremont Crab
Fair - 3rd Saturday (Sept 15 in 2012)
Borrowdale Shepherds Meet and Show - 3rd Sunday
Sedbergh Festival of Books and Drama between September
5 and 21 in 2008.http://www.sedbergh.org.uk/
Cumbria Open Brass Contest, Whitehaven - Last Saturday
Eskdale Show - Last Saturday
Urswick Rushbearing - Last Sunday
Silloth Music and Beer Festival 5th and Sunday 8th September 2013,
on Silloth’s Green. http://www.sillothbeerfestival.co.uk/
October
Keswick Music Festival
Cockermouth Sheepdog Trails - 1st Saturday
Wasdale Head Shepherds Meet and Show - 2nd Saturday
Buttermere Shepherds
Meet and Show - Now changed to 4th Saturday(see contacts below)
Whitehaven Beer fest October See www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk
November
Carlisle Fireshow Saturday 6th November 2010 Bitts Park, Carlisle
CA3 8UL Start: 7.00 pm More
info
Walna
Scar Shepherds Meet and Show - 1st Saturday
Stoneside Shepherds Meet, Ulpha - 2nd Saturday
The Biggest Liar in the World Competition,The
Bridge Inn, Santon Bridge Third Thursday in month November 15
in 2012
Ulverstons Dickensian Christmas Festival November 2010
Lakeland's
Christmas Crafts Extravaganza, Brockhole - 4th Friday to Sunday
Workington Model Railway Exhibition.From: Saturday 21st November
2009
To: Saturday 21st November 2009 Time: Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am
- 4pm. Where: Moorclose Sports Centre
Organiser: Alistair Grey Phone: 01900 67389.
Crafts at Christmas, Kendal - Last Saturday
Ulverston Dickensian Festival – The annual event,
which sees thousands of Ulverston traders and locals don Dickensian
costumes to recreate a traditional era in the town. For more information,
call Mr Winston on 01229 580640.
December
Christmas showings Percyhouse
Gallery, Cockermouth
Crafts at Christmas, Kendal - 1st Saturday
Crown and Mitre Christmas Crafts, Carlisle - 1st Saturday
Keswick Victorian Fayre - 1st Sunday
Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair - 1st Saturday
Lakeland
Show contact numbers as at 2007.
Lakeland Rose Show
01229 584926
Great Eccleston Show 01995 679204
BUTTERMERE SHEPHERDS MEET AND SHOW
25TH OCOTBER in 2008
LANTHWITE GREEN, NEAR BUTTERMERE:SECRETARY;LOUISE
HASTON
Gosforth Show Tel 01946 724652
Cumberland County Show 016977 47397
Cumbria Steam Gathering 015242 71584
Royal Lancashire Show 01254 813769
Penrith Show 01931 713325
North Lonsdale Show 01229 585832
Ambleside Sports 015394 34087
Garstang Show 01253 799119
Cockermouth Show 01946 692798
Coniston Fair: David Robinson
Tel: 015394 37360
Cartmel Show 01539 722777
Barbon Show & Sheepdog Trials 015242 76286
Dalston Show 01228 523034
Lunesdale Show 015395 66979
Skelton Show 01768 484122
Hawkshead Show 015394 36134
Grasmere Sports 015394 32127
Millom & Broughton Show 01229 774940
Grayrigg Show 01539 823632
Bentham Show 015242 61606
Lowick Agricultural Show 01229 885638
Westmorland County Show 015395 67804
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