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Some Coming events across Lakeland:
If you have an event
that needs a mention please email
Lakestay for inclusion.
Quiz answer..The prehistoric location was at Mayburgh, Eamont
Bridge an impressive Neolithic henge, much better preserved than
neighbouring King Arthurs Round Table.
January
February
Keswick Film Festival.
The 7th Keswick Film Festival, 16th-19th February 2006, has just
launched
its new website. www.keswickfilmfestival.org
March
Ambleside Daffodil and
Spring Flower Show - 3rd Saturday
March 1 2008 Malcolm Wilson
Rally
April
18th Good Friday: Uppies and Downies
football through Workington .
2006 Cockermouth
Georgian Festival is
to be held in April. Check
here for more details.
Damson Day, Lyth Valley
May
Carlisle and Borders
Flower Show - Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday
Cockermouth Sheepdog Trials - 2nd Saturday
Ulverston's Printfest
May 3 and 4 2008.
Keswick Jazz Festival held in May features 80 concerts and shows
in no less than 18 venues around the town. Usually around May
18.Highlight is a New Orleans style street parade on market day.
The Keswick Mountain Festival website is
now live at www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk
Melmerby May Day - 2nd Saturday
Gilsland Garden and Crafts Fair - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
The 12th Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival.
Cockermouth
Georgian Fayre May 3 2008
May 25-26 2007 Ireby
Music Festival
Coniston Water Festival - Whit Weekend (commences Friday)
Cartmel Races May 24 and 26 2008
Curwen Fair, Workington - Whit Saturday
Hutton Roof Country Fair and Fell Race - Whit Saturday
Kendal Mediaeval Market - Whit Monday
Queen of Solway Dance Festival, Maryport - Whit Tuesday to Saturday
The Great Garden Show, Holker - Last Friday to Sunday
June
Cockermouth Carnival
Castletown Gala Day, Penrith - 1st Saturday
Third Bassenthwaite Festival
takes place this year from Friday 1st to Saturday 2nd June 2007.
Seaton Childrens Carnival - 2nd Saturday
Carlisle Carnival - 2nd Sunday
The Lanercost Music
Festival takes place in June at Lanercost Priory, between
Brampton and Hadrians 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
2008 on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 June and entry is just £5
with accompanied children free.
Flookburgh Charter Fair - 3rd Sunday
Keswick Carnival - 3rd Sunday
Kirkby Lonsdale Brass Contest - 3rd Sunday
Alston Sheepdog Trials - 4th Saturday
Warcop Rushbearing - St Peters Day
Endmoor Country Fair - last Sunday
Ullswater Country Fair - last Sunday
July
Cockermouth Festival(all
month)
Ambleside Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
July 28th/29th in Bowness is the annual Airshow organised by
the Rotary Club of Windermere
Flimby Carnival - 1st Saturday
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
Appleby Annual Carnival and Sports - 2nd Saturday and Sunday
New Lakeland Rose Show, Grange over Sands - 2nd Saturday and Sunday
Allithwaite Carnival - 3rd Saturday
21-23 July 2006 Brampton Live Folk/roots
music festival
Cleator Moor Sports - 3rd Saturday
Cumberland County Show, Carlisle - 3rd Saturday
Maryport 9th Blues Festival July 27/28 2007
Dalemain Craft Fair - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
Dearham Carnival - 4th Saturday
Eden Valley Dog Training Club, Stainton - 4th Saturday
Lorton Hound Show - 4th Saturday
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
Coniston Country
Fair, 2nd last Sunday in July. This year (2006) it will be
on Sun 23rd July at Coniston Hall, Coniston, Cumbria.
August
Kendal's brand new international street arts festival,
Mintfest, Taking place August 31, to September 2,
Lake District Summer Music
Aug 3-19 2007
Cartmel Show - 1st Wednesday
Saturday August 2 2008/Status
Quo open air concert, Recreation Ground, Whitehaven RLFC.
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
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 Driving Trials and
Country Fair - 2nd Friday to Sunday (Aug 8/9 10 2008)
Dalston Show - 2nd Saturday
Hawkshead Show - 3rd Tuesday
Gosforth District Agricultural Show - 3rd Wednesday
Threlkeld Sheepdog Trails - 3rd Wednesday
Brough Agricultural Show - 3rd Thursday
Grasmere Sports - 3rd Sunday
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 24TH
-26TH August 2007
Skelton Agricultural Show - 3rd
Saturday
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
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
September
Eden Rivers Trust. The Big Splash, at Rickerby Park in Carlisle
on Saturday 1 September 2007.
Selside and Grayrigg Show - 1st Thursday
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 -Westmorland County Show on the 13 September
2007 (2nd Thursday)
Alston Flower Show - 2nd Saturday
Gilsland Show - 2nd Saturday
Ulverston Lantern Procession - 2nd Saturday
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
Borrowdale Shepherds Meet and Show - 3rd Sunday
Cumbria Open Brass Contest, Whitehaven - Last Saturday
Eskdale Show - Last Saturday
Urswick Rushbearing - Last Sunday
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
Whitehaven Beer fest October
6th & 7th.2006 See www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk
November
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
Lakeland's Christmas Crafts Extravaganza, Brockhole - 4th Friday
to Sunday
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, is due to
take place on November 24 and 25 2007. 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
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
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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