The Lake District is a whirl of activity throughout the year, its stunning landscapes and charming towns and villages providing the perfect location for a wide variety of events.
Many of these make the most of their location, celebrating the great outdoors in all its glory. Experience live music, food and drink, and plenty of outdoor sporting activities at one of our local Mountain Festivals; or unleash your adventurous side a trail or cycling event.
Live music more your thing? There’s plenty to enjoy across the Lake District, with festivals and concerts taking place on a regular basis – and some stunning venues in which to enjoy them. Discover our local musicians, or dance along to an international artist. They all come to perform here in the Lake District.
Talking of stunning venues, how about catching a theatre performance right next to Derwentwater; or heading to a seasonal fair in the grounds of a castle?
We’ve also got farmers markets, Christmas celebrations, seasonal events and so much more to discover. That’s not to mention the art exhibitions, foodie festivals and so much more going on throughout the year. There’s always something going on in the Lake District, whatever you fancy. All you need to do is show up.
A hands-on workshop introducing you to the healing art of massage, held at Brathay Hall in…
Join Cumbria Dark Skies Ambassador Jo for a walk through the forest at night. Experience the…
Join us for a run through the forest at night, experience running the trails with a headtorch, take…
Coffee morning with craft stalls, games, books, nearly new and much more. Main fundraiser for the…
You may leave the Lake District, but once you’ve been, it’ll never leave you.
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Windermere
Coffee morning with craft stalls, games, books, nearly new and much more. Main fundraiser for the ladies section and St Mary's Hospice.
Keswick
Join Cumbria Dark Skies Ambassador Jo for a walk through the forest at night. Experience the sounds and atmosphere of being amongst the trees after dark, and maybe see some stars if the weather allows. We will talk about the importance of…
Whinlatter Forest, Keswick
Keswick
Join us for a run through the forest at night, experience running the trails with a headtorch, take in the smells, sounds and feel of being amongst the trees. We will run a route that suits the group, mainly on good trails but there may be a few…
Whinlatter Forest, Keswick
Ambleside
A hands-on workshop introducing you to the healing art of massage, held at Brathay Hall in Ambleside, with lakeside views of Windermere.
This workshop is perfect if you could do with an effective massage, would like to be able to provide home…
Compston Road, Ambleside
Spend Valentine's Evening with The Retrosettes at Zeffirellis Jazz Bar!
After getting back from their European tour promoting the release of their first album in Germany, The Retrosettes will appear at Zeffirellis as a stripped back duo. Lead…
Coniston
Experience something truly unique. Join us on a tranquil night-time canoe paddle on Coniston Water and enjoy the beauty and vastness of the night sky in the heart of the Lake District.
You will start the guided canoe tour in the daylight, giving…
Coniston Water, Coniston
Keswick
Desperate to escape the hell that is the Tribute Act Circuit, Keith & Ruth are making a bid for London's West End with their own musical, a twisted tale of revenge and redemption against the background of a public book lending system. It's their…
Ambleside
When Rosina falls in love with a mysterious young suitor who calls himself Lindoro, she must use all her cunning – and a little help from her local barber – to outwit her calculating guardian Dr Bartolo.
Expect heart-melting serenades, ridiculous…
Keswick
A funny, uplifting play about a little shop in a Lancashire town and the larger-than-life women that pass through it from 1919 to the present day. Mixing storytelling with sketches, songs and poetry, experience 100 years
of retail therapy.
Keswick
The Banff Mountain Film Festival joins the world's best adventure film-makers and explorers as they push themselves to the limits in the most remote and stunning corners of the globe. Witness epic human-powered feats, life-affirming challenges and…
Bowness-on-Windermere
Graffiti Classics, The world's funniest string quartet!
16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices with 1 aim: to make classical music wickedly funny and fantastically exhilarating for everyone, young and old. Graffiti Classics bursts the elitist…
Keswick
Experience four new performance ideas and support local talent as artists are invited to perform their work- in-development in front of a live audience. From spoken word to music, from dance to theatre, you just don't know what will be on offer…
Ravenglass
Meet the RSPB at Ravenglass Railway.
Find out how to give nature a home and save wildlife!
Ambleside
'Finding Our Place in the Gospel Story'
This Quiet Day at the beginning of Lent is an opportunity to revisit the fundamentals of our faith and a time to get our bearings.
Led by Revd David Wilmot David, the Chaplain at Rydal Hall and Rector of…
Bowness on Windermere
Come and enjoy a celebration of Musical Theatre throughout the years, with a mixture of classics and modern hits sung by Jessica Jane.
A cabaret style evening with a tapas platter for your table, musical themed cocktails, and a team quiz with a…
Ulverston
Make yourself a beautiful hand sewn patchwork cushion with experienced sewing teacher, Jean Povey.
During this day long course, you'll learn how to use paper templates to cut and sew fabric hexagons into patchwork patterns, tacking the fabric onto…
Keswick
Making bread is hard work, but it would be a lot easier if the lazy farmyard animals got off their reclining sofas and lent a hand! Join our plucky little hen as she finds her own way to get stuff done.
An energetic adaptation of this much-loved…
Keswick
"Where there's muck, there's bras!"
A hilarious and moving comedy-drama from the team that brought you Ladies That Bus. Ladies That Dig is about the great outdoors and the people who enjoy it. Budding love, blossoming middle-age, exploring our…
Ambleside
An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare's most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwan (The Alienist), and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).
She's a bright, headstrong daughter of…
Keswick
A bear has lost his hat. What if he never sees it again? WAIT! He has seen his hat.
A fish has stolen a hat. And he'll probably get away with it. Probably.
Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two…
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