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Golden Star Hunt
3rd February-13th March 2026
Venue: Brockhole on Windermere
Address: Windermere, LA23 1FF
Website: https://www.brockhole.co.uk/whats-on/golden-star-hunt/#main
Discover the Magic Every Morning! Welcome to the Golden Star Hunt at Brockhole on Windermere! Nestled in the beautiful grounds of Brockhole and the charming White House, this morning adventure is perfect...
Blue Space
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Windermere Jetty Museum
Address: Rayrigg Road, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 1BN
Website: https://lakelandarts.org.uk/events/blue-space/
Let your imagination run wild in our Blue Space. Enjoy an interactive play space inspired by life by the water, STEM and engineering where there’s endless possibilities to create. Set within our temporary...
Decopatch
12th-31st May 2025
Venue: Rheged
Address: Redhills, Penrith, CA11 0DQ
Website: https://rheged.com/event/decopatch-2/?date=20250529
We are delighted to introduce our brand new Décopatch workshop. With a selection of items to choose from ranging from farm animals, unicorns, masks, letters and more plus beautifully designed paper just...
Forest Walkies with Wallace & Gromit
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Whinlatter Forest
Address: Whinlatter Pass, Keswick, CA12 5TW
Website: https://www.forestryengland.uk/whinlatter-forest/forest-walkies
Join Wallace and Gromit for the ultimate forest walkies. Bond with your pooch by taking on dog-tastic challenges together, solve crossword clues and have lots of fun along the way – with everyone’s...
Mini Trek Windermere
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Zip World
Address: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 1LJ
Website: https://www.zipworld.co.uk/adventures/mini-trek-windermere
A treetop high-ropes course for the adventurous. Zips, floating platforms, rope bridges… there’ll be plenty for them to get stuck into whilst surrounded by nature. Get them up, out and moving on this...
Medieval Muncaster Festival
24th May-1st June 2025
Venue: Muncaster Castle
Address: Ravenglass, Cumbria, CA18 1RQ
Website: https://www.muncaster.co.uk/medievalmuncaster
Experience medieval magic where knights clash, stories unfold, and the past comes alive! Each year, Muncaster invites you to step into the past and immerse yourself in the wonders of the Medieval era....
Sedbergh May Artisan Market
24th May 2025
Venue: Main Street
Address: Sedbergh, LA10 5AB
Website: https://www.sedbergh.org.uk/view-event/sedbergh-may-artisan-market-2/
9.30am to 3pm. The first Artisan Market of the year on Sedbergh Main Street. Our Artisan Markets are a popular feature of the Sedbergh calendar featuring a wide range of stalls including craft, artists...
Cinderella Ice Cream Seller
26th May 2025
Venue: Rosehill Theatre
Address: Moresby, Whitehaven, CA28 6SE
Website: https://www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cinderella-ice-cream-seller
Get your dessert spoons ready for a tale of perseverance, princes, palace balls, glass slippers and, um, ice cream? Over the last four decades, Cinderella’s has become the kingdom’s most beloved ice...
Play Trail
26th-27th May 2025
Venue: Whitehaven Coast
Address: Haig Pit Car Park, Solway Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9BG
12 to 4pm. Bring the whole family and join in a free and easy day of fun with balance bikes, volleyball, badminton, sack races and more. Why not bring a picnic and enjoy the views or take a walk through...
Bug & Beastie Week
27th-31st May 2025
Venue: Lake District Wildlife Park
Address: Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, CA12 4RD
Website: https://www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.co.uk/whats-on/events/bug-beastie-week/
Did you know that a dragonfly can fly up to 48 kph and that woodlice drink through their bottoms? Get up close and personal with our wonderful creepy crawlies. Our aim is to convince you that bugs and...
Story Time: A Big Egg
28th May 2025
Venue: Rosehill Theatre
Address: Moresby, Whitehaven, CA28 6SE
Website: https://www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/story-time-a-big-egg
From the new “Story Time” series of family musicals by the creators of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. For Jack and his little sister Molly Easter is all about eggs. But how big can an egg...
Killington Sports
29th May 2025
Venue: Beckside Farm
Address: Killington, Carnforth, LA6 2EY
Website: https://www.killingtonsports.org.uk/
6pm. A traditional old English Sports event for all ages. Events include fell race, tyre race, 100 yards, 200 yards, 400 yards, sack race, potato race, 3-legged race, wrestling, bike race, pillow fight,...
World Otter Day
29th May 2025
Venue: Lake District Wildlife Park
Address: Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, CA12 4RD
Website: https://www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.co.uk/whats-on/events/world-otter-day/
A day to celebrate how amazing otters are. We will have otter enrichment throughout the day at our Otter feeding sessions and don’t miss our Otter and Red Panda talk. We will have information sheets...
Paddleboard Taster Sessions
30th-31st May 2025
Venue: Borrowdale and Derwent Water
Address: near Keswick
Brought to you by the National Trust and Mobile Adventure, an opportunity to get out on the lake and maybe try something new. Paddleboards are the very best way to experience Derwentwater, The ‘Queen...
Three Little Vikings
30th May-1st June 2025
Venue: Theatre by the Lake
Address: Lakeside, Keswick, CA12 5DJ
Website: https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/three-little-vikings/
Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Little Red and I Can Catch a Monster, Bethan...
Cumberland Show
7th June 2025
Venue: The Showfield
Address: Warwick on Eden, CA4 8PE
Website: https://www.cumberlandshow.co.uk/
A family-friendly agricultural event combining traditional competitions with modern attractions, including livestock judging, crafts, food stalls, and entertainment. The Main Ring is action-packed with...
Keswick Museum Summer Fair
7th June 2025
Venue: Keswick Museum
Address: Station Road, Keswick, CA12 4NF
Website: https://keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/event/summer-fair/
Our Keswick Museum Summer Fair will be held from 12noon to 3pm in Fitz Park and inside the museum itself. This year, as part of the museum’s celebration of poet laureate Robert Southey and the creation...
Open Farm Sunday at Millbeck Farm
8th June 2025
Venue: The Langdales
Address: Great Langdale, near Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9JU
Learn about Herdwick sheep and the life of a hill farming family in Langdale as part of Open Farm Sunday. Chris and Emily who run Millbeck Farm will be opening it up to visitors for the first time. Come...
Gosling Sike Wildlife Watch Group
10th June 2025
Venue: Gosling Sike
Address: Houghton Road Houghton, Carlisle, CA3 0LD
Website: https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-06-10-gosling-sike-wildlife-watch-group
5 to 6.30pm. Join like-minded friends in exploring the natural world! Our wildlife group for 6- to 14-year-olds meets monthly at Gosling Sike for a variety of wildlife-themed activities, including nature...
Pirates Love Underpants
10th June 2025
Venue: Theatre by the Lake
Address: Lakeside, Keswick, CA12 5DJ
Website: https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/pirates-love-underpants/
1.30pm. Join our swashbuckling party o pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain’s Treasure chest! Dodge hungry crocs beneath Long-John Bridge, bob upon the waves of...
MAODS: Finding Nemo Jr
11th-14th June 2025
Venue: Carnegie Theatre
Address: Finkle Street, Workington, CA14 2BD
Website: https://carnegietheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873648401
Maryport Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society’s junior section, Spotlight, are delighted to present Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. This is a 90 minute (inc. interval) musical adaptation of the beloved 2003...
Father’s Day 2024
15th June 2025
Venue: Walby Farm Park
Address: Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle, CA6 4QL
Website: https://www.walbyfarmpark.co.uk/event/fathers-day-2025/
Fancy a Father’s Day FREEBIE? We hope you have a brilliant day whatever you’re up to, though you do know you’d be having more fun here with us at Walby Farm Park…the red slide is calling you! Be...
Lakes Classic Vehicle Show
15th June 2025
Venue: Ayland Recreation
Address: Ground, Staveley, (Near Kendal), LA8 9LN
Website: https://lakeslions.co.uk/lakes-classic-car-show/
The Lakes Charity Classic Vehicle Show is an annual event for the whole family where you will see hundreds of Classic Vehicles, as well as some fantastic family-friendly trade stands, attractions, entertainment...
Pond Dipping
16th June 2025
Venue: Gosling Sike
Address: Houghton Road Houghton, Carlisle, CA3 0LD
Website: https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-06-16-pond-dipping
6 to 7pm. Join us for a guided pond dip across the Gosling Sike Wetlands. Discover fascinating pond creatures and learn about their habitats and life cycles. Hands on fun for all ages, equipment provided....
Gaby Gulliver’s Travels
22nd June 2025
Venue: The Coro
Address: County Square, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ
Website: https://www.thecoro.co.uk/event/gaby-gullivers-travels/
2pm. Set in the present day, Gaby Gulliver, an eight-year-old child, is sent on an errand into the woods for her mum. Gaby finds herself in another universe, a weird but wonderful world, then another,...
Skelton Show
5th July 2025
Venue: Old Park
Address: Hutton in the Forest near Penrith, CA11 9TH
Website: https://www.skeltonshow.com/
A great family day out in a picturesque location. Skelton Show has been running since the late 1800’s and grown from a small local show held in the village to one of the major agricultural shows in Cumbria....
Happy Birthday Peter Rabbit
7th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Old Laundry Theatre
Address: Crag Brow, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 3BX
Website: https://www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk/events/category/all/family/
Hop to your seats, join in the fun and watch with delight as your favourite characters are brought to life in a theatrical spectacular with beautiful puppets and enchanting songs. It’s Peter Rabbit’s...
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
11th July 2025
Venue: Brantwood
Address: Coniston, LA21 8AD
Website: https://www.brantwood.org.uk/event/the-merry-wives-of-windsor-by-william-shakespeare/
Outdoor theatre performance by Illyria. Falstaff is skint. He decides his only option is to seduce the wives of two wealthy merchants. But the women are best friends, and of course they spill their hearts...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
20th July 2025
Venue: Muncaster Castle
Address: Ravenglass,CA18 1RQ
Website: https://www.muncaster.co.uk/outdoortheatre
The Three Inch Fools present Shakespeare’s most iconic comedy. It’s Midsummer’s eve and deep in an enchanted forest mischief is stirring. The Fairy King and Queen are feuding, four runaway lovers...
Rude Science Live
20th July 2025
Venue: The Coro
Address: County Square, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ
Website: https://www.thecoro.co.uk/event/rude-science/
11.30am & 3pm. The naughtiest, funniest, most revolting science show in the world! Brace yourselves for BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates’ revolutionary, high-tech, highly explosive new show, packed with outrageous...
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
22nd July 2025
Venue: Brantwood
Address: Coniston, LA21 8AD
Outdoor theatre performance by Illyria. Mole yearns for adventure, Rat adores boats and Badger likes peace and quiet. Into their lives bursts Toad who loves very fast cars and just can’t seem to help...
The Pantaloons: Hamlet
31st July 2025
Venue: Talkin Tarn Country Park
Address: Tarn Road, Brampton, CA8 1HN
Website: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thepantaloons/1500844?
7 to 9pm. Join the critically acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company as they put on a frantic disposition to tackle Shakespeare's greatest tragedy in their own anarchic style. When he discovers that his...
The Big Jurassic Storm
2nd August 2025
Venue: The Coro
Address: County Square, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ
Website: https://www.thecoro.co.uk/event/the-big-jurassic-storm/
2pm. Step back in time to a world of living, breathing, life-like Dinosaurs in this brand-new ROAR-some adventure! Taking you on an unforgettable journey through the Jurassic era, experience the thrill...
The Princess Proms
16th August 2025
Venue: Carlisle Cathedral
Address: The Abbey, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ
Calling all Princesses and Princes for a magical concert singing the enchanting songs from your favourite movies. We invite you to an enchanting concert singing the magical themes from your favourite Princess...
The Miss Rachel Experience
20th August 2025
Venue: The Coro
Address: County Square, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ
Website: https://www.thecoro.co.uk/event/the-miss-rachel-experience/
11am and 2pm. Step into a world of fun, learning, and music with The Miss Rachel Experience. This interactive show will have your child singing, dancing and laughing from the start. Get ready to hop like...
Much Ado About Nothing: The Handlebards
4th September 2025
Venue: Castletown House and Gardens
Address: Rockcliffe, Carlisle, CA6 4BN
Website: https://www.handlebards.com/show/much-ado-about-nothing-castletown-house-and-gardens/
6.30 to 8.30pm. Pedalling from venue to venue with their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally...