What's On in Cumbria

Golden Star Hunt

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...

Flora trail

Venue: Blackwell

Address: Bowness-on-Windermere, LA23 3JT

Website: www.lakelandarts.org.uk

Spot the plants, flowers and trees around Blackwell. This self-guided family trail takes place daily from 11am to 4pm during April & May.

Museum Egg Hunt

Venue: Windermere Jetty Museum

Address: Rayrigg Road, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 1BN

Website: www.lakelandarts.org.uk

Can you find birds eggs hidden in the museum? This self-led family trail takes place daily during April and May between 10am and 4pm.

Little Women

Venue: Heron Theatre

Website: https://theherontheatre.com/whats-on/little-women-hotbuckle-productions/

7.30pm. This beloved classic novel by Louisa May Alcott is given a Hotbuckle make-over in a new adaptation by Adrian Preater. The March sister’s journey from adolescence to adulthood is navigated through...

Farm Boy

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122a Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/farm-boy/

1pm & 4pm. A Lichfield Garrick production, Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy. Adapted & directed by Daniel Buckroyd. It sometimes felt as though time had stood still down on the farm – the old Fordson tractor...

The Fell Pony Society - Stallion & Colt Show

Venue: Dalemain

Address: Penrith CA11 0HB

Website: https://www.dalemain.com/events/fell-pony-show-stallion

10am to 4pm. The Fell Pony Society's aim is to foster and keep pure the old breed of pony which has roamed the northern fells for years and to circulate knowledge and general information about the pony...

Windermere Science Festival

Venue: Windermere Jetty Museum

Address: Rayrigg Road, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 1BN

Website: https://lakelandarts.org.uk/events/windermere-science-festival/

Fun for science enthusiasts from 0-99. Workshops, demonstrations and activities featuring BBC Sky at Night, Science Museum and Star Wars.10am to 5pm. We encourage visitors to come dressed in sci-fi inspired...

Blue Space

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

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

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

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...

WADAMS: Sister Act

Venue: Carnegie Theatre

Address: Finkle Street, Workington, CA14 2BD

Website: https://carnegietheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873649777

Disco diva Deloris’ life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder. Placed under protective custody she is hidden in the one place she shouldn’t be found – a convent! Encouraged to help...

Dino Day

Venue: Barrow Town Centre

Address: Barrow-In-Furness LA14 2LG

Website: https://barrowbid.co.uk/dino-day/

Barrow town centre will again be overrun with multiple awesome dinosaurs! Across the town, there are some amazing activities taking place, including: Ranger training, Dr Bones Dinosaur Hatchery, viewings...

MUDFest

Venue: Ford Park

Address: Ford Park Crescent, Ulverston LA12 7JP

Website: https://www.mud-fest.co.uk/

Join us to buy pottery and ceramics from talented makers from around the UK. Have-a-go yourself, watch demonstrations and discover unique, handmade pieces that you won’t find anywhere else. We have stallholders...

Medieval Muncaster Festival

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

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

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

Venue: Whitehaven Coast

Address: Haig Pit Car Park, Solway Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9BG

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/whitehaven-coast/events/0e45b0c9-4086-4f21-844e-cd3bf81fd56d?origin=search

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

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

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

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

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

Venue: Borrowdale and Derwent Water

Address: near Keswick

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/borrowdale-and-derwent-water/events/f1f75a5d-cf84-4679-9526-00371ac024bb?origin=search

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

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

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

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

Venue: The Langdales

Address: Great Langdale, near Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9JU

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/the-langdales/events/68e05b86-a5a5-4a49-aa85-f66d50b24f09?origin=search

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....