Kirkgate Arts & Heritage

08/09/2025

Don't miss Wild Zucchinis Christmas food from around the World on 7th December. Book here: https://thekirkgate.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873671202

A big mahoussive thank you to all who joined us for our Spanish night yesterday at the Kirkgate centre. You missed a mighty great feast if you weren’t there… As per usual we’ve not had time to take photos of all the goodies we created and served. Here’s one of the paella taken by Magdi! Our next feast will be ‘Christmas from around the world’ on 7th December. Get the date pencilled in your diary! Ciao for now ###

05/09/2025

Coming up with Arts Out West 🤩

It's Nancy's Orange + The Butterfly Collector!

'In this unique double-bill, two actor/writers, Grace Kirby and Peter Macqueen perform their own one-person shows, each directed by the other.'

At Beggars Theatre, Millom, Thursday 18th September
7:30pm
Tickets: £16/£14/£8

At The Gather, Ennerdale, Friday 19th September
7:00pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

At Ullock Village Hall, Saturday 20th September
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

At Bassenthwaite Parish Room, Saturday 18th October
7:00pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

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Ullock Village Hall

Head to our website and select the ‘Arts Out West’ category to book your tickets!

05/09/2025

On Sunday we're off to Spain with the Wild Zucchinis team 🇪🇸🍽️
book your place at the table here-
https://thekirkgate.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873671201

Who’s joining us for our Spanish night this 7th September? We’ve got a right ole Spanish feast in the making for you! We’re going to rustle up our old paella recipe from the mother of our Spanish chef Cisco that used to work at the bistro and lots and lots of different tapas dish. It’d be silly to miss it really… 😉😉😉 get onto the Kirkgate website ‘PRONTO’ and get your tickets booked!!! Adios por ahora!!! 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

05/09/2025

Don't miss the next pop-up World Food night on Sunday with Wild Zucchinis!

Who’s joining us for our Spanish night this 7th September? We’ve got a right ole Spanish feast in the making for you! We’re going to rustle up our old paella recipe from the mother of our Spanish chef Cisco that used to work at the bistro and lots and lots of different tapas dish. It’d be silly to miss it really… 😉😉😉 get onto the Kirkgate website ‘PRONTO’ and get your tickets booked!!! Adios por ahora!!! 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

05/09/2025

Our Freedom: Then and Now Writing Workshop
17 September 10:30am - 12:30pm
FREE

Join us for a free workshop to help create a community musical that celebrates what freedom means to us.

All welcome!!

The session will be creative, fun and thoughtful. Your ideas and stories will be used to inspire a community musical, which will also draw on our historical research into local people’s experiences at the end of the Second World War.

The session is free, will last about 2 hours and refreshments are included. No singing required!

We're a part of Our Freedom: Then and Now, nationwide celebrations reflecting on what freedom means 80 years after the end of the Second World War. We're working with local artists storyteller Jessie McMeekin and musician JP Worsfold to create the musical which will be performed by a community choir at the Cockermouth Christmas Lights Switch On on the 23rd November.

04/09/2025

Crafts @ The Kirkgate next week 😍

It's Colour and Collage!

Collage is a wonderful approach, explored by many artists, but most iconically by Kurt Schwitters, who lived in Cumbria for the last years of his life.
We’re going to theme our session around colour, the portal into emotion and expression. Join Celia Burbush to create your own palettes based on your memories of favourite decades and fashions. Come and have a go!

At The Kirkgate Arts Centre, Saturday 13th of September
10:00am to 3:30pm (lunch included)
Tickets: £45pp (+£3 on the day)
Head to our website and select the ‘Join in’ category to book your tickets!

04/09/2025

Psssst! Kirkgate pixie here, just left the lovely Ben Jordan to soundcheck with our fantastic volunteer sound engineers. I think all the staff may have developed a bit of a crush 🥰 what a nice guy!!!

Come down for live music from 8pm tonight, doors open at 7, tickets on a two for one special offer too!!

AND the sun is shining 🌞
What's not to love?! 😍

04/09/2025

A handful of tickets still available for this weekend's GREAT BIG KIRKGATE QUIZ!

You know what to do.... https://thekirkgate.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873676561

03/09/2025

Arts Out West this week 🤩

It's An Evening with Ben Jordan!

‘Ben's songs range from pin-drop intimate to high energy foot stomper and all points between.’

At The Kirkgate, Thursday 4th September
8:00pm

Tickets: £12/£6/£25
At Santon Bridge, Sunday 7th September
7:00pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

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Ben Jordan

Head to our website and select the ‘Arts Out West’ category to book your tickets!

03/09/2025

📣🚨APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN🚨📣

Deadline: 8th September 2025

Kirkgate Arts and Heritage is part of the Big Imaginations Network, 22 arts organisations dedicated to bringing brilliant theatre to children & families across the North West and Yorkshire.

Their Artist Imagination Fund is back for another year of funding across 2025/26.

The Big Imaginations Network is on the lookout for artists to support them to develop their ideas! They’re looking for artists who are making/want to make work for children and families and are based in the North-West and South-West Yorkshire.

More Information, including the application form and our Information Session can be found on the Big Imagination's socials and on https://www.z-arts.org/events/big-imaginations-open-evening-event/

02/09/2025

Crafts @ The Kirkgate this month 😍

It's Colour and Collage!

Collage is a wonderful approach, explored by many artists, but most iconically by Kurt Schwitters, who lived in Cumbria for the last years of his life.

We’re going to theme our session around colour, the portal into emotion and expression. Join Celia Burbush to create your own palettes based on your memories of favourite decades and fashions. Come and have a go!

At The Kirkgate Arts Centre, Saturday 13th of September
10:00am to 3:30pm (lunch included)
Tickets: £45pp (+£3 on the day)
Head to our website and select the ‘Join in’ category to book your tickets!