Kirkgate Arts & Heritage

18/06/2026

LAST CALL!

There are still tables available at our June Monthly Market on 27th June, ideal if you're a local maker or small business, or just having a clear out.

Set up is from 9am, market is open from 10am - 1pm. Link to book is in the comments below.

18/06/2026

Arts Out West next week! 🤩

It’s Tall Tales and Truths!

Harp and a Monkey perform 'Tall Tales and Truths'

Join the award-winning modern folk trio Harp & a Monkey for a magical evening of “bold and brilliant” (The Observer), “fantastic” and “fascinating” (Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2), “inventive” (Mojo magazine), “excellent” (The Guardian), and “unique” (folk legend Mike Harding) songs and storytelling.

Whether you’re a folk music aficionado or just looking for a night of laughter, great music, and heartfelt stories, these acclaimed Lancastrians and multi-instrumentalists will leave you uplifted and inspired with their enchanting mix of true (and not-so-true) songs and tales.

At Burgh by Sands Parsh Hall, Thursday 25th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

Muncaster Parish Hall, Friday 26th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

The Globe Hall, Saturday 27th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

And, Kirkstile Community Centre, Sunday 26th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £15/£5/£30

Harp and a monkey
Globe Hall
Kirkstile Community Centre

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

17/06/2026

🎥🎬🍿On the Big Screen at Kirkgate! 🎥🎬🍿

Miroirs No 3 (15)

Show times:
Friday, 19th June, 7pm
Monday, 22nd June, 8pm
Wednesday, 24th June, 2pm

During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion. As she recuperates, Laura begins to integrate herself into the lives of the woman and her initially reluctant husband and son. By turns haunted and hopeful, Laura and her adopted family reawaken to the world and come to find a strange harmony together. However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir, as acclaimed director Christian Petzold (PHOENIX, TRANSIT, AFIRE) spins a modern gothic fairytale about the lies we tell ourselves and the strange ways that grief, connection, and humanity bind and sustain us.

This fourth collaboration between Petzold and Beer is an exercise in economy, pared back to the barest of bones. Although it’s a wisp of a thing, it delivers rich rewards. (Wendy Ide – Screen International)

Starring: Paula Beer; Philip Froissant; Barbara Auer
Directed by: Christian Petzold
Length: 86 minutes
Subtitles

16/06/2026

We've got something for everyone with our BIG SCREEN events this year.

As well as our usual selection of cinema every week, and regular National Theatre Live screenings, we have a couple of one off specials with Andre Rieu's Summer concert in August plus 'Bat Out of Hell' The Musical this October.

But that's not all!! We're also screening three opera performances this year, filmed live on Sydney Harbour... 🤩
https://youtu.be/C_6BNza4Rcc?si=MAclUZgy7xitrB5W

More info and tickets in the comments 👇

15/06/2026

10 years of RTDI ✨

We’re proud to have been part of the Touring Dance Initiative - a 10-year project that has helped bring brilliant dance performances, residencies and participatory projects into rural and community venues across the country.

Through RTDI, we’ve been able to share powerful dance work with local audiences, support artists to connect with rural places, and create moments of shared joy in village halls and community spaces.

Over the coming weeks, RTDI will be looking back at some of the performances, people and moments that have shaped the project.

Read more about the project: https://buff.ly/8B7jKBT

Rural Touring Dance Initiative
Bobak Champion

15/06/2026

UPDATE!!
WAITING LIST now added! If you didn't manage to catch any of those latest tickets, you can add your name to a waiting list for any returned tickets. Just click on the event link in the comments 🙂

11/06/2026

Arts Out West coming up! 🤩

It’s Tall Tales and Truths!

Harp and a Monkey perform 'Tall Tales and Truths'

Join the award-winning modern folk trio Harp & a Monkey for a magical evening of “bold and brilliant” (The Observer), “fantastic” and “fascinating” (Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2), “inventive” (Mojo magazine), “excellent” (The Guardian), and “unique” (folk legend Mike Harding) songs and storytelling.
Whether you’re a folk music aficionado or just looking for a night of laughter, great music, and heartfelt stories, these acclaimed Lancastrians and multi-instrumentalists will leave you uplifted and inspired with their enchanting mix of true (and not-so-true) songs and tales.

At Burgh by Sands Parsh Hall, Thursday 25th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

Muncaster Parish Hall, Friday 26th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

The Globe Hall, Saturday 27th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £12/£6/£25

And, Kirkstile Community Centre, Sunday 26th June
7:30pm
Tickets: £15/£5/£30


Globe Hall


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

11/06/2026

Our next crafts@Kirkgate event is with Celia Burbush, as she guides us through painting harbourside scenes. With the mix of architectural shapes contrasting with the ethereal movement of water these types of scenes are quite unique!

You don't need to be a Turner or a Monet for this workshop... "Strictly no drawing required! Just an interest in the wistful aspects of harbours – bright bobbing boats, harbour walls stained with the tides, guls floating on the breeze, all mirrored in rippling reflections on the deep blue sea."

Join Celia for this day long workshop on Saturday 20th June, starting at 10am.

More info and bookings in the comments👇

I have a workshop coming up - Saturday 20 June at Kirkgate Arts & Heritage. Interestingly, its all about harboursides this time! This painting is from Venice, and I'll soon have a few yummy doodles from Greece too. Of course, I'll also have scenes of our lovely local harbours. I'm bringing along cunning templates, so no worries about drawing skills. This is about expression in painting - how do we feel about those glittering reflections of much-loved architecture and the gentle dance of sails flapping in the wind and seabirds flying over. I'll hold your hand all the way! That's what I do...😁
Link to tickets in the first comment. Thank you!

10/06/2026

🎥🎬🍿On the Big Screen at Kirkgate! 🎥🎬🍿

California Schemin’ (15)

Show times:
Friday, 12th June, 7pm
Monday, 15th June, 8pm
Wednesday, 17th June, 2pm

Truth is stranger than fiction in actor James McAvoy's directorial debut. Inspired by the real-life saga of Scottish rap duo Silibil N' Brains, a.k.a. Gavin Bain (Séamus McLean Ross) and Billy Boyd (Samuel Bottomley), the film follows the unexpected journey of two lifelong friends from Dundee who dream of hip-hop super-stardom. There's just one problem: nobody takes two white guys with thick regional accents seriously in the UK's early 2000s rap scene, especially not the London gatekeepers who laugh them out of an audition. Back home and humiliated, the pair hatch a plan so absurd it just might work: they'll reinvent themselves as hard-partying MCs from Southern California complete with fake backstories and convincing-enough American accents. Against all odds – and with sharp commentary on image, identity, and the music industry's obsession with authenticity – they take off, conning even one of the industry's top producers (McAvoy). But keeping up the lie without losing sight of what's real becomes harder as the stakes rise, and as cracks beneath the bravado and between friends begin to widen.

An incredibly fun ride… The film does not feel like the work of a first-time director. It is assured, confident storytelling that grabs the audience right from the start and takes them on this insane journey. (Dallas King – Flick Feast)

Starring: Seamus McLean Ross; Samuel Bottomley; James McAvoy; James Corden
Directed by: James McAvoy
Length: 105 minutes