Kirkgate Arts & Heritage

04/06/2026

This weekend, get into the Cockermouth Live mood at the festival fundraising event!

Delicious
Sunday, 7 June, 7pm

Samples and Stories of Bread, Beer and Coffee

Andy Walsh from Coffee Kitchen , Stephen Kidd from The Moon and Sixpence and Buster Grant from Jennings Brewery are all passionate about what they do and what they produce for Cockermouth’s residents and visitors. All are experts at their craft. But what are their backstories, how did they end up doing what they do – and why the passion ?

You are invited to come along and enjoy a very special one off evening to hear from the experts and sample lots of their produce too. Your entrance fee includes the chance to try some of Buster’s beer, Andy’s bakery products and Stephen’s coffee.

All money raised from this evening’s event will go towards paying for the cost of Cockermouth Live! We need to find approximately £30,000 each year to cover the costs of the festival. Cockermouth Live! and Delicious will go some way to helping to do that!

The Coffee Kitchen
The Moon & Sixpence Coffeehouse
Jennings Brewery

04/06/2026

BIG GIG alert!

New Zealand band Albi & The Wolves are coming to Cockermouth!

Saturday 13th June 8pm
Ticket link in the comments 👇

03/06/2026

🎥🎬🍿On the Big Screen at Kirkgate! 🎥🎬🍿

Midwinter Break (12A)

Show times:
Friday, 5th June, 7pm
Monday, 8th June, 8pm
Wednesday, 10th June, 2pm

An adaptation of Bernard MacLaverty’s 2017 novel.
Midwinter Break is a stirring meditation on faith, commitment, and the enduring power of love, as a longtime couple takes a life-changing trip to Amsterdam.

It’s the kind of quietly magnificent film that asks you to sit with it patiently, absorbing the myriad of emotions expressed by its wonderful leads. (Travis Hopson – Punch Drunk Critics)

Starring: Lesley Manville; Ciarán Hinds; Niamh Cusack
Directed by: Polly Findlay
Length: 90 minutes

02/06/2026

Your new favourite band are coming to town!

All the way from New Zealand we have Albi & The Wolves coming to Cockermouth 🤩 Saturday 13th June 8pm

Albi & The Wolves: "They are folk Jim, but not always as we know it.” Graham Reid. This elegant summary highlights what makes the indie-folk quartet different, by combining contemporary songwriting and the bands varied backgrounds they make something unique, but not unfamiliar.

Chris Dent (Acoustic guitar, lead vocals), Pascal Roggen (BV’s, electric violin), Micheal Young (BV’s, double bass), and Hannah De Koster (Drums) utilise those varied songs to make a crackling live show, something that the band is renowned for.

Their brand new album Light After The Dark (AAA Records) was produced by TeMatera Smith who helped the band push the boat out even further then ever before. This can now be found on all streaming platforms, in the words of Phill Taylor from EAST FM “it'll no doubt make you feel better”. Stream the music, or catch a live show whenever you can. You’ll no be disappointed.

Check out their infectious sound here 👇
https://youtu.be/CrEjUj2C0L8?si=jtxOpugJme8hnx2-

booking link in the comments

This is the second official music video for Albi and The Wolves, it...

02/06/2026

We've got David Harper (off the telly!) in the building today!

Come on down before 4pm if you have any jewellery or antiques you'd like to find out the value of. WeBuyVintage might even make you an offer on the spot...

02/06/2026

It's busy at the Kirkgate today! Downstairs we have WeBuyVintage ready to value your jewellery and antiques.

10am Tue 2nd June

01/06/2026

Don't miss our heritage talk next week:

The New Mrs Davidson with Becks Skinner
Monday, 8 June, 6pm

Inspired by a Wedding Dress from 1911 at The Beacon Museum, Becks set herself the challenge of making an authentic ‘going away’ outfit from the period, using her 1905 Frister and Rossman Sewing Machine and learning historical hand sewing techniques.

We'll explore the research behind the project, as we look for traces of the bride, Mrs Davidson, through the records left during her lifetime in Whitehaven, Egremont and St Bees. Beck will delve into the fashions of the era and what life was like during this period.

31/05/2026

“Cockermouth Live! and Delicious” – a festival fundraising evening with three of the town’s finest food and drink producers.

Learn what they do, how they do it – and why they do it !

Andy Walsh from The Coffee Kitchen Bakery, Stephen Kidd from the Moon and Sixpence and Buster Grant from Jennings Brewery are all passionate about what they do and what they produce for Cockermouth’s residents and visitors. All are experts at their craft. But what are their backstories, how did they end up doing what they do – and why the passion ?

You are invited to come along and enjoy a very special one off evening to hear from the experts and sample lots of their produce too. Your entrance fee includes the chance to try some of Buster’s beer, Andy’s bakery products and Stephen’s coffee. And all being well, there will be a raffle too!

Book your tickets here -- https://kirkgateartsandheritage.org.uk/whats-on/cockermouth-live-and-delicious-129679792/

All money raised from this evening’s event will go towards paying for the cost of Cockermouth Live!. There is already enormous goodwill in making the volunteer run festival happen each year. 10 of us meet every month throughout the preceding 12 months to plan it all and then are joined by 30 volunteer stewards for the weekend. And the vast majority of the performers play for free. But. We need to find approximately £30,000 each year to cover the costs of the festival. Cockermouth Live! and Delicious will go some way to helping to do that !
All details for Cockermouth Live! 2026 can be found at www.cockermouthfestival.org

Thank you for your support!

The Coffee Kitchen
Jennings Brewery
The Moon & Sixpence Coffeehouse

30/05/2026

https://journalofmusic.com/listing/07-02-25/ocelots-everything-when-said-slowly

Have a read about the new album from The Ocelots 👆

Then hear them live, tonight at 8pm 😃👇

https://thekirkgate.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873683804

The Ocelots 'Everything, When Said Slowly' Friday, 7 February 2025, 9.45amIndependent Added by Louise Barker (542 listings)0The Ocelots are twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson from Wexford. Building on the folk-rock essence of their debut, the duo share their highly anticipated second album, Eve...