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...

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...

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...

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....

Giant Soft Bricks Playland

Venue: Beacon Museum

Address: West Strand, Whitehaven, CA28 7LY

Website: https://thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk/galleries/galleries-giant-bricks-soft-playland/

Get ready for a colourful, action-packed adventure where fun meets learning! Giant Soft Bricks Playland is an extraordinary indoor playground designed to excite, engage, and educate children aged 6 months...

Happy Birthday Peter Rabbit

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...

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...

The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

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...

Dinosaur Detectives

Venue: Tullie

Address: Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP

Website: https://tullie.org.uk/events/dinosaur-detectives/

3 to 5pm. Kids can don a hi-vis, grab a torch and transform into little palaeontologists. This event includes an exclusive torch-lit tour through Dinosaur rEvolution, a dino excavation, make and take craft...

Bell Tower Open Day

Venue: Carlisle Cathedral

Address: The Abbey, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ

Website: https://carlislecathedral.org.uk/whats-on/#calendar

10am to 3.30pm. Take a tour of the Cathedral as you have never seen it before and find out more about our ring of bells at this special Bell Tower Open Day. You will be met by a member of our Bell Tower...

Leaping Lemurs

Venue: Lake District Wildlife Park

Address: Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, CA12 4RD

Website: https://www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.co.uk/whats-on/events/leaping-lemurs/

The Lemurs of Madagascar are endearing animals. Learn all about them and other amazing species from this unique Island. See our Ring Tailed, Red Ruffed and Black and White Ruffed Lemurs. Learn all about...

Silloth Vintage Rally 2025

Venue: Silloth Green

Address: Criffel Street, Silloth CA7 4DA

Website: https://sillothgreen-co-uk.stackstaging.com/event/silloth-vintage-rally-2025/

Silloth-on-Solway Vintage Rally is a fantastic two-day event which takes place on Silloth Green, in July of each year. There is something for all the family and the event is free of charge, making this...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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

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

Venue: Brantwood

Address: Coniston, LA21 8AD

Website: https://www.brantwood.org.uk/event/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-adapted-by-oliver-gray/

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...

Creative Play Trail

Venue: Whitehaven Coast

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

Website: Creative Play Trail | National Trust

12 to 4pm. Join local artists for an afternoon of creative play in the wildlife meadows near Haig Pit. With a trail to follow and crafts to make, let your imagination run wild and free this summer. Why...

Dance & Gymnastics Camp

Venue: Harraby 3G Sports Hall

Address: Edgehill Road, Carlisle CA1 3SL

Website: https://officialsoccerschools.co.uk/carlisleunited/dance-and-gymnastics-summer-week-1-8-18.html

The CUFC Dance and Gymnastic camps provide a great environment that allows children the chance to have fun, make new friends and increase confidence while developing their dance and gymnastic skills. Our...

The Pantaloons: Hamlet

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...

Community Drumming Workshop

Venue: The Coro

Address: County Rd, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ

Website: https://tickets.ldsm.org.uk/sales/events/2024-2025-season/summer-concerts/community-drumming-workshop

10.30am. Never played an instrument before? Perfect! Drum Nation is a powerhouse samba collective that transform relative strangers into an amazing samba drumming band in 90 minutes flat! So grab some...

Red Panda Rangers

Venue: Lake District Wildlife Park

Address: Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, CA12 4RD

Website: https://www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.co.uk/whats-on/events/red-panda-rangers/

A great way to connect with this adorable but endangered species. Help our expert animal keepers to make some bamboo treats for Charu and Mei Li the Park’s Red Pandas. Learn interesting facts and what...

Family Canoe Taster Sessions

Venue: Borrowdale and Derwent Water

Address: near Keswick

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/borrowdale-and-derwent-water/events/964071b0-f267-46ac-8bfc-76b9e78d09dc

If you’re a family with young children and you don’t want to paddleboard separately, you can all go together. A Canadian open-boat canoe can fit a family of up to 4 people (2 adults and 2 young children)...

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

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...

The Big Jurassic Storm

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...

Performance Unleashed

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/performance-unleashed-summer-camp-2025-7-14-yrs/

Performance Unleashed is a weeklong course for 7 to 14 year olds. 9.30am to 3.30pm each day. At the end of the week the students will perform the piece they have been working on in the Brewery Arts theatre...

Rockpool ramble

Venue: Parton Beach

Address: Near Whitehaven, CA28 6NY

Website: https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-08-07-rockpool-ramble

2 to 5pm. Join us for an adventure into the (fairly shallow) depths of Parton’s rockpools, and help look for crabs, anemones, starfish, seaweeds, and all kinds of coastal critters who call this area...

Maryport Taste of the Sea

Venue: Maryport Harbour

Address: Marine Road, Maryport CA15 8AY

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/622151423788643?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

The Taste Cumbria Taste of the Sea festival is back in Maryport and it will be bigger and better than ever! Eat, drink, shop and explore this brilliant coastal town. Visit our producers' market, see the...

The Fell Pony Society - Breed Show

Venue: Dalemain Mansion

Address: Dalemain, Penrith CA11 0HB

Website: https://www.dalemain.com/events/fell-pony-show-stallion-x9dk6

10am to 6pm. 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...

Aardman Model Making Workshop

Venue: Theatre by the Lake

Address: Lakeside, Keswick CA12 5DJ

Website: https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/model-making/

11am, 1pm and 3pm. Watch a Wallace and Gromit classic before joining the expert team from Aardman to learn the unique art of model making at these fun, interactive clay modelling workshops. You’ll receive...

Arts Unleashed

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/arts-unleashed-summer-camp-2025-7-14-yrs/

Arts Unleashed is a week long course for 7 to14 year olds. 9.30am to 3.30pm each day. At the end of the week the students will have their art displayed in the Brewery Arts gallery spaces. Find out more...

Barrow Soapbox Derby 2025

Venue: Barrow Town Centre

Address: Barrow-In-Furness LA14 2LG

Website: https://barrowbid.co.uk/soapbox/

The racing will start at around 10am as Soapbox Kart number 1 will set off racing down the town centre course using only gravity to set the first time of the day. This time will set the benchmark for teams...

The Princess Proms

Venue: Carlisle Cathedral

Address: The Abbey, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ

Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-princess-proms-carlisle-cathedral-third-session-tickets-1215104794149?aff=oddtdtcreator

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...

Vulture Awareness Days

Venue: Lake District Wildlife Park

Address: Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, CA12 4RD

Website: https://www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.co.uk/whats-on/events/vulture-awareness-days/

Come and see the Park’s Vultures Baldric, Farnham and Gonzo. Learn about the work we do with the Hawk Conservancy Trust to help to protect this group of endangered birds. Did you know that Vultures are...

The Miss Rachel Experience

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

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...

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