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Event Spotlight: May Day Carnival 2024
The annual Penrith May Day Carnival 2024 will be taking place on Monday 6 May 2024 and will include a variety of activities such as street stalls, funfair, musical entertainment, cultural demonstrations, static displays and a celebration of the May Queen.
Everyone is welcome at the FREE event, so please do make your way down to the town centre for a day of fun!
Sally's Army invites you to join them on Sunday 5th May 2024 at 3pm in St Andrew's Church, Penrith to Sing As We Go in an 'interactive Singing experience'.
Pay on the door donation
Cake stall and refreshments
All proceeds to Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland.
Singer and guitarist, Jack Badcock is a hugely experienced performer, having toured extensively around the world, in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, predominantly as frontman and founding member of his multi-award winning, internationally renowned world-folk band 'Dallahan'.
In recent years, between time away on the road, he has focused his time at home in Glasgow on writing his own material and now draws on his performance experience to deliver a solo show of original songs, interpretations of traditional songs, and poetry set to his own music. This material reveals his craft of thoughtful lyrics that explore human history, cosmology, personal experiences and questions about our world all delivered with a musical sensitivity clearly influenced by American folk, funk and soul music as much as traditional music from Britain and Ireland.
The NE Street Band plays the songs of the legendary Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band.An energetic and exciting two hour show of all things Springsteen, including songs from Bruce’s solo albums and collaborations.
Hirayama feels content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, reads books and takes photos. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
North Cumbria Scriptwriters present the six winners of the Lonely Cloud competition, Act Your Age, that was publicised via the BBC Writersroom.
The winners were chosen by Melina Barnett, a theatre maker, producer and director who is an associate artist at Theatre by the Lake helping their creative development.
These six short plays will be performed by community actors at TBTL and then on 27 April at Penrith Playhouse Theatre. They give a flavour of what scriptwriters with a link to Cumbria are up to these days.
The plays offer an engaging evening, with a variety of themes and emotions, all with a common link of “Act your Age”. Some are light-hearted: meet a cleverly enterprising restaurant waiter, for example, or an over-optimistic tribute band promoter. Others are more thought-provoking: witness a grandma gardening towards trouble or foresee a distressing example of where AI could take us.
Details
Venue: Penrith Playhouse Theatre, 1 Auctionmart Lane
Attend the preview evening on Thursday 4 April 2024, 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Live music. All welcome!
Rheged: New Light Prize Exhibition
Now in its 12th year, the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition is an open art competition which celebrates and promotes the best of Northern Art.
From the call out, a prestigious panel of judges have selected over 120 exciting artworks in an array of mediums for this the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition.
The Gallery at Rheged is delighted to be Cumbria’s hosting venue for this exhibition, where visitors can explore the wealth of northern talent, discuss the 6 award winners, and purchase new work.
Dates and times: 15 March 2024 - 2 June 2024, 10am - 5pm. Free Entry.
Join stars of stage and screen, Auntie Aggie and Max, as they fly past the planets on an intergalactic musical expedition!
From a sunny stop on Mercury, to a meeting with a Martian, there’s so much to do and see on this trip of a lifetime in the homemade rocket ship!
Packed with singalong songs such as Zoom Zoom Zoom, We’re Going to the Moon, Aiken Drum and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - get ready to fasten your seatbelts and join in with this astronomical adventure!
Play games, climb trees, make cool things and make dens!
Stomping Ground will be running sessions every Tuesday from now until December for children and young people (8-12) in the Pategill Community.
Come along and check it out!
Community
Drive it Day - Dalemain
The Wigton Motor Club organise the Cumbria Drive It Day at Dalemain. In 2024 Drive It Day will take place on Sunday 21 April.
This event is open to all types of classic and vintage vehicles in return for a £5 donation (per car) to the nominated charities: Blood Bikes and Hospice at Home.
National Drive It Day was created by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs in 2005. It is the occasion when historic vehicle enthusiasts and the public at large have the opportunity to celebrate the One Thousand Mile Trial organised in 1900 to prove the viability of the new invention, the motor vehicle. It’s also a chance to raise awareness and support amongst the public for the historic vehicle movement and keeping transport heritage on UK roads.
The Great Barn Tearoom will be open for refreshments.
The 2024 Marmalade Festival will be held on Saturday 20th April 2024!
The Festival is returning to Dalemain Mansion, these Marmalade celebrations are for anyone who loves marmalade, festivals or a good day out!
Homemade winners will be announced at the Marmalade Awards, followed by a day of Marmalade celebrations with tastings, stalls, lectures, children’s activities and more!
The event will also raise funds for the Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland, with lots of opportunities throughout the day for the public to support this much-loved local charity
Get involved with the Eden River Trust's Community Tree Nursery project!
There are regular sessions at the tree nursery – usually Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings – for growing native trees from seed or cuttings and looking after all the plants.
The Eden River Trust are still developing the site itself so there is always a bit of digging or building for anyone who likes to flex their muscles and there are also special features to set up to enhance sustainability and support wildlife and community use at the plot.
We’ve worked hard to make the site as accessible as possible and you don’t need any experience or special skills to join in – just come and say hello when we’re there or get in touch with Jenni Payne at volunteers@edenrt.org or call 01768 866788 for more information.
Why not come along for the ride? Perhaps you’ll discover a skill or passion you never knew you had!
Wildflower plug planting at Thacka Beck Nature Reserve
Help Cumbria Wildlife Trust enhance the meadow at Thacka Beck Nature Reserve, by plug planting wildflowers with our Grassland assistant Shannon.
Working gloves are provided but if you have your own, we advise bringing them.
Come help the conservation of a wonderful upland nature reserve where newly created and restored habitats are showing through. There are a lot of lovely new trees to be planted!
10:00 - 15:30
Cost: Free
Where: Eycott Hill Nature Reserve, Berrier, Penrith, CA11 0XD
