Sessions/singarounds, Concerts and other Folk Music events in Cumbria
Sessions/singarounds
First Monday - Dockray Hall, Penrith - from 8.30pm
Second Monday - Eagle & Child, Staveley - 1.30pm to 5.00pm - Facebook
Second and fourth Mondays - Boot and Shoe, Greystoke - from 9.00pm
First and third Mondays - The Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket
Every Monday - Ring o Bells, Kendal - 8.30pm til late - website
First Tuesday - Ruskins, Main Street, Kendal
Second and fourth Tuesday - The Greyhound Inn, Cotehill - 8.30pm
Third Tuesday - Howard Arms, Brampton - website
Every Tuesday - The Mortal Man, Troutbeck, Windermere
Every Tuesday - Hope and Anchor, Ulverston - 8:00pm slow and steady, 9:00 onwards general session
First and third Wednesday - Spinners Arms, Cummersdale
Second Wednesday - The Swan Tunes Session, Cockermouth
Third Wednesday - The Swan, Cockermouth
Last Wednesday - The Bush, Tallentire
Second Thursday - The Royal Oak, Curthwaite
Third Thursday - Slow/Steady Tune Session, Moon & Sixpence Coffee House, Cockermouth 7.30pm - website
Second & Fourth Thursday - Carlisle Folk Experience, RAOB Club, Fisher St., Carlisle - from 7.30pm
Every Thursday - The Rifleman, Kendal - 9.00pm
Second Friday - The Bluebell, Newbiggin
First Sunday - The Oddfellows, St Bees - from 8.30pm
First Sunday - The Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket - from 8.30pm
Second Sunday - The Black Swan, Culgaith (nr Penrith) - 6.00pm-9.00pm
Sundays, every two weeks - Twa Dogs, Keswick - from 2.00pm (20 Jan, 3 Feb & 17 Feb))
Every Sunday - Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley - 5.00pm-8.00pm
Other Links
Barley Hop Ceilidh Night, Fourth Tuesday, Christ Church Hall, South Street, Cockermouth - website
Staveley Mill Yard, The Lake District Folk & Acoustic Club - Facebook
Venues in the Solway villages - Solway Folk
Lakeland Voice - website
Concerts
Sat 26 Jan - Band of Burns, Brewery, Kendal - website
Sat 2 Feb - Jill Jackson, The Old Fire Station, Carlisle - website
Thu 14 Feb - Miranda Sykes, Sticklebarn Tavern, Great Langdale - website
Fri 22 Feb - Megson, Brewery, Kendal - website
Fri 1 Mar - Blazing Fiddles, Brewery, Kendal - website
Sun 10 Mar - Tannara, Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth - website
Tue 12 Mar - Jon Boden and the Remnant Strings, Brewery, Kendal - website
Fri 22 Mar - Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening, Brewery, Kendal - website
Tue 26 Mar - Hayseed Dixie, The Old Fire Station, Carlisle - website
Wed 27 Mar - Karen Matheson, Brewery, Kendal - website
Sat 30 Mar - Moya Brennan - The Voice of Clannad, Brewery, Kendal - website
Other events
Sat 26 Jan - Watermillock Village Hall is hosting an evening with Sue Allan.
An evening of Folk Music, musicology, singing, dance and fun. Sue Allan is a scholar, researching and writing about the traditional music and social history of the Lake District, Cumbria and beyond. PhD in history at Lancaster University completed in 2017 with a thesis on folk song in Cumbria. Currently working on a paper about nineteenth ballad sellers, researching the song writing of Carlisle dialect poet Robert Anderson (1770 – 1830). The evening will include songs, dancing and audience participation! Tickets £5 from 01768 486380.
Fourth Tuesday - Barley Hop Ceilidh Night, Christ Church Hall, South Street, Cockermouth - website
Second Thursday - Carlisle Accordion and Fiddle Club - 7.00pm - Facebook
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If you would like your Cumbria based session/singaround/concert listed here, please send details to cumbriafolkmusic@gmail.com
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All sessions/singarounds from 8.00pm unless shown otherwise
For concert starting times, check with the venue
An event listed is no guarantee it will take place - check with the venue first before travelling
Join us on Facebook - click here
Sessions/singarounds
First Monday - Dockray Hall, Penrith - from 8.30pm
Second Monday - Eagle & Child, Staveley - 1.30pm to 5.00pm - Facebook
Second and fourth Mondays - Boot and Shoe, Greystoke - from 9.00pm
First and third Mondays - The Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket
Every Monday - Ring o Bells, Kendal - 8.30pm til late - website
First Tuesday - Ruskins, Main Street, Kendal
Second and fourth Tuesday - The Greyhound Inn, Cotehill - 8.30pm
Third Tuesday - Howard Arms, Brampton - website
Every Tuesday - The Mortal Man, Troutbeck, Windermere
Every Tuesday - Hope and Anchor, Ulverston - 8:00pm slow and steady, 9:00 onwards general session
First and third Wednesday - Spinners Arms, Cummersdale
Second Wednesday - The Swan Tunes Session, Cockermouth
Third Wednesday - The Swan, Cockermouth
Last Wednesday - The Bush, Tallentire
Second Thursday - The Royal Oak, Curthwaite
Third Thursday - Slow/Steady Tune Session, Moon & Sixpence Coffee House, Cockermouth 7.30pm - website
Second & Fourth Thursday - Carlisle Folk Experience, RAOB Club, Fisher St., Carlisle - from 7.30pm
Every Thursday - The Rifleman, Kendal - 9.00pm
Second Friday - The Bluebell, Newbiggin
First Sunday - The Oddfellows, St Bees - from 8.30pm
First Sunday - The Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket - from 8.30pm
Second Sunday - The Black Swan, Culgaith (nr Penrith) - 6.00pm-9.00pm
Sundays, every two weeks - Twa Dogs, Keswick - from 2.00pm (20 Jan, 3 Feb & 17 Feb))
Every Sunday - Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley - 5.00pm-8.00pm
Other Links
Barley Hop Ceilidh Night, Fourth Tuesday, Christ Church Hall, South Street, Cockermouth - website
Staveley Mill Yard, The Lake District Folk & Acoustic Club - Facebook
Venues in the Solway villages - Solway Folk
Lakeland Voice - website
Concerts
Sat 26 Jan - Band of Burns, Brewery, Kendal - website
Sat 2 Feb - Jill Jackson, The Old Fire Station, Carlisle - website
Thu 14 Feb - Miranda Sykes, Sticklebarn Tavern, Great Langdale - website
Fri 22 Feb - Megson, Brewery, Kendal - website
Fri 1 Mar - Blazing Fiddles, Brewery, Kendal - website
Sun 10 Mar - Tannara, Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth - website
Tue 12 Mar - Jon Boden and the Remnant Strings, Brewery, Kendal - website
Fri 22 Mar - Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening, Brewery, Kendal - website
Tue 26 Mar - Hayseed Dixie, The Old Fire Station, Carlisle - website
Wed 27 Mar - Karen Matheson, Brewery, Kendal - website
Sat 30 Mar - Moya Brennan - The Voice of Clannad, Brewery, Kendal - website
Other events
Sat 26 Jan - Watermillock Village Hall is hosting an evening with Sue Allan.
An evening of Folk Music, musicology, singing, dance and fun. Sue Allan is a scholar, researching and writing about the traditional music and social history of the Lake District, Cumbria and beyond. PhD in history at Lancaster University completed in 2017 with a thesis on folk song in Cumbria. Currently working on a paper about nineteenth ballad sellers, researching the song writing of Carlisle dialect poet Robert Anderson (1770 – 1830). The evening will include songs, dancing and audience participation! Tickets £5 from 01768 486380.
Fourth Tuesday - Barley Hop Ceilidh Night, Christ Church Hall, South Street, Cockermouth - website
Second Thursday - Carlisle Accordion and Fiddle Club - 7.00pm - Facebook
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If you would like your Cumbria based session/singaround/concert listed here, please send details to cumbriafolkmusic@gmail.com
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All sessions/singarounds from 8.00pm unless shown otherwise
For concert starting times, check with the venue
An event listed is no guarantee it will take place - check with the venue first before travelling
Join us on Facebook - click here
