Events in Cumbria
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
February
· Darkest Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show, Ambleside, Late March
· South Cumbria Music Festival, Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Late March - Early April
· Ulverston Walking Festival, Ulverston, End March - EarlyApril
· Words by the Water Literature Festival, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
· Jan Kjellstrom Festival of Orienteering, Graythwaite Estate, Graythwaite, Nr Newby Bridge, Early April
· Model Railway & Transport Exhibition, Barrow-in-Furness
· Barbon Speed Hill Climb (cars), Barbon, Early May
· Cartmel Races, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Late May
· Festival of Fools, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Flag Fortnight, Ulverston, Early - Mid May
· Kendal Medieval Market, Kendal, End May
· Annual Concert, Whitehaven
· Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby, 2nd Tuesday and Wednesday in June
· Dent Folk Festival, Dent, Sedbergh
· Edwardian Festival, Grange-over-Sands, Early June
· Holker Garden Festival, Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Early June
· Hutton’s Historic Vehicle Show, Penrith
· Lanercost Music & Arts Festival, Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Mid June
· Medieval Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Whitehaven Male Voice Choir's 'Annual Concert' , Whitehaven, Early June
· Ambleside Traditional Lakeland Sports, Rydal Park, Ambleside, Late July
· Cartmel Races, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Mid July
· Classic Cars, Cadets and Carousels in Cumbria, Flookburgh
· Coniston Country Fair, Coniston Hall, Coniston, Late July
· Coniston Water Festival, Coniston
· Cross Bay Fundraising Walk 2009, Milnthorpe
· Cumberland County Show, Carlisle
· Cumbria Steam Gathering, Cark Airfield, Flookburgh, Late July
· Dalton Pops, Barrow-in-Furness, Early July
· Furness Traditions Folklore Festival, Ulverston, Early July
· Lakeland Rose Show, County Showfield, Crooklands, Kendal, Early July
· North Lonsdale Agricultural Show, Bardsea, Nr Ulverston, Late July
· Penrith Agricultural Show, Brougham Farm, Penrith
· Ambleside Summer Flower Show & Craft Fair, Ambleside
· Brough Agricultural Show, Showfield, Brough, 3rd week in August
· Carlisle Live, Bitts Park, Carlise
· Cartmel Agricultural Show, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Early August
· Cartmel Races, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Late August
· Cumbria Guitar Show, Rheged Exhibition & Visitor Centre, Penrith
· Gilsland Show, Gilsland
· Gosforth Agricultural Show, Gosforth
· Hawkshead Show, Hawkshead, Late August
· Lake District Summer Music Festival, Lake District, End July - Mid August
· Lunesdale Agricultural Show, Kirkby Lonsdale, Early August
· Made in Cumbria Food & Craft Fair, Market Place, Cockermouth, Early August
· Millom and Broughton Agricultural Show, West Park, Broughton-in-Furness, Late August
· Silloth Carnival, Silloth
· Summer of Fun, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials and Hound Show, Ambleside
· Ambleside Flower Show, Ambleside, Early September
· Egremont Crab Fair, Egremont, Closest Saturday to September 18
· Kendal Torchlight Carnival, Kendal, Early September
· Kirkby Lonsdale Victorian Fair, Kirkby Lonsdale, Early September
· Lantern Procession, Ulverston, Mid September
· Lowick Agricultural Show, Lowick, Ulverston, Early September
· Ulverston Charter Festival, Ulverston, Early - Mid September
· Westmorland County Show, Crooklands, Nr Kendal, Early September
· Carlisle Fireshow, Carlisle
· Christmas at the Castle, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Darkest Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Dickensian Festival, Ulverston, Late November
· Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Kendal, Mid November
· Christmas at the Castle, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Darkest Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair and Procession, Kirkby Lonsdale, Early December
· Made in Cumbria Food and Craft Fair, Market Place, Cockermouth
· Victorian Christmas Tours, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
· Whitehaven Male Voice Choir, St Begh's Church, Whitehaven