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Self-proclaimed ‘Farmer’s Wife’ Helen Rebanks will star at this year’s Taste Cumbria Christmas festival in Cockermouth. Plans are well underway for this highlight of the festive season - and it promises to be an absolute cracker. Taste Cumbria Christmas takes place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December 2023.

The ongoing community excavation and exhibition project of Carlisle’s Roman Bathhouse, Uncovering Roman Carlisle (URC), has been nominated for a prestigious national award and is set to return to site for a “mini-dig” later this month.

Carlisle United Manager Paul Simpson will make a guest appearance at this year’s Carlisle Christmas Lights Switch-On.

Visitors to this year’s Carlisle Fireshow are being asked to dig into the bottom of their pockets and support local charities.

With only days to go until Carlisle’s second Teenage Market (Saturday 30 September), young entrepreneurs and performers from across Cumberland are busy crafting, baking, felting and rehearsing in preparation for market day.   

The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven is opening its doors to everyone for free this weekend (Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October).

The weather may have cut the Taste Cumbria in Cockermouth short but there was no shortage of fun and food this weekend – and it even attracted one of the UK’s favourite actors.

A Cumbria Business Expo 2023, held at Carlisle Racecourse today, has been hailed a success by the event sponsor Cumberland Council.

A popular international market is set to return to Carlisle city centre between Thursday 24 and Monday 28 August.

A bumper programme of open-air theatre events is underway in Carlisle and there is still the chance to book your tickets for August’s events. Two more performances by The Pantaloons theatre company are planned at Talkin Tarn Country Park, Brampton.