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A selection of Cumbrian Events
(For full details, confirmation of the exact dates, and information about other events not listed, call in at any Cumbrian Tourist Information Centre)
March
- Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
May
- Carlisle and Borders Flower Show - Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday
- Cockermouth Sheepdog Trials - 2nd Saturday
- Melmerby May Day - 2nd Saturday
- Gilsland Garden and Crafts Fair - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
- Keswick Jazz Festival - 3rd Friday to Sunday
- Coniston Water Festival - Whit Weekend (commences Friday)
- Curwen Fair, Workington - Whit Saturday
- Hutton Roof Country Fair and Fell Race - Whit Saturday
- Kendal Mediaeval Market - Whit Monday
June
- Castletown Gala Day, Penrith - 1st Saturday
- Langdale Gala - 1st Sunday
- Carlisle Carnival - 2nd Sunday
- Winton Sheepdog Trials - 3rd Saturday
- Appleby Jazz Festival - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
- Barrow in Furness Rotary Gala - 3rd Sunday
- Brough Hound and Terrier Show - 3rd Sunday
- Cumbria Classic Car Show, Carlisle - 3rd Sunday
- Flookburgh Charter Fair - 3rd Sunday
- Keswick Carnival - 3rd Sunday
- Alston Sheepdog Trials - 4th Saturday
- Warcop Rushbearing - St Peters Day
- Woolfest at Cockermouth - last Friday in June and following Saturday
- Endmoor Country Fair - last Sunday
- Ullswater Country Fair - last Sunday
July
- Ambleside Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
- Flimby Carnival - 1st Saturday
- Musgrave Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
- Whitehaven Carnival - 1st Saturday
- West Cumbria Vintage Rally, Distington - 1st Sunday
- Westmorland Horticultural Society Show, Kendal - 1st Sunday
- Alston Gala - 2nd Saturday
- Appleby Annual Carnival and Sports - 2nd Saturday and Sunday
- New Lakeland Rose Show, Grange over Sands - 2nd Saturday and Sunday
- Allithwaite Carnival - 3rd Saturday
- Cleator Moor Sports - 3rd Saturday
- Cumberland County Show, Carlisle - 3rd Saturday
- Dalemain Craft Fair - 3rd Saturday and Sunday
- Dearham Carnival - 4th Saturday
- Eden Valley Dog Training Club, Stainton - 4th Saturday
- Lorton Hound Show - 4th Saturday
- Penrith Show - 4th Saturday
- North Lonsdale Show, Ulverston - Last Thursday
- Lanercost Craft Fair - Last Saturday
- West Cumbria Rose Society Show, Egremont - Last Saturday
- Cumbria Steam Gathering, Flookburgh - Last Saturday and Sunday
- Coniston Country Fair* - Last Sunday
August
- Cartmel Show - 1st Wednesday
- Lake District Sheepdog Trials, Staveley - 1st Thursday
- Beetham Sports - 1st Saturday
- Cockermouth Agricultural Show - 1st Saturday
- Grasmere Rushbearing - 1st Saturday
- Thirlmere Flower Show - 1st Saturday
- Fell Pony Society Breed Show, Brougham Castle - 1st Sunday
- Solway and Hadrian Fuchsia Show, Houghton, nr Carlisle - 1st Sunday
- Lunesdale Agricultural Show, Kirkby Lonsdale - 2nd Tuesday
- Appleby Agricultural Show - 2nd Thursday
- Lowther Driving Trials and Country Fair - 2nd Friday to Sunday
- Dalston Show - 2nd Saturday
- Hawkshead Show - 3rd Tuesday
- Gosforth District Agricultural Show - 3rd Wednesday
- Threlkeld Sheepdog Trails - 3rd Wednesday
- Brough Agricultural Show - 3rd Thursday
- Grasmere Sports - 3rd Sunday
- Ambleside Flower Show and Crafts - 3rd Friday to Sunday
- Barbon Annual Sheepdog Trials - 3rd Saturday
- Crosscrake Flower Show - 3rd Saturday
- Ravenstonedale Agricultural Show - 3rd Saturday
- Skelton Agricultural Show - 3rd Saturday
- Storth Gardening Show - 3rd Saturday
- Gatesgarth Country Fair - 3rd Sunday
- Lakeland Festival of Brass, Grange over Sands - 3rd Sunday
- Langdale Country Fair - 3rd Sunday
- Kendal Gathering - Week commencing 4th Friday
- Kirkby Lonsdale Gardening Show - 4th Saturday
- Kendal Folk Festival - Bank Holiday Friday to Sunday
- Wigton Dog Training Obedience - Bank Holiday Saturday and Sunday
- Greenodd Horticultural Show - Bank Holiday Saturday
- Patterdale Dog Day - Bank Holiday Saturday
- Esthwaite Open Sheepdog Trails - Bank Holiday Sunday
- Kentmere Sheepdog Trials - Bank Holiday Sunday
- Dentdale Gala - Bank Holiday Monday
- Keswick Show - Bank Holiday Monday
- Muncaster Fair and Sheepdog Trials - Bank Holiday Monday
- Silloth Carnival - Bank Holiday Monday
- Ennerdale and Kinniside Show - Last Wednesday
- Burton, Milnthorpe and Carnforth Show - Last Thursday
- Caldbeck and Hesket Sheepdog Trials - Last Thursday
- Crosby Ravensworth Show - Last Thursday
- Dufton Show and Sheepdog Trials - Last Saturday
- Millom and Broughton Agricultural Show* - Last Saturday
- Hesket Newmarket Agricultural Show - Last Saturday
- Eskdale Fete - Last Sunday
September
- Selside and Grayrigg Show - 1st Thursday
- Alston Show - 1st Saturday
- Appleby Gardeners Show - 1st Saturday
- Lowick Show* - 1st Saturday
- Thornthwaite, Braithwaite & Newlands Home & Garden Show - 1st Saturday
- Kirkby Lonsdale Victorian Fair - 1st Saturday and Sunday
- Westmorland Horticultural Society Show, Kendal - 2nd Tuesday and Wednesday
- Westmorland County Show, Crooklands - 2nd Thursday
- Alston Flower Show - 2nd Saturday
- Gilsland Show - 2nd Saturday
- Ulverston Lantern Procession* - 2nd Saturday
- Ulverston Market Charter Festival* - 2nd Saturday
- Westmorland Horticultural Society Show, Kendal - 3rd Wednesday
- Loweswater and Brackenthwaite Show - 3rd Thursday
- Brampton Sheepdog Trials - 3rd Friday
- Egremont Crab Fair - 3rd Saturday
- Borrowdale Shepherds Meet and Show - 3rd Sunday
- Cumbria Open Brass Contest, Whitehaven - Last Saturday
- Eskdale Show - Last Saturday
- Urswick Rushbearing* - Last Sunday
October
- Cockermouth Sheepdog Trails - 1st Saturday
- Wasdale Head Shepherds Meet and Show - 2nd Saturday
- Buttermere Shepherds Meet and Show - 3rd Saturday
November
- Walna Scar Shepherds Meet and Show* - 1st Saturday
- Stoneside Shepherds Meet, Ulpha - 2nd Saturday
- The Biggest Liar in the World Competition, Santon Bridge - 3rd Thurday
- Hensingham Chrysanthemum Show, Whitehaven - 3rd Saturday
- Lakeland's Christmas Crafts Extravaganza, Brockhole - 4th Friday to Sunday
- Crafts at Christmas, Kendal - Last Saturday
December
- Crafts at Christmas, Kendal - 1st Saturday
- Crown and Mitre Christmas Crafts, Carlisle - 1st Saturday
- Keswick Victorian Fayre - 1st Sunday
- Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair - 1st Saturday
Details of any events (including exact date and the name and address of the secretary) should be available from the nearest Tourist Information Centre.
* this show is only a very short drive away