Events

Have fun (re-)discovering Kendal, spotting things you’ never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks – a safe, fun and affordable way to get some fresh air.

An exhibition of beautiful photographs  reflecting the life of a fell pony throughout the year

An exhibition of Anne’s latest pastels of thelandscape and gardens, as well as paintings using her traditional techniques

Preston Threads are a contemporary textile group based in the north west of England who share a common passion for textile art.
They meet regularly to inspire and aid the development of each others work.

Quilt Collective

Unique Hand crafted gifts, Raffle, Artists’ Studios, Textile Exhibitions, Festive Children’s Trail, Festive Fare in the Tearoom

A Christmas festival to be held throughout the town in various venues, including an art exhibition, plus food and craft stalls.

A festive fun run for all the family!

Have fun (re-)discovering Kendal, spotting things you’ never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks – a safe, fun and affordable way to get some fresh air.

An exhibition of beautiful photographs  reflecting the life of a fell pony throughout the year

An exhibition of Anne’s latest pastels of thelandscape and gardens, as well as paintings using her traditional techniques

Preston Threads are a contemporary textile group based in the north west of England who share a common passion for textile art.
They meet regularly to inspire and aid the development of each others work.

Quilt Collective

Weekly market every Wednesday with stalls of fruit, meat, baking, fish , eggs etc and books and bric-a-brac

Changed time

Changed time

Guest Carol Service

Paul Froggst Hancock, Shorter, Hubbard, Steps Ahead, Grover Washington

Julian Cann Soloist

Come and experience the Nativity firsthand

Main Street:

A Panto which has an all-new look at a popular character.

A Panto which has an all-new look at a popular character.

Dent Memorial Hall

A Panto which has an all-new look at a popular character.

An exhibition of beautiful photographs  reflecting the life of a fell pony throughout the year

Have fun (re-)discovering Kendal, spotting things you’ never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks – a safe, fun and affordable way to get some fresh air.

An exhibition of Anne’s latest pastels of thelandscape and gardens, as well as paintings using her traditional techniques

Preston Threads are a contemporary textile group based in the north west of England who share a common passion for textile art.
They meet regularly to inspire and aid the development of each others work.

Quilt Collective

An exhibition of Anne’s latest pastels of thelandscape and gardens, as well as paintings using her traditional techniques

Preston Threads are a contemporary textile group based in the north west of England who share a common passion for textile art.
They meet regularly to inspire and aid the development of each others work.

Quilt Collective

The International Textile Exhibition is back with new work from around the world. With “wild” as the theme for its 2021 competition the European Patchwork Meeting tries to inspire a trend towards freedom, opening new and enriching perspectives, an approach off the beaten track which, we hope,
will inspire you.

The British Tapestry Group National Members touring exhibition aims to preserve the heritage of tapestry weaving and to celebrate contemporary creativity.
Members from across the organisation, who are at various stages of their weaving career have created new works which use a significant element of silk. The exhibition tour starts at Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire.

Since moving to Cumbria over two decades ago Dianne’s work has been inspired by the Lake District landscape and the Cumbrian Coast.  This retrospective exhibition showcases twenty years of experimenting with techniques and materials that seek to capture natural textures. Since the start of the recent Covid lockdown she has focused on ways of economically using beautiful yarns and that more recent work is reproduced in the exhibition as “Wrapped Work”.

Andrew Sharrock is a fine art photographer from Southport, Northwest England. He studied photography at the University of Central Lancashire, with his main specialist area being landscape and coastlines. Andrew uses ‘Intentional Camera Movement’ in his work, which primarily features the Northwest coast of England where the conditions and elements inspire him as ‘ the elements that surround us are eternal yet the majority are oblivious to its magic

Talk by Anna Wilson

Talk by David Routlege

The International Textile Exhibition is back with new work from around the world. With “wild” as the theme for its 2021 competition the European Patchwork Meeting tries to inspire a trend towards freedom, opening new and enriching perspectives, an approach off the beaten track which, we hope,
will inspire you.

The British Tapestry Group National Members touring exhibition aims to preserve the heritage of tapestry weaving and to celebrate contemporary creativity.
Members from across the organisation, who are at various stages of their weaving career have created new works which use a significant element of silk. The exhibition tour starts at Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire.

Since moving to Cumbria over two decades ago Dianne’s work has been inspired by the Lake District landscape and the Cumbrian Coast.  This retrospective exhibition showcases twenty years of experimenting with techniques and materials that seek to capture natural textures. Since the start of the recent Covid lockdown she has focused on ways of economically using beautiful yarns and that more recent work is reproduced in the exhibition as “Wrapped Work”.

Andrew Sharrock is a fine art photographer from Southport, Northwest England. He studied photography at the University of Central Lancashire, with his main specialist area being landscape and coastlines. Andrew uses ‘Intentional Camera Movement’ in his work, which primarily features the Northwest coast of England where the conditions and elements inspire him as ‘ the elements that surround us are eternal yet the majority are oblivious to its magic

Talk by Angus Winchester

Talk by Bill Shannon

The International Textile Exhibition is back with new work from around the world. With “wild” as the theme for its 2021 competition the European Patchwork Meeting tries to inspire a trend towards freedom, opening new and enriching perspectives, an approach off the beaten track which, we hope,
will inspire you.

The British Tapestry Group National Members touring exhibition aims to preserve the heritage of tapestry weaving and to celebrate contemporary creativity.
Members from across the organisation, who are at various stages of their weaving career have created new works which use a significant element of silk. The exhibition tour starts at Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire.

Since moving to Cumbria over two decades ago Dianne’s work has been inspired by the Lake District landscape and the Cumbrian Coast.  This retrospective exhibition showcases twenty years of experimenting with techniques and materials that seek to capture natural textures. Since the start of the recent Covid lockdown she has focused on ways of economically using beautiful yarns and that more recent work is reproduced in the exhibition as “Wrapped Work”.

Andrew Sharrock is a fine art photographer from Southport, Northwest England. He studied photography at the University of Central Lancashire, with his main specialist area being landscape and coastlines. Andrew uses ‘Intentional Camera Movement’ in his work, which primarily features the Northwest coast of England where the conditions and elements inspire him as ‘ the elements that surround us are eternal yet the majority are oblivious to its magic

An illustrated talk showing the architectural clues to its fscinanting past by David Fellows

Spend a day with Anna learning about tapestry weaving and create something inspired by the area around Farfield Mill and visit the British Tapestry group Threads in Shed Exhibition.

‘Breath’ is a solo exhibition of work by Dumfries and Galloway based, mixed media, abstract artist Maggie Ayres.

Since moving to Cumbria over two decades ago Dianne’s work has been inspired by the Lake District landscape and the Cumbrian Coast.  This retrospective exhibition showcases twenty years of experimenting with techniques and materials that seek to capture natural textures. Since the start of the recent Covid lockdown she has focused on ways of economically using beautiful yarns and that more recent work is reproduced in the exhibition as “Wrapped Work”.

Create  a beautiful winter woodland scene. Ruth will take you, step by step, through her simple drawing and painting process to encourage you to ‘tap’ into your creativity. You will leave the workshop with a beautifully framed painting to impress your friends and family.

Talk by Adrian Braddon

Come along & Paint with wool! create a beautiful Highland Cow picture using 100% real wool fibres on a hessian background with no drawing skills required. You will be guided through the use of needle choice, wool variations & sheep breeds to help you build a picture by manipulating and blending the fibres to create texture and detail. You will also get to keep your tools & materials too continue your new found love of Needle felting at home.

Andrew Sharrock is a fine art photographer from Southport, Northwest England. He studied photography at the University of Central Lancashire, with his main specialist area being landscape and coastlines. Andrew uses ‘Intentional Camera Movement’ in his work, which primarily features the Northwest coast of England where the conditions and elements inspire him as ‘ the elements that surround us are eternal yet the majority are oblivious to its magic

The British Tapestry Group National Members touring exhibition aims to preserve the heritage of tapestry weaving and to celebrate contemporary creativity.
Members from across the organisation, who are at various stages of their weaving career have created new works which use a significant element of silk. The exhibition tour starts at Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire.

Exploring the connection between landscape, people and place Cas collects found materials as she goes. marks are then created which combine cloth, paint and stitch with a disregard of the divisions of medium usage and application that often define the world of painting and textiles.

Honeycomb weaving creates a cell like structure which resemble the bee’s honeycomb. Creates a lovely soft furnishing fabric. Suitable for beginners and more experienced wanting to develop their skills. Looms will be set up and ready to go on the day.

‘Breath’ is a solo exhibition of work by Dumfries and Galloway based, mixed media, abstract artist Maggie Ayres.

Exploring the connection between landscape, people and place Cas collects found materials as she goes. marks are then created which combine cloth, paint and stitch with a disregard of the divisions of medium usage and application that often define the world of painting and textiles.

Lovingearth project is a community textile project which seeks to help people engage with the climate and environmental crisis in a fun and creative way which results in positive changes -but without becoming overwhelmed. The project asks people to consider something / someone /somewhere /some activity which they love and imagine how this might be affected by climate change /environmental breakdown.

‘Breath’ is a solo exhibition of work by Dumfries and Galloway based, mixed media, abstract artist Maggie Ayres.

Exploring the connection between landscape, people and place Cas collects found materials as she goes. marks are then created which combine cloth, paint and stitch with a disregard of the divisions of medium usage and application that often define the world of painting and textiles.

Lovingearth project is a community textile project which seeks to help people engage with the climate and environmental crisis in a fun and creative way which results in positive changes -but without becoming overwhelmed. The project asks people to consider something / someone /somewhere /some activity which they love and imagine how this might be affected by climate change /environmental breakdown.

Exploring the connection between landscape, people and place Cas collects found materials as she goes. marks are then created which combine cloth, paint and stitch with a disregard of the divisions of medium usage and application that often define the world of painting and textiles.

‘Breath’ is a solo exhibition of work by Dumfries and Galloway based, mixed media, abstract artist Maggie Ayres.

Heallreaf 4 presents their latest international exhibition of handwoven tapestry. Using centuries old weaving techniques the exhibitors produce beautiful thought provoking works. There are unlikely to be any medieval maidens or unicorns here but vibrant images, sometimes representational, sometimes abstract, based on subjects such as climate change, social injustice or the displacement of populations. Just as medieval tapestries told stories these works will also produce a startling contemporary narrative.

In this exhibition Stuart explores Corvids, carrion-eating birds (crows, rooks, ravens etc). Stuart doesn’t think these birds are particularly liked as they’re very noisy and look a little sinister, but they are also very clever. Start believes they deserve a little positive press and hopefully this exhibition, will allow people to appreciate them more for the handsome creatures they are.

Lovingearth project is a community textile project which seeks to help people engage with the climate and environmental crisis in a fun and creative way which results in positive changes -but without becoming overwhelmed. The project asks people to consider something / someone /somewhere /some activity which they love and imagine how this might be affected by climate change /environmental breakdown.

Heallreaf 4 presents their latest international exhibition of handwoven tapestry. Using centuries old weaving techniques the exhibitors produce beautiful thought provoking works. There are unlikely to be any medieval maidens or unicorns here but vibrant images, sometimes representational, sometimes abstract, based on subjects such as climate change, social injustice or the displacement of populations. Just as medieval tapestries told stories these works will also produce a startling contemporary narrative.

In this exhibition Stuart explores Corvids, carrion-eating birds (crows, rooks, ravens etc). Stuart doesn’t think these birds are particularly liked as they’re very noisy and look a little sinister, but they are also very clever. Start believes they deserve a little positive press and hopefully this exhibition, will allow people to appreciate them more for the handsome creatures they are.

Heallreaf 4 presents their latest international exhibition of handwoven tapestry. Using centuries old weaving techniques the exhibitors produce beautiful thought provoking works. There are unlikely to be any medieval maidens or unicorns here but vibrant images, sometimes representational, sometimes abstract, based on subjects such as climate change, social injustice or the displacement of populations. Just as medieval tapestries told stories these works will also produce a startling contemporary narrative.

In this exhibition Stuart explores Corvids, carrion-eating birds (crows, rooks, ravens etc). Stuart doesn’t think these birds are particularly liked as they’re very noisy and look a little sinister, but they are also very clever. Start believes they deserve a little positive press and hopefully this exhibition, will allow people to appreciate them more for the handsome creatures they are.

Heallreaf 4 presents their latest international exhibition of handwoven tapestry. Using centuries old weaving techniques the exhibitors produce beautiful thought provoking works. There are unlikely to be any medieval maidens or unicorns here but vibrant images, sometimes representational, sometimes abstract, based on subjects such as climate change, social injustice or the displacement of populations. Just as medieval tapestries told stories these works will also produce a startling contemporary narrative.

In this exhibition Stuart explores Corvids, carrion-eating birds (crows, rooks, ravens etc). Stuart doesn’t think these birds are particularly liked as they’re very noisy and look a little sinister, but they are also very clever. Start believes they deserve a little positive press and hopefully this exhibition, will allow people to appreciate them more for the handsome creatures they are.