What’s On in the Lake District & Cumbria in 2023

Find what’s on in the Lake District & Cumbria today, this week, weekend, this month and next. Look forward to what’s on in the Lake District in 2023.

Browse our list of 2023 Lake District events below. Indoors or outdoors, there’s lots to do in the Lake District this year.

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Please follow the individual website links within each Lake District event page below to check the current status of the event. Some 2023 events will require booking in advance.

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Sunday, 23rd April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
23/04/2023 8:00 am - 1:00 pm	Cockermouth Indoor Sunday Market and Car Boot Cockermouth, Cockermouth Cumbria
23/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
23/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
23/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
23/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
23/04/2023 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Culture Bazaar 2023 Carlisle, Carlisle

Monday, 24th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
24/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
24/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
24/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
24/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
24/04/2023 7:30 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick
24/04/2023 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm	Voices of Swing \| 28-piece swing orchestra and vocalists Ulverston, Ulverston

Tuesday, 25th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
25/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
25/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
25/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
25/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
25/04/2023 2:00 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick
25/04/2023 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm	‘The Little Basques’ in Ambleside: Ambleside and the child refugees 1937-1938 Ambleside, Ambleside
25/04/2023 6:30 pm	Wildlife tracking at South Walney nature reserve \| Cumbria wildlife trust Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow-in-Furness
25/04/2023 7:30 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick

Wednesday, 26th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
26/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
26/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
26/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
26/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
26/04/2023 7:30 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick

Thursday, 27th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
27/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
27/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
27/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:30 pm	Mark Butler \| Art Forms in Nature \| Exhibition Kendal, Kendal
27/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
27/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
27/04/2023 2:00 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick
27/04/2023 7:30 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick

Friday, 28th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
28/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
28/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
28/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:30 pm	Mark Butler \| Art Forms in Nature \| Exhibition Kendal, Kendal
28/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
28/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Stacker Ring Silver Jewellery \| Craft Workshop at Cowshed Creative Kendal, Kendal
28/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
28/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Willow Garden Structures \| Craft Workshop at Cowshed Creative Kendal, Kendal
28/04/2023 2:00 pm	Morecambe Bay Walk Arnside, Arnside
28/04/2023 -- 29/04/2023 7:30 pm	5 Years \| Theatre by the lake Keswick, Keswick
28/04/2023 7:30 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick
28/04/2023 8:00 pm	Robert Temple The Hypnotist: Red Raw \| The Beggar’s Theatre Millom, Millom

Saturday, 29th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
29/04/2023 8:30 am - 3:30 pm	Keswick Market Keswick, Keswick
29/04/2023 9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Cathedral Quarry Explore & 150ft Abseil \| Path to Adventure Coniston, Coniston
29/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Church Beck Ghyll Scramble in Coniston Coniston, Coniston
29/04/2023 9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Guided Canoeing on Coniston Water (Half-day) Coniston, Coniston
29/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
29/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale
29/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:30 pm	Mark Butler \| Art Forms in Nature \| Exhibition Kendal, Kendal
29/04/2023 10:00 am - 3:00 pm	Family fun day at south walney nature reserve \| Cumbria wildlife trust Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow-in-Furness
29/04/2023 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Forty Farms \| Exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
29/04/2023 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Unearthed, an installation by Amy Williams \| Blackwell - the Arts and Crafts house Bowness-on-Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere
29/04/2023 7:00 pm	Merry Neet Ennerdale, Ennerdale
29/04/2023 7:30 pm	Ambleside and District Choral Society Spring Concert Ambleside, Ambleside
29/04/2023 7:30 pm	Around the World in 80 days \| Theatre by the Lake Keswick, Keswick

Sunday, 30th April, 2023

Date/Time	Event
30/04/2023 8:00 am - 1:00 pm	Cockermouth Indoor Sunday Market and Car Boot Cockermouth, Cockermouth Cumbria
30/04/2023 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Guided Walks or Scrambles with The Lakes Mountaineer – Mountains, Hills and Wainwrights Ambleside, Ambleside
30/04/2023 9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Rock Climbing Taster Session in Langdale Ambleside, Ambleside
30/04/2023 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Family Adventures with The Lakes Mountaineer Langdale, Langdale

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The image at the head of the page is courtesy of Keswick Mountain Festival and shows the main stage at the 2019 event on the shores of Derwentwater.

Usually held in May or June, Keswick Mountain Festival 2023 has been postponed until 2024. Instead the KMS Trail Running Weekend will run from 19th to 21st MAY 2023.

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