Events

The big festival circuit really kicks off with the Keswick Film festival 10th-13th Feb 2011. As usual there will be more than 30 films over four days showing at the cosy traditional style picture palace of the Alhambra and also at the Theatre by the Lake. Film Fest website.

The following month the Theatre by the Lake will be the main hub for 'Words by the Water', the Cumbrian Literature Festival.
Speakers from the worlds of literature, politics, radio and tv assemble on the shores of Derwentwater to share books, words and ideas.
As warmer weather hopefully arrives in May, we see first the 19th Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival (2010) www.keswickjazzfestival.co.uk running in the Theatre by the Lake and pubs and venues around the town from Thursday 13 May to Sunday 16 May. The programme will comprise over 100 jazz events hosted by a dozen different venues, all covered by the festival's five-day pass.
The Keswick Mountain Festival runs in May.There will be a full lecture programme as well as the Adventure Base.
The Keswick Beer Festival is a very popular event and has rapidly become the largest in the North of England. Late summer is the time for the local agricultural shows including Keswick, Buttermere, Borrowdale, Loweswater and Hesket Newmarket

Tuesdays throughout June and July; 7.30pm Street theatre outside Moot Hall.
July 11-31 Keswick Christian Convention; www.keswickministries.org
August first week; Bassenthwaite Sailing Club Regatta.
August 31 Keswick Show; www.keswickshow.co.uk

Other Lakeland Events