Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord bring to life the classic 1930s and 40s repertoire of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s Hot Club de France. Featuring British Jazz Awards Nominee Emma Fisk on violin and the exceptional talents of James Birkett and David Harris (guitars) and Bruce Rollo (double bass), the band encompasses a wealth […]
How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris by Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper William Morris wrote: ‘The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life’. This lecture looks at the houses and works of art that Jane and William Morris made together, […]
Rafaele was born into an artistic family, immersed in a world of paintings and music from a young age. Working in a studio near Hadrian’s Wall, with views of the Cumbrian fells to the south and a kitchen garden to the north, Rafaele’s art often draws inspiration from the surrounding nature. The process can be […]
Join us for an afternoon of footstomping blues, ragtime, swing, jazz and soul music. Performers and Timetable: 3pm – 5pm | The Kirkby Jazz Kollective (KJK) 6pm – 8pm | The Washboard Resonators – http://thewashboardresonators.com/ 9pm – late | Soul Junction – https://www.souljunction.co.uk/ TICKETS STILL TO COME.
Sarah Turner is an art historian and Director of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. She has published widely and co-curated several major exhibitions, most recently, Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends at Kettle’s Yard. Much of her academic writing has focused on the entangled relationships between Britain, the British […]
Jovan Nicholson is an independent art historian and has curated and written the accompanying catalogues for Art and Life: Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, William Staite Murray 1920-1931; Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour; Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland; Kate Nicholson and Winifred Nicholson; Cumbrian Rag Rugs. He is an expert in Winifred Nicholson and a grandson […]
Donald Wilkinson was born in Keswick in Cumbria He studied at Carlisle College of Art from 1953-1957 and at the Royal College of Art, 1959-62, where he was awarded the Andrew J. Lloyd scholarship for Landscape. His work mainly focuses the landscape of the Lake District, and is noted for light effects achieved in the […]
With her tongue firmly in her cheek, Jane Austen tells us “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Mrs Bennet certainly thinks so. So when Mr Bingley – single, young, handsome, and with £5000 a year – moves into […]
Amy joined Kettle’s Yard in 2018, she works between Kettle’s Yard as a curator and the University of Cambridge’s Department of History of Art, where she is Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Art. Her research explores feminism, collaboration, politics and image making. In November 2023, she co-curated the major group exhibition Making New Worlds: […]
A varied programme of contemporary folk. Performers and Times: 4pm – 5pm | Ophelia Appleby – https://www.opheliaappleby.com/ 5pm – 6pm | Mike Turnbull – https://www.facebook.com/miketurnbullmusic/ 6pm – 7pm |Ben McElroy – https://paddlefish-seal-s99a.squarespace.com/ TICKETS STILL TO COME.
The Clifford Movement bring you stories, songs, poems and visual projections, celebrating, above all, the lives and landscape of the Eden Valley, with some interjections of more far-flung tales. Harmonies are central to their sound, be they haunting, or perhaps more raucous. The combined instrumentation, just like Nana Bainbridge’s recipe book, the raw materials meet […]
Join us for a lively Family Festival Day in the heart of Lanercost! Enjoy a vibrant atmosphere with food stalls, craft workshops, and unique goods to explore. Throughout the day and afternoon there will be various storytelling and dancing acts. In the evening enjoy a lineup of local bands performing under the marquee at the […]
