Tatterhood - Story and Supper with Ruth Steadman
2025-11-15 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Cumbria
Tatterhood | A Night of Story and Supper NOW SOLD OUT!!!! NO ADMITTANCE ON THE DOOR!!
What if doing the wrong thing is precisely what’s needed in order to restore life?
Join Echo Events and storyteller Ruth Steadman for a night of story and supper at Dacre Hall. We
will feast on Venetian cicchetti and the wild old Norwegian tale of Tatterhood as we peel the petals
off this and other delicious questions.
Ruth grew up in Brampton before moving away for university and work. Following a rich career as
a psychotherapist, Ruth began apprenticing as a storyteller in the oral tradition just before the
pandemic. Ruth’s pursuit of story has since led her to a tiny heathens’ chapel surrounded by
saltmarsh, a locked down cottage overlooking three stone circles in the Outer Hebrides, and for the
last four years Ruth has lived in Venice, Italy. She is now bringing one of her favourite stories
home.

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Kenneth Wilson - Pilgrim Cello
2025-09-07 15:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Priory, Lanercost, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HQ, United Kingdom
Join us at Lanercost Priory on Sunday 7th September, 3–6pm for a powerful and contemplative performance by Kenneth Wilson, cellist and poet, as an addition to his Pilgrim Cello 2025 journey — cycling to all 42 English cathedrals.
“Meditation on the Seven Last Words of Jesus” blends the transcendent beauty of Bach’s cello suites, Wilson’s own reflective poetry, and seven abstract paintings by Gillian Lever, each capturing one of Jesus’s final sayings from the cross — words of forgiveness, salvation, relationship, abandonment, distress, triumph, and reunion.
Set in the sacred stillness of Lanercost Priory, this unique experience invites deep listening and quiet contemplation. A cream tea will be available to purchase during the interval, and visitors can also enjoy the final day of Christine Boyce’s retrospective exhibition in Dacre Hall — a celebration of stained glass and creative spirit.

Tickets £12.00
Under 16’s Free Entry
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FCXU

Hadrian's Wall Art Trail
2025-09-04 10:00 - 2025-09-21 16:00 UTC | Abbey Mill Lanercost, Lanercost, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA8 2HQ, United Kingdom
Hadrian’s Wall Art Trail

This autumn, we have invited artists from across the North East and Cumbria to submit work for the inaugural Hadrian’s Wall Art Trail. The trail will weave through several locations along Hadrian’s Wall crossing Northumberland and Cumbria, bringing together diverse perspectives on folklore, history, and myth.
Theme: FOLK
We encouraged broad and imaginative interpretations of the theme FOLK. This has included but not limited to –
Local folk traditions and stories from West Northumberland and East Cumbria
Roman mythology and legends linked to Hadrian’s Wall
Grisly tales of the Border Reivers
Folkloric creatures and mystical beings
Botanical folklore and the mythology of native trees and wildflowers
Landscapes

greencroftonthewall.com/…/hadrian’s-wall-art-trail

The Creative Team

About The Organisations
The organisations working together on the Art Trail are Green Croft Arts Ltd, Field Shelter CIC and Echo Events CIC. We all live and work on the line of Hadrian’s Wall.
Green Croft Arts
Green Croft Arts is led by dance artist and creative producer Amanda Drago, and sound artist and musician Kit Haigh. Together, we create work that fosters deeper connections between people, the landscape, and the region’s heritage. In January 2025, we opened The Threshing Barn as a cultural and wellbeing hub, situated directly on the line of Hadrian’s Wall between Greenhead and Gilsland, Northumberland. The Barn hosts classes, workshops, and performances, offering a creative and community-focused space.
Field Shelter CIC
Field Shelter is an artist-led creative studio and project space located near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, on Hadrian’s Wall. It is housed in an off-grid building that was formerly a derelict stable. Field Shelter supports experimental, rural-based contemporary art practices, exploring alternative methods of making, researching, and presenting work within a wild and natural landscape.
Echo Events CIC
Echo Events Lanercost CIC is a Community Interest Company (CIC) based in Lanercost, Cumbria, that organizes and supports community events. They focus on showcasing local talent, including artists, performers, and schools, and often incorporate arts, music, and spoken word into their events. Headquarters just happen to be in the old mill in Lanercost where artists Audrey and Denis Barker’s once ran a thriving art hub.

Christine Boyce - A Retrospective Exhibition
2025-09-02 10:00 - 2025-09-07 16:00 UTC | Cumbria
Christine Boyce (1928–2019)
A distinguished British stained glass artist and craftswoman noted for her deeply meaningful ecclesiastical work in Cumbria and beyond.

Early Life & Background
Born in Hull in 1928.
Studied at Newcastle-on-Tyne College under LC Evetts.
Christine discovered glasswork in the 1960s, finding it aligned with her reverence for nature and spirituality .
Settling in Cumbria
In later years, Christine lived at Banks, near Brampton, Cumbria. Known for her warm mentorship, Christine was described as “knowledgeable, kind and honest” .
Major Works & Contributions
William Morris Dossal, Lanercost Priory Involved in the 2013–14 restoration of the dossal (embroidered altar hanging) designed by William Morris, originally installed in 1887. Her contributions extended beyond glass to preserving textile artistry.
Norman Nicholson Memorial Window,
St George’s Church, Millom
Crafted and installed in 2000, this vibrant window commemorates local poet Norman Nicholson. Depictions include bee orchid, bloody cranesbill, Halley’s Comet, and lines from Nicholson’s poetry. It came to be a key cultural symbol in Millom, featured in local heritage guides.
Other Cumbrian Ecclesiastical Window Christine designed an heraldic window at Lanercost Priory for St Mary Magdalene, alongside work at Abbey Mill. She created ecclesiastical stained glass in Cumbria, such as the Wilson memorial at Egremont and works at Keswick’s St Mary & St Michael. Her later work, including her 2019 project at Ampthill’s St Andrew window, came just before her passing.
Legacy
Christine passed away in November 2019, shortly after leading a stained glass study day in Carlisle. Her funeral was held at Lanercost Priory on 26 November 2019.
Celebrate the life and work of Christine Boyce stained glass artist, painter, and craftswoman of Banks, Cumbria.
Her work holds the dazzle of everyday life, humanity, hills, and handmade things a lasting legacy of nature, words, and craft in the Cumbrian landscape.
A comprehensive appreciation appears in the Journal of Stained Glass (vol. XLIII, 2019).
A monograph, Christine Boyce: Artist and Craftswoman, edited by Alastair Carew‑Cox, was published in 2021 .

Family Festival Day
2025-06-28 14:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
Join us for a lively Family Festival Day in the heart of Lanercost! Throughout the day and afternoon there will be various free events on at The Priory and The Looking Beyond Contemporary Art Exhibition in Dacre Hall. In the evening enjoy a lineup of local bands performing under the marquee at the cricket club – you may also savour a selection of food and drink!
The perfect day out for all ages!
Performers
Throughout the day
Looking Beyond Contemporary Art Exhibition in Dacre Hall 10.00-4pm
Free Events –

Organ Recital 2pm in the Priory
Schools Programme Choral and Intrumental Concerts in the Priory 3-5pm All Welcome
The Geltsdale Singers in the Priory 5pm

Evening
Bands | 5:30pm – 11pm

5.30pm – 7pm | Oppgard – https://www.facebook.com/people/Oppgard/
7:30pm – 9pm | No Soap No Radio – https://www.nsnr.co.uk/
9:30-11pm | The Anthems Band – https://www.facebook.com/theanthemscumbria/

Food from Landy Chef and Temon Farm Ice Cream
Games for Children available
Bar Lanercost Cricket Club

BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ESMO

Folk Evening
2025-06-27 18:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Priory, Lanercost, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HQ, United Kingdom
A varied programme from contemporary folk artists. Songs, stories and puppetry.
Performers and Times:
6.00 pm – 6.45 pm | Ophelia & Callum – Contemporary Folk musicians and singers.
7.00 pm – 7.45 pm | Ben McElroy – Ambient/folk musician.
8.00 pm – 8.45 pm | Briar & Bramble – Mike & Kate Turnbull – Folk songs/storytelling.
9 -11.00 pm | The Clifford Movement – who 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 in a melting pot, to entice the ears. Foot-tapping melodies, in such genres as Americana, Trad Jazz, dark Cabaret and Balkan tunes, to name but a few, alongside their signature layered up voices, in their own home-grown songs.
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/82932

Gilding and Kintsugi Workshops
2025-06-27 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
Join Amelia Bedson in the picturesque village of Lanercost near Carlisle in Cumbria for this unique event.

As part of the Echo Festival in Lanercost she will be hosting workshops in Beginners Kintsugi and Contemporary Gilding.

Kintsugi for Beginners – 10am and 12pm

Kintsugi, which literally translates as ‘golden joinery’, celebrates the Japanese philosophy of the beauty of imperfection.
In this beginners 1 ½ hour workshop, you will:

be given all the tools and materials which you will need for this workshop.
learn step-by-step how to safely break pottery and to repair it with gold, thereby embracing the cracks to make unique pieces of art.
make a finished Kintsugi pieces to take home which makes a beautiful mementoe of the day and can be used as ornaments or gifts.

Why this workshop is so special:

Kintsugi is a mindful, meditative art form that celebrates the beauty in imperfection.
It is a relaxing creative experience that you can share with others.
Your Kintsugi ceramics are unique personalised pieces of art that embrace the power of transformation.

The Art of Laying Gold Leaf – Contemporary Gilding Workshop – 2pm
In this 1 ½ hour workshop, you will:

learn the art of contemporary gilding, how it has changed over time and how you can use it in your own home to give it the Midas touch!
be given all the tools and materials required for this workshop.
learn how to gild a picture frame with Dutch Gold leaf.

Participants must be aged 18 and over for Kintsugi, or over 12 for gilding and be accompanied by a participating adult.

You can find Amelia on Instagram @amelia.jane.gilding, Facebook at Amelia Jane Gilding and on her Webpage at www.ameliajanegilding.com.

BOOK TICKETS HERE:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kintsugi-and-gilding-workshops-at-the-echo-festival-in-lanercost-cumbria-tickets-1332263248239?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Limited tickets are available but some may be available on the day, please contact me directly via Email or call me on the day to check if any drop in places are available: 07857 696465

Refunds less than 21 days before the event – Please contact me directly and if I can sell your ticket on, I will be able to refund your ticket.
I am unable to refund the Eventbrite fee.

Illyria's 'Pride and Prejudice' By Jane Austen
2025-06-26 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Naworth Castle, Naworth Castle Estate, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HF, United Kingdom
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 nearby Netherfield Park, she devotes all her energy to contriving for Jane, the eldest of her five daughters, to meet him during rural Hertfordshire’s whirlwind of social balls. But even Mrs Bennet draws the line at Mr Bingley’s disdainful friend Mr Darcy despite his whopping £10,000 a year. Thank heavens Lizzy, her second daughter, finds him detestable too! Or does she…? Can she see beyond his pride – and could he overcome her prejudice – to consider a possible future together?
Following seven sell-out seasons of this sparkling adaptation, award-winning theatre group Illyria (website) returns to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in style. Bring a picnic and enjoy her at her vibrant, forthright, bitchy best!
Running time (approx): 2hr 20min (inc 20 minute interval)
Suitable for all ages.
Bring your own seating/rug, suitable clothing and a picnic
Dogs are not permitted. Venue is not wheelchair accessible.
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cumbria/naworth-castle/pride-and-prejudice-at-naworth-castle-cumbria/e-koojvm

Shamanic Movement Medicine - Helen Whitehead
2025-06-26 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
Shamanic Movement Medicine workshop with Helen Whitehead.

As a shamanic practitioner and a life-long student of spirituality and personal growth, Helen weaves a beautiful combination of music,
dance and ritual to create an authentic safe space that allows for deep exploration, creativity and growth. Helen has trained for many years in Movement Medicine which draws on ancient shamanic traditions and contemporary brainscience. She also has a background as mental health professional all of which gives rise to a practice which is both deeply serious andintentional, as well as dynamic, informed and playful. Helen is passionate about facilitating lasting transformation in her students. Creating a space that welcomes all of life’s beauty and challenges. Every thing is invited to move, breathe and be.As a big fan of integration Helen invites you to create a bridge, to
weave what you have learnt, back into your everyday life.

About the workshop:
Join Helen and her co-facilitator Kirsty Daley Sapiain for this Midsummer celebration. We’ll move and dance together to celebrate the peak of summer. There will be space to find, create and work with our truest desires and intentions, using music, dance and the community of other dancers as resources to help us. You will be guided step by step to find your intentions with courage and love.
Accessing and acknowledging the fears that both guide us and sometimes hold us back.“We fear that we are inadequate, but our deepest fear is that weare powerful beyond measure.” ~Marianne Williamson.
If you have danced a thousand times before or if this is your first time you are very welcome. No experience is necessary you will be
guided with suggestions of how to explore your own unique movement. Every Body is welcome.
What shall I wear?
It’s good to wear layers of comfortable clothing to move in as you may heat up and cool down quickly.
Do I need to bring anything?
Bring a water bottle
Maybe some soft shoes/trainers for moving in we’ll be dancing on
matting in a big top. Dancing barefoot may also be possible.
The venue is accessible with an accessible toilet. Please contact us if you need any adjustments.
Prices
£17 Standard Entry
£14 Low income/students
Concessions / energy exchange available please contact Helen direct on 07890302904

Get Your Tickets here – https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EXHS

For more details visit https://schoolofmovementmedicine.com/

https://schoolofmovementmedicine.com/teachers/helen-whitehead/

Brampton Poets - No Borders - Spoken Word Lanercost
2025-06-24 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
On the first Thursday of each month, a group of local poets meet at Brampton Commuity Centre. A talented group who have produced a number of anthologies. This is a chance to meet and hear their work and share in their thought-provoking poetry. The recent anthology “No Borders” promises to spark images in the mind. Come and listen to an ‘Aurora’ of words in the wonderful setting of the Lanercost. Full access for all.
FREE EVENT

Art History Talk - Jovan Nicholson
2025-06-24 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Naworth Castle, Naworth Castle Estate, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HF, United Kingdom
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 of Ben and Winifred Nicholson.
His talk will explore the links between the painter George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle and Winifred Nicholson. George Howard, who lived at Naworth Castle and where Winifred was partially brought up, was Winifred’s grandfather and it was with him that she received her first painting lessons. Her early work has a close relationship with Howard, but in addition she also befriended fellow artists and painted on her extensive travels in much the same way as her grandfather.
Jovan’s Website: https://www.jovannicholson.co.uk/
Lunch in the Great Hall at Naworth is included.
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/78743?

SpeakEasy at Echo Festival Lanercost
2025-06-23 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
SpeakEasy is an activity organised and run by Carlisle-based writer/musician/publisher/actor/filmmaker Phil Hewitson. It takes place both online and as a ‘gathered’ event, and Phil has been invited to bring it to Lanercost for the Echo festival. SpeakEasy is staged for the pleasure and artistic stimulation of those who participate. People of a creative frame of mind and body get together to share their creations, so performers and audience merge. Members of the group will gather on Monday 23th June in the marquee on the cricket field and welcome all and sundry to sample their wares, either as audience or to take part. This is a free event!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1458436297731828/about?locale=en_GB

Art History Talk - Dr Sarah Victoria Turner
2025-06-23 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Naworth Castle, Naworth Castle Estate, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HF, United Kingdom
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 Empire and South Asia. With Hammad Nasar, Senior Research Fellow at the PMC, Sarah co-leads the London, Asia research project. They have co-curated, with Amy Tobin, the exhibition Making New Worlds at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, on the artist Li Yuan-chia and the LYC Museum and Art Gallery he established in Cumbria in the 1970s.
This talk is a must for anyone interested in Li and his legacy, the work at the LYC in Banks and the links with Helen and Jim Ede who founded Kettle’s Yard.
Lunch in the Great Hall at Naworth is included.
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/76936?

Rag Rug Workshop
2025-06-22 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
Join us for a day of rag rug making.
All materials are included but please do bring anything you would like to use. Fine knitted jumpers and fleece fabric are best.
We will provide the hessian for you to take home so you can carry on rag rugging at home.
Hooks are available to use and buy. Try and think about a design beforehand – curves and circles work well.
Hooky rug making; a traditional skill revived as an art form in the Lanercost and Banks area in the mid 1960s, and passed down through the generations.
Learn how to make your own rug, as taught by Sarah Greenwood, a local rug maker. You can see her work on instagram sarahwarahsrugs, and local rug makers at work on Facebook: cumberlandragrugs

It’s a great way to recycle old clothes and fabrics. Hook your worn out or outgrown favourite garments into a new and functional mat or wall hanging. Make a memory mat!

£50 per person. Children over 10 welcome
Email Sarah via info@cumberlandragrugs.co.uk
For tickets click this link
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ETRR

Summer Solstice Jazz and Soul
2025-06-21 17:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Cricket Club, Lanercost Sports Club, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HL
It’s a vintage kind of vibe with three great bands to get you in the groove.
The Kirkby Jazz Kollective are a talented band from Kirkby Lonsdale. A true community music group inspired by jazz. Wonderful sound and refreshing rhythms.
The Chet Set with American trumpet player and vocalist Pete Tanton will also be playing on the big blue top marquee stage alongside pianist Alan Law, bassist Mick Shoulder and drummer John Bradford to bring jazz fans some Chet Baker classics. The Chet Set is jazz of the highest order, not to mention great entertainment. These guys are a welcome addition to our already great lineup.
Soul Junction are a brassy, sassy seven-piece Cumbrian Soul and Motown band, with male and female vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, trumpets and sax; together they play the very best live Soul and Motown dance music.
Great local Food vans including Landy Chef who will thrill and delight with his menu and licensed bar all evening.
Temon Farm Ice Cream are coming too!
Echo Events has built on from the wonderful midsummer music event last year in June. This time we’ve added
a Big Blue Top marquee to our venues thanks to Roaming Tent Co. This event will be on the Lanercost Cricket Field with it’s amazing backdrop of Hare Hill, nestled in the valley of the Irthing River.
Under 16’s go free when accompanied by an adult.
Join us for some Summer Solstice Soul and Jazz!
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/81500

Goodbye Norma Jean Pop Up Vintage Shop
2025-06-21 10:00 - 2025-06-28 16:00 UTC | Cumbria
A popular vintage boutique will host a midsummer summer pop-up shop in Dacre Hall, alongside the Looking Beyond Contemporary Art Exhibition.

Goodbye, Norma Jean will have a vast array of pre-loved and designer pieces for vintage fans.
They will be selling everything from from clothing, footwear, belts, hats and scarves, to scrunchies, postcards, badges, and patches.
Shoppers can find items from a range of eras including Victorian scraps and pieces that are currently on trend.

The ORIGINAL one-stop, shop till ya drop pop-up vintage shop!
If you’ve never visited Lanercost Priory, you’re in for an absolute treat!
Locally curated Echo Festival Lanercost features a dazzling array of events, including live music, spoken word poetry, workshops, homemade food, dance, storytelling, art, talks, and this little pop-up on the stage at Dacre Hall, with a bohemian, festival vibe!
Open from 10am-4pm EVERY DAY of the festival 21-28th June, in the most beautiful surroundings!
Come and explore!

Looking Beyond Contemporary Art Exhibition
2025-06-21 10:00 - 2025-06-28 16:00 UTC | Cumbria
Saturday 21st June 2025 to Saturday 28th June 2025
10.00 til 16.00 Daily

A contemporary art exhibition in Dacre Hall with with local artists and sculptors.
Using Dacre to exhibit works by local Cumbrian artists, some well-known and others emerging…we hope to celebrate the past and echo forward to the future.
Entrance £1.00 on the Door

Art History Talk - Rafaele Appleby
2025-06-21 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Naworth Castle, Naworth Castle Estate, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HF, United Kingdom
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 swift and dynamic or slow and meditative, depending on the subject and mood. Much of Rafaele’s work revolves around an exploration of color and light.
“The music or silence that fills the studio is always deliberate, never by chance. Solitude is essential in the studio, where the creative process remains deeply personal.”
Wild landscapes are a constant source of inspiration—whether it’s rugged rocks by the sea or settled in ancient stone circles, crashing waves along remote shorelines, or the ever-changing sky. Sometimes a delicate flower might find its way into the story. Their artistic journey is always intertwined with the presence of family and children, who have grown up surrounded by both paintings and music.
Rafaele’s Website: https://www.rafaeleappleby.co.uk/
Lunch in the Great Hall at Naworth is included.
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/Eoib

Supper and Song at The Priory
2025-06-20 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Priory, Lanercost, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HQ, United Kingdom
An evening with local singers, songwriters and creatives. Supper included in the ticket.
Come and join us in the atmospheric surroundings of Lanercost Priory Cumbria. Come and hear emerging artists perform. Echo Events welcome Asha Nicholson, Chloe Cacau, Eve Dodds, Savanna Evans and DJ Imogen who will be curating an enchanting night of midsummer music and feasting.
A bit about our creatives…….
Asha draws inspiration from the Cumbrian landscape she inhabits, blending shadows and song, acoustic and electronic, to create ethereal yet haunting compositions which have drawn comparisons to the likes Electronica alt-rockband Portishead, and the ambient folk of experimental musician Grouper.
Chloë Cacau is a vocal improviser who weaves poetry, jazz and the musicality of capoeira, the Brazilian art form she grew up with, to create unique improvised performances.
Eve Dodds – Eve, a British Designer, from Cumbria with a first class degree in Interaction Design Arts from University of the Arts London.
Eve has worked with the Science Museum in London designing exhibits for their Lates evenings, and work through visual communication, film, physical making, sound and performance. She aims to create meaningful work that does something good for people. Whatever form that may take….Oh and she has a beautiful voice (see soundcloud below)!
Savanna Evans is part of our Echo Events Team, is a poet, singer and muse. She has been writing for a number of years and her poem On a Day Like This, was be performed at Greenwich and Maryport and published in the Time and Tide anthology.
Savanna reads her poem ‘Shally Means Home’ at the Carlisle Poetry Symposium held at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 1st October 2022. https://youtu.be/pPP_hnNEdqQ?si=BMoP1h0iv94-f_eV
DJ Imogen: https://www.instagram.com/imogeeeeeeeen/
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ETUP

Art History Talk - Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper
2025-06-20 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Naworth Castle, Naworth Castle Estate, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HF, United Kingdom
NOW SOLD OUT!
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, from Red House to Kelmscott Manor. Through newly-revealed letters and diaries, furniture, wall-hangings and beautiful books, we can explore the pioneering life they embraced with their artist friends.
Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper is a writer, broadcaster and curator with expertise in 19th and 20th century British art and culture. She spent 12 years at the V&A Museum, researching the Victorian collections, and is in demand as historical consultant for TV and film. She is an invited lecturer for the Arts Society and Cunard voyages.
Suzanne was Research Curator for Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud (York Art Gallery, 2019). Her recent book, To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters was published by Quercus, and her latest work, At Home with Jane and William Morriswas published in paperback in 2023.
Lunch in the Great Hall at Naworth is included.
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/76924?

Emma Fisk’s Hot Club du Nord
2025-04-04 19:00 - 22:30 UTC | Cumbria
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 of experience, knowledge and love of the hot club/ gypsy jazz style. Their musically sparkling performances; engaging manner and infectious joy in the music have made them a popular choice across concert halls, theatres, art centres, village halls, festivals and jazz clubs.
At a Hot Club du Nord performance you will hear a selection of the popular songs, jazz standards and Reinhardt/ Grappelli originals as performed by Reinhardt & Grappelli’s Hot Club de France during the 1930s and 40s. You can expect fresh, inspired interpretations of the material as well as recreations of some of the delightful arrangements from the original recordings. A treat for connoisseurs of swinging, string jazz and lovers of all things vintage!
There will be a bar and food available throughout.
Website: http://www.hotclubdunord.co.uk/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@emmafiskjazzviolin/
BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/75635?

A Jazzy Christmas - Paul Edis and Friends
2024-12-12 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris) | The Priory, Lanercost, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 2HQ, United Kingdom
Featuring new arrangements of festive favourites penned by pianist Paul Edis, with the velvet-voiced Jo Harrop and a swinging 9-piece band, A Jazzy Christmas is coming to Lanercost Priory this December!

With some of the leading lights on the UK jazz scene, including Paul Edis (piano) Jo Harrop (vocals), Matt Anderson (sax), Emma Fisk (violin) Andy Champion (double bass) Matt MacKellar (drums) Graham Hardy (trumpet) Jason Holcomb (trombone) Faye Thompson (alto sax/clarinet) and Megan Robinson (flute/piccolo).

‘What a grand start to Christmas! An A-list ensemble…the depth of talent on show was quite something…A Jazzy Christmas has become an annual treat!’
– Bebop Spoken Here

BOOK TICKETS HERE:
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Greg Spero's Spirit Fingers
2024-11-12 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | Cumbria
SPIRIT FINGERS (formally Polyrhythmic), is lead by pianist Greg Spero with Max Gerl on bass, Mike Mitchell (aka Blaque Dynamite) on drums, and Dario Chiazzolino on guitar. Since its inception SPIRIT FINGERS has been a dynamic ensemble of uber-talented young musicians whose energy, passion and innovative approach stake out exciting new territory for exploratory music which is visible on their self titled debut album released on March 16, 2018 on Shanachie Entertainment.
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Spero’s ambition is powerfully manifested in SPIRIT FINGERS; as a pianist, producer, and bandleader, Spero has explored various genres including jazz, hip-hop, modern classical music and pop, he exhibits the tenacious pursuit and commitment to excellence that separate the journeymen from the pioneers.
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The 12-song disc showcases SPIRIT FINGERS as they concoct exploratory and evocative soundscapes that often combine the muscular virtuosity and rhythmic intricacies associated with the best of 70s jazz fusion (think George Duke, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Weather Report) with some of today’s pop and hip-hop sensibilities (think The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, and Rihanna).
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SPIRIT FINGERS is unique as each member of the band is an accomplished bandleader in their own right, which lends to their live show which is a SPIRITED innovative improvisation unprecedented by other acts.
Website: https://www.gregspero.com/about
