Tag: Echo Festival 2025

  • Folk Evening

    Folk Evening

    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 –…

  • Summer Solstice Jazz and Soul

    Summer Solstice Jazz and Soul

    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…

  • Art History Talk – Rafaele Appleby

    Art History Talk – Rafaele Appleby

    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…

  • Art History Talk – Jovan Nicholson

    Art History Talk – Jovan Nicholson

    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…

  • Art History Talk – Dr Sarah Victoria Turner

    Art History Talk – Dr Sarah Victoria Turner

      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…

  • Art History Talk – Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

    Art History Talk – Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

    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…