Live Events

Benediction

(12A) 137MINS

Benediction follows the life of the poet as he reflects on the horrors of the Great War and navigates his way through unfulfilling relationships with...

The Skids

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23.50 | OTD £25.50 | Support Elaine Palmer | Malt Room Standing Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band,...

Kris Drever with special guest Rachel Baiman

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £18 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to enter the Theatre...

Print Room Member Access Tuesday 11am-3pm

Brewery Print Room Membership | Tue 26 April - Tue 12 July | 11am-3pm | £6 per session | Print Room Brewery Arts Print Room...

Mature Movers

Mature Movers | Tue 7 June to Tue 5 July 2022 (5 weeks) | 11.30am-12.30pm | £25 (5 wks) |  £6.50 pay as you go |...

Mini Art Explorers

Mini Art Explorers | Tue 26 April to 8 July | 12.30-1.30pm | £60 (10wks) | 4-7 years | Tutor Ciara Heaton | Venue Studio...

Contemporary Dance

Contemporary Dance | Tue 26 April to Tue 5 Jul | 4.15-5.45pm | £70 (10 wks) | 11-14 yrs | Tutor Emily Davies | Venue...

Young Music Producers

Young Music Producers | Tue 26 Apr  to Tue 5 July | 5.30-7pm | £20 (5 wks) | 12-16 yrs | Tutor Tiiva | Malt...

Print Room Member Access Tuesday 6-9pm

Brewery Print Room Membership | Tue 3 May - Tue 12 July | 6-9pm | £5 per session | Print Room Brewery Arts Print Room...

Brewery Youth Dance

Brewery Youth Dance | Tue 26 April to Tue 5 Jul | 6 - 7.30pm | £70 (10 wks) | 15 yrs + | Tutor...

Act On Camera

Act on Camera | Wed 27 April to Wed 6 Jul | 4.30-6pm | £70 (10 wks) | 12 yrs + | Tutor Emily Baxter...

Art In The Bar

Art in the Bar | Wed 27 April | Wed 11 May | Wed 25 May | Wed 8 Jun | Wed 6 Jul |...

New! Stage Stars

Stage Stars | Thu 28 April to Thu 26 May | 4-4.45pm | £30 (5 wks) | 4-6 years (Reception & Year 1 & 2)...

Creative Dance

Creative Dance | Thu 28 April to Thu 7 Jul | 5-6pm | £60 (10 wks) | 7-11 yrs | Tutor Emily Davies | Venue...

Young Actors

Young Actors | Thu 28 April to Thu 7 Jul | 5.15-6.45pm | £70 (10 wks) | 11-14 yrs | Tutor Chris Jones | Venue ...

Legally Blonde – Kendal College

Starts 7pm | Tickets £13.50 | Under 16s £10.50 | Age 12+ | Theatre Kendal College returns to Brewery Arts with Legally Blonde! This fun...

Brewery Youth Theatre

Brewery Youth Theatre | Thu 28 April to Thu 7 Jul | 7-8.30pm | £75 | 15 + yrs | Tutor Emily Baxter | Venue...

From The Fields Presents Hang Massive

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Malt Room Standing | 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Since 2011 Hang Massive have shaped...

Wild Men

(15) 102MINS

Martin’s version of a mid-life crisis looks a little different than most. Hilariously ill-equipped to live off the land, he wanders the forest in a...

Jurassic World Dominion

(12A) 147MINS

It has been 4 years since Isla Nublar was destroyed and the dinosaurs were freed by Maisie. Blue now lives in the wilderness and has...

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) + Recorded Q&A

(PG) 89MINS

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts is a unique and inventive feature documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Directed by the late, great and...

Wake Up Punk

(15) 102MINS

This film is part of our 2 for £10 ticket deal! Select 2 standard tickets at checkout and use the code MUSICFEST22 to redeem the...

Ennio: The Maestro

(15) 15MINS

This film is part of our 2 for £10 ticket deal! Select 2 standard tickets at checkout and use the code MUSICFEST22 to redeem the...

Steve Harley Acoustic Band

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £30.50 | OTD £32 |  Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to...

Life Drawing Evening

Life Drawing Evenings | Wed 4 May | Wed 15 June | Wed 13 July | 7.30-9.30pm | £12pp per session | 16 + |...

Casablanca Beats

(12A) 102MINS

This film is part of our 2 for £10 ticket deal! Select 2 standard tickets at checkout and use the code MUSICFEST22 to redeem the...

This Is The Kit

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | OTD £22.50 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to...

A-ha: The Movie

(12A) 108MINS

This film is part of our 2 for £10 ticket deal! Select 2 standard tickets at checkout and use the code MUSICFEST22 to redeem the...

Warmduscher

Doors 8pm | Tickets £15.50 | Support TV Face | Malt Room Standing Warmduscher have never taken to the term “supergroup”, but it’s safe to say...

Everything Everywhere All at Once

(15) 139MINS

When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the...

Discover…Pottery Throwing

Discover…Pottery Throwing | Sat 30 Apr | Sat 21 May | Sat 18 Jun | 11.15am-12.45pm | 1.15-2.45pm | 3.15-4.45pm | £45pp per 90 min session | Tutor Chris Barnes | Venue Studio 2 Discover…Pottery...

Kirikou and the Men and Women – Kendal Unity Festival

(U) 89MINS

Original title: Kirikou Et Les Hommes Et Les Femmes | Subtitled: French  Presented in Partnership with Kendal Unity Festival The third film by celebrated French animator...

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – Kendal Unity Festival

(12A) 117MINS

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic...

Cahalen Morrison

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £13.50 | Conc. £11 | OTD £15.50 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now...

KPF22 Children’s Poetry – Ages 11-14

9.30 am - 11.30am (morning session), 12.30pm - 2.30pm (afternoon session) | Tickets £2.50 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Join celebrated children's poet and acclaimed performer...

KPF22 Children’s Poetry – Ages 7-8

9.30am - 11.30am (morning session), 12.30pm - 2.30pm (afternoon session) | Tickets £2.50 | Outside-In Play Centre, Join celebrated children's poet and acclaimed performer Matt...

KPF22 Portraits In Poetry

6pm - 7pm | Free (Please book in advance) | The Factory: Space2Create In the run-up to the festival, young people from Kendal took part...

KPF22 Opening Doors – Open Mic Night

7.30pm - 9.30pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Start your festival experience with an open mic event at the Brewery Arts. Hosted by...

KPF22 Opening Doors – Open Mic Night – Online

7.30pm - 9.30pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Start your festival experience with an open mic event at the Brewery Arts. Hosted by...

Eleven Days In May

(18) 85MINS

Over the course of 11 days in May 2021, more than 60 children were killed in Gaza. They should never be forgotten. Narrated by Kate...

KPF22 – Festival Pass Ticket

Weekend Passes | £45 This price includes all of the Readings, Talks, Discussions and Open Mics taking place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the...

KPF22 Friday Morning Writing Hour – Online

9am - 10am | Free (please book in advance) | Online via Zoom Writing Hour with Clare Shaw, Co-Director of Kendal Poetry Festival. Join the...

KPF22 Friday Morning Writing Hour

9am-10am | Free (please book in advance) | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Writing Hour with Clare Shaw, Co-Director of Kendal Poetry Festival. Join the festival directors...

KPF22 New Writing North Award Winners Event

11am - 12pm | Free (please book in advance) | Kendal Library: Pennington Room Established in 2000, the Northern Writers’ Awards supports work-in-progress by new,...

KPF22 New Writing North Award Winners Event – Online

11am - 12pm | Free (please book in advance) | Online via Zoom Established in 2000, the Northern Writers’ Awards supports work-in-progress by new, emerging,...

KPF22 Painting The Poets With Clae Eastgate – Online

1pm - 2pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Join us for 'Painting The Poets', the opening event of this extraordinary exhibition with artist...

KPF22 Painting The Poets With Clae Eastgate

1pm - 2pm | Tickets £5 | The Factory: Space2Create Join us for 'Painting The Poets', the opening event of this extraordinary exhibition with artist...

Elvis

(12A) 159MINS

The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel...

KPF22 Afternoon Tea With Brewery Poets

4pm - 5pm | Tickets £8 | Brewery Arts: Bar & Restaurant Kendal’s Brewery Poets have been meeting for over thirty years and are the...

KPF22 Dove Cottage Young Poets Workshop With Nafeesa Hamid – Online

4pm-6pm | Free (please book in advance) | The Factory: Space2Create Dove Cottage Young Poets meet fortnightly to read, write and discuss poetry. If you...

KPF22 Dove Cottage Young Poets Workshop With Nafeesa Hamid

4pm - 6pm | Free (please book in advance) | The Factory: Space2Create Dove Cottage Young Poets meet fortnightly to read, write and discuss poetry....

KPF22 Festival Launch – Online

6pm - 7pm | Free (please book in advance) | Online via Zoom Everyone is welcome to the Festival Launch. Celebrate our return to Kendal...

KPF22 Festival Launch

6pm - 7pm | Free (please book in advance) | Brewery Arts: Theatre Everyone is welcome to the Festival Launch. Celebrate our return to Kendal...

KPF22 Main Reading – Joelle Taylor/Imtiaz Dharkar – Online

7.30pm - 9.30pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Join us for the opening of the festival with an electric night of poetry from...

KPF22 Main Reading – Joelle Taylor/Imtiaz Dharkar

7.30pm - 9.30pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Join us for the opening of the festival with an electric night of poetry from...

MEN

(18) 100MINS

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal....

KPF22 Saturday Morning Writing Hour – Online

9am - 10am | Free (please book in advance) | Online via Zoom Writing Hour with Kim Moore, Co-Director of Kendal Poetry Festival. Join the...

KPF22 Saturday Morning Writing Hour

9am-10am | Free (please book in advance) | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Writing Hour with Kim Moore, Co-Director of Kendal Poetry Festival. Join the festival directors...

KPF22 Writing Workshop With Carola Luther

10.30am - 12.30pm | Tickets £16.50 | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Join us for a workshop with poet Carola Luther. Please note there are only 12...

KPF22 Main Reading – Paul Batchelor and Rachel Mann – Online

11am - 1pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Paul Batchelor will join us to read from his long-awaited second collection Acts of Oblivion...

KPF22 Main Reading – Paul Batchelor and Rachel Mann

11am - 1pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Paul Batchelor will join us to read from his long-awaited second collection Acts of Oblivion...

KPF22 Writing Workshop With Nafeesa Hamid

2pm - 4pm | Tickets £16.50 | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Come along and join this insightful writing workshop with Nafeesa Hamid. Nafeesa Hamid’s debut collection...

KPF22 Writing Workshop With Nafeesa Hamid – Online

2pm - 4pm | Tickets £16.50 | Online via Zoom Come along and join this insightful writing workshop with Nafeesa Hamid. Nafeesa Hamid’s debut collection...

KPF22 Main Reading – Jane Burn and Victoria Adukwei Bulley – Online

2.30pm - 4.30pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Jane Burn is a Pushcart/Forward Prize-nominated, multi-award-winning, widely anthologised poet and author. She will be...

KPF22 Main Reading – Jane Burn and Victoria Adukwei Bulley

2.30pm - 4.30pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Jane Burn is a Pushcart/Forward Prize-nominated, multi-award-winning, widely anthologised poet and author. She will be...

KPF22 Poetry Across Borders – With Kateřina Rudčenková’s and Milan Děžinský

5pm - 6pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Join us for this extraordinary event where we will hear from two Czech poets, Kateřina...

KPF22 Poetry Across Borders With Kateřina Rudčenková’s and Milan Děžinský – Online

5pm - 6pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Join us for this extraordinary event where we will hear from two Czech poets, Kateřina...

KPF22 Main Reading – Daniel Sluman and John Glenday – Online

7pm - 9pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Daniel Sluman’s third collection single window (Nine Arches Press, 2021) is a hyper-confessional hybrid memoir...

KPF22 Main Reading – Daniel Sluman and John Glenday

7pm - 9pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Daniel Sluman’s third collection single window (Nine Arches Press, 2021) is a hyper-confessional hybrid memoir...

The Innocents

(15) 117MINS

The Innocents is an original and highly tense psychological thriller meets superhero origin story, filled with chilling supernatural elements and uncanny horror. During a bright...

KPF22 Late Night Open Mic With Ann Grant – Online

9.30pm - 11pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Ann Grant returns with the Late Night Open Mic – a festival favourite. Come along...

KPF22 Late Night Open Mic With Ann Grant

9.30pm - 11pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Ann Grant returns with the Late Night Open Mic – a festival favourite. Come along...

KPF22 Sunday Morning Writing Hour – Online

9am - 10am | Free (please book in advance) | Online via Zoom Join Clare Shaw for an early morning Writing Hour. You will be...

KPF22 Sunday Morning Writing Hour

9am - 10am | Free (please book in advance) | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Join Clare Shaw for an early morning Writing Hour. You will be...

KPF22 Main Reading – Nafeesa Hamid and Carola Luther – Online

 11am - 1pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Carola Luther was a popular Poet-in-Residence at Wordsworth Grasmere, and she makes a welcome return to...

KPF22 Main Reading – Nafeesa Hamid + Carola Luther

 11am - 1pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Carola Luther was a popular Poet-in-Residence at Wordsworth Grasmere, and she makes a welcome return to...

KPF22 Why I Write Poetry talk/discussion – Online

 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom What motivates poets in the 21st century? How do they find their voice? What themes...

KPF22 Why I Write Poetry talk/discussion

 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre  What motivates poets in the 21st century? How do they find their voice? What themes...

KPF22 Poetry Birmingham: The Editor’s Perspective talk/discussion – Online

4pm-5pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal was first published in 2019 and has already been heralded for its ‘intellectually...

KPF22 Poetry Birmingham: The Editor’s Perspective talk/discussion

4pm-5pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Warehouse Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal was first published in 2019 and has already been heralded for its ‘intellectually...

KPF22 Main Reading – Don Paterson and Naush Sabah

5.30-7.30pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre Don Paterson’s latest collection Zonal (Faber, 2020) takes as its starting point the classic television series The Twilight Zone to create a...

KPF22 Main Reading – Don Paterson and Naush Sabah – Online

5.30pm - 7.30pm | Tickets £5 | Online via Zoom Don Paterson’s latest collection Zonal (Faber, 2020) takes as its starting point the classic television series The Twilight Zone to...

Life Drawing Day

Life Drawing Day | Wed 29 June | 10.30am-4.30pm | £60 | Age 16yrs +| Under 18s £30 | Tutor Catherine MacDiarmid | Venue Studio 3 Take your drawing skills...

Kendal Mountain Tour 2022

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £18.50 | Conc £10.50 | Theatre Unleash your adventurous side...  Join us for an evening of film and talks celebrating adventure...

Olga

(15) 86MINS

A talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland dreams of Olympic gold in Elie Grappe’s multi-award-winning drama. Fifteen-year-old Olga is trying to fit in with...

Creative Learning Summer Showcase: 50th Anniversary

Starts 7pm | Tickets £8 | Conc. £6 | Theatre Our celebratory Showcase is just around the corner! Join us as we celebrate 50 years...

Spooky Men’s Chorale

Doors 7.00pm | Tickets £22.50 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to enter the Theatre...

Sean Webster Band

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £17.50 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to enter the Theatre...

Livewire

Livewire | Doors 8pm | Tickets £20.50 | OTD £22.50 | Malt Room Standing AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are brought...

She Drew The Gun

Doors 8pm | Tickets £14.50 | Malt Room Standing "I believe art should provoke a reaction." - She Drew The Gun  Passionate, principled, and refreshingly plain-spoken,...

Explorer + exclusive recorded Q&A with Ranulph Fiennes and Bear Grylls

(12A) 143MINS

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is credited as being the World’s Greatest Living Explorer. Among his extraordinary achievements he was the first to circumnavigate the world from...

National Theatre Live – Prima Facie

(15) 120MINS

Starts 7pm | Tickets £15.50 | Conc. £13.50 | Recorded Screening | Theatre Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK...

Aynsley Lister

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £18.50 | Theatre Aynsley Lister is one of the UK’s hottest contemporary blues guitarists – many consider him to be among...

Verbalise – July

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 30 Jul | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us for Verbalise either Live or...

Peatbog Faeries

Doors 8pm | Tickets £18.50 | Malt Room Standing Peatbog Faeries celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 2016 on the back of the critically acclaimed album Blackhouse,...

Arts Unleashed – Creative Summer Camp

8 Aug - 12 Aug | 9.30am-3.30pm | £160 | Age 7-13 |  Tutor Emily Davies, Emily Baxter & Freelance Artists Arts Unleashed is back!...

Joan as Police Woman

Doors 8pm | Tickets £20.50 | Theatre Joan As Police Woman returns to Europe in August 2022 with her incredible band for extra concert shows...

Jamali Maddix – King Crud

Starts 8pm | Tickets £16.50 | Theatre Jamali Maddix is the critically acclaimed comedian and host of Vice's Hate Thy Neighbour and C4's Adventures in...

We Were Promised Jetpacks

 Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £16.50 | Malt Room Standing Since releasing 2018’s ‘The More I Sleep The Less I Dream’, We Were Promised Jetpacks’ Adam...

Riding Out

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £13 | Theatre 'Riding Out: A night of adventure: Cycling 3,500 miles around pandemic Britain' is a multimedia presentation of short...

Turin Brakes

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £25.50 | Theatre | Book online Fri 25 Mar 10am 2022 sees Turin Brakes release their ninth studio album - Wide-Eyed...

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Conc. £16 | OTD £22 | Theatre John Doyle, John McCusker and Michael McGoldrick first crossed paths as teenagers....

The Bubble Show

Starts 2pm | Tickets £8.50 | Ages 3-12 | Theatre The Highland Joker presents The Bubble Show Join Mr.Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in...

Verbalise – September 2022

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 24 Sept | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us either Live or on Zoom for...

Katey Brooks

Doors 8pm | Tickets £16.50 | OTD £18.50 | Malt Room cabaret seated (unreserved) | + Support Melanie Baker Katey Brooks is a rebellious artist...

The Billy Joel ALBUMS SHOW starring Elio Pace and his Band

Doors 7pm | Tickets £32 | Theatre The ALBUMS SHOW is BACK... for a FOURTH time! TWO MORE classic Billy Joel albums performed in their...

Father Earth – A Documentary Feature Film + Live Q&A

(12A) 83MINS

After the screening there will be an informal Q&A with Graham Fellows (AKA John Shuttleworth) Father Earth is the true story of one man’s attempt...

HENGE – matinee show

Doors 3pm | Tickets £12.50 | Family of 4 £40 | Malt Room Standing Enter code HENGE22 during checkout, for a group of four to...

HENGE – evening show

Doors at 7.30pm | Tickets £12.50 | Malt Room Standing Attention Humans! This is HENGE. We are not from this world. We bring you music...

Andy Irvine

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Theatre Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great...

Jason Byrne

Starts 8pm | Tickets £20 | Theatre Jason Byrne has not only had his heart unblocked and been given a new lease of life, but...

From The Fields Presents Dreadzone

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23 | Malt Room Standing | Age 14+ Fast approaching their 30th anniversary, Dreadzone are an unstoppable force who have long...

Verbalise – October 2022

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 29 Oct | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us either Live or on Zoom...

Thea Gilmore + support

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £19 | Theatre | On general sale Fri 18 Mar 10am After the success of her first ever solo tour in...

Wishbone Ash

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £25.50 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to enter the Theatre...

Vincent Dance Theatre: Hold Tight

Starts 8pm | Tickets £14 | Conc. £11 | Theatre | Age guidance 14+ Home is where our story begins. It’s not always a place...

Clinton Baptiste Vs. Ramone

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £25.50 | Theatre | Age 14+ CLINTON BAPTISTE VS RAMONE! As featured in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights…it’s Clinton Baptiste - and his arch...

Verbalise – November 2022

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 26 Nov | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom 3.50 Join us either Live or on Zoom for...

The Seals

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £10 | OTD £12 | Malt Room Standing The Seals are an energetic 5-piece guitar band from Cumbria with over 18...

Tom Stade: The High Road

Starts 8pm | Tickets £19 | Theatre | Age guidance strictly 16+ During these turbulent times, Tom Stade has been flying by the seat of...