What’s On

Top Gun: Maverick

(12A) 133MINS

After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as...

Art In The Bar

Art in the Bar | Wed 27 April | Wed 11 May | Wed 25 May | Wed 8 Jun | Wed 22 Jun |...

National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy (Live)

(12A) 180MINS

Starts 7pm | Live | Tickets £15.50 | Conc. £13.50 | Screen One Ralph Fiennes stars in David Hare’s blazing account of the life of a man...

Justin Adams and Mauro Durante

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £18.50 | Theatre We have updated the doors time for this event. You will now be able to enter the Theatre...

Arica

(12A) 97MINS

A Swedish mining company exports 20,000 tonnes of toxic waste to the Chilean desert town of Arica. Thousands of people become sick, many die from...

Verbalise – May

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 28 May | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us for Verbalise either Live or...

Happening

(15) 99MINS

France, 1963, Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the...

Playground

(12A) 72MINS

Nora (Maya Vanderbeque), an anxious 7-year-old, must return to school despite her distress and longing to stay with her dad (Karim Leklou). Despite Nora’s age,...

Mark Watson: This Can’t Be It

Starts 8pm | Tickets £20.50 | Theatre | Age guidance 14+ We've all had some pondering to do about the fragility of life recently, but...

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 | Malt Room Standing Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline,...

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...

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...

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...

Junior Drama

Junior Drama | Thu 28 April to Thu 7 Jul | 4-5pm  | £60 (10 wks) | 7-11 yrs | Tutor Chris Jones | Venue...

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

Joe Corré, son of punk visionaries Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, burnt an estimated £5M worth of punk memorabilia in protest against the commodification of...

Ennio: The Maestro

(15) 15MINS

From Oscar®-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), Ennio celebrates the life and legacy of the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who passed away on 6...

Steve Harley Acoustic Band

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

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

Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight...

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

A-ha’s hit Take On Me is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. This documentary follows the band over a period...

Warmduscher

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

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...

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 – 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 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 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...

KPF22 Afternoon Tea With Brewery Poets

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

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: Warehouse 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...

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

7pm - 9pm | Tickets £5 | Brewery Arts: Theatre 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 – 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 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...

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...

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 | Recorded Screening | Theatre Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play....

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,...

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...

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...

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 Seated | + Support Melanie Baker Katey Brooks is a rebellious artist that resists...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...