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Carlisle to host its first ever Hawker Festival this June in the city centre
Carlisle to host its first ever Hawker Festival this June in the city centre Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 June This first of its kind event will feature street food, seating areas and entertainment from local performers and musicians. The concept is to welcome shoppers back in to the city centre post lockdown, and give […]
Bold and Expressive from Martin Evans
Bold and Expressive from Martin Evans. Carlisle based artist Martin Evans has never been one to spend a long time dwelling over a few brush marks. His bold landscapes and paintings are all about exploring the use of paint and colour to capture the atmosphere of a place and time: “I tend to work quite […]
Cumbrian Winters Virtual Photography Exhibition
Cumbrian Winters Virtual Photography Exhibition – The Sankeys…Scenes of Winter’s Past is to be launched on the 16th of December at noon as an online exhibition which explores Cumbrian winters through photographs from the Sankey Family Photography Collection. Barrovians Edward Sankey, and his sons Raymond and Eric, took thousands of images around Furness, Cumberland and […]
Cumbrian Artists Fighting Back
Cumbrian Artists Fighting Back – 2020 has been a terrible year for many and the arts have had a tougher time than most. With exhibitions, events and markets cancelled, artists have struggled to sell work. The arts are not a luxury, they are an integral part of the economy and the sector has begun its […]
Take the Carlisle Street Art Tour
Take the Carlisle Street Art Tour Carlisle is not a destination you associate with street art but the city is gathering an impressive collection of works. Ben Heslop is responsible for bringing some of the world’s most renowned street artists to the city: “Many renowned cities have some sort of street art culture but Carlisle […]
Olly Alcock – Blues and Views
Carlisle based artist, Olly Alcock, has built a solid reputation as a Blues & Rock n’ Roll musician with a career spanning over 50 years. Olly and his band had spells in London during the 1970s and had a very successful touring career with The Olly Alcock Band. But what is less well known […]
PROSEED Summer Exhibition
Local artist Daniel Ibbotson has organised an Exhibition and Pop-up Shop in Carlisle from August 21st to the 27th. The old flower shop at 29 Scotland Road will host 40 local artists featuring affordable (less than £200) artworks, ceramics and jewellery by highly talented Cumbrian artists, illustrators, sculptors and makers. “We’re all trying to […]
Lockdown Art Group Take Top Honours
Local artist Emma Hunt thought her live sessions would be a great way for people to get through lockdown but she never expected her class would raise money for PPE in a competition with respected artists as judges. “We ended up raising £1165 and I have to pat students on the back for surviving lockdown,” […]
Carlisle lad Jack McNeill hits the West End
Carlisle lad Jack McNeill hits the West End A Carlisle actor has made his West End theatre debut in the heart of London’s theatreland! Jack McNeill is well known throughout the city for the time he spent entertaining audiences as a member of StagedRight Youth Theatre. For ten years he appeared in musicals and concerts […]
Carlisle Sketchbook – Adrian Steele
Carlisle Sketchbook – Adrian Steele Adrian Steele has an interest in old buildings and architecture but his fascination goes way beyond the shape of the building and has a lot to do with its history. Of course, there are pages filled with the history of our famous buildings like Carlisle Castle and Tullie House […]
