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Little Beasties Charity Week
April 28th-May 3rd
Raise money for the RSPCA and win prizes
For more informaion please click here
May
Walking Festival Continued
Thurs 1 May
9.50am Coniston copper mines & Levers Water led by Martin Cooper. Get X12 bus at Victoria Rd (or car share, phone 01229 583524 to arrange). Return 3.30pm bus. Bring lunch. 6 miles 3½ hours hard.
Fri 2 May
10.30am Ulverston to Broughton led by Richard Scott. Visit some pubs on route. Return 5.07 pm on 511 bus. Bring lunch (or eat in pub). 9 miles 6½ hours. hard.
11am Health Walk to Swarthmoor Hall led by Raymond Willock, Feet First in Furness. Meet Kiosk, Victoria Rd. 2 miles 1 hour easy. FREE.
Saturday 3rd May
9.25am High Dam circular led by Christine Quiggin. Get X35 bus from Victoria Rd. Start at Newby Bridge bus shelter (GR 369863) at 9.45am. Return on 3.06pm bus. Bring lunch. 7 miles 4½ hours moderate.
10am – 2pm Walking & Alexander Technique led by Michael Hardwicke (015395 31781) at Owl Barn, Back Lane, first left off Church Walk (no parking). Cost £15. Phone to book.
1 pm – 3 pm Beach clean at Bardsea led by Matt Sanderson, Morecambe Bay Parnership. Get 12.56am bus 11. Meet opposite toilets. Return on 3.04pm bus.
2 pm Walk to Manjushri Buddhist Centre. Repeat of Sat 26 April.
Tongue Tide
A Female Acoustic Duo
Ulverston Sports Club
Doors Open 8pm £5
Print Fest
May 3rd and 4th
Coronation Hall
Sun 4 May
10.30am Dunnerdale Horseshoe (including Great and Stickle Pikes) led by Martin Cooper. Meet at Broughton Mills phone box (GR 223906) at 11 am, or car share from Ulverston at 10.30am (phone 01229 583524 to arrange). Bring lunch. 6 miles 4½ hours. hard.
2 pm to 4 pm Magical Mystery led by Woodcraft Folk for under 7s and their families. Start top of Chittery Lane. (Not pushchair friendly). 1 mile 2 hours easy.
Spring Gig in The Garden
May 5th
Spring Gig in The Garden
"Outdoor festivities"
What: Listening Party
Host: The ford Park Group
When: Monday, May 5 at 1:00pm
Where: Ford Park House Lawn
Ulverston Flag Festival
3rd-5th May
Town Centre
Ulverston Lantern Supporters Group Meeting
May 19th, 7pm
The Old Friends Pub
International Spring Festival
May 23rd-26th
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso will grant the empowerment and commentary to the practice of Buddha Vajrapani.
Manjushri Centre
Shetland Pony Grand National
25th May
Ford Park
Lost in the Woods
May 24th-26th
Fell Foot Woods
Music, camping and a kind of mini festival fo more information call 015395 31014
Ulverston and District Chamber of Commerce Business Forum
May 30th 12.30-14.30
The Lanternhouse
Ulverston Music Festival
From the 30th of May for 1 Week
Ulverston Music Festival was founded in 2003 by Anthony Hewitt, the Festivals Artistic Director. The festival brings internationally renowned musicians to the Coronation Hall in Ulverston.
June
Bleach House, The Gallery: Inspiration Design Initiative
3rd June-19th July
Design Initiative aims to promote the arts and design in the North of England. In its inaugural exhibition at the Bleach House, designers working in a range of media will develop your understanding of what inspires a designer in thier work.
Bleach House @ LMB Design Studio
Ulverston Lantern Supporters Group Meeting
June 16th 7pm
The Old Friends Pub
The Tempest-Outdoor Theatre
June 18th
Ford Park
The Ulverston and District Business Forum
June 26th 12.30-14.30
The Lantern House
July
Ulverston Carnival
July 5th
Ulverston Lantern Supporters Group Meeting
July 21st 7pm
The Old Friends Pub
Furness Tradition Festival Weekend
July 11th-13th
Saturday Daytime - Street events from 10am-4.30pm featuring Seven Stars Sword and Step, Brigatte, Inverkeithing and more
Crafts, music and food at the Coronation Hall
Saturday Workshops - To be arranged
Pub Sessions - Singaround and tune sessions in various pubs around the town centre.
Saturday 1pm – 3pm Afternoon Concert
Guests and many friends appearing in an informal concert. Coronation Hall Supper Room
Saturday 4pm Shepherds Meet - Cumbrian song, dialect and story featuring Bruce Wilson and friends. Coronation Hall Supper Room
Saturday Big Merry Neet 7.30pm -11.30pm
Featuring Devil's Interval, Mike and Ali Vass, The Askew Sisters, Last Orders and dance band Kerfuffle. Coronation Hall
Sunday – Traditional dance displays. Market Cross
Followed by farewell gathering, survivors’ session, last of the ale, workshops and Cruck Barn Concert. Lanternhouse in The Ellers
Sunday Workshops – To be arranged
Cruck Barn Concert 1.30 - featuring festival guests including Mike and Ali Vass, Brian Peters, Askew Sisters, Sarah Hayes, Lakeland Fiddlers and more
Furness Fest
18th - 20th July 2008
The all new and shiny Live Music & Arts Festival
Fully licensed 2,500 capacity
Superb 40 acre site with sea views
Free camping and parking
50+ acts already confirmed
Childrens music and circus workshops
Amusements
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International Summer Festival
July 25th- August 9th
At the International Summer Festival 2008, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso will grant empowerment and commentary.
Manjushri
North Lonsdale Agricultural Show
30th July
Held at picturesque Bardsea showground, 2 miles from Ulverston. This is a great day in the countryside for all the family featuring Xtreme Trials Motor Cycle Display Team, Made in Cumbria and the Ulverston Swing Band plus classes for cows, sheep and many equestrian events. Free bus service from Victoria Rd, Ulverston to the show every 30 minutes.
August
Gig in the Garden
August 3rd
Ford Park
Bleach House, The Gallery: Lights Out Sopie Hedderwick
August 5th- September 13th
Sopie Hedderwick is a textile artist who combines ancient weaving techniques with cutting-edge materials not usually associated with textiles. Lights Out, exhibited in New York to critical acclaim will make their first stop on a British Tour right here in Ulverston!
Bleach House, The Gallery@ LMB Design
Ulverston Lantern Supporters Group
August 18th 7pm
The Old Friends Pub
Get Your Lantern Kits and See a Lantern Making DEMO
August 23rd and 30th and September 6th All Day
Ulverston Market
September
Beer Festival at the Coronation Hall
3rd-6th September
Ulverston Lantern Supporters Group Meeting
September 8th 7pm
The Old Friends Pub
Ulverston Lantern Making Workshops
September 8th-14th
Venues to be Confirmed
Lantern Procession Marshalls Meeting
September 18th 7pm
The Lantern House
Ulverston Lantern Procession
September 20th
The most renowned of the Ulverston festivals is the Lantern Procession, which involves hundreds of Ulverstonians creating lanterns and
parading them through the town in winding rivers of light. Each year there is a new theme. The annual event culminates in a lively display of theatrical performance and fireworks in Ford Park, to be organised by the community themselves for the first time this year.
October
Bleach House, The Gallery: 50 Miles
30th September-23rd December Various Artists/Designers
For this last exhibition of the year, we have selected a range of artists and designers working within a fifty mile radius of Ulverston who are all passionate about the work they produce. Works on offer range from ewellery to fine art, glass and ceramics. Lots of Christmas gift ideas for those wanting to find a unique present.
Bleach House, The Gallery @ LMB Design Studio
Ulverston Fashion Week
October 11th-18th
The event includes a live fashion show, where models will become mannequins in the window displays of shops around the town to create an unusual display.
November
Ulverston Dickensian Festival
November 28th-29th
HUNDREDS of traders and locals will don Dickensian costume to recreate a traditional seasonal atmosphere for Ulverston's Dickensian Christmas Festival. There will be hand bell ringers, jugglers, carol singing, a fairground, parades, children's activities and Santa's Grotto, amongst many other attractions.
December