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Lake District Summer Music - This is an international festival and summer school presenting high-profile artists, providing high-quality instrumental coaching producing a closely and uniquely integrated festival and summer school annually in August.

Collaborators Theatre - Puts on range of productions using all the skills and artistry of theatre - including acting, physical theatre, movement, dance and puppetry. Based in Kendal and Paris.

Amabile Girls' Choir - Girls choir who give concerts in and around Kendal and participate in festivals at local and national level. Now through to the Semi-Finals of the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year 2000 competition. News, events and photos.

Kentmere Pottery - Handmade pottery ceramics lamps tableware and Snowdrop Collection at Kentmere Studio Pottery Kendal The Lake District Cumbria UK

Lakeland Museum - "The English Lakes brought to life through real objects" The Lakeland Museum in Kendal.

Kendal Mountain Film Festival - An annual high of climbing, mountaineering, and pioneering, with films and talks. An international weekend gathering in the Gateway to the Lakes.

Kendal Jazz Club - Kendal's weekly Jazz Club offering quality gigs at reasonable prices.

Willowpool Designs - Steve Fuller and Simone Siegen work in willow, and make and sell a wide variety of craft items made from living and dried willow rods. They work with museums, art galleries and country parks in a wide variety of ways building installations and living willow features. They also teach willow craft workshops to adults and children in both indoor and outdoor settings.

The Lakeland Rose Show (July) - Describes displays and attractions, including the Provincial Show of the National Sweet Pea Society and the Northern National Championship of the Royal National Rose Society. Information for visitors, exhibitors and trade stands. News, reports, photos, and contact details.

Brain Dead Again - An authorised support site for the Ottakar's, Kendal, Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Group. Suggested reading lists, and details of the meetings.

Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lake District - Abbot Hall in the English Lake District is one of Britain's finest small art galleries with important British works and a high quality exhibition programme.

Brewery Arts Centre Kendal UK arts centre theatre music cinema bars restaurant - The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre in the UK Lake District really is a centre of art. Theatre, dance, exhibitions, cinemas, music, workshops, youth drama and dance, Vats bars, the Green Room Restaurant, community services (pre-school kindergarden) rooms for private hire, conference facilities, festivals of art music literature and cinema, full access facilities. In short, a World Class Centre of the Arts, with strong local ties and a global vision.

Papscene - Gig reviews, gig guides, band information and disc reviews from the music scene of Kendal.

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