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Key Events in 2008

Dates  Event  Contact 
March     
Mon 10 - Sun 16th  South Cumbria Music Festival  01229 823432 
Sat 15 - Sun 16th  Ableside Daffodil & Spring Flower Show  015394 32252 
April     
Sat 19th  Damson Day, Low Farm, Lyth Valley on A5074  015395 68479 
Fri 25th- Sun 4th May  Ulverston Walking Festival  01229 587120 
May     
Sat 3rd - 18th (tbc)  Ulverston Flag Festival, Town Centre  01229 587120 
Sat 17th May  Sedbergh Gala  015396 20402 
Sat 24, Mon 26, Wed 28  Cartmel Races  015395 36340 
Sun 25th  Shetland Pony Grand National, Ford Park, Ulverston  01229 582010 
Fri 30 - Sun 1st June  Holker Festival, Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel  015395 58838 
Fri 30 - Sat 7th June  International Music Festival, Coronation Hall, Ulverston  01229 587140 
June     
Fri 6th - Sun 8th  Windermere on Water (events on & around Windermere)  01539 726442 
Sat 7th - Sun 8th  Barrow Festival of the Sea, Barrow-in-Furness  01229 876505 
Sat 14th  Edwardian Festival, Grange-over-Sands  015395 35453 
Sat 14th -Sun 15th (tbc)  NW Fine Food Lovers Festival, Crooklands, Kendal  01695 732734 
Fri 20th - Sat 21st  Kendal Book Fair, Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate  01768 342748 
Fri 27th - Sun 29th (tbc)  Dent Folk Festival  01524 582803 
Sat 28th   Barrow-in-Furness Carnival  01229 876505 
July     
Sat 5th  Ambleside Rushbearing  015394 33433 
Sat 5th  Ulverston Carnival  01229 587120 
Sun 6th  Walney Island Carnival  01229 474044 
Fri 11th - Sun 13th  Furness Tradition Festival Weekend, Ulverston  01229 582704 
Sat 12th  Grasmere Rushbearing  015394 35318 
Sat 12th - Sun 13th  Lakeland Rose Show, Crooklands, Kendal  01229 584926 
Thurs 17th  Cartmel Races  015395 36340 
Sun 20th  Coniston Country Fair  015394 37172 
Wed 30th  N. Lonsdale Agricultural Show, Ulverston  01229 467315 
Thurs 31st  Ambleside Traditional Lakeland Sports  015394 35351 
Sat 26th - Sun 27th  Windermere Air Show, Bowness  015394 44037 
Sat 26th - Sun 27th  Cumbria Steam Gathering, Cark Airfield, Flookburgh  015242 71584 
August     
Fri 1st - Sun 3rd (tbc)  Ambleside Flower Show  015394 32252 
Fri 1st - Sun 17th  Summer Music Festival, all around Cumbria  0845 6442144 
Wed 6th  Cartmel Agricultural Show, The Park, Cartmel  01524 733615 
Thurs 7th  Lake District Sheep Dog Trials, Hill Farm, Ings  01542 71584 
Sun 10th  Dales-Lakes Historic Vehicle Run, Grange Over Sands  015395 33217 
Thurs 14th  Rydal Sheep Dog Trials  07980 622253 
Sun 17th  Lakeland Country Fair, Torver, Coniston  01229 837680 
Tues 19th  Hawkshead Show, Hawkshead Hill Farm  015394 41004 
Sat 23rd - Mon 25th  Cartmel Races  015395 36340 
Sun 24th  Grasmere Lakeland Sports & Show  015394 32127 
Fri 29 - Sun 31st  Int Street Arts Festival, Kendal  01539 738669 
September     
Sat 6th - Sun 7th  Kirby Lonsdale Victorian Fair  015242 71437 
Thurs 11th  Westmoreland County Show, Crookland, Kendal  015395 67804 
Sat 13th (tbc)  Kendal Torchlight Carnival  01229 580640 
Sat 20th  Ulverston Lantern Procession  01229 587120 
November     
Mon 3rd - Fri 7th (tbc)  Powerboat Speed Attempts, Coniston Water  07850 807039 
Sat 8th - Sun 16th (tbc)  Kendal Mountain Festivals  01539 738669 
Sat 22nd (tbc)  Ambleside Lantern Procession  015394 32441 
Sat 29th - Sun 30th (tbc)  Dickensian Festival, Ulverston  01229 587120 


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