To celebrate the unveiling of the Cracker Packers sculpture near to the McVitie’s factory in Caldewgate, Carlisle, this exhibition focuses on the people who inspired the sculpture’s creation.

Open 10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday

and 12 - 4pm on Sundays

Free Entry

Blues Jam

The popular afternoon of Blues returns for the first of 2019.

Hosted by Redfish with their Soul-deep Rhythm & Blues

Doors 3.30pm Show 4pm

Tickets £5 on the door

Having made his name as a guitar player with legendary UK blues band THE HOAX, Jon Amor has established himself as a fine singer/songwriter in his own right

Doors 7pm Show 8pm

Tickets £8

Available at OFS & Online

Bring your instrument or voice and join in with Roz Sluman's Big Shoes Band.

£5 for players and audience free

Starts 1pm 

British Indie Icon Peter Doherty drops by OFS for an intimate last-minute gig.

Doors: 7.30pm

Tickets are £25*and are only available online.

THIS IS A STANDING GIG.

Jill Jackson is a songwriting storyteller transporting you into her world through music her voice aches with emotion and honesty

Doors 7pm Show 8pm

Tickets £12 in advance and £14 on the door

Available from OFS, Carlisle Old Town Hall and Online

Prism Arts Studio Theatre presents an entrancing performance using live action, puppetry and music

1.30pm performance

Ticket £7 & £5 Concession

Available from OFS, Carlisle Old Town Hall & Online

Matt  Richardson  /  Slash    

A lot has happened to Matt Richardson since his last tour in 2013. A lot of it is quite strange. Most Comedians hope to win accolades and make people laugh, very few end up with Heat Magazines Weird Crush Trophy.   

Doors: 7.30pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets are £12 and are available from OFS, The Old Town Hall & Online

Giddy is a young mountain goat who is scared of heights. Follow his trials and tribulations in this tale of facing fears and making friends. 

Doors: 1.00pm
Show: 1.30pm

Suitable for early years and Key Stage 1

Tickets £5 (Teachers and assistants free). For a block booking, please email ofs@carlisle.city

Available from OFS, Carlisle Old Town Hall & Online

The musicians of Ensemble 360 make a welcome return to the Old Fire Station with music full of passion and fire fit for Valentine’s Day...ok the day after (but it still counts)

Doors: 6.00pm
Show: 7.00p

SCHUMANN Three Romances for oboe and piano

REINECKE Trio

BRAHMS Piano Trio in B

Tickets are £15.00 and are available online, The Old Town Hall and OFS.

The popular afternoon of Blues returns with a Valentines Special.

Hosted by Redfish with their Soul-deep Rhythm & Blues.

Doors 3.30pm Show 4pm

Tickets £5 on the door

Newcastle alt-rock favourites The Pale White drop by Carlisle as part of their Northern Tour. 

Doors: 7.30pm

Tickets: £8.00 and are available online and directly from OFS.

The Blue Rose Code game has certainly changed, they are heard regularly in session for the BBC (TV and Radio), STV, Alba, TG4, Virgin Radio. Live performance is where Blue Rose Code connects strongly with their audiences, they have toured the length and breadth of the UK selling out venues wherever they go and leaving a trail of fans in their wake. Featured in festivals Celtic Connections, Edinburgh Fringe, Looe, Summer Isles, Lindisfarne, Southern Fried, Underneath The stars.

Doors: 7.00pm

Tickets: £12.00 and are available online.

Another tremendously raucous night brought by Punk Rock in Carlisle

Gimp Fist with support from State Control & The Scumbrians

Doors 7pm Show 8pm

Tickets £7 & £9 on the door

Available from OFS & Online

Powerful storytelling, captivating puppetry, beautiful design, enchanting music and a sprinkling of magic. Inspired by the touching children’s story by Oscar Wilde

Doors 1.30pm Show 2pm

Tickets £7 & £5 Concession

Available from OFS, Carlisle Old Town Hall & Online

As It Is – completed by frontman Patty Walters, guitarist and singer Benjamin Langford-Biss, drummer Patrick Foley and bassist Ali Testo – take the listener on a journey which delves into every aspect of arguably the most prevalent social ill of our time across their third studio album, The Great Depression.

Doors: 7.30pm
Tickets are £14.00 and will be available online

The March installment of the ever popular afternoon of  Blues. 

Hosted by Redfish with their Soul-deep Rhythm & Blues.

Doors 3.30pm Show 4pm
Tickets £5 on the door

Victorian Theatre With Bite

Be chilled by an evening's eerie entertainment, with this original theatrical anthology of a selection of Poe's finest feats of fear-filled fiction!

Doors 7pm Show 8pm

Tickets £10 in advance

Avaialble from OFS, Carlisle Old Town & Online

Enjoy a true Gin Festival, featuring 120 listed gins, plus a selection of new and local gins to enhance your experience.

SESSIONS
*Friday Evening: 6pm to 10.30pm
*Saturday Afternoon: 12noon to 4.30pm
*Saturday Evening: 6pm to 10.30pm