Original tickets will remain valid for the new date. If you cannot make the new date,  please return your tickets to your point of purchase. Unfortunately, The Old Town Hall and Mcgrews Bistro (OFS) are closed until further notice. please email the following addresses with your ticket details:

The Old Town Hall/ Tourist Information: info@discovercarlisle.co.uk
 

Bird On The Wire is a celebration of the finest of Leonard Cohen’s work. Sensitively interpreted by this group of musicians from Ireland. Bird On The Wire came about as a commission in 2019 and has gone on to perform in some of Ireland’s most prestigious venues.

On their first U.K-wide tour, Pauline Scanlon and The Whileaways will celebrate many of Cohen’s best-loved works with crystal clear vocals and intricately woven harmonies. They lead a masterful collective including Will Merrigan on bass, Dave Clancy on keys, Eamon Murray on drums and Matthew Berrill on saxophone.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 7.30pm

Tickets are £22.00 and are available online from Wednesday 29 January

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

Original tickets remain valid.

Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe 2019 comes a BRAND NEW comedy-and-cooking show for 2020 from the award-winning stand-up who makes real gourmet food live on stage.

Doors: 6.30pm
Show: 7.30pm

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

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

**RESCHEDULED FROM 18 MAY AND 14 DECEMBER**
Original tickets remain valid.

From the Fields presents: Lady Bird

Formed in the archetypal english town of Tunbridge Wells, Lady Bird’s shared desire to spread lofty ideas has led to them creating some of the most exciting music to come out of anywhere in the country.

Doors: 7.30pm
Tickets are £9 and are available online and via OFS

THIS IS A STANDING SHOW

The return of the Sunday Blues Jam

featuring Redfish and offering a stage to musicians who would like to perform

Doors 3.30pm 

Show 4pm - 7pm

£6 on the door

Free entry if you're playing

After the terrific success of The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, Dont go into the cellar return with this follow-up stage play. Join the king of the detectives as he brings to life those three startling cases: The Sussex Vampire, The Creeping Man and The Devil's Foot!

Jonathan Goodwin returns as Sherlock Holmes, in a show scripted by himself and co-directed by Goodwin and Gary Archer.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets are £10.00 in advance (£12.00 on the door) and are available online.

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

JOIN THE GIN PARTY ATMOSPHERE AND BE SPOILT FOR CHOICE WITH OVER 100 CAREFULLY SELECTED GINS UNDER ONE ROOF!

To help set the party mood there will also be amazing live music, fabulous food and of course loads of fun. Dance the gin’ight away, make new friends playing giant Jenga or bag that perfect Instagrammable pic.

TICKETS ARE ONLY £12.50 PER PERSON (+booking fee) WHICH GETS YOU ENTRY PLUS A HUGE RANGE OF EXTRAS.

Friday Evening: 6pm to 10.30pm

Saturday Afternoon: 12noon to 4.30pm

Saturday Evening: 6pm to 10.30pm

We operate a voucher system for the purchase of all drinks – vouchers are available in multiples of £5 from our voucher station. All gins or rums cost £5 including appropriate mixer and garnish. Prosecco Royales are £10. Cash and card payments are accepted.

Our festival is strictly for over 18s – no babies or children will be allowed.

SSD Concert presents The Magic Gang

Original tickets remain valid.

Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm

Tickets are £15 and are currently available online

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original tickets will remain valid  

Show Sold out but if people can't make it we'll release more

A game of Two Halves – An Evening with former Carlisle United Owner Michael Knighton to celebrate 25 years Since the Blues' trip to Wembley for the 1995 Football League Trophy Final.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

Sunday Blues Jam

featuring Redfish and offering a stage to musicians who would like to perform

Doors 3.30pm

Show 4pm - 7pm

£6 on the door

Free entry if you're playing

"Gary Meikle - Surreal"

After his meteoric rise through the ranks, Scottish Comedy Award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle is back with his second tour show, Surreal! A word that perfectly describes Gary’s last twelve months.

Ticket £22.50 available on line

**THIS SHOW WAS RESCHEDULED FROM 27 NOVEMBER 2020**
All original tickets remain valid.

In this all-new show, multi-award winning stand-up comic Rob Newman weaves together Nietzsche’s sunglasses, James Bond in Toxteth, electric spiders and singing Neanderthals into a hilarious tour-de-force that offers new hopes for a changing world. 

Doors: 6.30pm
Show: 7.30pm

Tickets are £15.00 and are available online.

**RESCHEDULED FROM 23 MAY 2020 & 27 MARCH 2021**
original tickets will remain valid. 

A blistering mix of blues, soul and old school R&B, The Stumble have been wowing audiences with the energy and virtuosity of their live performances for the past 20 years. Festival favourites in every corner of the UK and Europe, The Stumble are widely recognised as one of the strongest live acts that the genre can boast in the UK.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets are £15 and are available online and direct from OFS when reopened.

THIS IS A STANDING SHOW

**RESCHEDULED FROM 20 NOVEMBER 2020**
original tickets will remain valid.

‘If you missed seeing Kate herself, Cloudbusting are the next best thing!’   Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2

Cloudbusting have been championed by BBC ONE as one of the most authentic tributes in the world. Their passion for Kate’s music has won over sceptical fans everywhere, challenging perceptions of what a tribute band can be and resulting in sell-out performances across the UK.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

**RESCHEDULED FROM 12 NOVEMBER 2020**
Original Tickets remain valid.

To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Focus bring their brand new tour to Carlisle.

 With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Their success culminating in the huge hits such as the popular ‘Hocus Pocus’ and the internationally acclaimed ‘Sylvia.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets are £21.50 (£23.50 on the door) and are available online and via OFS.

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

Original tickets remain valid.

Banjo fuelled Rockgrass where  AC/DC meet Hank Williams

Doors 7.30pm

Tickets £18.50

Available online. 

THIS IS A STANDING SHOW

The return of the Sunday Blues Jam

featuring Redfish and offering a stage to musicians who would like to perform

Doors 3.30pm

Show 4pm - 7pm

£6 on the door

Free entry if you're playing

**RESCHEDULED FROM 21 NOVEMBER 2020**
Original tickets remain valid.

Join Tez as he uses his trademark silly, smart and subversive approach to pit ordinary people against the establishment.

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets are £15 and are available online.

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW.

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

**RESCHEDULED FROM 12 SEPTEMBER 2020 & 6 MARCH 2021** 
Original tickets remain valid. 

Hue & Cry present a stripped back show full of their hits & classics

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets are £18.50 and are available from OFS and Online.

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

**RESCHEDULED FROM 19 FEBRUARY 2021**
original tickets will remain valid

Ladies,Gentlemen, Etc you are all cordially invited to the 1890’s wittiest “Chit-Chat” show

An immersive, interactive theatrical experience.
 

Doors: 7.00pm
Show: 8.00pm

Tickets £10 in advance - Available Online

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW

Eight piece Ska band performing classics from The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness, The Beat, etc, the list goes on and on. Support plus Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae DJ’s

Doors 7pm
Tickets £16.50 inc booking fee