What's on in Ambleside?
25 upcoming events
We've rounded up 25 upcoming events in Ambleside — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Ambleside
Fri23
Friday 23 October
Later
Wed 28 · 7:30 PM£15
📚Literature🗣️Talk
An Evening with Lee Child
Daffodil Hotel
Sat 31 · 5 PM£10
🖼️Art & Culture
Ghost Story! Halloween Late
Wordsworth Grasmere
Sat 31 · 7 PM£11.55
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Halloween Stargazing Night
Grove Barn Cafe
Sat 7 · 10 AM£7
🚴Cycling🚵MTB & gravel
Sonder Winter Gravel Series | Ambleside
Alpkit Ambleside
Sat 7 · 5:30 PMFree
Bonfire, live music and BBQ
Grove Barn Cafe
Fri 20 Nov · 6:30 PM£10.46–14.79
BritRock Tour 2027 - Ambleside University Campus
University of Cumbria in Ambleside
Thu 26 Nov · 1 PM£9.38
Big Afternoon Bingo
Grove Barn Cafe
Sat 28 Nov
Wansfell Recce
Ambleside
Sat 28 Nov · 10 AM£10
ALPKIT x The Lap - Wansfell Recce
Alpkit Ambleside
Sun 29 Nov · 2:30 PM£100
Rooted Within
Nab cottage
Fri 4 Dec · 7:30 PM£10
✨Pop🎫Concert
A evening with the Elderly Brothers
Kelsick Centre
Sat 12 Dec · 7:30 PM£8–18
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Ambleside & District Choral Society Christmas Concert
St. Mary’s Parish Church
Sun 27 Dec
Wansfell Fell Race
Ambleside
Sun 7 Feb
Loughrigg Silverhow
Ambleside
Sat 1 May · 9 AM£25
Fairfield Horseshoe
Force Cafe & Terrace
Sat 8 May
THE LAP - Windermere Ultra Clockwise
Low Cunsey Farm
Sat 8 May
Fairfield Horseshoe
Ambleside
Sat 8 May
⛰️Trail & ultra🤾Sports & fitness
The Lap - Windermere Ultra Clockwise
Ambleside
Sat 5 Jun
Great Langdale 21
Ambleside
Sun 13 Jun
Windermere Marathon
Ambleside
Sat 10 Jul
Lakeland Trails Ultra
Ambleside
Sat 11 Sep
THE LAP - Windermere Ultra Anticlockwise
Low Cunsey Farm
Sat 11 Sep
The Lap - Windermere Ultra Anticlockwise
Ambleside
See also in Ambleside
Tomorrow · 7 PM£10
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Burneside Brass & Burneside Training Band Live in Concert
The Victoria Wood Theatre, Cumbria
At 8 PM£25.50
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Martin Simpson: Some Kind Of Jubilee Tour
Brewery Arts, Kendal
Fri 30 · 7 PM£10
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Meetwood Flac - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac Live at THIRTEEN
THIRTEEN, Kendal
Sat 31 · 7:30 PM£5–10
🎸Jam / Open mic📜Poetry
Open Mic for Manna House
Skelsmergh Community Hall, Nr Kendal
Sat 24 · 9 PM
🎷Jazz💜Soul / Funk
Snake Davis Band
Threlkeld Village Hall, Keswick
Sun 25 · 4 PM£38.39
🎸Rock🎫Concert
New Frontiers Classic Rock + Bottomless Brunch | Kings Arms Ulverston
The Kings Hotel: Restaurant & Showbar, Ulverston
Sat 7£19
🎤Stand-up
Planet Mirth - Comedy As Seen On TV
The Royalty - Bowness, Bowness-on-Windermere
Fri 23 · 7:30 PMFree
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
Fabulous Fungi Fundraiser!
Kendal
Sun 8
🎤Stand-up
Gary Delaney: Gary On Laughing
Westmorland Hall, Kendal
At 7:30 PM£11–32
🎭Theatre
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Sat 31 · 7 PM£16
✨Cabaret
An Evening with Bram Stroker
Williams room Ford park, Ulverston
Sat 24 · 7:30 PM£18
🪄Magic
Alex McAleer - Mind Reader
The Victoria Wood Theatre, Cumbria
Mon 26 · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Halloween at the School - An Evening of Folklore and Spooky Tales
Hawkshead Grammar School
Thu 29 · 10 AMFree
🏰Heritage🗺️Guided tour
Cathedral Cave from Tilberthwaite [Coniston] - National Park Guided Walk
Tilberthwaite Quarry Car Park, Coniston
Tue 3 · 12 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Extending the Grazing Period, and Livestock Building Design
Whasdyke Farm, Windermere
Wed 18 · 7:15 PM£11
📚Literature
The Border Readers present Words of Love
Roundhouse, Staveley
Today
📸Photography🗣️Talk
Writing & Hiking: Water
Almond Lodge Helvellyn, Penrith
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM£6.13
📜Poetry📚Literature
Poetry Reading and Open Mic
The Farmer's Arms, Lowick Green
Fri 30 · 11 AM£6
🗺️Guided tour🏰Heritage
Kendal Museum Local History Tour
Kendal Museum
Wed 4 · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
A Geological journey through Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Reserves
Plumgarths, Kendal
Wed 11 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Kendal Inter Faith Event 2026
Quaker Tapestry Museum, Kendal
Thu 12 · 6:30 PM£2
📚Literature📜Poetry
Juliet Fossey and Tyan present: In Search of the Missing
Kendal Library
At 2 PM£2
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Hank Williams author talk
Grange Library, Grange over Sands
Tomorrow · 7 PMFree
📚Literature
TSGC - Book Club
Olive Home & Gift, Grange-over-Sands
Fri 23 · 11 AM
🖼️Exhibition
Garden Room Gallery pop-up selling exhibition.
Leasgill, Milnthorpe
Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
Wildflower Plug Planting
Applethwaite Cottage, Windermere
Fri 6 · 10 AM
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
Conservation day at Staveley Woodlands Nature Reserve
Staveley Woodlands
Thu 29 · 10 AMFree
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
Conservation Day at Howe Ridding Wood Nature Reserve
Howe Ridding Wood, Between Kendal and Grange over Sands
Mon 2 · 10 AM
🌱Ecology🤝Volunteering
Conservation Day at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve
Foulshaw Moss, Witherslack
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