A selection of Events held throughout the Lake District during 2020.
March
- Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show – 3rd Saturday and Sunday
April
- South Cumbria Music Festival 18-24
- Bowness Bay Blues 23-25
May
- Printfest 5-6
- Taste Cumbria Ulverston 26-27
- Muncaster Festival Muncaster Castle 27-29
- Keswick Jazz Festival – 3rd Friday to Sunday
- Coniston Water Festival – Whit Weekend (commences Friday)
- Cartmel Races 26,28,30
- Hutton Roof Country Fair and Fell Race – Whit Saturday
- Kendal Mediaeval Market – Whit Monday
June
- Langdale Gala – 1st Sunday
- Appleby Horse Fair 7-10
- Cumbria Classic Car Show, Carlisle – 3rd Sunday
- Keswick Mountain Festival 8-10
- Great North Swim Windermere 8-10
- Flookburgh Charter Fair – 3rd Sunday
- Keswick Carnival – 3rd Sunday
- Woolfest at Cockermouth – last Friday in June and following Saturday
- Ullswater Country Fair – last Sunday
- Cartmel Races – 29, 1 July
July
- Ambleside Rushbearing – 1st Saturday
- Appleby Annual Carnival and Sports – 2nd Saturday and Sunday
- New Lakeland Rose Show, Grange over Sands – 2nd Saturday and Sunday
- Allithwaite Carnival – 3rd Saturday
- Cumberland County Show, Carlisle – 3rd Saturday
- Penrith Show – 4th Saturday
- Kendal Calling 26-29
- North Lonsdale Show, Ulverston – Last Thursday
- Cumbria Steam Gathering, Flookburgh – Last Saturday and Sunday
- Coniston Country Fair* – Last Sunday
- Cartmel Races – 21-23 July
August
- Cartmel Show – 1st Wednesday
- Lake District Sheepdog Trials, Staveley – 1st Thursday
- Grasmere Rushbearing – 1st Saturday
- Lunesdale Agricultural Show, Kirkby Lonsdale – 2nd Tuesday
- Appleby Agricultural Show – 2nd Thursday
- Lowther Driving Trials and Country Fair – 2nd Friday to Sunday
- Hawkshead Show – 3rd Tuesday
- Grasmere Sports 26th
- Ambleside Flower Show and Crafts – 3rd Friday to Sunday
- Langdale Country Fair – 3rd Sunday
- Kendal Gathering – Week commencing 4th Friday
- Keswick Show – Bank Holiday Monday
- Muncaster Fair and Sheepdog Trials – Bank Holiday Monday
- Millom and Broughton Agricultural Show* – Last Saturday
- Eskdale Fete – Last Sunday
September
- Lowick Show* – 1st Saturday
- Westmorland County Show, Crooklands – 2nd Thursday
- Ulverston Lantern Procession* – 2nd Saturday
- Ulverston Market Charter Festival* – 2nd Saturday
- Egremont Crab Fair – 3rd Saturday
- Borrowdale Shepherds Meet and Show – 3rd Sunday
- Eskdale Show – Last Saturday
- Urswick Rushbearing* – Last Sunday
October
- Cockermouth Sheepdog Trails – 1st Saturday
- Wasdale Head Shepherds Meet and Show – 2nd Saturday
- Buttermere Shepherds Meet and Show – 3rd Saturday
- Kendal Wool Gathering 27-28
November
- Walna Scar Shepherds Meet and Show* – 1st Saturday
- Stoneside Shepherds Meet, Ulpha – 2nd Saturday
- The Biggest Liar in the World Competition, Santon Bridge – 3rd Thurday
- Lakeland’s Christmas Crafts Extravaganza, Brockhole – 4th Friday to Sunday
- Crafts at Christmas, Kendal – Last Saturday
December
- Crafts at Christmas, Kendal – 1st Saturday
- Keswick Victorian Fayre – 1st Sunday
- Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair – 1st Saturday
- Hawkshead Christmas Fair – 1-2
Details of any events (including exact date and the name and address of the secretary) should be available from the nearest Tourist Information Centre.
