# Festivals in Kendal, EN 2026 | Culture & Street Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Your guide to festivals in Kendal, England 2026 — cultural celebrations, street fairs and food festivals. Find dates, locations and what to expect.
- **Category**: Festivals
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The best things to do in the world include attending top-notch festivals in Kendal. Be it a rocking music festival or scrumptious food festival in Kendal, you will have a gala time of your life with a few of your close friends or your family. With the best of fun, entertainment, and food, the experience in festivals lets the enthusiasts immerse in the local culture and vibe. Ranging from the biggest outdoor beach parties to crazy music festivals, the festivals fall under various categories to suit everybody’s tastes. If you are looking for the best events and festivals in Kendal listed on one platform - we have you covered.

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## Festivals Events in Kendal

- **Event Name**: Kendal Music Festival
  - **Description**: Hosting two days of live acts and culture!

Kendal Bid is proud to announce the return of Kendal Music Festival. Hosting two days of live acts and culture that draws music enthusiasts from far and wide. With a lineup of local artists and talent spanning v
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  - **Date**: Fri Sep 04 2026 at 12:00 am – Sat Sep 05 2026 at 11:59 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/kendal-music-festival/200030531758721
  - **Venue**: LA9 4SX Kendal, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music-festivals, music, entertainment, art
- **Event Name**: Sedbergh Walking & Wellness Festival
  - **Description**: Sedbergh Walking and Wellness Festival 14-20 September 26.

Coming soon ……

Informative guided walks in the Howgills, Lune Valley and around the Sedbergh Area.

Something for everyone and all abilities and ambitions from gentle strolls, walk and swim and
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  - **Date**: Mon Sep 14 2026 at 12:00 am – Sun Sep 20 2026 at 12:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/sedbergh-walking-and-wellness-festival/200030251843314
  - **Venue**: Sedbergh
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  - **Categories**: festivals, health-wellness, trips-adventures, trekking
- **Event Name**: Kendal Book Festival 2026
  - **Description**: A celebration of the
artistic output of authors from Cumbria and further afield.
To book a table go to: 
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/115540 
To book a workshop go to: 
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GQYS
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 09:30 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/kendal-book-festival-2026/200030596422334
  - **Venue**: Kendal Parish Hall
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  - **Categories**: festivals, art, workshops, literary-art
- **Event Name**: TRIP live at Brewery Arts, Kendal
  - **Description**: TRIP, born out of the vibrant Glasgow traditional music scene, unite the kindred Celtic traditions of Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria and the Isle of Man.

Their trademark sound is dynamic, driven and distinctive and celebrates the band’s roots in traditio
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  - **Date**: Thu Oct 29 2026 at 07:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/trip-live-at-brewery-arts-kendal/200030446299542
  - **Venue**: Brewery Arts
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, festivals, art, concerts, theatre
- **Event Name**: Valtos live at Brewery Arts, Kendal
  - **Description**: Valtos are Skye natives Daniel Docherty and Martyn MacDonald, and they have taken the Trad and Electronic music worlds by storm. Since their debut shows in December 2021, they have entertained audiences at festivals and sold-out venues nationwide.

Their
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  - **Date**: Sun Dec 13 2026 at 07:30 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/valtos-live-at-brewery-arts-kendal/200030393969216
  - **Venue**: 122a Highgate, LA9 4HE Kendal, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music, art, entertainment, live-music
- **Event Name**: Mad Dog Mcrea: Dusk Till Dawn
  - **Description**: Malt Room Standing | On sale 10am 17 April

Mad Dog McRea can only be described as a pop-up festival – bursting with energy, colour, and an infectious mix of folk, rock and Celtic influences.

Hailing from Plymouth & Donegal in Ireland, the band has b
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  - **Date**: Thu Nov 12 2026 at 07:30 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/mad-dog-mcrea-dusk-till-dawn/200030138353506
  - **Venue**: 122a Highgate, LA9 4HE Kendal, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: dog, festivals, music, entertainment, pop-ups, live-music, storytelling
- **Event Name**: Find Your Voice: A Performance Storytelling Course
  - **Description**: In this 10 week course, we will dive into a rich treasure trove of traditional folktales and wondertales (fairytales) from around the world and create unique spoken word performances. 

Through a combination of playful exercises and discussion, we will ex
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  - **Date**: Mon Sep 28 2026 at 06:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/find-your-voice-a-performance-storytelling-course/200030160083522
  - **Venue**: Brigsteer Village Hall
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  - **Categories**: workshops, storytelling, festivals, art, theatre, spoken-word
- **Event Name**: Christmas fair
  - **Description**: Our super popular christmas fair returns, it's a wonderful annual event supported well by our local community.

For all enquiries please email louise@bendrigg.org.uk.
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  - **Date**: Sat Nov 14 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat Nov 14 2026 at 04:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/christmas-fair/200030531758314
  - **Venue**: Beck Community Centre
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  - **Categories**: christmas, christmas-markets-and-fairs
- **Event Name**: Climb Session
  - **Description**: 🧗‍♀️Step into the vertical world for a session celebrating the stories, skills and spirit of climbing. From bold ascents and remote big walls to personal breakthroughs, community and the craft of moving through mountain terrain, the Climb Session brings t
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  - **Date**: Sat Nov 21 2026 at 09:30 am (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kendal/climb-session/200030482708048
  - **Venue**: Kendal Leisure Centre
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, entertainment, festivals

## Trending Events in Kendal

- **Event Name**: Lindisfarne live at Brewery Arts, Kendal
  - **Description**: Legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne return to form with a classic five-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar. With a repertoire of unforgettable songs like
  - **Venue**: Brewery Arts
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- **Event Name**: Altered Images live at Brewery Arts, Kendal
  - **Description**: Altered Images originated in Glasgow and were part of the 1980s Scottish new wave/post-punk scene. Still led by singer Clare Grogan, the band performs to enthusiastic crowds worldwide to this day!

Clare has worked extensively in music, film, television,
  - **Venue**: Brewery Arts
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- **Event Name**: 🎸 WISHBONE ASH — “THE TIME WAS” TOUR 2026 LIVE @ THIRTEEN 🎸
  - **Description**: Some gigs just mean more — and this is one of them.

We’re incredibly honoured to welcome Wishbone Ash to THIRTEEN, returning to the very same Kendal space where they first performed. For music lovers, it’s a rare full-circle moment — the kind you don’t g
  - **Venue**: 13, Market Place, LA9 4TN Kendal, United Kingdom
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- **Event Name**: Kendal Music Festival
  - **Description**: Hosting two days of live acts and culture!

Kendal Bid is proud to announce the return of Kendal Music Festival. Hosting two days of live acts and culture that draws music enthusiasts from far and wide. With a lineup of local artists and talent spanning v
  - **Venue**: LA9 4SX Kendal, United Kingdom
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- **Event Name**: KENDAL - Brewery Arts Centre **SOLD OUT**
  - **Description**: Saturday 12th September - Brewery Arts, Kendal
https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/lindisfarne

Extended Theatre Seated

Legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne return to form with a classic five-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original
  - **Venue**: Brewery Arts
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- **Event Name**: Alasdair Beckett-King: King Of Crumbs
  - **Description**: Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 16+

Alasdair Beckett-King is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation. Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses an
  - **Venue**: 122a Highgate, LA9 4HE Kendal, United Kingdom
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- **Event Name**: Very Santana live at Brewery Arts, Kendal
  - **Description**: Join us for a musical time travel experience, where you can enjoy the beautiful guitar melodies and creatively diverse, challenging songs of Carlos Santana.

This incredible band consists of highly skilled and musically educated musicians who perform thes
  - **Venue**: Brewery Arts
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- **Event Name**: Colin Adamson's Comedy Hyponesis and Mentalism Night
  - **Description**: � Back by Popular Demand! �

After a fantastic response last time, Colin Adamson - Host, Mind Reader & Hypnotist is returning with his incredible Hypnosis & Mentalism Night at The Park!

� The Park, Kendal Town FC 
� Friday 11th September

Get rea
  - **Venue**: Parkside Road, Kendal
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- **Event Name**: Traditional Music Session - The Tuesday Social
  - **Description**: 1st September 2026 – Jackie, Andy and Friends

Jackie Bateman and Andy Brown play mainly, but certainly not exclusively, traditional Celtic music. They have played Ceilidhs and gigs all over the County with McCoy’s Reel Band (Andy), Jigbusters and Jack O’
  - **Venue**: Kendal Brewery Arts Centre 122A Highgate Kendal
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Kendal?
  - **A:** Kendal Music Festival (Fri Sep 04 2026 at 12:00 am at LA9 4SX Kendal, United Kingdom), Sedbergh Walking & Wellness Festival (Mon Sep 14 2026 at 12:00 am at Sedbergh), Kendal Book Festival 2026 (Sat Sep 12 2026 at 09:30 am at Kendal Parish Hall), TRIP live at Brewery Arts, Kendal (Thu Oct 29 2026 at 07:00 pm at Brewery Arts), Valtos live at Brewery Arts, Kendal (Sun Dec 13 2026 at 07:30 pm at 122a Highgate, LA9 4HE Kendal, United Kingdom).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Kendal in September 2026?
  - **A:** Kendal Music Festival (Fri Sep 04 2026 at 12:00 am at LA9 4SX Kendal, United Kingdom), Sedbergh Walking & Wellness Festival (Mon Sep 14 2026 at 12:00 am at Sedbergh), Kendal Book Festival 2026 (Sat Sep 12 2026 at 09:30 am at Kendal Parish Hall), Find Your Voice: A Performance Storytelling Course (Mon Sep 28 2026 at 06:30 pm at Brigsteer Village Hall).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Kendal?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Kendal on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Kendal?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Kendal?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Kendal include LA9 4SX Kendal, United Kingdom, Sedbergh, Kendal Parish Hall.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Kendal?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Kendal include Kendal Live Music Festival, Sedbergh Summits - Guided Hill & Mountain Adventures, Angela M Joyce - Writer.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Kendal?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Kendal.

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