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This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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February
- Darkest Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Half Term week, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
March
- Ambleside Daffodil and Spring Flower Show, Ambleside, Late March
- Riot of Rhododendrons, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- South Cumbria Music Festival, Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Late March - Early April
- Ulverston Walking Festival, Ulverston, End March - EarlyApril
- Words by the Water Literature Festival, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
April
- Bluebell Heaven, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Easter Family Fun, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Feast of Flowers, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Jan Kjellstrom Festival of Orienteering, Graythwaite Estate, Graythwaite, Nr Newby Bridge, Early April
- Model Railway & Transport Exhibition, Barrow-in-Furness
- Riot of Rhododendrons, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Tom Fools Day, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
May
- Barbon Speed Hill Climb (cars), Barbon, Early May
- Cartmel Races, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Late May
- Feast of Flowers, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Festival of Fools, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Flag Fortnight, Ulverston, Early - Mid May
- Kendal Medieval Market, Kendal, End May
- Riot of Rhododendrons, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
June
- Annual Concert, Whitehaven
- Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby, 2nd Tuesday and Wednesday in June
- Dent Folk Festival, Dent, Sedbergh
- Edwardian Festival, Grange-over-Sands, Early June
- Festival of Fools, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Holker Garden Festival, Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Early June
- Hutton’s Historic Vehicle Show, Penrith
- Lanercost Music & Arts Festival, Lanercost Priory, Lanercost, Mid June
- Whitehaven Male Voice Choir's 'Annual Concert' , Whitehaven, Early June
July
- Ambleside Traditional Lakeland Sports, Rydal Park, Ambleside, Late July
- Cartmel Races, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Mid July
- Classic Cars, Cadets and Carousels in Cumbria, Flookburgh
- Coniston Country Fair, Coniston Hall, Coniston, Late July
- Coniston Water Festival, Coniston
- Cross Bay Fundraising Walk 2009, Milnthorpe
- Cumberland County Show, Carlisle
- Cumbria Steam Gathering, Cark Airfield, Flookburgh, Late July
- Dalton Pops, Barrow-in-Furness, Early July
- Furness Traditions Folklore Festival, Ulverston, Early July
- Lakeland Rose Show, County Showfield, Crooklands, Kendal, Early July
- North Lonsdale Agricultural Show, Bardsea, Nr Ulverston, Late July
- Penrith Agricultural Show, Brougham Farm, Penrith
August
- Ambleside Summer Flower Show & Craft Fair, Ambleside
- Brough Agricultural Show, Showfield, Brough, 3rd week in August
- Carlisle Live, Bitts Park, Carlise
- Cartmel Agricultural Show, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Early August
- Cartmel Races, Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Late August
- Cumbria Guitar Show, Rheged Exhibition & Visitor Centre, Penrith
- Gilsland Show, Gilsland
- Gosforth Agricultural Show, Gosforth
- Hawkshead Show, Hawkshead, Late August
- Lake District Summer Music Festival, Lake District, End July - Mid August
- Lunesdale Agricultural Show, Kirkby Lonsdale, Early August
- Made in Cumbria Food & Craft Fair, Market Place, Cockermouth, Early August
- Medieval Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Millom and Broughton Agricultural Show, West Park, Broughton-in-Furness, Late August
- Silloth Carnival, Silloth
- Summer of Fun, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Summer of Fun, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials and Hound Show, Ambleside
September
- Ambleside Flower Show, Ambleside, Early September
- Egremont Crab Fair, Egremont, Closest Saturday to September 18
- Kendal Torchlight Carnival, Kendal, Early September
- Kirkby Lonsdale Victorian Fair, Kirkby Lonsdale, Early September
- Lantern Procession, Ulverston, Mid September
- Lowick Agricultural Show, Lowick, Ulverston, Early September
- Ulverston Charter Festival, Ulverston, Early - Mid September
- Westmorland County Show, Crooklands, Nr Kendal, Early September
October
- Halloween Week, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
November
- Carlisle Fireshow, Carlisle
- Christmas at the Castle, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Christmas at the Castle, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Darkest Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Dickensian Festival, Ulverston, Late November
- Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Kendal, Mid November
December
- Christmas at the Castle, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Christmas at the Castle, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Darkest Muncaster, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair and Procession, Kirkby Lonsdale, Early December
- Made in Cumbria Food and Craft Fair, Market Place, Cockermouth
- Victorian Christmas Tours, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Victorian Christmas tours, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
- Whitehaven Male Voice Choir, St Begh's Church, Whitehaven
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