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2 events,  Featured Experience more than 40 events with the Festival of Ideas Pass, giving access to live performances, films, talks, and workshops across town from 7–20 February 2026. Enjoy seamless entry, exclusive content, and the freedom to explore diverse cultural experiences — creativity, learning, and entertainment, all in one great-value pass. £49  Featured - Featured A traveller’s guide to understanding the role of lime in traditional buildings, its use in mortars, renders, plasters and limewashes, historical production in the locality Free |
3 events, -  Join local author Rachel Canwell for a creative flash fiction workshop inspired by this year’s theme, Futures: Real and Imagined. Explore ‘Sliding Doors’ moments and reimagine how life might change with a single choice. No experience needed — just curiosity and imagination! Participants can share their stories at the True Stories evening. -  Join Trish Phillips for a small, nurturing nature-based art and storytelling workshop designed for Key Stage 2 children (7–11). Through mindful breathwork, storytelling, and creative art-making, children explore emotions, balance, and connection with nature. A gentle, imaginative session encouraging reflection, resilience, and calm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
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2 events, -  Join Jayne Davies for an evening of live storytelling on the theme Sliding Doors. Share your true story of choices, chances, and what-ifs — or simply come and listen. From life-changing moments to everyday decisions, all stories are welcome. A warm, welcoming evening of honesty, humour, and human connection at Illuminate Festival. Free |
2 events,  Featured - Featured Bottle & Brush’ workshop - Designed to celebrate the beautiful landscapes around our glorious market town that provided inspiration for renowned artists like JMW Turner. Open to any ability, this relaxed and supportive session is packed with practical tips, demonstrations and expert guidance |
2 events,  Featured - Featured Using your smartphone camera, Ginny will offer tips and techniques to capture quirky details, create experimental images and celebrate the subjects you're drawn to as you walk around Kirkby Lonsdale. |
2 events, -  We’ve plus-sized Kirkby Lonsdale’s Repair Café with eco-focused activities and workshops from Lancaster University. Bring broken appliances, wonky clocks, or torn clothing for help with repairs, and join discussions on the challenges of the twenty-first century and how we can imagine a better future. Enjoy tea, coffee, and cakes in our friendly café. |
2 events, -  Join Richard Shilling and Land Art for Kids for a special Foresty afternoon of creative nature art. Make beautiful, ephemeral sculptures from leaves and natural materials in this relaxed drop-in workshop for ages 4 and up. Explore, play, and create outdoors — or indoors if the weather turns! No experience needed. |
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2 events,  Featured - Featured Hands-on workshop exploring the art of pressing flowers. Janet will share how she presses and preserves plant material grown in her garden at the Old Vicarage, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. |
2 events, -  For ten years the micro:bit has been a powerhouse of innovation in computer science education, with over 70 million children assisted, and over 11 million devices distributed globally. In this interactive workshop we discover the micro:bit story, Free |
4 events, Featured - Featured Using your smartphone camera, Ginny will offer tips and techniques to capture quirky details, create experimental images and celebrate the subjects you're drawn to as you walk around Kirkby Lonsdale. -  Join us for a free half-term crafts session with a stars and dark skies theme. Enjoy creative fun for children and families, and decorate your bike with LED lights ready for the Little Star event and starlit cycle procession later that afternoon. -  Join us for a magical candlelit storytelling session created for Illuminate 2026. Children and their adults are invited to enjoy an enchanting tale, then take part in a starlit cycle procession around the church, with bikes glowing under twinkling LED lights. Free |
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