Puppet Festival Cancelled
Sadly due to low advance ticket sales, the weekend puppet festival at Upfront planned for September has been cancelled. The shows will now be spread out across Autumn and Spring.
Sadly due to low advance ticket sales, the weekend puppet festival at Upfront planned for September has been cancelled. The shows will now be spread out across Autumn and Spring.
The next Dub & Grub is now booked for 24th September to close the summer in style. Featuring Nick Manasseh (Roots Garden Records. Worldwide FM) Set to be a quality evening of reggae, dub and roots music played on North Fire Sound custom built reggae sound system.. Manasseh has been a contributor to of the…
Don’t miss the opportunity to view the excellent works by some of our regular artists and some new artists too. Our summer exhibition is on until 4th September 2022. Here is a selection of some of the work by Kate Durdy, Ceri Allen, Geoffrey Smith, Heather Blanchard and Eddie Potts.
We are looking forward to welcoming folk & world music band Solana for their first ever gig in Cumbria as part of a national tour. As part of the event we also have local folk musician Paddy Rogan warming up. Check out our music and events section for more information.
The Upfront Puppet Theatre Easter show is “Aladdin” – starting on 2nd April. The puppet theatre and the new “Puppet Story” museum due to open in September, will be featured on a new TV series “Scouting for Toys” beginning on 31st March. Watch the TV programme trailer below – blink & you will miss us…
2021 UPFRONT ARTISTS OPEN EXHIBITION Due to the Covid-19 and the national “Lockdowns” we have decided that there will be no “Open” exhibition in January 2022. Please keep checking back here for any future updates. The annual Upfront Open Exhibition is now in its 20th year. The purpose of the show is to exhibit a…