September 2024
Saturday 4th September - Preston Makers Market
Join us on the second Saturday of every month for an abundance of the North West's finest makers, bakers and creators.
Expect an an array of art, craft, food, drink, coffee, music and street food.
Sunday 15th September - Soapbox Derby Longridge
Longridge is again getting a healthy dose of creativity, showmanship, engineering excellence (?) and daring this year as SoapBox Racing comes to town on Sunday 15th September 2024. The SoapBox Derby is a free to attend event, aiming to bring all manner of thrills and spills to our great town and is being brought to by local charity, St Catherine’s Hospice together with the help of Love Longridge (a not-for-profit business group which aims to support commerce in Longridge)
This is the third year for Longridge SoapBox Derby and will see a racetrack being built down Berry Lane for the enjoyment of families near and far. There will be food, music, entertainment picnic facilities and, above all, the race teams who are bringing all of their design skills and creativity together for your enjoyment. Stay a while after the race and enjoy the awards ceremony, together with some great music, on our purpose-built stage.
Thousands of spectators are expected from all over the Ribble Valley and beyond to cheer on the weird, wacky and wonderful SoapBox entrants, who can enjoy watching carefully crafted karts being hurtled down a track which will consist of chicanes, jumps, water features and more.
Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th September - Taste Cumbria Cockermouth
A great range of attractions are on the menu, giving visitors the chance to eat, drink, shop and explore.
There will be all the things you’ve come to expect from the biggest Taste Cumbria event which has been a firm favourite in the county’s event calendar since 2010. It was created to keep Cockermouth on the map following massive floods which devastated the town centre.
Here’s a taste of the fabulous festival line-up – all of this is FREE to attend and ticketed events will be announced closer to the time:
• Producers’ Market on Main Street
• Street party on Market Place
• Drinks tent and outdoor picnic area with live music all weekend
• Hot food court
• The demo stage with some great local chefs
• Fairground rides
• Children’s activities