A wonderful evening of live music, to include acoustic versions from their Holy Moly & The Crackers catalogue, traditional folk songs and self-penned ballads - their own style of rough, earthy folk songs that are full of memory, love and the endless dream of the road.

Join the HandleBards at Levens Hall for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The infamous Marquee Dance takes place on on the playing fields on the first Saturday in July each year. It is a family event with a live band, hot food, and bar.

Turn up, find a seat and treat yourself to endless tea and scones 🫖🍰

Fantastic raffle prizes, don’t mis out!

Arnside Guides’ famous plant sale is back! £1 entry.

Featuring The Little Arrow String Band playing bluegrass, old time, and Cajun music.

There will be a bar and raffle.

Award-winning troubadour Reg Meuross unearths the incredible tales and uncomfortable truths behind the transatlantic slave trade, told in story and song.

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8 races, 8 piggies per race ... bet 50p on your favourite pig and keep your trotters crossed you've backed a winner!

First come, first served ... it's snout or never!

Wine & nibbles are back! The Parish Council is planning a repeat of the traditional format for this annual meeting, complete with vibrant reports of all Levens Parish activities and societies.

Join us for a cuppa, pancakes & a natter whilst supporting the village playing fields.

Tickets: £4 per adult, £3 per child - price includes one pancake plus toppings & unlimited drinks. Extra pancakes available for £2 from our expert chefs.

A Christmas show with some crazy bits, a sackful of singalong, wintry-wonderful songs.
The best Christmas-Duo-Show this side of Morecambe & Bublé! A stocking-load of Keith’s hilarious seasonal anecdotes and jokes. The gift of a couple of scary solstice ghost stories. Pour on lashings of Lauren’s, silky-smooth, brandy-butter vocals. All wrapped up with fantastic festive guitars and yummy Yuletide fiddles.

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All are welcome to the annual Friends of Levens School (FOLS) Christmas Fair.

This year held on Friday 1st December 5.30pm - 7.30pm across two venues, The Institute and Methodist Church, to make space for our usual antics plus local stallholders.

Gathering from 4pm for the switch on at 5pm. Featuring a homemade pizza van, mulled wine stall, hot and cold drinks and baked goods by Friends of Levens School + music by Coldharbour Road and Levens Brownies (carol singing) for everyone to join in.

What to expect?

Lots of fun pressing apples (and pears!)

The infamous Marquee Dance takes place on on the playing fields on the first Saturday in July each year. It is a family event with a live band, hot food, and bar.

St. John’s Church invite you to join in their ‘citizen science’ nature watch in the churchyard to help them find out how biodiverse it is. This is part of a UK-wide programme of biodiversity events that will see data collated on the biological records hub, the National Biodiversity Network.

Could you give an hour or two?

We want to do a spot of painting, fix some energy saving items, and do a bit of garden tidying – can you come along and help?

Join us to celebrate this very special weekend of the Coronation of King Charles.

• Bring your own picnic & refreshments.

• Free bouncy castle (12.30-3.30pm)

• plenty of Charles’ fave tipple, fortified wine, to make Martinis 👑🏰🍸

• Homemade crown competition judging at 2pm

A spring afternoon concert of music by Cumbrian composers and older favourites.

Including works by Adrian Self, Gary Higginson, Clive Walkley, Jonathan Millican, Henry Howard, Martin Johnson, Tallis, Pearsall and Victoria.

- Hi-vis vests, gloves, bags, and litter pickers provided

- Own cars useful for outlying areas but filled bags will be picked up separately

Free tea, coffee, and biscuits for helpers from 11am ☕️ 🍪

Wine & nibbles are back! The impact of Coronavirus meant that the last ‘usual style’ parish meeting was held in 2019 so it is with pleasure that the Parish Council is planning a return to the traditional format for this annual meeting in 2023.

Drawing on the visual wonder of beetles – one of the most varied and beautiful species on the planet, the workshop will encourage participants to explore the range of shapes and colours of this fascinating species.

Dawn will demonstrate some of her collage techniques to create super decorative wall hung objects which celebrate these living jewels. This half day workshop is suitable for beginners.

“Ladies That Dig is a new comedy drama with original music about the great outdoors and the people who enjoy it. It’s about friendship and green-fingers, isolation and community, nature, nurture, and ultimately what it means to ‘grow’…

Highlights audiences were delighted by the company’s last show, Ladies That Bus, which had 3 sell-out performances in March 2020.”

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