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Unmissable arts, events and family activities in Kirkby Stephen.

We want to bring more great theatre, cinema, craft and music to our corner of Cumbria.

Kirkby Stephen Community Arts has been set up to programme great quality, unmissable arts events and family activities across existing venues in the town. 

We work with partners such as Eden Arts and Highlights Rural Touring, and with our local schools and community.

 

KSCA Steps Up 2022

It is with great regret that the trustees of Kirkby Stephen Community Arts have made the decision to cancel the upcoming Steps Up project with local schools.

The inaugural project in 2018 was a huge success, and the feedback from participants and audience was fantastic. After such a challenging time for young people recently, we were keen to revisit this success. A project this ambitious, however, requires commitment from all the partner institutions. Despite all our best efforts –  securing funding which meant no financial investment from participants and partners; a year-long planning process,  and huge amounts of unpaid time and energy – our key partners have not been prepared to fully commit to the project, despite earlier promises.

We are hugely sorry to disappoint our potential participants, but we wanted the best possible experience for you and we couldn’t be certain that we could deliver that. We will be spending some time now thinking about how we might deliver community-wide projects, and how we best use public money to promote the arts for local people.

Many thanks to all those who have invested time and money in this project so far, your work really has been appreciated.

The Trustees of KSCA

We are pleased to say that we have some events planned this Spring, and are closely monitoring government guidelines in the hope that they will go ahead. Audiences will be considerably reduced and asked to wear masks unless exempt. And if events do have to be cancelled, you will receive a full refund. Let’s hope for a better and brighter year ahead!