Taste Cumbria

It’s a date fixed in every food lover’s calendar – the flagship Taste Cumbria festival is back in Cockermouth on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026.

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.

Expect the tastiest food festival in the Cumbrian calendar. At the 2024 event, more than 2,000 Scotch eggs, 2,200 sausage rolls, three quarters of a tonne of Cumberland sausage, and 2,500 scones were just some of the crazy sales statistics from stallholders and town businesses combined!

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’ stalls
Street party on Market Place
Drinks tent and outdoor picnic area with live music all weekend
Hot food court
Cookery demonstrations
Fairground rides
Children’s activities