Food festival Taste Cumbria has released its dates for 2026.
The first festival in Wigton will take place on Saturday April 25.
Taste of the Sea returns to Maryport on Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9.
Its flagship event in Cockermouth will be held on Saturday September 26 and Sunday September 27 and Taste Cumbria Christmas in the town will take place on Saturday December 5 and Sunday December 6.
A Taste Cumbria event will be held in Carlisle, but organisers Cumberland Council said its dates were yet to be confirmed.
The celebration of food and drink began in Cockermouth in 2010 to help the town recover from devastating floods.
Cumberland Council said the festivals brough around £6 million into the local economy last year.
It added: “The flagship Cockermouth festival generated £2.1 million for the Cumberland economy in 2025, closely followed by the Maryport Taste of the Sea event which landed almost £2 million. In Maryport, that’s a 29% increase on 2024, and more than double the 2023 event.
“The Taste Cumbria Christmas festival is also now well established, having been held in Cockermouth for a decade and it is also showing strong returns, attracting around 10,000 people and bringing almost £1 million into the Cumberland economy.
“Meanwhile at the newest Taste Cumbria event in Carlisle, the figures are growing well too, with the total economic impact of the 2025 festival estimated at £406,025, three times higher than the first city event held in 2024.
“In Wigton, the event also brings hundreds of thousands of pounds into the area.”
