Kendal Mountain Festival Live Tour 2027

The Kendal Mountain Festival Live Tour 2027 comes to the Main Theatre at Storyhouse on Monday 8 March, bringing a slice of the Lake District's big outdoor festival to Chester. The Kendal Mountain Festival itself is a celebration of adventure, outdoor culture and storytelling, and this tour carries that spirit to stages across the country. If you've never been to the festival, this is a good way to get a feel for it without having to travel up north.

Each stop on the tour follows the same format. You'll see a handpicked curation of award-winning short films, which run through breathtaking landscapes, bold expeditions and stories from around the world. Alongside the films, there's a live talk from an inspiring speaker fresh from their own adventures, and local representatives join in to talk about how they're opening up the outdoors to their own communities. It's a mix of the big-screen stuff and the real-life stories behind it, so you get the visual scale and the personal side of the thing in one go. All the films are shown with descriptive subtitles, and ticket holders have a chance to win outdoor and adventure equipment from the sponsors.

The night starts at 7:30pm and runs for about two hours and 45 minutes, including an interval, so it's a proper evening rather than a quick drop-in. Tickets are £20.50 for non-members and £18.60 for members, with under-16s at £15.50 and members under 16 at £14.10; Young Storyhouse members get it for £10. That puts it in the Main Theatre at Storyhouse, Chester, CH1 2AR.