Live Music & Gigs in Carlisle

2 events on in Carlisle coming up, including Tullie After Dark: Christmas Party at Tullie - Museum & Gallery and Coacher at The Brickyard.

• Tullie After Dark: Christmas Party

  Friday 18 December · 19:00 – 23:59

  Tullie - Museum & Gallery, Carlisle

  Your Christmas night out just got a little less ordinary. This December, we’re opening Tullie after hours for one big festive Friday night. Grab your friends, round up your colleagues or bring your favourite people and join us for Tullie After Dark: The Christmas Party – Christmas drinks, great food, a DJ and plenty of surprises, all inside Carlisle’s museum. Café Tullie becomes party HQ for the night, with the bar open, festive food included in your ticket and our DJ taking things through to the dance floor. But this is Tullie, so don’t expect an ordinary Christmas party. We’ll be bringing the museum into the night too, with playful activities, unexpected moments and plenty to discover after dark. No formal dinner. No awkward office party. Just good food, good music, drinks and a Christmas night out somewhere completely different. Tickets include festive food. Bar open throughout the evening. Get your group together and join us after dark. Tickets are £40pp including festive buffet.

• Coacher

  Friday 18 December · 19:30 – 23:00

  The Brickyard, Carlisle

  COACHER BRING THEIR NEW LIVE SHOW TO PENRITH AND CARLISLE Cumbria alternative pop/rock band Coacher are heading into a busy end to 2026, with a free-entry show at Fell, Penrith on Friday 2 October before a headline night at The Brickyard, Carlisle on Friday 18 December. Frontwoman Fiona Clayton returns to music after an 11-year break, having previously released original material and received support from BBC Introducing, BBC Radio Cumbria and Radio 1, with appearances including BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Kendal Calling and Liverpool Sound City. Coacher brings together four musicians with plenty of previous live experience: Fiona Clayton — lead vocals, guitar and piano Jan Cardy — bass Steve Orchiton — drums Josh Jackson — keys, synths, percussion and harmonies The band have spent much of 2026 developing a live set that mixes alternative rock, melodic pop and atmospheric synths. Expect a big, atmospheric live sound with a fully synchronised light show running through the set. Their appearance at Fell in Penrith on 2 October gives local audiences an early chance to catch Coacher live, with free entry on the night, before the band head to The Brickyard in Carlisle on 18 December for their end-of-year headline show. “We’ve spent a long time getting this to where we wanted it before putting it properly in front of people. It’s not just about turning up and playing the songs — we wanted the whole thing to feel like a show. “Fell will be a great one for us because it’s local, intimate and right in front of people, then The Brickyard in December is the night we’ve really been building towards.” With new music and further live dates planned for 2027, Coacher are looking ahead to a much bigger year of live shows.