Editing Carlisle (section)

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Sands Centre Sports Hall is Carlisle's main entertainment venue which sometimes hosts touring musicians, theatre and comedians. The West Walls Theatre is situated in the city centre, an amateur theatre. The Old Fire Station opened in 2015 after being converted into a performing arts venue, it hosts touring bands, live stand-up comedy, dramas and art exhibitions. [[Brunton Park]] stadium has hosted live music including an [[Elton John]] concert in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2007 |title=Blues army for Elton at Brunton Park |url=http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/blues-army-for-elton-at-brunton-park-1.171356?referrerPath=home/2.3080 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309065130/http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/blues-army-for-elton-at-brunton-park-1.171356?referrerPath=home%2F2.3080 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |access-date=25 April 2011 |publisher=Cumberland News}}</ref>

Carlisle Music Festival takes place in [[Carlisle Cathedral]] each year. The defunct Brampton Live, the largest folk festival in the north of England, formerly took place in [[Brampton, Carlisle|Brampton]]. Over the weekend of 14/15 May 2011, [[Carlisle Lake District Airport]] hosted Europe's largest free music festival, [[Radio 1's Big Weekend]]. The festival's headline acts included [[Lady Gaga]] and the [[Foo Fighters]]. St Cuthbert's Church hosts an annual series of instrumental and chamber music concerts organised by North Cumbria Recitals.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}