Sean Lock is back at The Sands Centre, Carlisle, on Monday, making a return to stand-up comedy after three years immersed in TV projects.

• Maryport Harbour Festival promises everything from trawlers to the blues
• The Skints riding their luck into Carlisle
• The Sun Explodes second album launch show - review
• The 1975 need more big tunes to make it really big

We talk to the 5th Beatle ahead of his visit to Carlisle

• Carlisle Music City - what's on this weekend
• Why Carlisle Music City is worth taking the week off work for
• Carlisle Music City signs up an original Beatle
• Terry Reid: too good for Led Zeppelin and Purple

We meet Madness drummer Woody ahead of Cumbrian gig

• Celebrity line-up announced for Barrow's Foodie Fest
• Suggs visits Barrow this week
• Tickets go on sale for the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival
• Hermits head this way
• One of the country’s most well known and respected mediums comes to Barrow
• Kidfest set for return

Visiting Cumbria or looking for things to do in the county this week? Here is our roundup of five events that are not to be missed...

• New Penrith photgraphy fair
• Inn crowd set to celebrate music and beer
• Abbot Hall to host the Radev Collection

Adventure and wildlife is the theme of a new display at a museum in Carlisle.

• Songs from the musicals to hit the stage in Barrow
• First class laughs with young cast
• Cumbria beaches scoop seaside cleanliness award
• Lake District in Cumbria ranks as third most popular UK 'staycation' hotspot
• Get set for the annual Fairy Cake Wars!
• Kung Fu masters show their skills