Share the Adventure
Thank you to everyone who supported our first live Kendal Mountain Festival tour!
The tour successfully inspired audiences across nine UK venues between February and June 2017.
Each evening of adventure received great feedback and we are delighted to announce we will be expanding the tour in 2018, taking the spirit and inspiration of the Festival to a wider audience throughout the UK with a series of events celebrating exploration of some the wildest places on earth.
We will announce details of the 2018 tour soon, to be the first to hear subscribe to our newsletter and follow our social accounts.
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audience feedback
“Great evening at the Kendal Mountain Festival tour. #kendaltour very inspiring!”
“Thanks for a fab evening at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury with speakers Elise and Steve and great films. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the evening but really enjoyed it, and myself, my husband and daughter were all inspired to do more cycling than planned the next day! ”
“Enjoying Kendal Mountain Festival @kendalmountain in Oxford #kendaltour”
“Watching #KendalMountainFestival amazing and inspiring!!!! @aberystwytharts #sharetheadventure @kendalmountain @JennyTough #liveoutdoors”
“Brilliant talk (as ever) from @leecraigie_ at the Kendal Mountain Festival on tour in #Leeds”
“Brilliant night last night at the @kendalmountain talks & films at @_GALERI_ in #caernarfon. Inspirational stuff @JennyTough & @AldoKane 👏👏”
“Excellent talks and films at the Kendal Mountain Festival Tour in #Harrogate #kendaltour”
“Great night at @kendalmountainfestival’s UK tour tonight in Leeds. @leecraigie_ What a genuine, down to earth & empowered woman! 💪🏼 great to hear her speak! & @davecorn’s happiness was infectious! #SayYesMore #WonderfulWildWomen #KendalTour17”
Our 2017 Tour reached the following locations:
speakers
Our speakers are some of the world's most intrepid explorers, whose stories inspire, motivate and educate us all as they share intimately the adventures they undertook.
Ash Dykes
Walked solo across Mongolia and Madagascar
Hear Ash speak at:
Harrogate
Lee Craigie
Ex-pro mountain biker turned long distance bike packer
Stephen Fabes
Cycled 86,209km through 75 countries and 6 continents
Hear Stephen speak at:
Oxford, Canterbury & Brighton
Jonathan Bamber
Mountaineer & environmentalist
Hear Jonathan speak at:
Bristol
Aldo Kane
Explorer, extreme/hostile locations for TV & Film, world record rower & former Commando
Hear Aldo speak at:
Aberystwyth & Caernarfon
Sarah Outen
Round the world adventurer by land and sea
Hear Sarah speak at:
Harrogate & Birmingham
Dave Cornthwaite
Completing 25 journeys of 1000 miles or more
Hear Dave speak at:
Leeds, Birmingham & London
Jenny Tough
Ran 900km across Kyrgystan via the Tien Shan mountains
Hear Jenny speak at:
Aberystwyth & Caernarfon
Elise Downing
Ran a lap of the British coast: 5000 miles | 10 months
Hear Elise speak at:
Oxford & Canterbury
films
A selection of some of our award winning films - representing the best in adventure-filmmaking, mountain culture, environment and exploration.
Films are at the heart of our Festival in November and our outstanding programme will inspire, inform, challenge your perceptions and take you to places and on journeys that will stay with you forever.
Here are some films you could see...
Haywire
Official Selection at Kendal 2016
Crossing Home: A Skier's Journey
Best Adventure & Exploration film at Kendal 2016
Johanna
Best Visual film at Kendal 2016
Tom Seipp - A Mountain Journal
Best Adventure Sport film at Kendal 2016
Afterglow
Official Selection at Kendal 2016
The Runner
Official Selection at Kendal 2016
Watch our Festival trailer to get a taste of some of the films you'll see!
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