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29 Nov - 01 Dec
Art & Culture
Word up: Cambridge Literary Festiva...
Various venues
Times vary
Prices vary
Read more...08 Nov - 08 Nov
Gigs & Nightlife
Cambridge Soul Festival...
Cambridge Junction
7pm
£19.50
Read more...16 Nov - 05 Jan
Family
Ice, ice baby!
Parker's Piece
10 or 11am - 9pm
£12.50, under 13s £10.50
Read more...29 Nov - 15 Dec
Art & Culture
Winter Lights
Anglesey Abbey
Times vary over three weekends
£16.50, children £11.15
Read more...09 Nov - 09 Nov
Art & Culture
Benjamin Zephaniah at Saffron Hall...
Saffron Hall
7.30pm
£10
Read more...09 Nov - 08 Dec
Art & Culture
Anglian Potters Christmas Exhibitio...
All Saint's Church, Jesus Lane
10am - 4pm
Free entry
Read more...13 Nov - 16 Nov
Food & Drink
Winter beer festival
Cambridge University Social Club
Session times vary
Either free, or £3 entry
Read more...05 Nov - 05 Nov
Family
Boom time: Cambridge fireworks...
Midsummer Common
7pm
Free, donations taken
Read more...05 Nov - 05 Nov
Gigs & Nightlife
Making Tracks
Cambridge Junction
8pm
From £2.50 (pay what you feel)
Read more...24 Oct - 24 Oct
Art & Culture
Ocean Film Festival
Cambridge Corn Exchange
7.30pm
£16.50
Read more...27 Oct - 27 Oct
Art & Culture
Sunday Best
Cambridge Union
12 - 5.30pm
£15, or £10 for 12 to 16 years
Read more...19 Oct - 19 Oct
Food & Drink
Ely’s Apple Festival...
Palace Green, Ely
10am - 4pm
Free entry
Read more...16 Oct - 16 Oct
Art & Culture
Talking Politics
Cambridge Junction
8pm
Pay what you feel, from £2.50
Read more...17 Oct - 24 Oct
Art & Culture
Cambridge Film Festival...
Arts Picturehouse and other venues
Various times
Prices vary
Read more...14 Oct - 27 Oct
Art & Culture
Cambridge Festival of Ideas...
Various venues
Times vary
Most events are free
Read more...05 Oct - 05 Oct
Gigs & Nightlife
Cambridge Night Festival...
Cambridge Junction
9pm
£27.50
Read more...06 Nov - 14 Nov
Art & Culture
Cambridge Music Festival...
Various venues
Times vary
Prices vary
Read more...18 Sep - 28 Sep
Family
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...
ADC Theatre
Various times
Prices vary
Read more...21 Sep - 21 Sep
Art & Culture
London African Gospel Choir...
Cambridge Corn Exchange
7.30pm
£28
Read more...14 Sep - 14 Sep
Food & Drink
Stickies pop-up
All Saints' Hall, Cottenham
12pm-5pm
Free entry
Read more...29 Nov - 01 Dec
Art & Culture
Booking to open for Cambridge Liter...
Various venues
Various times
Various prices
Read more...21 Sep - 21 Sep
Family
Milton Country Park Festival...
Milton Country Park
10.30am-5pm
Free
Read more...21 Sep - 21 Sep
Gigs & Nightlife
Vintage furniture flea...
St Barnabas Church, Mill Road
from 11.30am
£2, or £3 early-bird entry at 10.30am
Read more...08 Sep - 08 Sep
Gigs & Nightlife
Wine Gums comedy
University Centre Wine Bar
7pm
£12 advance
Read more...07 Sep - 07 Sep
Art & Culture
Wysing Polyphonic X Somerset House...
Wysing Arts Centre
1pm-1am
From £30, camping options available
Read more...05 Oct - 06 Oct
Gigs & Nightlife
The Cambridge Night Festival...
Cambridge Junction
9pm
£25
Read more...13 Sep - 14 Sep
Art & Culture
Open Cambridge
Various venues
Various times
Most events free; some need to be booked ahead
Read more...31 Aug - 31 Aug
Food & Drink
Gog centenary picnic
The Gog farm shop
12pm to midnight
free entry
Read more...24 Aug - 25 Aug
Art & Culture
Cambridge Comic Con
Cambridge Junction
from 11am
From £10
Read more...23 Aug - 26 Aug
Art & Culture
Movies on the Meadows...
Grantchester by the river
Times vary
£16, passes available
Read more...28 Aug - 28 Aug
Art & Culture
Salman Rushdie
Cambridge Union , Bridge Street
6.30pm
£12
Read more...16 Aug - 18 Aug
Food & Drink
Dine among the flowers...
Anna's Flower Farm, Audley End
times vary
prices vary
Read more...07 Sep - 07 Sep
Family
Enter the Dragon Boat Festival...
Ditton Meadows, Fen Ditton
all-day
Free to spectate
Read more...11 Aug - 11 Aug
Art & Culture
Sense and Sensibility...
Wimpole Hall
7.30pm
£16, £10 children
Read more...03 Aug - 04 Aug
Food & Drink
Magic of Thailand Festival...
Parker's Piece
10am to 7pm
£4 adv or £5 on gate
Read more...03 Aug - 03 Aug
Gigs & Nightlife
Junkyard Festival
Cambridge Junction
4pm
£13 adv, £16 door
Read more...30 Jul - 02 Aug
Art & Culture
Fitzwilliam Museum’s packed s...
Fitzwilliam Museum
11am, 2pm
£10 or free
Read more...01 Aug - 04 Aug
Gigs & Nightlife
Folk tales
Cherry Hinton Hall
All day
£179 weekend ticket
Read more...20 Jul - 20 Jul
Gigs & Nightlife
Summer Whoosh!
The Missing Sock, Stow-cum-Quy
12pm-11pm
£35
Read more...25 Jul - 28 Jul
Gigs & Nightlife
Standon Calling
Standon, Herts
all day
£159 weekend ticket
Read more...11 Jul - 11 Jul
Food & Drink
Pinkster summer party...
Pinkster Gin Distillery, Fowlmere
6.30pm
£48
Read more...07 Jul - 14 Jul
Food & Drink
Shelford Feast
Grand Marquee, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford
Times vary
Prices vary
Read more...06 Jul - 28 Jul
Art & Culture
Cambridge Open Studios...
Venues across the area
All day
Free
Read more...25 Jul - 03 Sep
Family
Summer at the Museums...
Various venues
Times vary
Prices vary, many events free
Read more...23 Aug - 26 Aug
Art & Culture
Movies on the Meadows...
Grantchester Meadows
Times vary
£16, £6 children
Read more...15 Jul - 20 Jul
Art & Culture
The Rocky Horror Show...
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Times vary
from £25
Read more...19 Jul - 21 Jul
Art & Culture
Hotbed Theatre Festival...
Cambridge Junction
Times vary
Prices vary
Read more...29 Jul - 03 Aug
Art & Culture
Educating Rita
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Times vary
from £20
Read more...25 Jul - 27 Jul
Art & Culture
The River Cam Film Festival...
Scudamore's Punt Yard
6.30pm
from £15
Read more...08 Jul - 24 Aug
Art & Culture
Shakespeare Festival
Various college gardens
7.30pm (not Sundays)
£17 adults
Read more...22 Jun - 22 Jun
Gigs & Nightlife
Wild at heart: Wild Wood Disco...
The Woodland Glade, Horseheath, Linton
1pm to 2am
£60
Read more...21 Jun - 21 Jun
Art & Culture
Market Square Cinema
Market Square, Cambridge
6.30pm
Free
Read more...16 Jun - 16 Jun
Gigs & Nightlife
Club Class
Haggis Farm, Cambridge
12noon to 9pm
£35, £10 children
Read more...08 Jun - 08 Jun
Art & Culture
Motherworks
Cambridge Junction
10.30am to 4pm
£12.50 festival pass, £8 concessions
Read more...16 Jun - 15 Sep
Art & Culture
Jazz & Brass in the Parks...
Various venues
Sundays, 3 to 5pm; 16 June, 23 June, 21 July, 25 August, 8 September, 15 September
Free
Read more...12 Jul - 14 Jul
Gigs & Nightlife
Heritage Live concerts...
Audley End House
4.30pm
Prices vary
Read more...26 May - 26 May
Gigs & Nightlife
Cambridge Fringe comedy festival...
Various venues
various times
Free, suggested £5 donation
Read more...21 Jun - 23 Jun
Art & Culture
Wimpole History Festival...
Wimpole Estate
Various times
Various prices
Read more...07 Sep - 07 Sep
Family
Dragon Boat Festival ’19...
River Cam, Fen Ditton
Afternoon
Free to watch
Read more...28 Jun - 30 Jun
Food & Drink
Foodies Festival hits Cambridge...
Parker's Piece, Cambridge
12-9pm, 28th; 11am-9pm, 29th; 11am-7pm, 30th
Various prices
Read more...20 May - 25 May
Food & Drink
Cambridge Beer Festival...
Jesus Green
5 to 10.30pm 20th to 24th, 12 to 3pm 21st to 24th, 12 to 10.30pm 25th
Afternoons free, £4 evening sessions (£5 23rd/24th), £3 25th
Read more...18 May - 19 May
Art & Culture
Open studio weekend
Curwen Print Study Centre, Chilford Hall, Linton
11am to 5pm
Free
Read more...13 May - 15 May
Art & Culture
Paint Out
Across Cambridge
2 or 3-hour sessions during the day and evening
Free to watch
Read more...03 Jun - 08 Jun
Art & Culture
Admissions
Cambridge Arts Theatre
7.45pm, 2.30pm Thursday and Saturday
from £25
Read more...11 May - 26 May
Food & Drink
Get set for Eat Cambridge...
Various venues
Various times
Prices vary
Read more...02 Jun - 02 Jun
Gigs & Nightlife
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Cambridge Corn Exchange
7.30pm
from £33
Read more...03 May - 06 May
Food & Drink
Green Man Brew Ballyhoo...
Green Man, Grantchester
6pm Friday, 11.30am Saturday to Monday
Free entry
Read more...27 May - 01 Jun
Art & Culture
Stones in his Pockets...
Cambridge Arts Theatre
7.45pm, 2.30pm Thursday and Saturday
from £20
Read more...20 May - 25 May
Art & Culture
The House on Cold Hill...
Cambridge Arts Theatre
7.45pm, plus 2.30pm shows on Thursday and Saturday
from £24
Read more...