Things to do in Cambridge for Halloween

Various Cambridge

Horror at Hinchingbrooke House Anglesey Abbey Halloween Trail Halloween at Wimpole Audley End Miniature Railway Sacrewell Halloween & Pumpkin Village Skylark Events Week of Wickedness Milton Maze Pumpkin Patch Traditional Punting Company Punt & Hunt Rutherford's Ghost Punting Fearsome Family Fun Day, Museum of Zoology Fun & Phantoms, Museum of Cambridge Half-Term Halloween at Wicken […]

Waterstones Book Events

Waterstones Book Shop 22 Sidney Street, Cambridge

Celebrating National Poetry Day with poet, literary critic, performing artist, and film-maker Pelé Cox; New York Times bestselling horror author Rachel Harrison coming all the way from the USA to discuss her new book Kiss Slay Replay; bestselling crime author Ian Rankin signing his new standalone novel The Heights; Scottish short story author and Cambridge […]

Exhibition – Abrasions

The Edge Cafe 351 Mill Road, Cambridge

Ian Rawlinson has a new solo exhibition in Cambridge. Abrasions is his 10th solo exhibition at the Edge Café, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. He is showing work from two recent series which explore connections between different areas of his East Anglian past. Open Mon - Fri 08.00 - 16.00/ Sat 09.00 -16.00 […]

Halloween Adventure at Wandlebury

Wandlebury Country Park Cambridge

A little Halloween magic in the woods at Wandlebury. Families are invited to enjoy a Halloween adventure at Wandlebury Country Park this autumn, with a free trail running from Saturday 17 October to Sunday 1 November 2026. Betony the witch is cooking up an autumn potion. Help her gather the ingredients on her list by […]

Free

Cambridge Film Festival 2026

Cambridge Arts Picturehouse 38 - 39 St Andrews St., Cambridge

The Cambridge Film Festival celebrates its 45th edition with 11 days of cinema from around the world, featuring almost 100 films from more than 25 countries. The Festival takes place at the Arts Picturehouse and partner venues across Cambridge This year’s programme includes major festival winners, new British films, documentaries and UK premieres, alongside filmmaker […]

Dexy’s Midnight Runners at Cambridge Corn Exchange

Cambridge Corn Exchange 2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge

Dexys Midnight Runners are back! The much-loved band, led by singer Kevin Rowland, have announced details of a U.K & Irish. tour starting in October of this year. Founded in Birmingham in 1978, Dexys Midnight Runners released three critically and commercially successful albums – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels (1980), Too-Rye-Ay (1982) & Don’t […]

£44.00 – £71.50

Halloween Hunt

L&Q Marketing Suite Wallace Way, Darwin Green, Cambridge

On Saturday 31st October, from 11am to 3pm, housing association L&Q is inviting local families to take part in a free Halloween Hunt at Darwin Green, just outside Cambridge city centre. Families will be challenged to find nine spooky characters hidden around the neighbourhood, using a special map and bingo card to guide them along […]

Free

The New Cambridge Singers

Various Cambridge

The New Cambridge Singers begin their 40th Anniversary Season with two concerts, to be performed in Linton, near Cambridge, and in Cambridge itself on 31st October and 7th November respectively. Their major work will be Domenico Scarlatti’s ten-part Stabat Mater, with movements ranging from the lusciously lyrical to the vivaciously virtuosic, accompanied by organ and […]

£8.00 – £18.00

Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra

Cambridge Corn Exchange 2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge

Musical maestro Jools Holland and his world-renowned Rhythm & Blues Orchestra are delighted to announce their 2026 Autumn / Winter tour of 31 dates across the UK, visiting some of the country’s most iconic venues. Renowned for his exuberant live shows, Jools will once again be backed by the full power and finesse of his […]

£40.50 – £58.00

Big Fish, Little Fish, Halloween Special

J1 at Cambridge Junction Clifton Way, Cambridge

Following seven amazing events at the iconic Cambridge Junction the original family rave returns for a spooky spectacular Halloween special! The legendary DJ Food (Ninja Tune) + Oldschool/Drum and Bass veteran DJ Trax (Moving Shadow) will be playing (grown up) tunes to the family ravers. Expect House/rave classics through to Drum and Bass. The event […]

£10.50 – £13.00

The Gang of Three

Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge

In the heat of economic crisis, the Labour Party’s Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland clash over the soul of British socialism. Sharp, witty and gripping, the play captures towering intellects, fierce rivalries and the private tensions behind public power. Following a sell-out smash hit run in London, Robert Khan and Tom Salinksy’s electrifying […]

£22.00

Things I Know to be True

ADC Theatre Park Street, Cambridge

What happens when love turns to grief? Six people, tied by their family bond, must navigate the interpersonal tensions and individual aspirations that threaten to tear them apart. "Things I Know To Be True is about love in many of its forms. At times comforting and supportive. At others suffocating and destructive. But always love." […]

£10.00 – £18.50

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