One of Cambridge's biggest free community festivals is back this July, as Eddington Carnival returns for two days of family fun, live entertainment and international culture. Taking place on Friday 17 July (1pm–9pm) and Saturday 18 July (12pm–9pm) at the Cricket Pitch in Eddington, the Carnival builds on the success of last year's inaugural event […]

LitFest returns to Litlington Recreation Centre on Saturday 18 July, promising a full day of live music, entertainment and activities from 12pm until 9pm. The festival celebrates the very best emerging independent artists, with organisers hoping audiences will discover the next big name in British music. This year's headline act is Young Athena, the London […]

Aakash Odedra Company, the award-winning South Asian dance company present Songs of the Bulbul. Songs of the Bulbul is inspired by the ancient Sufi myth of a bulbul songbird captured and held in captivity, choreographed by Rani Khanam with music by Rushil Ranjan. The bird was bound ever closer and slowly perished through despair, singing […]

8.30am – 4pm. Holiday Bushcraft at Wandlebury is designed for children aged 5-14 and is run by experienced instructors from Wild Thyme & Embers, who will inspire children and share their knowledge and skills of surviving in the wild. The sessions focus on practical bushcraft and survival skills and follow a forest school approach encouraging […]

Cantus Quintus will be performing in Ely on the 23rd July, 7 pm, at St Mary's Church. The programme, ‘What Is Our Life’, is performed with only one or two voices, and the rest of the parts played on viols, which combines the gorgeous warmth of a consort of viols with outstanding clarity for the […]

Mini free festival ALEXFEST that takes place this weekend. AlexFest returns with three days of free music, food, drinks and entertainment raising money for our house charity Empty Chairs emptychairs.org.uk Live music on Friday evening from 6pm featuring: Chlo Kitteridge, Ghost Carnival and Gentle Billy. On Saturday The Alex will be one of the venues […]

Come along to the Cambridge Corn Exchange Foyer for a morning of Willow Weaving led by Willow Phoenix. Willow Phoenix is a sustainable willow business, based at Abbey Yard, West Acre. They offer willow courses and tuition in basketry, sculpture and land art. Their mission is to teach as many folk as possible about this […]

Folk @ CMT 2026: Where Folk Music Meets Industrial Heritage! Get ready for a toe-tapping, family-friendly day out at Folk @ CMT 2026! On July 25th, from 11 am to 8 pm, the Cambridge Museum of Technology will come alive with the sounds of incredible local talent, thanks to the Black Fen Folk Club and […]

Cambridge TradFest and Cambridge Folk Festival are teaming up to present a summer session trail on Mill Road whicih will feature lots of the pubs and musicians who made TradFest 2026 such a joyous event, and there will be new faces too. Mark it on your calendars and brush up on your Irish session tunes! […]

Keith Day is the caller for several ceilidh bands in Cambridge and is known to many as a Cambridge Folk Festival compere of some 50 years standing, and was a member of the famous Cambridge Crofters. His wish was to select a band of the best players from the Cambridge area and add on a […]

Murder! But whodunnit? The truth is in your hands! Step into the world of Murder Most Unexpected, an Agatha Christie-style mystery made up entirely on the spot. Following sell-out runs in 2024 and 2025, local comedy legends Cambridge Improv Factory are back to unravel a hilarious tale of twists, turns, and suspicious characters - all […]

In 1926 Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, the 1st Lord Fairhaven, along with his brother Henry, bought Anglesey Abbey house and gardens. Over the next 40 years, Lord Fairhaven shaped the house into a unique home – designing new rooms and spaces which he filled with an eclectic collection of historic objects and artwork. Upon his […]