Cambridge Concert Orchestra – Living Composers

West Road Concert Hall 11 West Road, Cambridge

A concert to celebrate Living Composers to raise funds for Richard’s Music Therapy Conductor: Suzanne Dexter-Mills To include: Danzón No. 2 – Arturo Márquez/ The Lakes of Cold Fen – Nigel Hess/ Raiders March – John Williams/ Scott of the Antarctic – Pam Wedgwood (narrated by Jonathan Shanklin) and more! Tickets: £15 for adults, £5 […]

£5.00 – £15.00

Cambridge 75th Celebrations

Jesus Green Cambridge

1pm-8pm Sunday 12th July, 2026 marks 75 years since Cambridge gained city status and to celebrate that there will be a party on Jesus Green and everyone in Cambridge is invited! A full day of live music and well-known DJ’s providing a chance to have a song and dance in the sun to some summer […]

Free

Nell Gwynn at the ADC Theatre

ADC Theatre Park Street, Cambridge

London, 1660. The civil war has ended and King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, extravagant and sexy. And at Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is causing stirrings amongst the theatregoers. But at a time when women are second-class citizens, can her charm and spirit really […]

£13.50 – £19.00

Stately Ladies Summer Ballet School

YMCA Gonville Place, Cambridge

Karen Stringer, Fellow of the National Association of Teachers of Dancing and teacher of classic ballet for 40 years will be running classes in July and August.  Open to teens and adults from Improver to Advanced.  Karen will set the level according to who attends each lesson.  Karen's pupils are noted for their grace. Every […]

£10.00

Dear Zoo

Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge

Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell's timeless children’s book returns to the stage! See the characters write to the Zoo. Who will be delivered? A cheeky monkey, a jumpy frog and of course a perfect puppy. Help your children learn as the book leaps onto the stage and share a magical experience as the story unfolds with […]

£20.00

Eddington Carnival

Cricket Pitch Eddington, Cambridge

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

Litlington Rec Centre South Street, Litlington

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 […]

Songs of the Bulbul

Cambridge Arts Theatre 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge

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 […]

£30.00

Holiday Bushcraft for Children

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 Consort

St Mary's Church, Ely

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 […]

Alexfest

The Alexandra Arms Gwydir Street, Cambridge

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 […]

Willow Weaving Workshop

Cambridge Corn Exchange 2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge

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 […]

£6.50 – £11.50

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