A new festival is set to flow through Cambridge this autumn, bringing rivers, aquatic ecosystems, and their guardians into the spotlight. The Cambridge Rivers of Film Festival will run from 23rd September to 4th October 2025, offering twelve days of screenings, talks, workshops, walks, and creative encounters. Curated by filmmaker and cultural producer James Murray-White, […]

In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show. ​ From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit […]

Oktoberfest is an ancient tradition that started in Munich more than 200 years ago. It all started with a royal wedding in 1810. They’ve been partying in Cambridge since 2016 and the event takes place on Jesus Green. Student Tickets: to include the first beer (1.5 pint of Bavarian Festbeer), please note student ID needed. […]

The East Anglia Chamber Orchestra returns to the West Road Concert Hall with an attractive and ambitious programme that features two symphonies and a fabulous concerto. Under the baton of the gifted and inspiring Toby Purser the programme begins with Schubert’s delightful Second Symphony. Inspired by Beethoven, Schubert began this tuneful symphony in 1814, just […]

The Leys School is excited to present Black Dyke Band on Saturday 27 September. Come and listen to the best and most famous brass band in the land at 7.30pm in The Great Hall at The Leys School. The Black Dyke Band was founded in 170 years ago in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and is one […]

Join Jack as he guides you through his varied life and career with his customary charm and well known gift for talking absolute rubbish on any given subject. Culture Wars, The Environment, British Foreign Policy and Social Justic – these are just a few of the topics that Jack spectacularly fails to address (or even […]

Taking place at The Edge Cafe,  351 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 3DF Open Mon - Sat. 09.00 - 16.00 Ian Rawlinson's Chimera series is inspired by a black-and-white film clip of the last Thylacine in captivity. This film prompted Rawlinson to create images which deal with ideas of a vanished past: transformation and memory. The […]

A day of archaeological dowsing at Wandlebury Country Park with Ann & Steve Dawson of Dowsing Anglia. Working on and around the foundations of the former manor house, you can try and dowse what each room was used for, search for service pipes and find the site of the Ice House. £35 for non-members, £30 […]

Cambridge Acorn Project announces a special collaboration with the Sampson Orchestra of Cambridge, who have generously donated a portion of tickets to their upcoming concert, in support of the work with vulnerable children and families across Cambridgeshire. The UK is facing a growing children’s mental health crisis, with recent NHS data showing that 1 in […]

The world-class country show fronted by Nashville artist Cody Pennington returns to the UK in 2025 for his third nationwide tour! Cody will pay tribute to the finest artists in country music, including Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Dolly Parton, and many more. He will also perform his own top songs, such as “Downtown” and “Cowboy […]

An Evening of Francis Rossi’s Songs from the Status Quo Songbook and more. Francis will perform many of his signature hits that made the Quo name, plus some personal favourites and deeper cuts, and he’ll be telling more stories about his incredible life in music. Think you know Francis? Not yet you don’t…  The story […]

It can be hard to keep yourself together. In Fragile Contents, the Cambridge Footlights 2025 Tour Show, watch five up-and-coming comedians try (and fail) to stay intact when confronted with the surreal, dark and non-sensical parts of life. Come and see a surreal new sketch show that will be side-splitting in more ways than one. […]