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Whether you’re a foodie, an art enthusiast, music fan, or science devotee, Cambridge has something for you. Home to festivals and events all year round, we invite you to explore the latest and greatest this buzzing cultural hub has to offer.
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🎃Autumn Half-Term LEGO® Play👻
Looking for a fun, creative activity for your child this half-term? Bring them to our Pop-Up LEGO® Creative Studio! What do you get? 2 hours of play and creativity, building techniques workshops, and a LEGO® surprise to take home!
Art & Exhibitions
Family Friendly
Twilight at Ely Museum
Join us for family fun after hours at Ely Museum. Explore the galleries in the dark with your torch, listen to a spooky story and follow the cryptic clues of our Twilight trail, all included in your Twilight ticket.
Family Friendly
Old Oak and Little Acorn: Story and Craft with Elena Mannion
Join us for a magical family session at the Botanic Garden, inspired by Elena Mannion's enchanting story "Old Oak and Little Acorn."
Music
Sterling Elliott, cello, Gabriele Strata, piano
Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with Sterling Elliott and Gabriele Strata.
Comedy & Entertainment
Theatre
Big Deal Comedy CLub
Welcome to the Big Deal Comedy Club -Where laughter takes centre stage, and your night out is a Big Deal
Art & Exhibitions
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
LOOKOUT Art + Illustration Fair
Pop along and find over 60+ artists selling work, drawing LIVE and showcasing sketchbooks!
Art & Exhibitions
Family Friendly
Steam at the Cambridge Museum of Technology
A great day out for all the family. Have all your senses stimulated by our magnificent steam engines running in public again following an extensive restoration program.
Comedy & Entertainment
Family Friendly
Free
CAMBRIDGE FIREWORKS NIGHT
Join us on November 5th on historic Midsummer Common for this year's Fireworks Night, organised by Cambridge City Council. The event is one of the city’s longest running and best-loved traditions, drawing thousands to watch as the night sky is transformed into a stunning kaleidoscope of colour and light.
Art & Exhibitions
Film Screening: Adham Faramawy ‘The Cyclamen and the Cedar’
Join artist Adham Faramawy for the launch of their new film ‘The Cyclamen and the Cedar’, the culmination of their recent residency at Kettle’s Yard as part of 20/20, a 3 year programme with the UAL Decolonising Arts Institute. Followed by conversation between the artist and curator Guy Haywood.
Music
Trio Chagall
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Trio Chagall in the Kettle’s Yard house.
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Symposium – Hans Coper: New Contexts, New Approaches
At this one-day symposium at Kettle’s Yard, convened by Inga Fraser (Senior Curator, House & Collections) and Naomi Polonsky (Assistant Curator, House & Collections), we explore the work of Hans Coper in its broadest contexts: engaging art and design histories, exhibition and curatorial histories, social and political contexts, histories of education and pedagogy.
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
An Introduction to Bargello with Cecilia Charlton
Join Cecilia Charlton for this day Bargello workshop and create small embroideries that can be used as gifts or ornaments.
Art & Exhibitions
Music
Songs For Our Land – Live In Cambridge
A documentary film screening and live cinematic concert adaptation of the score, in aid of those affected by the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake.
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Navigating the menopause
Join Cambridge Blue Belles WI for an enlightening evening with Dr. Madeleine Lameris, an expert on women's health, as she demystifies the menopause and perimenopause.
Comedy & Entertainment
Pick ‘N’ Mix: Improv Comedy Showcase November 2024
The Cambridge Impronauts present: Pick 'N' Mix! A showcase of the sweetest improvised comedy that Cambridge has to offer!
Music
Theatre
Legend – The Music of Bob Marley
Direct from the West End - Reggae for the World When you think reggae, there is only one name that comes to mind. The legend that was Bob Marley. Legend - the music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating this musical icon in one fantastic stage show extravaganza. Combining his superb, distinctive vocals with flawless musicianship, a supremely talented cast recreate the timeless hits Could You Be Loved, Is This Love, One Love, No Woman No Cry, Three Little Birds, Jammin’, Buffalo Soldier, Stir It Up, Get Up Stand Up, Exodus, Waiting in Vain, Satisfy My Soul, Iron Lion Zion, I Shot the Sheriff and many more reggae classics. Hotfoot from a sell out show at London’s Adelphi Theatre, It is a two-hour spectacular, showcasing the magic of Marley. It captures the charisma and culture of an icon gone too soon.
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
The Art of Illuminated Lettering with Sarah Davis
Make your own illuminated letter in the medieval style using an array of historic techniques and materials including 23ct gold leaf with artist Sarah Davis. From simple golden capitals to Initials filled with mythical creatures, illuminated letters are a key feature of medieval manuscripts and are a beautiful way to create a unique miniature artwork.
Family Friendly
Free
Music
The BIG Switch On at Market Square with Star Radio
Come and join us as we turn on the festive lights at Market Square with Star Radio.
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Fundraising event for survivors of sexual violence in Tigray, Ethiopia
An awareness-raising and fundraising event for survivors of sexual violence in Tigray and other conflict-affected regions of Ethiopia
Family Friendly
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt at Anglesey Abbey
Join us for an adventure this Christmas at Anglesey Abbey with Wild in Art’s Bear Hunt trail from 19 November 2024 to 5 January 2025.
Music
TIM GARLAND’S LIGHTHOUSE TRIO AND BRITTEN SINFONIA
A giant of the jazz improv world, Tim Garland brings together his eclectically-minded trio and Britten Sinfonia for the most ambitious project of his stellar career, at the Cambridge Jazz Festival.
Music
Kathryn Stott, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Kathryn Stott on piano in the Kettle’s Yard house. Doors open at 7.30pm.
Comedy & Entertainment
Theatre
Big Deal Comedy
Welcome to the Big Deal Comedy Club -Where laughter takes centre stage, and your night out is a Big Deal
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Signwriting and Gold Leaf Gilding with Carlie Allan
Join us for a day of learning about traditional signwriting and gold leaf gilding, with Carlie from Buck & Bear Design.
Music
Theatre
Country Roads
COUNTRY ROADS One Night of Country Classics Come with us to the place you belong, for a night of the very best country classics! Leave your 9 to 5 worries at the door and get ready as – for one night only – we celebrate the Kings and Queens of country music. Brand-new for 2024, from hit producers Entertainers. . . this is the Lost in Music of Country! Join us for a very special evening, celebrating country superstar royalty. Enjoy the very biggest country songs of all time; 9 to 5, The Gambler, Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, King of the Road, Crazy, Rhinestone Cowboy, Jolene, Dance the Night Away, Walkin’ after Midnight and many, many more. The stars of our hit show Islands in the Stream return in this brand-new production that’s now BIGGER than ever! It’s a night like no other – join us for a celebration, live on stage, of the music of a generation. . . in one night of Country Classics. Touring nationwide for 2024! This is Country Roads!
Art & Exhibitions
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Christmas Brush Lettering Evening
Try your hand at Brush Lettering with Rebecca from Betty Etiquette. Learn this beautiful calligraphy lettering style in a friendly relaxed workshop just in time to share it with friends and family this Christmas!
Music
An Evening of Student Music
Kettle’s Yard has a long history of supporting students. Join us to hear a performance by holders of Instrumental Awards for Chamber Music, an intercollegiate scheme which enables students to participate in high-quality chamber music at the University of Cambridge.
Food & Drink
Themed Joiner Parties – A Night at the Movies
This festive season dress to impress as you walk the red carpet and get your dancing shoes ready to party at Hilton’s Night at the Movies. Start the night with a glass of bubbles and popcorn followed by a 3-course dinner, finishing the night dancing to your favourite disco tunes with our resident DJ, and strike your best pose in the photo booth.
Family Friendly
Music
Cambridge Concert Orchestra – Music for EACH and Everyone
An afternoon concert to raise funds for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH)
Comedy & Entertainment
Food & Drink
HQ Nights Exclusive Christmas Party!
Join us for an evening of excitement, splendour and all that is Christmas!
Comedy & Entertainment
Food & Drink
HQ Nights Exclusive Christmas Party!
Join us for an evening of excitement, splendour and all that is Christmas!
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Christmas Ghost Story Evening with Robert Lloyd Parry
Experience the magic and mystery of a Victorian Christmas with a special event featuring renowned storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry, as he brings to life Charles Dickens’ eerie classic, The Signalman (1866). Join us at 7.30 pm at 184 Gwydir Street for an evening of spine-tingling tales and festive cheer.
Theatre
A Christmas Carol – A One-Man Performance
Sink into the classic tale of Victorian Christmas and the redemption of London's most memorable miser in the heart of Cambridge.
Comedy & Entertainment
Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time
TV favourite Ed Byrne brings his Best Reviewed Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival, British Comedy Guide's No 1 Comedy show of 2023, and his most personal show to date to Cambridge!
Music
Handel’s Messiah by candlelight
Eboracum Baroque perform Handel’s celebrated work, Messiah on Saturday 14th December in Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge.
Music
A Baroque Christmas
Eboracum Baroque are delighted to return to the Georgian splendour of St Andrew’s Church, Wimpole for a varied programme of festive music.
Comedy & Entertainment
Theatre
Big Deal Comedy Club
Welcome to the Big Deal Comedy Club -Where laughter takes centre stage, and your night out is a Big Deal
Theatre
MURDER:STAGED – LIVE
Following the success of Crime Viral's sell out UK serial killer tour - research psychologist and psychopathy expert Cheish Merryweather will be bringing to the stage for the very first time - MURDER:STAGED - LIVE
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