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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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Music
Alan Barnes Octet – Copperfield Jazz Suite at Stapleford Granary
A new jazz suite created & narrated by the inimitable Alan Barnes inspired by Dickens much-loved story.
Art & Exhibitions
Family Friendly
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Early Years Studio
Early Years Studio is a fun, creative, immersive experience for children aged 0-4. Two sessions: 10-10.45am or 11-11.45am
Family Friendly
Christmas Punt and Hunt
Experience Christmas the right way with a magical tour of Cambridge this winter. Your family can have a wondrous time hunting for Santa’s elves, reindeers, dinky door’s and so much more with a festive punt and hunt experience for all to enjoy. Join the Traditional Punting Company's top-rated chauffeured punting tour with a joyful twist as you find the answers for a sweet surprise. Then take to the cobbled streets to walk the path of Santa and his elves in the run up to the big day. It is a christmassy activity like no other which the whole family can be a part of.
Music
Trinity Chapel Choral Concert
Choral concert in aid of East Anglia's Children's Hospices featuring the St Edmundsbury Male Voice Choir.
Free
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Reimagining the world of work: Mental wellbeing, productivity and the workplace
A fireside chat between the University of Cambridge and KPMG about a better understanding of how mental wellbeing, productivity and the workplace may be interrelated.
Family Friendly
Winter Lights at Anglesey Abbey
A beautiful, sensory after-dark journey that brings the gardens and creatures of Anglesey Abbey to life in all their wonder.
Art & Exhibitions
Comedy & Entertainment
Family Friendly
Festivals
Food & Drink
Free
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
Music
Stapleford Granary Christmas Market
Supporting local makers and creators, craftspeople & collectors, our festive Christmas Market is back with pop-up food, mulled wine & music
Comedy & Entertainment
Family Friendly
Music
Theatre
Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom – Theatre of Widdershins
A Traditional tale teased, detangled and restyled into an enchanting show, combining exquisite puppetry & storytelling.
Family Friendly
Music
Music Awhile – A candlelit Concert at Stapleford Granary
A collection of Europe's finest early music performers play Purcell, Bach, Handel in a glorious Christmas programme
Family Friendly
Music
Onyx Brass Candlelit Concert at Stapleford Granary
Festive favourites & classy arrangements of well-loved tunes from this world-renowned brass quintet . presented in their charismatic, good humoured style.
Family Friendly
Music
GreenMatthews’ Gaudete – Candelit Concert at Stapleford Granary
Popular Festive fayre from the Middle Ages featuring carols and winter folksongs sung & performed on an abundance of weird and wonderful instruments.
Comedy & Entertainment
Dylan Moran, Mike Wozniak, Rosie Jones, Celya AB and John Robins: Live At Christmas
It’s nearly Christmas and the country’s best comedians are coming to Cambridge for a spectacular all-star festive show!
Music
Handel’s Messiah by Candlelight
Eboracum Baroque perform Handel’s celebrated work, Messiah at Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge. This performance will be in aid of Cancer Research UK. Relax in the run up to Christmas with this candlelit performance from some of the finest singers and instrumentalists in the UK. Performed on period instruments from the time of Handel, this is an evening of music not to be missed! Adults £25.50, Students £12.50, Children (Under 18) Free
Family Friendly
Food & Drink
Christmas Day Feast
Celebrate Christmas Day lunch with family in a warm and festive environment, with our classic Hilton hospitality and, of course, a visit from Santa!
Food & Drink
NYE Gala
Celebrate a glitzy evening in style at Hilton Cambridge City Centre!
Art & Exhibitions
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Experimental mixed media art workshops
Discover, experiment and play with a range of exciting art materials, themes and techniques to deepen your visual awareness and inspire your inner creativity.
Music
English Touring Opera: Giulio Cesare
English Touring Opera returns to Cambridge Arts Theatre with three great operas encompassing love and war, comedy and epic tragedy. One of Handel’s most celebrated works, Giulio Cesare, is a majestic opera in which the characters are driven to extreme feelings and actions, and in which the music strikes the heart. A story of passion and revenge, featuring a treasure trove of great arias with immense dramatic intensity, the opera follows the events surrounding Julius Caesar’s conquest of Egypt, as well as his uneasy alliance and romance with fabled Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. Each opera is performed on period instruments in partnership with the much-praised Old Street Band.
Music
English Touring Opera: Il Viaggio a Reims
English Touring Opera returns to Cambridge Arts Theatre with three great operas encompassing love and war, comedy and epic tragedy. In a provincial hotel, guests from all over Europe are stranded on their way to a great coronation. Intrigue, politics, romance and lost luggage all play their part in Rossini’s last Italian opera, Il viaggio a Reims. Each opera is performed on period instruments in partnership with the much-praised Old Street Band.
Music
English Touring Opera: Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia is a tragedy of great pathos. Donizetti created in Lucrezia one of his greatest roles – known as one of history’s most famous poisoners, she is a cunning strategist and a loving mother at the same time, a complex woman in a dangerous situation. Each opera is performed on period instruments in partnership with the much-praised Old Street Band.
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