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From making your own gin with one of the world’s most innovative distilleries, to trying the best of the Cambridge food scene – here are some uniquely Cambridge experiences to seek out during your stay
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All That Jazz
Jazz nights come to Parker’s Tavern bar at the University Arms, every Friday.
12 Last Songs as part of Cambridge Festival
Nice to meet you, what do you do? 12 Last Songs constructs a fleeting portrait of society. There are no actors.
Bach to Baby Easter Holiday Family Concert in Cambridge
Bach to Baby brings you critically acclaimed concerts for baby and you this Easter! We bring our world-class musicians right to you for babies, tots and grown-ups.
NSPCC Jazz Event
Beat those winter blues by joining us for a wonderful evening in the Monastic Barn at for our NSPCC Jazz Supper on Saturday 4th March. We are thrilled to announce that the very talented Phoenix Jazz will be playing live at this historic setting. Having already played twice for royalty at Clarence House in London and received praise from various celebrities, Phoenix continue to expand their repertoire with the best of the songs that made people like Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and Billie Holiday great, alongside more modern classics.
Dante Dreaming
A programme of music and readings inspired by the Dante Alighieri.
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.
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.
575 Organ Recital
Triumphant organ music played by Queens' organ scholars past and present will begin at 12 noon to mark the 575th anniversary of the founding of the College.
Mamma Mia Spectacular
A fully Immersive dinner performance in a purpose built venue.
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.
NSPCC Aperitivo Charity Evening
Do join us for a wonderful evening at the Lawn, Gonville Hotel for delicious food and company and a chance to unwind with friends and colleagues. Last year the Childline service handled 200,000 counselling sessions from children who felt they had no-one else to turn to. The NSPCC estimate that around 2,700 of these sessions were with children from Cambridgeshire. It costs just £4 to answer one call to Childline so you could really help make a difference to children in Cambridgeshire and across the UK. Tickets can be purchased online or call Karen on 07738 604848 if you would like any further information. Together we meet. Together we share. Together we can end child abuse.
Bach to Baby Easter Holiday Family Concert in Cambridge
Bach to Baby brings you critically acclaimed concerts for baby and you this Easter! We bring our world-class musicians right to you for babies, tots and grown-ups.
Eddington Beer Garden 2023
A pop-up outdoor Beer Garden in Eddington Square, Cambridge is arriving for one weekend only from 28-29 April 2023!
A German Requiem – Cambridge Philharmonic Chorus performs Brahms Requiem
Join the Cambridge Philharmonic Chorus, accompanied by Harry Sever and Tom Primrose on piano for an intimate and uplifting performance of ‘Brahms Requiem’, accompanied by piano and sung in German, at Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge.
Bartlow 3 Counties Charity Walk
Annual charity walk now in its 18th year.Walks suitable for all ages, abilities. Access across beautiful countryside some of which is private land. Children's activities included in ticket price. After the walks there are activities in the farm yard. Jazz band, local beer, food stalls, bouncy castle. Cheaper to buy tickets on line.
Voxcetera: Sacred Music & Folk Songs for Choir & Harp
An evening of uplifting choral music with Voxcetera chamber choir and harpist Gabriella Jones
Did you know?
In 1958, a group of engineering students managed to hoist an Austin Seven car onto the roof of Senate House, with the help of some clever calculations. It took the university a week to remove it – and will surely go down in history as one of the boldest student pranks ever!