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Out of the Ordinary Festival

Experience the extraordinary in the streets of Cambridge this August bank holiday weekend.

  • 26th August 2023 - 28th August 2023

Supported by Cambridge BID, Out of the Ordinary is a brand-new event in the city centre this summer. Performance artists will bring fantastical worlds of colour, imagination and humour to Cambridge’s historic streets, entertaining and amazing everyone as they go.

The event will feature:

  • Souped-up shopping trolley dance display from Granny Turismo
  • Iconic 70s toy inspired Big Mob
  • A bewitching, hilarious giant slinkies walkabout
  • Twin-set clad, Crimplene Crusaders championing good old-fashioned values, alongside some unrivalled disco move Traditional circus pushed to the limits with Out of the Box or the startling Mirror Men, dazzling in their multi mirrored suite.

A weekend of wonder is promised, as internationally acclaimed professional artists create a world of fun and make extraordinary memories. Save the dates!

Full weekend programme to follow shortly.

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Did you know?

The imposing lamppost in the centre of Parker’s Piece bears the words Reality Checkpoint – believed to be a reference to the end of the university ‘bubble’ and the beginning of the real world, aka the rest of the city.