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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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Cambridge Open Studios 2026
Cambridge Open Studios returns this July, inviting visitors to step inside artists’ studios, homes and creative workspaces across Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Ely, Saffron Walden and surrounding villages. Over four weekends, hundreds of local artists will open their doors, offering a rare opportunity to see where art is made, meet makers face-to-face and discover original work in painting, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, sculpture, photography, glass, mixed media and more. Visitors can plan their own route, explore neighbourhoods and villages, follow art trails, enjoy a day out with friends or family and buy directly from artists. Free to visit and welcoming to all, Cambridge Open Studios is one of the region’s most loved annual arts events, celebrating creativity, community and the pleasure of discovering art in the places where it is made. Event: Cambridge Open Studios 2026 Dates: July 2026, across all four weekends
Downing College Summer Plant Sale
Find the plant stalls behind the Porters’ Lodge. A selection of perennials, vegetables, herbs, trees and house plants will be on sale. All plants have been grown on site and will be priced at £2 and £4. Cashless payments only.
Cambridge Comedy Garden
Cambridge Comedy Garden brings five nights of all-star comedy, craft beer and street-eats to Parker’s Piece.
Downing College Summer Plant Sale
Downing College summer plant sale. All plants are grown on site using our own compost mix. Plants are prices at £2 and £4.
Exhibition Tour – Handpicked
Join us for an exhibition tour with Curatorial Assistant Meg Breckell and enjoy a behind-the-scenes insight into Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today.
Tom Gamble
Described by the BBC as "one of the UK's most exciting guitarists", Tom Gamble returns to Cambridge as part of his 2026 summer tour.
Chinese Calligraphy & Tea at Ely Museum
A midsummer morning of Chinese calligraphy and tea. For the women who are ready to put something down for a Saturday morning.
Cambridge Concert Orchestra – a concert to celebrate Living Composers
To raise funds for Richard’s Music Therapy. To include: Danzón No. 2 – Arturo Márquez, The Lakes of Cold Fen – Nigel Hess, Raiders March – John Williams, Scott of the Antarctic – Pam Wedgwood (narrated by Jonathan Shanklin), and more!
The Water is Wide:Songs of shore, fen and tide
The Water is Wide: Songs of shore, fen and tide. Cambridge Timeline Choir present an evening of beautiful and evocative songs, of love, loss, adventure and peril from coastal and fenland traditions. Some familiar, some less well-known, they are arranged for harmony singing by choral director, Stef Conner. There are also two new specially-commissioned pieces being premiered at the concert.
Ideas in Bloom: PhD Talks in the Library
An informal monthly evening of ideas, drinks, and conversation with PhD researchers at University Arms.
Creature From The Unknown: Improv Comedy/Gothic Horror
Improv comedy meets gothic horror. A monstrous tale, cobbled together and brought to life from your suggestions.
Dear Zoo
Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell's timeless children’s book, returns to the stage with puppets, music and lots of audience interaction!
Songs of the Bulbul
Award-winning South Asian dance company Aakash Odedra present Songs of the Bulbul, inspired by the ancient Sufi myth of a captured bulbul songbird.
Folk On A Boat
Folk on a Boat: 90-min River Cam cruise with John Bramwell, live acoustic set, July 23, 7:30–9 pm. Limited tickets available!
Float & Sound Experience (Spa)
A unique floating sound bath in our stunning spa crafted to help you pause, slow down and reconnect.
Iago Banet, ‘The Galician King of Acoustic Guitar’ at Cambridge Junction
Described as ‘a master of the guitar’ by Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 In Tune; as 'nothing short of phenomenal’ in a recent review, and as a ‘highly recommended artist’ by Celtic Connections, Iago Banet creates stories without words, enthralling audiences as he does so. He is a”one man band”on acoustic guitar not to be missed.
Did you know?
Lord Byron, the famous Romantic poet, is said to have kept a bear while he was a student at Trinity College in the 1800s.