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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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Cambridge Wellness Festival 2026
The Cambridge Wellness Festival returns to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on Tuesday 8 September 2026, bringing staff, patients, visitors and local residents together for a free day of health and wellbeing. Taking place on The Green, next to Cambridge South Railway Station, from 11am–6pm, the festival features yoga, Tai Chi, wellbeing stands, workshops, expert talks, arts and crafts, women’s health sessions and Pets as Therapy dogs. Come along to connect with the campus community, discover new approaches to wellbeing and take some time for yourself. Entry and all activities are free.
Family Friendly
Music
Theatre
Queen Idia the Musical – The Concert Sharing
A mother's love. A kingdom at war. Witness the birth of a legend in this thrilling new African story told through Afrobeats & Spoken Word.
Free
Caring Together Charity Parent Carer Meet-Up
Join us for an informal parent carer meet-up at The Greenhouse Café, inside Scotsdales Garden Centre.
Comedy & Entertainment
Festivals
Sport
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
The Big Retreat Festival
Feel Good. Your Way. A unique festival blending wellbeing, fitness, music, food, creativity and connection in Cambridgeshire.
Art & Exhibitions
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
RailEx East, run by the Cambridge Model Railway Club
RailEx East 2026, is the Annual show organised by the Cambridge Model Railway Club, takes place on Saturday 12 September 2026, from 10am to 4pm at Cambridge Regional College, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge. The exhibition will feature two large, step-free halls and showcase more than 25 model railway layouts across a wide range of scales, gauges and railway eras, including 00, N, 0, 009, H0, 16mm and Hornby Dublo. Visitors will also find a wide selection of specialist traders, including Great Eastern Models, Motorail, Keith’s Model Railways and DCC Model Railway Signalling, alongside the 31A Club Sales Stand. Refreshments will be available throughout the day. Admission is £8 for adults and £3 for children, with free admission for under-5s and one child free in groups of two or more children. Free parking and excellent public transport connections are available.
Music
Echoes of Buenos Aires – Martin Alvarado and Gerardo Villar y Los Aguirre
Experience the passion and power of Buenos Aires in a breathtaking evening of tango, folk music, and unforgettable song.
Food & Drink
Free
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Every Story in Every Way in Every Space
Using the Library’s EverySpace, we’re celebrating Fairtrade and having fun! Creating and sharing Fairtrade messages - Come and share your story.
Theatre
Blood Brothers
The multi-award-winning musical Blood Brothers comes to the Arts Theatre Cambridge in September 2026.
Comedy & Entertainment
Quiz Night @ Hot Numbers Trumpington Street
Gather your smartest friends for our new monthly Quiz Night at Hot Numbers! £5 entry, max 6 per team, and great prizes to be won. Doors open at 18:00, quiz starts at 19:00. Date and Time: Third Wednesday of every month Doors Open: 18:00 Quiz Starts: 19:00 Location: Hot Numbers Coffee, Trumpington Street, Cambridge Tickets: £5.00 per person
Music
Live Music @ Hot Numbers Gwydir Street – Jess Morgan
Jess Morgan is a musician, writer and theatre-maker from Norwich, UK. She has had a career in music spanning some fifteen years with songs backed by BBC Radio 2 and 6 MUSIC. Jess was one of the first musicians to play at Hot Numbers when we first started our live music programme and it’s a real treat to see Jess return to Hot Numbers again, her music has seen her perform and tour extensively throughout the UK, Europe and North America in small venues and theatres - and just once, the O2 Arena.
Music
DJ Sessions @ Hot Numbers Gwydir Street – Miss Lady Jane & Chief Koala
DJs Miss Lady Jane & Chief Koala are no strangers to the Cambridge music scene & have regularly played together over the last 10 years at well-known local events such as Brighter Days, Houseology, Summerhouse festival & Cambridge Pride. For the first time at their own joint event, they're bringing their love of Soulful House to Hot Numbers on Friday 18 September. Please note: The ticket price of £8.00 includes a complimentary drink of your choice from our drinks menu (including all alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks).
Art & Exhibitions
Family Friendly
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Domesday at 40
Celebrate 40 years of the BBC Domesday Project! Hands-on systems, stories & history. Sept 19. Standard museum entry applies.
Music
Cambridge Ragas: Resonance of Sitar, Slide Guitar, and Tabla
Sitar, Indian slide guitar, Brij Veena and tabla at Cambridge Junction, with Debasis Chakroborty, Akram Khan, Mehboob Nadeem and Sam Evans.
Art & Exhibitions
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Blackwork Embroidery Caps with Steph Norwood
Join me for an evening of social stitching. Embroider your own cap with traditional 'blackwork' patterns.
Music
Theatre
‘What A Feeling’
Rowan's students take to the stage in their 2026 music and drama showcase 'What A Feeling!'
Comedy & Entertainment
Leanne Clarke
Looking for the perfect Friday night in Cambridge? Join Big Deal Comedy, Cambridge's award winning comedy club, for an evening packed with laughs from some of the UK's best professional comedians.
Family Friendly
Free
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
St John’s Eco-Festival
St John’s Eco Festival is a family-friendly, free-entry event to highlight ways in which we can live more sustainably. A variety of environmental organisations will be there to share information about the natural world and suggest ways in which we can shift to low carbon living. There will also be locally sourced, eco-friendly products on sale, plus light lunches and refreshments.
Free
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
Cambridgeshire Biodiversity & Regenerative Food Festival
Celebrating Cambridgeshire’s regenerative local food system and a wilder, more nature-filled region.
Food & Drink
Woolf Drinks Versus Whisky Tasting
Welcoming whisky tasting for all, sampling Scotch whiskies bottled by Brighton-based Woolf Drinks.
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
Downing College Autumn Plant Sale
Find the Gardens team stalls behind the Porters’ Lodge. A selection of perennials, 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.
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
Downing College Autumn Plant Sale
Find the Gardens team stalls behind the Porters’ Lodge. A selection of perennials, 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.
Art & Exhibitions
Exhibition Tour: Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Today
Join us for an exhibition tour with Kettle’s Yard Director and exhibition curator Andrew Nairne.
Art & Exhibitions
ABRASIONS – new work by Ian Rawlinson
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Edge Café on the Brookfields site, Ian Rawlinson presents ABRASIONS, his 10th solo exhibition at the café. After spending the last 14 years working on imagery inspired by places and memories from his past in Cambridge, his work is now evolving in different and as yet, unknown directions. To conclude this period of work, Rawlinson will be exhibiting prints from two recent series, 'Mere' and 'Butterfly'. The inspiration for this work comes from his writing, which explores connections between different areas of his East Anglian past. The process of making then fragments and distorts the imagery, revealing an abstracted sense of place.
Family Friendly
Markets, Fetes & Fairs
Nearly New Bay and Children’s sale
Fowlmere Playgroup Thrift runs as a 'pop-up' shop meaning it’s never been easier to sell your preloved baby and childrens items and snap up some bargains.
Art & Exhibitions
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Blackwork Embroidery Caps with Steph Norwood
Join me for an evening of social stitching. Embroider your own cap with traditional 'blackwork' patterns.
Art & Exhibitions
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
An Introduction to Jewellery: Making a Pendant with Rebecca Ilett
Join jewellery artist Rebecca Ilett for an introduction to jewellery making and create your own mixed-metal pendant. Inspired by the decorative patterns and textures found throughout David Parr House, you'll learn traditional jewellery-making techniques using brass, copper, silver and gilding metal to create a unique piece to take home.
Family Friendly
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Studio Sunday
Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.
Art & Exhibitions
Family Friendly
Free
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
A group exhibition at Cambridge Artspace, bringing together the work of Maisy Aykroyd, Theo Panagopoulos and Sid White Jones.
Family Friendly
Festivals
Sport
Theatre
The Big Bike Film Night 2026 – Cambridge
The best cycling short films from around the world are here!
Workshops, Talks & Lectures
Fused Glass Christmas Decoration Workshop
Join our Fused Glass Artist, June Massey, to use your creative skills to design and make beautiful, unique fused glass Christmas decorations; they will definitely be a talking point for your Christmas visitors!
Family Friendly
Apple Day 2026
Join us as we host the region’s biggest Apple Day on Sunday 18 October 2026.
Theatre
Operation Mincemeat
The the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II, comes to the Arts Theatre in October 2026.
Art & Exhibitions
An Enamel Revolution: China and the World
Discover the fusion of art, technology and international trade that pushed the boundaries of enamel decoration in China from the 1600s.
Art & Exhibitions
Exhibition Tour: Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Today
Join us for an exhibition tour with Assistant Curator Meg Breckell.
Art & Exhibitions
A Call to Art: William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites
Discover the radical vision behind the pioneering decorative designs and romantic storytelling of British designer and activist William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites.
Comedy & Entertainment
Family Friendly
Music
Space Safari Drone Light Show – Cambridge
Experience hundreds of synchronised drones bringing cinematic storytelling to the night sky in a spectacular family evening.
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Bringing the river to life in raucous style each June, ‘The Bumps’ are a chaotic series of rowing races. In this Cambridge tradition, which dates back to the early 19th Century, boats set out in single file and must catch and touch, or ‘bump’, the boat ahead without being caught by the rowers on their tail.