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Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Follow a straw bear in Cambridgeshire

Follow a giant ‘bear’ around a Cambridgeshire town this weekend, as an unusual annual custom takes place…

Grantchester Barrel Race - Photo: cmglee

Roll out the barrel this Boxing Day

Every year, on Boxing Day, the village of Grantchester in Cambridgeshire comes alive with the eccentric sport of Barrel Rolling…

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2019

Cambridge Festival of Ideas embraces change

Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches this week with an array of events and cutting edge thinkers, tackling social, cultural and political change in a rapidly transforming world…

World Pea Shooting Championships - Witcham - Photo Richard Marsden

Pinging peas becomes competitive in Cambridgeshire

This weekend, the 49th World Pea Shooting Championships will be taking place in Witcham village, Cambridgeshire…

WATCH OUT 2019

Watch Out for edgy theatre festival this weekend

Cambridge Junction’s popular WATCH OUT Festival returns this weekend with a day of experimental, unusual and risqué performances…

Twilight at the Museums - Cambridge - Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Half term adventures at Twilight at the Museums

This February half-term, 14 of Cambridge’s museums and collections will be opening their doors for a series of free, drop-in adventures and activities after dark…

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire’s quirky Straw Bear Festival

The annual Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival takes place in Cambridgeshire from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th January with parades, dancing, music and storytelling…

World Pea Shooting Championships - Witcham - Photo Richard Marsden

Hit the target at the World Pea Shooting Championship

The 48th World Pea Shooting Championship will take place on the Green at Witcham in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 14th July…

Antic Disposition Much Ado About Nothing UK tour 2018

Watch some Shakespeare in unusual historical locations

This summer, watch a unique production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in some unusual and beautiful historic locations across the UK…

Hotbed theatre festival 2018 - Cambridge - Underneath

Festival showcases a Hotbed of new theatre in Cambridge

Hotbed is a festival of new theatre, hosted by the Menagerie Theatre Company at Cambridge Junction. This year’s festival takes place on 6th and 7th July…

WATCH OUT 2018 - Cambridge Junction

WATCH OUT for festival of experimental work in Cambridge

WATCH OUT, Cambridge Junction’s showcase of fresh experimental work with something to say, will take place on Saturday 26th May…

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival - Cambridgeshire

Whittlesea Straw Bear brings dancing, music and parades to Cambridgeshire

The 39th Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival takes place in Cambridgeshire from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th January with parades, dancing, music and storytelling…

Grantchester Barrel Race - Photo: cmglee

Some Boxing Day barrel rolling in Grantchester

Every year, on Boxing Day, the village of Grantchester in Cambridgeshire comes alive with the eccentric sport of Barrel Rolling…

Pizza & Prosecco Festival 2017

Pizza and Prosecco come together for touring festival

Like pizza? Love Prosecco? Then head to the Pizza & Prosecco Festival which is touring nationwide over the next few months…

World Pea Shooting Championships - Witcham - Photo Richard Marsden

Will you hit the target at the World Pea Shooting Championship?

The 47th World Pea Shooting Championship will take place on the village green at Witcham in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 8th July…

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