Professional actress brings the myth of Arachne and Athena to life, followed by a hands-on Greek weaving workshop to make an evil eye.
Theatrical stand-up show 'Pizazz' by Christopher Hall, the former Background Singer, full of dancing, glamour and storytelling, strictly 18+.
Night of emerging local bands on the J1 stage at Cambridge Junction, aimed at young people and serving as a path into Fiver Fest.
Improv comedy show where a gothic horror story is cobbled together from the audience's suggestions, with live piano and sound effects.
Dexy's Midnight Runners play the historic Cambridge Corn Exchange with hits like 'Come On Eileen'.
Exhibition of objects and tales collected by folklorist Enid Porter, with folkloric practices, contemporary artworks and community contributions.
One-night stand-up show by Cambridge Footlights performer Tom Sweeney, who talks about being from Leeds.
Free family Halloween trail around Darwin Green where participants find nine spooky characters and collect a sweet treat.
Halloween-themed indoor dance music festival with over 70 live acts across six stages, roaming characters, street food and fancy-dress prizes at Cambridge Junction.
Reece Shearsmith brings his illustrated memoir to life with storytelling and performance, sharing the strange artefacts and obsessions that have shaped his work.
Free creative walk through Mill Road Cemetery with prompts from the Cambridge Songwriters Collective, finishing at the nearby café Hot Numbers.
Halloween edition of Big Fish, Little Fish, the family rave for children aged eight and under, with house and rave music, crafts, a snow machine and a parachute dance.
Award-winning family-friendly sketch comedy show written and performed by the comedy duo Shelf, recommended for ages 6 and over.
Talk by Dr Tracy Fahey on the folklore figure of the Hag and her connection to female aging and power, followed by a Q&A.
Weekly Monday evening life drawing class taught by David Bennison of Cambridge Figure Drawing, for over-16s.
Liverpool singer-songwriter Robert Vincent plays The Portland Arms in Cambridge.
Stand-up show by London comedian Grace Campbell, touring the UK, about identity, contradiction and letting go of expectations.
Award-winning historian Bettany Hughes talks about how Ancient Egypt's innovations in medicine, mathematics, engineering and governance shaped the modern world.
Political drama by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky about the Labour giants Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland clashing over British socialism.
Amateur production by Fletcher Players of Andrew Bovell's play about the Price family and the secrets of their four grown children.
Teenage Fanclub play Cambridge Junction on a standing show, part of their European tour.
Drop-in space for creativity, coffee or tea and conversation on the first Tuesday of the month, open to all ages and particularly welcoming to adults experiencing mental health challenges.
The Proclaimers, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid, play their classic hits with support from Amelia Coburn at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
A six-week open session for mothers with babies or pre-schoolers to explore movement and writing through guided exercises.
Exhibition by Issam Kourbaj in which archaeological objects, historical documents and contemporary artworks are presented without their identifying labels.
Double bill of prog rock from EBB, the Erin Bennett Band, and the John Hackett Band, with flute textures and jazz-inflected compositions.
Script-reading of a new play by the Fletcher Players, the college's amateur dramatic society, under the 'Blank Canvas' series.
Fast-paced, character-led comedy by and for state school students, created by Cambridge Footlights, about the British comprehensive system.
Historian Mary Beard returns to the stage to explore the lives of those left out of the history books and connect Roman politics to today.
Irish sketch comedian Killian Sundermann brings a new hour of stand-up to Cambridge Junction, following his sell-out 2025 UK and Ireland tour.
Stand-up show by Jason Byrne marking thirty years on stage, with audience interaction and improvisation.
Cambridge author Nicola Upson launches her new historical crime novel 'The Voices of the Dead' at Waterstones.
One-night-only musical by the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society, with music from Rent, Dear Evan Hansen, Death Becomes Her and Hadestown.
Strictly 18+ cabaret bingo night at the Cambridge Junction, with doors at 6pm and the show at 8pm.
Live concert by singer-songwriter Katey Brooks, mixing Americana, folk and pop, at Cambridge Junction.
Live show by the nine-piece UK brass band The Brass Funkeys at Cambridge Junction, part of the Cambridge Jazz Festival Plus.
Stand-up comedy show by James Schloeffel and Charles Firth about corporate bullshit, with two shows at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
The New Cambridge Singers, led by James Potter, sing 17th- and 18th-century church music centred on Scarlatti's ten-part Stabat Mater.
Persian classical music concert by the Nahoft Ensemble, with original compositions by ney player Salman Abdi, as a tribute to the poet Omar Khayyam.
Stand-up show by Romesh Ranganathan, billed as scientifically proven to improve your self-esteem, at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
Club night with Kings of the Rollers headlining The Holy Grail UK Tour, with Voltage, Serum and Bladerunner, strictly 18+.
Club night with Cambridge Dance at J2 (a Club) in Cambridge Junction, strictly 18+.
Dan Schreiber, host of the QI podcast 'No Such Thing As A Fish', brings his stand-up show of weird facts and funny tales to Cambridge Junction.
Award-winning, board-game style interactive murder mystery presented by Danyah Miller, recommended for ages 7 and over.
Recital by the Cohen-Wingfield duo of works by Trinity composers Stanford, Gray and Vaughan Williams.
Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society's amateur production of the musical 'The Wiz', an adaptation of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', with a live band.
Amateur production of R.C. Sherriff's play 'Journey's End' by the Fletcher Players, set on the Western Front in 1918.
Live concert by drum and bass pioneer Goldie MBE with a full band at Cambridge Junction.
Monthly sailing club meeting with a talk by Lucy Bruzzone on her time as base leader at Port Lockroy in Antarctica.
Comedy sketch show that makes pantomime naughtier and sillier, with audience interaction and monologues, ahead of the Footlights Cinderella panto.
Stand-up show in which Nick Steen plays his horror-fiction persona Garth Marenghi, parodying terrible genre writing.
Twelfth edition of the Cambridge Jazz Festival, with more than 40 events across two weeks of concerts in concert halls, clubs and college venues.
Stand-up show by comedian Joe Wells about fatherhood and neurodiversity, with the comedian and his wife expecting a baby.
Live dub and reggae gig by Gentleman's Dub Club, the Leeds band that bridges traditional roots reggae and modern bass music.
Stand-up show by award-winning comedian and Saturday Night Live UK star Paddy Young, who brings his new tour to Cambridge.
A free early music concert by the Haylock Consort of works by Thomas Tomkins to commemorate his life and work.
A big band show celebrating the songs of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, with guest vocalists Tom Huttlestone and Elaine Riches.
Guided tour of the Museum of Zoology's collections, from Darwin's beetles to the fin whale and dodo skeletons.
Free family session for under-5s to discover birds through stories, handle real feathers and make an owl mask.
Tony Hadley brings his Christmas big band tour to the Cambridge Corn Exchange with swing and crooner classics from Sinatra, Bennett and Presley.
Monthly over-18s indie rock night at Cambridge Junction with classics from Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Oasis and more.
Night of emerging local bands on the J1 stage at Cambridge Junction, part of the Fiver Fest series.
Retro computing festival with a space theme, where vintage micros and consoles run space games and visitors can exhibit their own collections.
Daytime clubbing night for the 30+ crowd with a resident DJ spinning 80s, 90s and early 2000s dancefloor classics, 18+.
Stand-up night with Tom Allen, Fern Brady, Jack Skipper and Darren Harriott at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, strictly for over-18s.
Cambridge's main Christmas lights switch-on in Market Square with live performances, crowd games and giveaways, family friendly.
A live wall of sound in which a twelve-piece orchestra of classically trained musicians reorchestrates rock anthems from Queen, Led Zeppelin, Metallica and more.
Big band show with live science demonstrations, tango dancers and jazz, blues and soul music from the Upbeat Big Band and Cambridge Science Centre.
A night of improvised music with two duos: violinist Angharad Davies and double bassist Dominic Lash, and clarinettist Tim Hodgkinson with guitarist N.O. Moore.
Natural historian Chris Packham shares stories from his life and shows specimens from his collection in a talk about the state of the natural world.
Youth drama festival in which local schools stage abridged Shakespeare plays for their community at the Cambridge Junction.
Cambridge Schola sings a service of Compline or Vespers in the Cast Gallery of the Museum of Classical Archaeology, with wine or elderflower pressé.
Live show by Flamy Grant, the drag queen and singer from Asheville, North Carolina, who blends Appalachian roots with drag artistry.
The Fletcher Players, Corpus Christi College's amateur dramatic society, stage Qui Nguyen's dramatic comedy 'She Kills Monsters' at The Corpus Playroom.
Multi-award winning play based on Dan Brown's novel, bringing mystery and murder to the stage at the historic ADC Theatre.
Jack Thorne's play about a man who tries to bury his brother in the pavement where he died, staged by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning folk duo Rowan and Anna Rheingans bring their experimental trad sound to Cambridge Junction.
Student-written freshers musical by the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society, welcoming newcomers to the city's musical theatre scene.
Leeds post-punk quartet Yard Act plays the Cambridge Junction with support from Do Nothing.
Toronto modern folk singer Abigail Lapell plays an all-ages show at The Portland Arms on Chesterton Road.
Stand-up comedian Susan Calman brings her tour 'Tall Tales', a night of highlights from the last decade, to the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
A raw piece of spoken word and physical theatre by Peter Dewar and Reflect Productions on depression, anxiety, addiction, shame and hope.
Bellowhead play their Burlesque 20th anniversary tour, with support from Seckou Keita, at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
Final solo acoustic tour by Hugh Cornwell, former lead singer of The Stranglers, mixing The Stranglers' songs with new material from 'Succubus' and an open Q&A.
