WHAT'S ON

Exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge

11:00AM

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Festival of Choirs: The Monastic Hours: Vespers

An exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

8:45PM - 9:15PM

Singers from Cambridge University Schola Cantorum sing the ancient office of Vespers

Tue 11 August

8:00AM - 8:30AM

Festival of Choirs: The Monastic Hours: Mattins

Singers from Cambridge University Schola Cantorum sing the ancient office of Mattins

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity

An exhibition by Cambridge-based artists Clio Lloyd-Jacob, Idit Elia Nathan, Sara Paynter, Sarah Wood and Rachel Wooller

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 12:30PM

Holiday Workshop: Artist Botanicals: Casting and Printing

Join artist Ian Brownlie for a fun morning discovering relief casting and simple print-making techniques in this workshop for 7-11 year olds.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

11:00AM

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Festival of Choirs: Singing Teachers in Concert

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Helen Groves & James Oldfield, the two singing teachers for the Festival of Choirs, perform a recital of song. With Alex Trigg, piano

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Festival of Choirs: Singing Teachers in Concert

Helen Groves & James Oldfield, the two singing teachers for the Festival of Choirs, perform a recital of song. With Alex Trigg, piano

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Festival of Choirs: Singing Teachers in Concert

Helen Groves & James Oldfield, the two singing teachers for the Festival of Choirs, perform a recital of song. With Alex Trigg, piano

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Festival of Choirs: Owain Park Choral Workshop

An exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Renowned choral director Owain Park works with the Festival of Choirs Chorus in a public masterclass

4:00PM - 4:50PM

Festival of Choirs: Owl Flying with Hawkeye Falconry

Witness majestic free-flying owls, with an in-depth commentary. Some audience members can actually fly the birds!

5:20PM - 6:10PM

Festival of Choirs: Owl Flying with Hawkeye Falconry

Witness majestic free-flying owls, with an in-depth commentary. Some audience members can actually fly the birds!

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Festival of Choirs: The Gesualdo Six: The Vaults of Time

Renowned vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six return to the Chapel where they were founded, presenting a programme entitled "The Vaults of Time"

Wed 12 August

8:00AM - 8:30AM

Festival of Choirs: The Monastic Hours: Lauds

Singers from Cambridge University Schola Cantorum sing the ancient office of Lauds

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity

An exhibition by Cambridge-based artists Clio Lloyd-Jacob, Idit Elia Nathan, Sara Paynter, Sarah Wood and Rachel Wooller

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Returning for 2026, David Parr House is delighted to welcome back Kiln Cambridge for another pop-up showcase celebrating the work of talented local potters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

11:00AM

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Festival of Choirs: The Festival Choirs in Concert

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

11:30AM - 12:30PM

The participant choirs from this year's Festival of Choirs come together for performances at St Botolph's Church.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Festival of Choirs: JS Bach Music of Hope and Consolation

Free exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.

1:15PM - 2:15PM

Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and cellist Graham Walker perform music for solo strings by JS Bach

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Festival of Choirs: Music for Flute and Piano

An exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

9:00PM - 9:45PM

Danielle Walker presents an eclectic programme of flute and piano music.

Thu 13 August

8:00AM - 8:30AM

Festival of Choirs: The Monastic Hours: Prime

Singers from Cambridge University Schola Cantorum sing the ancient office of Prime

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity

An exhibition by Cambridge-based artists Clio Lloyd-Jacob, Idit Elia Nathan, Sara Paynter, Sarah Wood and Rachel Wooller

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:30AM - 10:30AM

A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge

Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale!

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Returning for 2026, David Parr House is delighted to welcome back Kiln Cambridge for another pop-up showcase celebrating the work of talented local potters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Festival of Choirs: Vocal Masterclass with Alex Ashworth

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Alex Ashworth, Professor of Singing at the Royal Academy of Music, works with three Festival participants

11:00AM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Bizarre!

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining walking tour, yet! Led by a qualified Cambridge Green Badge Guide

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Festival of Choirs: The Music of Jane Austen

Free exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.

2:00PM - 2:45PM

Professor Sarah Houghton-Walker explores Austen's musical world, and explains what the music in her novels reveals about her characters.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Festival of Choirs: Vox Cantab sing Whyte Lamentations

An exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Highlight Festival of Choirs: The King's Men in Concert

Festival of Choirs proudly presents The King's Men, the world-famous Choral Scholars and Lay Clerks of King's College, Cambridge.

8:00PM - 9:00PM

Vox Cantab, led by Louisa Denby, performs Robert Whyte's Lamentations of Jeremiah

Fri 14 August

9:00AM - 9:30AM

Festival of Choirs: The Monastic Hours: Terce

Singers from Cambridge University Schola Cantorum sing the ancient office of Terce

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity

An exhibition by Cambridge-based artists Clio Lloyd-Jacob, Idit Elia Nathan, Sara Paynter, Sarah Wood and Rachel Wooller

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Returning for 2026, David Parr House is delighted to welcome back Kiln Cambridge for another pop-up showcase celebrating the work of talented local potters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

11:00AM

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Free exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

An exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Festival of Choirs: Faure Requiem and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs

Festival of Choirs & Brandenburg Sinfonia in Faure's Requiem, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Mozart’s Ave Verum & Bach’s Jesu Joy

Sat 15 August

9:00AM - 4:30PM

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:30AM - 12:00PM

A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge

Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale!

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Art Exhibition: 'Images and Other Conversations'

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'Images and Other Conversations', featuring work by artists Suleman Aqeel Khilji and Charlotte Winifred Guérard, winners of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Returning for 2026, David Parr House is delighted to welcome back Kiln Cambridge for another pop-up showcase celebrating the work of talented local potters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

11:00AM

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Bizarre!

Free exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining walking tour, yet! Led by a qualified Cambridge Green Badge Guide

2:00PM - 6:00PM

A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge

An exhibition which brings together the work of three contemporary artists, Vicken Parsons, Jeff McMillan and David Batchelor, for whom colour has been an abiding preoccupation over many years.

Sun 16 August

9:30AM - 12:00PM

Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Art Exhibition: 'Images and Other Conversations'

Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'Images and Other Conversations', featuring work by artists Suleman Aqeel Khilji and Charlotte Winifred Guérard, winners of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize.

11:00AM

Opening on 1 July and running throughout the summer at MODO in Cambridge, the exhibition places Hockney's iconic swimming pool works at the centre of a new immersive and interactive gallery experience.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

Exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge

11:30AM - 1:00PM

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Studio Sunday: Relaxed Session

Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Free exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.

12:00PM - 5:00PM