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Sat 9 May 9:00AM - 4:30PM

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

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

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!

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Driftlines film festival

Driftlines presents a dynamic programme of screenings, workshops, and director discussions. We invite you to join as we explore a wide range of themes, from food sovereignty and Indigenous governance to pollution and climate change.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

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

Exhibition: Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig

Step inside the world of Angelina Ballerina as the Museum of Cambridge opens a new exhibition ‘Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig’!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

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

War Craft

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 - 12:30PM

Lecture | Organ Festival

The Development, building, and installation of the new Willis / Harrison organ

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today

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

Kenji Umeda: a journey

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 - 10:00PM

Eddington Beer Garden 2026

Eddington's flagship community event is back for its fourth year this Spring! Over three days in Eddington Square, enjoy laughter, music, and good company as this firm favourite pop-up event brings the neighbourhood together in the heart of Eddington.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Walking Tour – The Unusual, The Quirky and The Downright Bizzare!

Hidden Cambridge’s latest and surely most entertaining city centre walking tour led by a Cambridge Green Badge Guide

2:00PM - 6:00PM

Come & Sing Haydn's Nelson Mass

Come and Sing Haydn's Nelson Mass with the Academy of Great St Mary's and the Stapleford Choral Society

2:30PM - 4:45PM

Highlight Medea at the ADC Theatre

Bold adaptation of Euripides' classic tragedy, performed by a talented student company of BAME actors, creatives and crew members. Range of enriching talks and events included in your ticket.

7:30PM

Brahms 4 and The Firebird

Chloé Van Soeterstède, Principal Guest Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducts Cambridge University Orchestra, as they perform Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite (1919) and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

The Choir with Wayne Marshall | Organ Festival

As part of the Organ Festival, the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge is joined by acclaimed concert organist Wayne Marshall OBE, and baritone Tom Butler for a concert that will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

7:45PM - 9:30PM

Highlight Medea at the ADC Theatre

Bold adaptation of Euripides' classic tragedy, performed by a talented student company of BAME actors, creatives and crew members. Range of enriching talks and events included in your ticket.