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Cambridge Festival 2024

The Cambridge Festival returns for 2024.

Mon 22 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

10:30AM - 11:10AM

What does it mean to 'get involved' in health research?

Want to find out more about 'getting involved' in health research as a public contributor in Cambridge?

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Zoology Live! 2020

Zoology Live! 2020 is a week-long digital family festival celebrating, learning and discovering animals close to home.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight WE ARE HERE symposium: Dr Prerona Prasad and Dr Sophie Pickford

Lectures Dr Prerona Prasad (Curator, The Heong Gallery) Representation Matters: WE ARE HERE Dr Sophie Pickford (King's College, Cambridge) Keynes the Collector: An Economist's Art at King's

Tue 23 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Zoology Live! 2020

Zoology Live! 2020 is a week-long digital family festival celebrating, learning and discovering animals close to home.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight WE ARE HERE symposium: Dr Rod Mengham and Harriet Loffler

Lectures Dr Rod Mengham (Jesus College, Cambridge) All Women: Sculpture in the Close 2017 Harriet Loffler (Curator, New Hall Art Collection) The New Hall Art Collection: A Museum in the Halls

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

Wed 24 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Zoology Live! 2020

Zoology Live! 2020 is a week-long digital family festival celebrating, learning and discovering animals close to home.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Webinar – Roundtable: Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech in a Post COVID-19 World

Join Dr Nektarios Oraiopoulos for this webinar as part of the School’s webinar series “What’s Next? How to Survive and Thrive in a Post-COVID-19 World”.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Highlight WE ARE HERE symposium: College Curators Panel

College Curators Panel Ever wondered who takes care of the artworks in College Collections? Join College Fellows who are also curators of College Art to discuss caring for, commissioning, and displaying College Art.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Wolfson (Ancient) Warfare Wednesdays

This webinar series showcases the latest developments in the field of ancient Greek warfare, providing weekly talks by experts focusing on the major areas of interest in recent scholarship.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight WE ARE HERE symposium: Student Art Panel

The Student Panel presented by GLORIA. How do students see the art in the Colleges that are their homes? GLORIA brings together students from different Colleges who have their own art practice and have made interventions in the artistic lives of their Colleges.

Thu 25 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

2:00PM - 6:30PM

Fostering Ethics: Islam, Adoption and the Care of Children

This conference seeks to explore how such diverse perspectives can inform a new ethics of adoption and the care of orphaned or abandoned children in Muslim communities. It will bring together scholars, professionals and others concerned, with an eye towards bridging the gap between academic knowledge, social work, and public education.

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Zoology Live! 2020

Zoology Live! 2020 is a week-long digital family festival celebrating, learning and discovering animals close to home.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight WE ARE HERE symposium: Andrew Nairne, Melanie Manchot, Shahida Rehman

The Making of... The Ladies Join Andrew Nairne (Director, Kettle's Yard) in a conversation with the artist Melanie Manchot and participant Shahida Rehman about the now-iconic photography series, The Ladies, first shown at Kettle's Yard as part of Actions: The Image of the World Can be Different (2018).

Fri 26 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

1:00PM - 1:45PM

Bridging Binaries: LGBTQ+ Tours at the Whipple Museum Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Zoology Live! 2020

Zoology Live! 2020 is a week-long digital family festival celebrating, learning and discovering animals close to home.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight WE ARE HERE symposium: Cathy de Monchaux and Yelena Popova

Making Art for Colleges: The Artists' Panel. Join some of the artists in WE ARE HERE in a discussion about Colleges and making artworks inspired by them. Confirmed artists: Cathy de Monchaux (Beyond Thinking, Newnham College) and Yelena Popova (For Body, Soul and Spirit, Girton College).

Sat 27 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

11:00AM - 4:00PM

Zoology Live! 2020

Zoology Live! 2020 is a week-long digital family festival celebrating, learning and discovering animals close to home.

Sun 28 June 2020 12:00AM - 11:59AM

What or Who is Your Travelling Companion?

An online exhibition organised by 'Art at the Alison Richard Building'.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Portrait Exhibition Tour

The UL, in association with Fusion Works and generously supported by Cambridge Assessment have developed a virtual reality tour of our Women at Cambridge portrait exhibition. Come and explore some of the most inspiring women in Cambridge’s illustrious past. Including trailblazers, scientists, benefactors, staff, students and many more.

12:00AM - 11:59PM

The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge Virtual Reality Tour

Our most recent exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge sadly had to finish a little early due to the current COVID-19 situation. However, fear not, as we have a way you can visit it without having to leave your sofa! We are pleased to share with you the 360 degree virtual tour of The Rising Tide! Join the other 53,500 visitors and find out what it’s like to be a woman at Cambridge.

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Cambridge Summer Music Virtual Festival

An online programme of wonderful performances by musicians due to perform at the Festival in July 2020

9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz