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Cambridge Festival 2024

The Cambridge Festival returns for 2024.

Mon 26 October 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

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

Tue 27 October 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 - 12:30PM

Highlight Science walking tours

Enjoy a 90 minute physical (not virtual) walking tour of Cambridge with a Green Badge Guide. Hear stories of Issac Newton's cat, a docor who put his patient inside a horse, and a scientist who died studying his chickens, and much more.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Religion, Evolution and the Social Brain - Prof. Robin Dunbar [Oxford University]

New evidence reveals that rituals affect biological processes that promote social bonding. Hear leading academic in experimental and evolutionary psychology of religion, religious studies, and the creator of the social brain hypothesis Professor Robin Dunbar, Oxford University, Department of Experimental Psychology.

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Churchill, Empire and Race: Opening the Conversation

An online discussion between Professor Priya Gopal of Churchill College and Professor Richard Toye of the University of Exeter.

7:00PM - 8:00PM

CBC on Virtual Tour – How Cambridge Cancer is rewriting the story for cancer patients

Join Professor Richard Gilbertson to hear how the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital aims to rewrite the story of cancer.

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 28 October 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

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy in conjunction with "Optimise your Future": 'The Con Job' with Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris

Join us for this special talk with Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris in which she discusses her latest book, 'The Con Job'.

Thu 29 October 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

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Exploring Tropical Botany

A one-day journey through the many dimensions of tropical plant diversity.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Impact of COVID-19 on our Built Environment and Infrastructure

The COVID 19 pandemic has wide-ranging implications for how we design, manage and use our built environment and infrastructure. This panel will focus specifically on two key and interconnected aspects of ongoing change processes, namely decentralisation and resilience.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Highlight The Human Genome: The gift that keeps on giving

Do you recognize history is being made when you are part of making it? Join scientists from the Wellcome Genome Campus and beyond who contributed to the landmark Human Genome Project.

Fri 30 October 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

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

Sat 31 October 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

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

Sun 1 November 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 - 12:00PM

Hidden Cambridge walking tour

90 minute Walking tour with a Blue Badge Guide around the oldest part of Cambridge (foot of Castle Hill)

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.