Cambridge Festival

Cambridge Festival Celebrating the arts, sciences, and ideas that shape our world 🌍✨

The Cambridge Festival will take place from 16 March - 2 April 2026

The Cambridge Festival welcomes everyone to explore and discuss a range of topics through talks, hands-on activities, performances, exhibitions, tours and films. Follow us on twitter to find out more

24/06/2026

Congratulations to Professor Philippe Sands KC, who has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Cambridge in recognition of his work in international law. 🎉

Philippe has been a regular contributor to the Cambridge Festival and most recently joined us in 2025 to discuss his acclaimed book 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a N**i in Patagonia.

Part memoir, part historical investigation and part courtroom drama, the book uncovers a remarkable story connecting events across continents and decades, while exploring questions of justice, accountability and memory.

🎬 You can catch up with Philippe's Cambridge Festival talk on our YouTube channel, where he discusses the inspiration behind the book and the surprising discoveries he made during his research.

Link in comments 👇

Save the date! 🗓️Open Cambridge 2026 will take place from 11-20 September with FREE events to help you explore local her...
22/06/2026

Save the date! 🗓️

Open Cambridge 2026 will take place from 11-20 September with FREE events to help you explore local heritage across the city.

The full programme and bookings will launch on Monday 10 August at 10am - make sure you're signed up to our mailing via the link below to be notified 👇

https://bit.ly/4v1SuqN

Heritage Open Days

19/06/2026

❤️🫀 Every week in the UK, 12 fit and healthy young people die from an undiagnosed cardiac condition.

At Cambridge Festival, our panel explored the work being done to raise awareness, improve screening and support research aimed at preventing these tragic deaths.

Featuring contributions from Clarissa's Campaign, the Cambridge United Foundation and researchers from University of Cambridge, the discussion also highlighted research taking place in Cambridge to better understand and manage cardiac conditions.

🎬 Catch up on the event now via the link below.

17/06/2026

In honour of England and Portugal's first game tonight (albeit not against each other), here's a look at our own England vs Portugal penalty shootout... ⚽⚽⚽

Celebrate by discovering stories of LGBTQ+ lives and experiences through the collections in University of Cambridge Mu...
15/06/2026

Celebrate by discovering stories of LGBTQ+ lives and experiences through the collections in University of Cambridge Museums 👇

🌈 Join experts on a tour of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge on a fascinating tour exploring same-sex sexual behaviour in giraffes and penguins to the scientists working in the field of zoology (21 June, free, booking required): https://bit.ly/4xAtLvx

🌈 Pop along to the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences to explore and celebrate q***r histories linked to the Museum's collections and people, extricated and inferred from letters, choice words and omissions. (19 June, free, drop-in): https://bit.ly/3RWd9xQ

🌈 From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture at the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge. (20 June, free, booking required): https://bit.ly/3RWb5G4

🌈 Join The Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute for their newly updated Bridging Binaries tour, led by the researcher whose archival investigations have expanded the stories this tour tells. (20 June, free, booking required): https://bit.ly/4ulyiPh

🌈 Join a tour of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science to take a closer look at objects in the collection that highlight LGBTQ+ histories and themes, showcasing the remarkable contributions of individuals and their stories throughout history. (20 June, free, booking required): https://bit.ly/4vE00rH

🌈 Pop into the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences for a geological chill-out after hours with activities, mini tours, sketching, handle real fossils and help create a new artwork for the Museum. (25 June, free, booking required): https://bit.ly/4un4Cl2

📸 Cambridge University Library flying the rainbow flag.

12/06/2026

Today we’re celebrating the richness of life on our planet and the importance of protecting it. 🌿

In this talk, Dr Tom Worthington shared valuable insights on biodiversity, sustainability, and the role we all play in creating a more resilient future.

Tom is an Associate Professor of Ecology at the Department of Plant Sciences and Head of Global Coastal Wetlands research group at the University of Cambridge.

➡️ Watch the full video on our YouTube channel by tapping on the link in the comments.

United Nations Biodiversity

✨ Join our team! ✨We're looking for a Public Engagement Coordinator to help deliver the Cambridge Festival's family prog...
10/06/2026

✨ Join our team! ✨

We're looking for a Public Engagement Coordinator to help deliver the Cambridge Festival's family programme and support a range of public engagement activities across the University.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working with researchers, educators and community partners to create engaging experiences for audiences of all ages. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing activities that connect people with world-leading research.

📍 Based in Cambridge
📅 Applications close 3 July 2026

Find out more and apply here 👇

https://bit.ly/4ukGTC5

Community knowledge matters. 🙌The Community Knowledge Incubator Fund, funded and administered by the Public Engagement t...
08/06/2026

Community knowledge matters. 🙌

The Community Knowledge Incubator Fund, funded and administered by the Public Engagement team at the University of Cambridge, supports community-led research and collaboration between local organisations and University of Cambridge researchers — helping ensure research reflects lived experience and responds to real community priorities.

This year’s projects include work on:
🔹 homelessness and lived experience with Experience Cambridge CIC.
🔹 young people’s mental health care with Hospital Rooms
🔹 rare disease communities with Cambridge Rare Disease Network.
🔹 food resilience with Cambridge Sustainable Food and The Cambridge Room.
🔹 community voice with Cambridge Acorn Project.
🔹health equality with KHEPER C and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
🔹 accessible cancer communication in BLS with Cambridgeshire Deaf Association and Cancer Research UK
🔹exploring young people’s perspectives on belonging through art with CB Mentoring and Kettle's Yard

Learn more about the inspiring 2026 cohort here 👇

https://bit.ly/4uA34Vx

05/06/2026

This World Environment Day, catch up on a conversation about climate action and the energy choices shaping our future. 🌍

From heat pumps and solar panels to electric cars, experts explored the practical decisions many people are now facing as we move towards a lower-carbon future.

This event was organised by the Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge Zero.

🎥 Watch the event in full via our YouTube channel link in the comments.

A new month is here and here are 6️⃣ free or low-cost events to attend this month ⬇️📚 Enjoy Cambridge University Library...
01/06/2026

A new month is here and here are 6️⃣ free or low-cost events to attend this month ⬇️

📚 Enjoy Cambridge University Library after-hours for an evening creative activities with local poets and artists: https://bit.ly/4uTZSUt (Booking required, £)

🖌️ Shape Shifters, hosted by CRASSH is an exhibition where five women artists redefine abstraction through geometry, materiality, and perception: https://bit.ly/4vx12qe (Drop-in, free)

🌼 The Festival of Plants is back Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Celebrate the start of summer with a day full of plants, creativity and family fun in the Garden as it bursts into summer colour: https://bit.ly/3Rh4UMw (Garden admission applies)

🧪 Find out how patient and public involvement are impacting reaching in the East of England by attending NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre showcase event: https://bit.ly/4nG5iA3 (Booking required, free)

🌊 How do the oceans shape our world? Join author Professor Helen Czerski in conversation with Master of Churchill College, Professor Sharon Peacock as they discuss Helen's award-winning book: https://bit.ly/4uR2tOY (Booking required, free)

🎨 Notes on Colour at the Robert Cripps Gallery at Magdalene College 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: https://bit.ly/3WADL6l (Drop-in, free)

🔗 As always there are so many public events taking place across Cambridge: https://bit.ly/3tIDdjZ

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