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What’s on in July

Here’s the What’s On listing for July! It’s an eclectic mix of all sorts of events that come to my attention and I’ll update it through the the month so do check back when you can.

Telephone boxes Cambridge — Telephone boxes at Great St Mary’s Church

1st 1pm The Choir of Trinity College. Lunchtime concert, a recital of music from the forthcoming tour to Germany. Trinity College Chapel. Free admission.

1st 3 – 5pm Jazz on Jesus Green. Cambridge Youth Jazz Band and Cambrideshire Youth Jazz Orchestra. Free entry. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/city-events

2nd – 15th 12 noon – 8pm Strawberries and Screen. Wimbledon coverage from the BBC on an outdoor big screen next to The Tamburlaine Hotel, CB1

2nd 6pm Lord Smith: The State of the Arts. Pre-festival event from Cambridge Summer Music. Old Library, Pembroke College. http://www.cambridgesummermusic.co.uk

4th 6.15pm Sounds Green – Prime Brass. Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Open air live music. http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

5th – 21st Cambridge Summer Music Festival. http://www.cambridgesummermusic.co.uk

7th 9.30am Cambridge Festival of Creative Writing. University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall. Talks, seminars, panel discussions and workshops. Tickets from http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

7th 4.30 and 7.30pm Music for a Summer’s Evening. Fairhaven Singers. Dove, Brahms and Parry. Queens’ College Chapel. http://www.fairhavensingers.org.uk

7 – 8th 11am – 6pm Cambridge Open Studios. http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk

8th 11am Cancer Research 5K and 10K Race for Life. Jesus Green. http://www.raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org

8th 4pm O How Glorious. A celebration of English choral music from Purcell to Finzi and beyond. New Cambridge Singers. Jesus College Chapel. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

9th onwards Cambridge Shakespeare Festival. Open air Shakespeare plays in college gardens. http://www.cambridgeshakespeare.com

10th – 14th 7.30pm Sweet Charity. Cambridge Theatre Company. Great Hall at The Leys School. http://www.camtheatrecompany.co.uk

11th 6.15pm Sounds Green – She’Koyokh. Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Open air live music. http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

13th – 15th The Big Weekend on Parker’s Piece. Firework display 10pm Friday 13th. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/city-events

13th 8pm The Gesualdo Six. Pre tour concert. Unaccompanied choral music from the renaissance to the present day. The Round Church. Tickets on the door or from http://www.thegesualdosix.co.uk

14 – 15th 11am – 6pm Cambridge Open Studios. http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk

14th 5.30pm Summer Choral Concert. Choir of King’s College. Elgar, Bernstein, Vaughan Williams and Dvorak. King’s College Chapel. Tickets from King’s College Visitor Centre.

14th 7.30pm Viva la Musica! Music from Spain with Cambridge Concert Orchestra and Chesterton Choral Society. St George’s Church, Chesterfield Road, CB4. Tickets from ccol@mentha.com

15th Cambridge Mela. A celebration of Asian culture and a market. Parker’s Piece. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/city-events

18th 6.15pm Sounds Green – T G Collective. Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Open air live music. http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

18th – 21st Cambridge Comedy Festival. Cambridge Junction. http://www.cambridgecomedyfestival.com

20th 6.30 – 10pm Summer Night Market and outdoor cinema (Paddington 1 and Grease). Market Square. http://www.cambridgebid.co.uk/events

21st 12 – 5pm Castle Hill Open Day. http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/events/castle-hill-2018

21 – 22nd 11am – 6pm Cambridge Open Studios. http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk

25th onwards Summer at the Museums. Fun family days out for all ages. Making and creating, hands-on history and interactive science. Low cost or free. http://www.museums.cam.ac.uk

25th 6.15pm Sounds Green – Afrosamba. Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Open air live music. http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

26th 6pm Cambridge SEO MeetUp. Network while learning more about SEO. The Bradfield Centre, 184 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, CB4. Free but you must book through the website at https://optimisey.com

28 – 29th 11am – 6pm Cambridge Open Studios. http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk

Flowers at Cambridge Market — Summer flowers at Cambridge Market

What’s on in June

Well, summer has arrived in Cambridge and here’s the what’s on listing for June. It’s a mix of all sorts of events that come to my attention and I update it through the month so do check back when you can. And if there’s an event that you’d like me to include, please get in touch through my Contact page.

A stroll along the towpath to Stourbridge Common

2nd 10.30am – 11pm Strawberry Fair, Midsummer Common. Free entry. http://www.strawberry-fair.org.uk

2nd 7.30pm Ave Verum Corpus, Music for Corpus Christi. Erasmus Chamber Choir and Ensemble. Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Hills Road. Free entry.

2nd 8pm Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Insitu Theatre. The Leper Chapel, CB5. Tickets from http://www.insitutheatre.co.uk or on the door.

4th Iyengar Yoga Summer Classes with Robert Ashman, running until 30th August at various venues. http://www.robertashmanyoga.co.uk

4 – 16th 8am – 5pm The Yellow Brick Road. A fundraising art exhibition by established and emerging artists on the theme of ‘memory and childhood’. Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street. All proceeds to Cambridge Children’s Charity Week. Free admission. http://www.camccweek.org

7 – 16th 7.45pm Cats. Festival Players. Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road http://www.festivalplayers.org

9th 10am – 4pm The Eddington Cycling Festival. Eddington Market Square, CB3. http://www.nwcambridge.co.uk

9th 7.30pm The Academy of Great St Mary’s Orchestra and Choir. Beethoven, Berkeley and Mozart. Great St Mary’s Church. http://www.adcticketing.com

9 – 10th 10am – 5pm Town and Country Fair. Parker’s Piece. Free entry. http://www.oakleighfairs.co.uk

9 – 10th 11am – 5pm Open Garden. 49 New Square. Free entry. Proceeds to Red Balloon Learner Centres.

16th 7pm Music for Africa, Benefit Concert. London Adventist Chorale. Queen’s College. https://bit.ly/M4A Concert

16th 7.30pm Nelson Mass and St Ursula Mass. Collegium Laureatum. West Road Concert Hall. tickets@collegium.org.uk

16th 8pm Summer in the City. Prime Brass. Great St Mary’s Church. http://www.adcticketing.com

17th 4pm Summer Concert in aid of Camtrust. Mozart, Britten, Boyce, Finzi, Hess and Tchaikovsky. The Medlock Ensemble. St Andrew’s Church, Histon. http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/medlockensemble

22 – 29th Chesterton Festival. http://www.chestertonfestival.wordpress.com

22 – 24th Wimpole History Festival. Wimpole Estate. http://www.wimpolehistoryfestival.com

22nd 6.30 – 10pm Summer Night Market and outdoor cinema, screening “Moana” and “Dirty Dancing”. Market Square http://www.cambridgebid.co.uk/events

23rd Cambridge Summer Music Festival, running until 25th July at multiple venues across the city. http://www.cambridgesummermusic.com

What’s On in January

So here’s the first what’s on listing for the year. I’ll update this through the month so do check back every so often and if you know about an event that could be listed, please get in touch via my Contact page.

Just to remind you that if you want a final skating session at The North Pole on Parker’s Piece, be quick as it shuts on 8th January. And if you haven’t made it to the Degas exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum yet, get there soon as it closes on 14th January – details at http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Railings — The railings at All Saints Passage

6th Camyoga Open Day (also 13th and 20th). Free taster sessions at three locations. http://www.camyoga.co.uk

8th Life Drawing Class. Various days and times. Buchan Street Centre, CB4 http://www.cambridgelifedrawing.co.uk

9th – 13th 7.45pm Company. Festival Players. http://www.adctheatre.com

11th 7pm Introduction to pen, pencil and ink drawing class. 5 weeks. Barton Pavilion. http://www.made-in-ely.com

12th 10.45am South African Writing: Poetry, Prose, Theatre. 9 weeks. St Andrew’s Baptist Church, CB2. http://www.wea-eastern.org.uk

12th – 13th 7.30pm Bring It On, The Musical. Mumford Theatre. http://www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre

13th 2pm and 4pm Tim and Tom’s Symphonic Adventure. Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra. West Road Concert Hall. http://www.cam-phil.org.uk

13th 6pm King’s Voices. Evensong for the choir’s 20th anniversary. King’s College. http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/kings-voices-anniversary-evensong.html

13th 7.30pm Cambridge Graduate Orchestra. Handel, Strauss and Rossini. Corpus Christi Chapel. http://www.cambridgegraduateorchestra.com

16th 7.30pm The King’s Singers with the Choir of King’s College. 50th Anniversary Gala Concert. http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/concerts

16th – 20th 7.45pm Much Ado About Nothing. Cambridge University European Theatre Group. http://www.adctheatre.com

17th – 20th 7.30pm Sweeney Todd. Cambridge Operatic Society. http://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

19th 5.30pm Migration 2018: Black and British Migration. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue. http://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/lectures

19th 8pm Bringing It All Back Home, Flavors of American Music. The Portland Arms, CB4. http://www.cambridgeamericana.com

20th 7.30pm Sinfonia of Cambridge. Tchaikovsky, Elgar and Dvorak. West Road Concert Hall. http://www.sinfoniaofcambridge.org.uk

26th 5.30pm Migration 2018: Immigration and Freedom. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue. http://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/lectures

28th 2pm Reading Great Expectations. Stapleford Granary, CB22. http://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk

28th 7.30pm Sampson Orchestra. Romance and Revolution: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Khachaturian. In aid of Camsight. West Road Concert Hall. Tickets from sally.n@camsight.org.uk