what’s on cambridge – New in Cambridge

There’s so much wonderful stuff going on in the city this month. On this listing, you’ll find carol concerts, Christmas music, ballet, pantomime, Dickens and more! Please get in touch if you know of other events that I can include here.

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1 – 9th 10 – 4pm Anglian Pottery Christmas Selling Exhibition. All Saints’ Church, Jesus Lane. Free entry. http://www.anglianpotters.org.uk

1st 10.30 – 4.30pm Mill Road Winter Fair. Facebook: Mill Road Winter Fair 2018 Read more about last year’s Mill Road Winter Fair here

1st Cambridge Made Christmas Fair. St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, CB2. Facebook: Cambridge Made Christmas Fair 2018 Read more about Cambridge Made and last year’s Christmas Fair here

1st 7.30pm Christmas Oratorio, JS Bach. Clare College Choir and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Trinity College Chapel. http://www.adcticketing.com

1st 7.30pm Messiah. Handel. St John’s Voices and Cambridge Baroque Camerata. St John’s College Chapel. http://www.adcticketing.com

1st Dec – 6 Jan Aladdin. Cambridge Arts Theatre. http://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

2nd 5.30pm Candlelit Service of music and readings for Advent. Great St Mary’s Church http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk

4th 7.30pm “The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance.” Cambridge ghost stories for Christmas with Robert Lloyd Parry of Nunkie Productions. Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, CB5. http://www.museumoftechnology.com http://www.nunkie.co.uk

5th 5 – 8pm Rowan Winter Warmer. http://www.rowanhumberstone.co.uk Read more about Rowan, their Winter Warmer and the upcoming “Cambridge Seen” art exhibition here

5 – 31st Snow White. Cambridge Junction. http://www.junction.co.uk

7 – 8th 7.30pm A Christmas Carol. Adapted and performed by Martin Prest. The Leper Chapel, Newmarket Road, CB5. http://www.adcticketing.com

8th 3pm In Dulci Jubilo. Erasmus Chamber Choir and Ensemble. Bach, Buxtehude and Bellis. Choral preludes, motets and carols for Advent and Christmas. St Columba’s Church, Downing Street. Free entry.

8th 7pm Messiah by candlelight. Handel. Eboracum Baroque. Great St Mary’s Church. In aid of Cancer Research. http://www.eboracumbaroque.co.uk

8th 7.30pm Bernstein on Broadway. Cambridge Philharmonic. West Road Concert Hall http://www.cambridgephilharmonic.com

8th 8pm Music for Advent and Christmas. Music by Parsons, Darke and Dove and carols for audience participation. Fairhaven Singers. Trinity College Chapel. http://www.fairhavensingers.org.uk

10th 7.30pm Mr Charles Dickens presents A Christmas Carol. Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road. http://www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre

11th 7.30pm O Holy Night. Seasonal music, festive favourites and Christmas carols. Choir of Jesus College. Jesus College Chapel. http://www.adcticketing.com

11th 7.45pm The Soldier by Rachel Wagstaff. A play based on the life of Rupert Brooke. In support of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Orchard Tea Garden, Grantchester. http://www.meshtheatre.com/tickets.html

12th 5 – 8pm Fairtrade Christmas gift shopping evening. Cafe Abantu, Hobson Street. Ethical shopping with complimentary mulled wine and mince pies. Read more about Cafe Abantu here

12th 8pm A Ceremony of Carols. Seasonal music for choir and harp. Britten, Rutter, Warlock and others. Traditional carols and contemporary settings. Granta Chorale. Corpus Christi College Chapel. Raising money for Jimmy’s Night Shelter. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

13 – 15th The Nutcracker. Ballet Central. Adapted 45 minute performance. ADC Theatre http://www.adctheatre.com Read more about this production of The Nutcracker here

15th 11am – 12 noon Jingle All The Way. Christmas carols, songs and fun for all the family. Cambridge Chorale. Great St Mary’s Church. Tickets from http://www.adcticketing.com or on the door.

15th 3pm and 4pm Carol Services at Michaelhouse, Trinity Street. http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk

15th 5pm Welcome All Wonders. Cantata for choir, organ and trumpet, celebrating the Christmas story. Cambridge Chorale. Great St Mary’s Church. Tickets from http://www.adcticketing.com or on the door.

15th 7.30pm Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti) and A Ceremony of Carols (Britten). New Cambridge Singers. Church of St John the Evangelist, Hills Road. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

16th 3.30pm and 5.30pm Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Prime Brass with Junior Prime Brass and choirs. West Road Concert Hall. http://www.adcticketing.com

18 – 22nd Peter Pan. Cambridge Theatre Company. Great Hall at The Leys, CB2. http://www.cambridgelivetrust/tickets

18 – 23rd 3pm Nine Lessons and Images. A Christmas Tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum. http://www.eventbrite.co.uk (tickets at 9 Images) or email roblloydparry@hotmail.com. 50% of all ticket sales goes to Wintercomfort.

20th 6.30pm Chesterton Community Carols. Carols with brass band, refreshments and High Wired Circus performing a festive show. St Andrew’s Church, Chesterton. Free entry, collection for Wintercomfort.

23rd 6.30pm Carols by Candlelight. Great St Mary’s Church http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk

29 – 31st and 1 Jan The Nutcracker/Swan Lake. St Petersburg Classic Ballet. Cambridge Corn Exchange http://www.cornex.co.uk

Well, March is drawing to a grey and damp close here in Cambridge and it feels like it’s been a very long Winter indeed but let’s be hopeful that warm Spring sunshine is just around the corner. Here’s the what’s on listing for April. It’s an eclectic mix of events that come to my attention so if you know about an event that could be included, please get in touch through my Contact page. I’ll update this listing through the month, so do check back when you can.

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1 – 18th 9am – 5pm “In a Room of One’s Own”, an exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Woodcut Prints. Nan Shiomi. Clare Hall, Herschel Road, CB3

1 – 21st 8am – 5pm Monday – Saturday. Kaleidescope, an exhibition of original Textile Art. Free entry. Michaelhouse Centre, Trinity Street http://www.easternregiontextileforum.co.uk

2nd 5.30pm Organ Recital. William Whitehead. Parry, Schumann, Liszt, Bach, Jackson and Planyavsky. King’s College Chapel. Tickets from King’s College Visitor Centre, King’s Parade

3 – 7th 7pm Rodelinda. Cambridge Handel Opera Company. The Great Hall, The Leys School. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/rodelinda

6th 7.30pm A celebration of Georgian song. Members of Ialoni women’s ensemble from Tbilisi with Chela and Buska. Little St. Mary’s Church. Free entry

7th 7.30pm Cambridge Choral Society. Dvorak and Puccini. West Road Concert Hall. Tickets on the door http://www.cambchoral.org.uk

8th 1 – 4pm Trinity College Fellows’ Garden open under the National Garden Scheme http://www.ngs.org.uk

8th 2.30pm Shelly Organ (bassoon) and Tim Watts (piano). Programme includes music by Saint Saens. Madingley Hall. Free admission. http://www.eventbrite.co.uk

12 and 14th 7.30pm “I deserve a better chance”, a brave production by people with and without mental health challenges. CB2 Cafe, CB1 http://www.actingnow.co.uk

13 – 15th Cambridge Literary Festival http://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com

14th 7.30pm Best of British. Cambridge Wind Band. West Road Concert Hall Facebook: cambridgewindband http://www.adctheatre.com

14 – 21st 10am – 5.30pm Art Exhibition, Cambridge Drawing Society. Paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture. The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street. Free admission http://www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org

14th 7.30pm Pentecost in Rome. De Profundis. Palestrina and Victoria. Chapel of Sidney Sussex College. Tickets on the door

18th 6.30 – 9pm Cam Lates: Fashion at the Fitzwilliam. Fitzwilliam Museum https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/cam-lates

18th 8pm Endelienta Baroque. Bach cantatas. Chapel of Jesus College. Free entry

20th 7.30pm Ivor Jones Memorial Concert. Harp and organ. Wesley Church, Christ’s Pieces https://ivorjonesconcert.eventbrite.co.uk

21st 6.30pm David Wright, harpsichord. Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Gonville & Caius College. Tickets on the door. http://www.neweurope.org.uk

22nd 2.30pm Cerys Purser (mezzo-soprano) and Tim Watts (piano). Programme includes music by Watts and Berio. Free admission. Madingley Hall http://www.eventbrite.co.uk

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