What's On Cambridge

It’s a BRAND NEW TERM at PQA Cambridge and what better way to kick it off than with a FREE Open Day! Yay! ?? The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts offers outstanding performing arts tuition for 6-18 year olds, focusing on our 3 core modules - Musical Theatre, Comedy & Drama, and Film & TV! ??

Richard Murphy presents his personal, positive vision - and then leads discussion - on how we can overhaul Britain’s tax system (and international tax arrangements) to build a fairer country for all in 2027. Part of the imagine2027 series of events - see www.imagine2027.org.

Laurie Macfarlane (ex-NEF) will present his vision of how we can make Britain’s housing market work fairly in 2027, so it delivers affordable housing for all.

Combined Actors of Cambridge present Shakespeare’s magical play of mystery and intrigue in the unique surroundings of Downing College’s Howard Theatre by special arrangement with the Downing Dramatic Society.

Beth Hart plus Kris Barras Band. Artists performing: Beth Hart.: Tickets avaiable.

EVENT SUMMARY: ClimateKeys Cambridge, hosted by Trinity College Music Society, will feature a performance by unaccompanied vocalists The Cantabrigians, a talk by Emily Shuckburgh and a conversation with the audience. Response to climate change will be discussed.

How flowering plants pattern their petals. Flowering plants very often display striking patterns on their petals which are key to attracting pollinators. They are very elaborate, combining different pigmentations, but also an array of microscopic features that play a key role in plant-insect communication.

We have teamed up with Better to bring you a sponsored swimming challenge with a difference! This event isn’t just about how strong your front crawl is, how fast you complete a length or whether you’re an aspiring Olympic swimmer...

11 Chaucer Road is a ¾ acre Edwardian garden that has changed rapidly over the ensuing 110 yrs. A rock garden with pond and large weeping Japanese maple dates from about 1930. 16 Chaucer Road ½ acre garden, divided by arches and hedges into separate areas, each with its own character. Front rose garden.

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 (’Unfinished’) MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Orchestra (soloists: Rose Hilder,Heather Thorne, Graham Dolby, Paul Ryder) MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 (’Reformation’) conductor: Andrew Watkinson

Weber Overture to Euryanthe, Dvorak Violin Concerto, Brahms Symphony No. 3. Featuring Júlia Pusker (Violin) and Robert Hodge (Conductor).

The gardens of 4 late Victorian houses have been combined and developed over past 25yrs into an informal 3 acre garden. Fine mature trees shade densely planted borders. An Anglo Saxon herb garden is situated in one corner. The garden provides a rich wildlife habitat.

Children are encouraged to take part in gardening activities carried out by our volunteers. The gardens start with a courtyard with planters and woodland path. There are two herbaceous borders and a number of flower beds. The vegetable garden provides produce for the school kitchen.

Hunter Muskett was formed by Terry Hiscock, Chris George and Doug Morter in 1969 as a folk/rock trio playing the folk circuit alongside Fotheringay, Fairport, Pentangle and Steeleye. Following their 1970 album release, Every Time You Move, recorded with Pentangle’s Danny Thompson, Rog Trevitt joined on bass guitar.

What’s on offer? Lots of stall bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 yrs. Plus a small selection of unique businesses in the baby & children’s industry showcasing and selling their products & services all under one roof!

This Open Day is hosted at both Cambridge and Huntingdon Campuses. Come and talk to our expert tutors, meet our friendly staff and students and tour our amazing facilities. Our Open Days are a great opportunity to see what it is like to study at Cambridge Regional College.

Take part in a 10 or 6.5 mile NEON night walk into Cambridge to raise vital funds to help improve the lives of those affected by cancer and other life limiting illness on Saturday 19 May.

***CAMBOURNES BIGGEST EVER SALE*** 12th May 2.30pm - 4pm Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne What’s on offer? Lots of stall bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 yrs.

Approximately 3 acres, partly woodland with more formal gardens, some designed by Sylvia Newman, featuring large herbaceous borders, conifers, lawns, small pond garden and an enclosure for chickens.

Custard Comedy is delighted to bring the all round genius of Steve Royle to Comberton Sports and Arts on May 11thth. The night begins around 8.15pm and tickets start at just £6.60.

Waterbeach Theatre Company present a murder mystery farce by Ian Hornby. At Squire Grange Lady Amelia searches for new ideas for her latest mystery novel as Sir Malcolm sleeps off the excesses of another idle day. Family friend Freddy is persuaded to try and think of new ideas.

2018 marks 70 years since the death of Alexandrina Peckover, the sale of the contents of the House and the property coming under the ownership of the National Trust.

2018 marks 70 years since the death of Alexandrina Peckover, the sale of the contents of the House and the property coming under the ownership of the National Trust.

Explore parts of the property not normally open to visitors. Note: tours will involve several flights of stairs. Booking Advisable. Phone: 01945 583463. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Brooks Williams needs no introduction to his loyal following in the area as this is, after all, a home gig. He is touring in 2018 with Dutch blues singer and guitarist Hans Theessink who has been performing since the early 1970s.

Biggest village market for miles. Circa 25 stalls selling wide range of food, crafts, horticulture, skin and beauty products. Vibrant tearoom with homemade cakes and bacon butties. Come and see what you’ve been missing!

Pint of Science is an exciting annual festival which brings scientists out of the lab and in to your local pub! As part of the three-day Pint of Science festival, thousands of scientists around the world will speak about their research.

Our night on May 3rd has the superb Steve Day as its headliner. Doors open at 7.30pm and the comedy starts around 8.00pm. Tickets are strictly limited to 40 so don’t miss out! Steve Day describes himself as Britain’s only deaf comedian, if there are any others he hasn’t heard.

Join us for a different walk each week, showing off some of the best views, woodland paths and secret seats in and around Wimpole’s parkland. Walks range from 2.5-4.5miles and are often muddy.

The perfect way to celebrate a special occasion. Experience the luxury of a private carriage ride pulled by a magnificent Shire horse through the Wimpole Estate with a dedicated groom and driver. Booking Essential. Phone: 0344 249 1895.

Join us for a different walk each week, showing off some of the best views, woodland paths and secret seats in and around Wimpole’s parkland. Walks range from 2.5-4.5miles and are often muddy.

Learn how to harness, long rein and manoeuver your horse around obstacles. The day includes an introduction to the horses, then learn how to harness your horse. Moving out into the field you will work your horse on long reins, as well as maneuvering around obstacles.

For those people thinking of acquiring sheep or having a small flock of sheep this course will give you the confidence to tackle sheep shearing with traditional blades.

There’s more to Wimpole than you might think! Explore the further reaches of our estate on this guided photography walk through woods and fields. If you choose, you can enter our photographic competition and you might see your pictures displayed!

Approx one acre of garden with a large natural pond with moorhens, grass snakes and other pond life, at its best in the spring. A small walled garden and formal fruit and flower parterre.

The National Stud opened its gates to the public for the first time in the mid 1970s. To this day The National Stud remains the only commercial stud farm in the UK allowing individuals, small groups and large parties the chance to see behind the scenes of a working Thoroughbred stud farm.

The famous Tattersalls Bloodstock Auction House attracts the wealthiest owners and industry figures from all over the world, including members of the Royal family from countries such as Dubai and Qatar. As bidding soars in the saleroom the electrifying atmosphere radiates throughout the whole town.

This is our most popular tour and offers a true insight into one of the world’s leading racehorse training centres. This action-packed day will show you all Newmarket has to offer.

After a driven tour around the town you will visit the fascinating National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art where you can learn about the royal connections to the town and the history of where racing began, right here!

Fabulous fair nestled in the picturesque South Cambridgeshire village a short drive from Duxford and Saffron Walden with easy access to the M11. Over 20 stalls packed full of antiques, collectables and vintage items, we aim to have something for everyone.

An elegant garden ’touched with antiquity’ Good Gardens Guide. An unusual garden appealing to those with historical interest in individual collections of plant groups: March-old primroses, daffodils & Victorian double flowered hyacinths. first garden hellebores hybrids. May-old English tulips.

The Opus 17 Swing Band with resident vocalist, Kimberley Devonshire, invite you to a free lunch time concert on May Day, Monday 7th May at 2.15pm Visiting The Royston May Fayre, why not check us out? Relax with a drink and listen to the eclectic mix of music on offer at this event.

½ acre walled courtyard garden of formal design, set against a backdrop of a restored C16 thatched barn. Orchard and sculpture at front of house. Also a cottage garden and a new vegetable plot.

All the fun of the fair

Upstairs in Saffron Walden Town Hall. Market Day. FREE ENTRY. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Crafts, collectables, Fossils, etc., etc., "You never know what you might find".

Everybody sing! If you’ve got a voice, you can make music and in this song-packed afternoon for the whole family, the aim is to help you let it all pour out. Workshop leader Jessie Maryon Davies has worked with singers from the Royal Opera House to Goldfrapp.

4 acre garden full of colour and interest. The owner has a free style of gardening sensitive to wildlife. Beds overflowing with tulips, alliums, bearded iris, peonies, poppies, geraniums and much more. Beautiful mature trees and many more planted in the last 30 years. Incl a large selection of betulas.

With its rich, vibrant culture, Russia has produced some of the most spectacular music ever written. Three of the best known Russian pieces, from the worlds of ballet and politics, feature in tonight’s glorious concert. Tchaikovsky used three Ukrainian folk tunes as the themes for his Symphony no 2.

Chart-topping British boys’ vocal band returns to Ely Cathedral for its 2018 UK spring concert. Since it was formed in 1995, Libera has travelled the world, topping the mainstream and classical charts and bringing its distinctive sound to television, radio and live audiences.

The Cambridgeshire branch of the WFA will be hosting at talk by Roger Perry who will give a presentation on "Boats and Trains and Cars and Trucks" looking at the different forms of transportation used to support the armies during the conflict.