Press release: Performers push the boundaries at this year’s Cambridge Festival
The last year has been a challenging one for the performing arts, but challenge breeds innovation and the Cambridge Festival will showcase an array of exciting experiments in distance performing from leading artists and thinkers.
Press release: The Cambridge Festival explores what ‘family’ means in the 21st Century
For many, the idea of ‘family’ is immensely powerful, particularly in an age when family lives have been under constant scrutiny from all sides as people and governments deal with the complexities and uncertainties of changing and diverse communities.
Press release: Leading experts to discuss mental health at Cambridge Festival
To what extent has the pandemic impacted teenagers’ mental health and development? Could a video game help promote mental wellbeing and reduce mental suffering? What about support for people suffering with dementia?
Press release: University of Cambridge Festival to reveal world-leading health research
The latest COVID-19 research, including long COVID, developments in early cancer detection and a new artificial valve that could transform open-heart surgery are some of the health-related topics being discussed at the free online Cambridge Festival.
Press release: Cambridge Festival focuses on climate change action
Global experts, from Sir David Attenborough to Tom Rivett-Carnac, Emily Shuckburgh and Mike Berners-Lee, will lead a wide-ranging series of events on climate change at the Cambridge Festival with an emphasis on action.
Discover the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman whose cells enabled a scientific revolution and contributed to numerous incredible developments and life-saving treatments in a special book club as part of the Cambridge Festival
Press release: From the future of democracy to bridging political extremes: political debates at the Cambridge Festival
The future of democracy in a digital age, the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement, efforts to rebuild trust after Brexit form just some of the political debates at the Cambridge Festival this year.
Booking is now open for the inaugural Cambridge Festival – an extensive series of free, online events between 26 March and 4 April this year. Find out more about what's on offer.
Press release: University of Cambridge unveils extensive programme for new festival
On Monday 22nd February, the University of Cambridge unveils the programme for its exciting, new festival, the Cambridge Festival, which is set to host an extensive series of free, online events between 26 March – 4 April this year.
