Cambridge Festival Family Weekend 2026: two days of discovery, creativity and curiosity in the heart of Cambridge
This March, families can enjoy a brilliant day out – or make a memorable weekend of it – as the University of Cambridge throws open its doors for the vibrant and much-loved Cambridge Festival Family Weekend.
In this Speaker Spotlight, Frank Close, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, previews his talk Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer on 31 March.
Dr Elizabeth Phillips, Director of Education and Engagement at the Woolf Institute, discusses her upcoming workshop which invites us to rethink disagreement not as something to avoid, but as something that can add depth and flavour to our relationships.
Digital artist Lily Hunter Green is the artist-in-Residence in the Maori Lab, Department of Biochemistry, at the University of Cambridge and will be bringing Planet Laboratory to the Family Weekend at the Cambridge Festival.
Giles Yeo is the Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology and programme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit at the University of Cambridge whose research currently focuses on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour and body weight.
From AI to climate repair: Cambridge Festival returns with bold questions for an uncertain world
As public trust in institutions is tested, artificial intelligence reshapes everyday life and the effects of climate change become impossible to ignore, the University of Cambridge has announced the full programme for the 2026 Cambridge Festival, a city-w
Have you got an idea for a fun, educational activity for our Family Weekend? Will children or young people be involved in the design and/or delivery of your activity? We want to hear from you!
Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue
The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring days.
From family archive to stage The remarkable journey of ‘Not for a cat’ play at the Cambridge Festival
A recently rediscovered play, Not for a Cat: A Play for the Nuclear Age, will be premiering at the Cambridge Festival. The play was originally written in the 1950s by Wallace R. Harper, a student at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Students from across the country get a taste of studying at Cambridge at the Cambridge Festival
Over 500 KS2 and KS3 students from as far away as Warrington got the chance to experience studying at the University of Cambridge with a selection of lectures and workshops held as part of the Cambridge Festival.
