Cambridge Festivals and Fairs

One of the largest folk music festivals in the UK, occur over a long weekend (3˝ days) in summer at Cherry Hinton Hall. The festival has become very popular and tickets sell out quickly. Its current title sponsor is BBC Radio 2 where it is broadcast live, while highlights are recorded and shown later on the digital television channel BBC Four.

More than once over the weekend on the different stages, the artists perform: Stage 1, within a large marquee in front of the main Festival arena. Stage 2, with a smaller marquee hosts five local clubs folk. In addition to invited artists, members of the audience including some well known names get up and perform.

One of the oldest fairs in the UK and at one point was possibly the largest medieval fair in Europe. Today it exists primarily as an annual funfair with the vestige of a market attached.

It is a local festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts. For the last 30 years, the fair has been held in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is held every first Saturday in June on Midsummer Common for the benefit of the local community, particularly the children. The Fair is free and open to the public.

The summer Cambridge Beer Festival is the longest running The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) which started in 1974; it is held at the end of May just before the Whitsuntide Bank Holiday. Its companion Winter Beer Festival, held in January, began in 1997. Both are run by Cambridge & District CAMRA. Each Festival offers 200 different beers every year.

It is held annually in July and is considered to be one of the nation's best. It takes places annually in early July in Cambridge.

Established in 1977 and re-launched in 2001, the Cambridge Film Festival is renowned for showing an international selection of films that have debuted at category ‘A’ film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival, alongside a broad range of specialist interest sidebars. The Festival is also notable for its accessibility – all films are open to the public to watch.

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