Cambridge Festival 2026
Attend free events as part of the annual Cambridge Festival. Find out more about research taking place at Anglia Ruskin University.
- 16 March - 2 April 2026, 10:00 - 16:00
- Price: Free
Finding Home: an exhibition and community event to celebrate art created by asylum-seeking women
Join us for a community celebration of Finding Home which showcases powerful artworks created by asylum-seeking women. Each piece reflects personal stories of home, inclusion, safety, hope, and survival, emerging through participatory arts that support health and wellbeing.
- 17 March 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
- Price: Free
Finding Home: an exhibition of art by asylum-seeking women
Finding Home showcases powerful artworks created by asylum-seeking women. Each piece reflects personal stories of home, inclusion, safety, hope, and survival, emerging through participatory arts that support health and wellbeing.
- 18 - 21 March 2026, 09:00 - 17:00
- Price: Free
The unwelcome return of scientific racism: the Olaudah Equiano annual race justice lecture
It's back. Or maybe it never went away, but we convinced ourselves that the spurious ideas of race science - fully dismantled and debunked by genetics in the 20th century - had been put away, bygones from a less enlightened time. Join us for the Olaudah Equiano annual race justice lecture to find out more.
- 18 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
- Price:
DesignLab Symposium and exhibition private view 2026: Intersections & Transformations in Design Research
The inaugural DesignLab Symposium will explore how design research can transcend disciplinary boundaries to address complex social, environmental, and technological challenges. Join us afterwards for the private view of the accompanying exhibition.
- 19 March 2026, 14:00 - 20:00
- Price: Free
Invent your own language- workshop
Ever wondered how languages like Klingon, Na'vi, or Dothraki are brought to life? Join linguist Dr Bettina Beinhoff for a hands-on workshop where you'll explore the fascinating art of language creation.
- 19 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
- Price: Free
AI’s Hidden Footprint: The Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world—but at what environmental cost? This panel uncovers the hidden material and energy demands behind AI technologies, from data centres and resource extraction to e-waste and carbon emissions.
- 19 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
- Price: Free
Nurtured by Nature: Why Being in Nature is Good for Us (In-person)
Spending time in nature has a range of benefits for physical health and psychological well-being. But why do these effects occur? And how can you make the most of natural environments?
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- Price: Free
Listening to meteorites: Music from the minerals of other worlds
What if you could hear the story of a meteorite? What if rocks from space could sing? In this presentation, our speakers will transform the hidden beauty of meteorites (some older than Earth itself) into music, translating their microscopic textures and mineral structures into sound.
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- Price: Free
The philosophy of meaningful conversations
Human beings are social animals, and our brains are hardwired for conversation, but to what extent are these conversations meaningful and what makes them so? Human beings are social animals, and our brains are hardwired for conversation, but to what extent are these conversations meaningful and what makes them so?
- 21 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
- Price: Free