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
Design Lab Showcase exhibition
Design Lab Showcase is an exhibition highlighting the ideas, prototypes and experiments emerging from ARU's new Design Lab initiative within the Media, Arts and Creative Technologies Centre.
- 20 March - 10 April 2026, 09:00 - 17:00
- Price: Free
The Science and Practice of Breathing
Discover the power of your breath in this interactive session designed to deepen your understanding of how your lungs work and how to breathe more effectively.
- 28 - 29 March 2026, 11:00 - 16:30
- Price: Free
The hidden world of Microbes: a hands-on Science adventure!
Step into the fascinating world of microbes — the tiny creatures that live all around us, especially on our hands. Perfect for curious minds of all ages, this activity blends science and creativity to reveal the invisible world that plays a big role in our health.
- 28 - 29 March 2026, 11:00 - 16:30
- Price: Free
Stephen Hawking’s Time Travellers Party
Drop in for timejump poems and poetry board games — reconstruct fragments of poem from across the eras, or roll the dice in a race to escape the time vortex!
- 28 - 29 March 2026, 11:00 - 16:30
- Price: Free
Make a fold-out fossil cabinet with Kate Winter
Join Kate Winter, award-winning author and illustrator of The Fossil Hunter and The Cave Explorer, in a fun family-friendly workshop drawing fossils and making your very own fold-out fossil cabinet.
- 28 March 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
- Price: Free