26 March to 4 April 2021: Cambridge Festival

Team Melantra • March 13, 2021

The new Cambridge Festival will take place from  26 March to 4 April 2021 , with more than 350 free online events and activities for everyone.

What’s this new Festival?

It is new, it is interdisciplinary and it is replacing the Cambridge Science festival. Given it is a COVID year – it may not surprise anyone – that it will be held online. There will be all sorts of events: panel discussions, film will be premiered, walks and tours will be held and…please, try this at home activities will be explored.

The University’s Public Engagement team brings the Cambridge Festival to you. To find out about their other events such as Open Cambridge, and their training and development programme for researchers, please visit  cam.ac.uk/public-engagement

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