Free events in Cambridge
There are 74 free events in Cambridge in the next 30 days (16 Oct – 15 Nov). The next one is Wiki Commons - upload-a-thon on Fri 16 Oct, 10:00 at Milstein Room, Cambridge University Library. Most of them: tech and ai (14), business (10), theatre and arts (4). Entry is free; some events ask you to register on the organiser's page.
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY-SA 4.0Today16
Friday, 16 October
5 events
16OctTech & AI · FriWiki Commons - upload-a-thon10:00 · Milstein Room, Cambridge University LibraryFree
16OctEvent · FriNCT Cottenham Baby Cafe12:00 · Cottenham Baptist Church HallFree
16OctEvent · FriArise Young Adults Paint & Praise19:00 · King's Church CambridgeFree
16OctEvent · FriCambridge Sacred Sounds19:15 · Springstead Community Living RoomFree
16OctTheatre & Arts · FriScreening of Sam Uriah Morris more than a footnote20:00 · Black Box Theatre, Fitzpatrick Hall - Queens’ College CambridgeFree
Tomorrow17
Saturday, 17 October
3 events
17OctTheatre & Arts · SatUnicorn Stay and Play at Sancton Wood School09:30 · Sancton Wood SchoolFree
17OctEvent · SatMagma 95 Launch18:00 · Pembroke CollegeFree
17OctEvent · SatContinuum Renewal19:30 · Clare College Chapel, University of CambridgeFree
Sunday18
Sunday, 18 October
4 events18OctEvent · SunAilede İman ve Maneviyatı Korumak - Prof.Dr. Halis Aydemir10:00 · Cambridge Islamic College, CambridgeFree
18OctTech & AI · SunVictorian terraced house full retrofit Hemingford Rd.11:00 · Hemingford RoadFree
18OctFamily & Kids · SunKids Club (ages 5-11) October 202611:30 · Cambridge Central MosqueFree
18OctConcerts & Music · SunWEEKLY Sunday Jazz w Andy Bowie 4tet19:30 · The Tram DepotFree
Monday19
Monday, 19 October
4 events
19OctTech & AI · MonHow Does GenAI Categorise You13:00 · Cambridge Digital Humanities, 2 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UKFree
19OctBusiness · MonConduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings (Hybrid Event)16:30 · Mills & Reeve Solicitors - CambridgeFree
19OctTech & AI · MonCambridge X On Cloud Surfer 3 launch17:30 · The TivoliFree
19OctEvent · Monsession 1- Gelli plate printing20:30 · Fitzwilliam HouseFree
Tuesday20
Tuesday, 20 October
7 events
20OctWorkshops & Talks · TueFrom external intervention to local ownership Scaling teacher development13:00 · Faculty of Education, University of CambridgeFree
20OctEvent · TueAre we ready Preparedness and resilience for an unpredictable future17:00 · Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius CollegeFree
20OctBusiness · TueHonouring Black Communities Leadership Representation and Change17:30 · Cambridge Judge Business SchoolFree
20OctEvent · TueChesterton Sixth Form Open Evening - Tuesday 20th October 202618:00 · CB4 3NYFree
20OctEvent · TueCambridge Songwriters Circle18:00 · Flea VintageFree
20OctEvent · TueSession 1: the cost of speaking freely18:00 · Pembroke CollegeFree
20OctEvent · TueCamCRAG Annual General Meeting 202619:30 · St Andrews Street Baptist ChurchFree
Wednesday21
Wednesday, 21 October
6 events
21OctNetworking & Meetups · WedGrey Matters Nexus Meet-Up10:30 · Ede Room, Kettle's YardFree
21OctEvent · WedCambridge Campus Open Day16:30 · Cambridge Regional CollegeFree
21OctEvent · WedLanguages in the world17:00 · Peterhouse TheatreFree
21OctBusiness · WedPopular Platforms Toward a Radical Democratic Theory of Social Media17:00 · Room SG2, Alison Richard BuildingFree
21OctBusiness · WedSwire Management Programme 2027Shaping Future Business Leaders (Cambridge)18:30 · McCrum Lecture TheatreFree
21OctEvent · WedMen's Blues vs. RAMS RFC19:30 · Cambridge University Rugby Union Football ClubFree
Thursday22
Thursday, 22 October
6 events22OctEvent · ThuAntibody Validation The Key to Reproducible and Reliable Research12:00 · Department of Pathology Lecture TheatreFree
22OctTech & AI · ThuSustainability Starts with Materials17:00 · 20 Station RdFree
22OctEvent · ThuLiving Water A Conversation on Change Connection and Aquatic Life17:30 · Cambridge University LibraryFree
22OctBusiness · ThuBeauty Therapy Networking & Industry Workshop17:30 · Cambridge Regional CollegeFree
22OctBusiness · ThuA Four Thousand Year History of Female Entrepreneurship17:30 · King's College, Cambridge (Provost’s Drawing Room)Free
22OctEvent · ThuAutumn Leaves with soprano Lucy Crowe OBE and pianist Anna Tilbrook18:30 · Newnham College, University of CambridgeFree
Friday23
Friday, 23 October
2 events23OctBusiness · FriCommunity Currency (UK) Partnership Opportunity with Japanese Companies11:00 · Møller InstituteFree
23OctEvent · FriThe Causes of Great-Power War17:30 · The Long Room, Gonville and Caius, University of CambridgeFree
Saturday24
Saturday, 24 October
3 events24OctEvent · SatGreen Halloween11:00 · Cambridge Central LibraryFree
24OctEvent · SatCambridge African Network Black History Month Event11:00 · Storey's Field CentreFree
24OctConcerts & Music · SatDivine Worship Experience Concert17:00 · The C3 Church: CambridgeFree
Monday26
Monday, 26 October
5 events26OctEvent · MonPolar Stories10:00 · The Polar MuseumFree
26OctTech & AI · MonToo Many Didnt Read Classifying Large Datasets with LLMs13:00 · Cambridge Digital Humanities, 2 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UKFree
26OctEvent · MonThere is No Dragon in this Story14:30 · Cambridge Central LibraryFree
26OctTech & AI · MonGerhard Richter and the Technological Condition of Painting17:30 · Cambridge Digital Humanities, 2 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UKFree
26OctEvent · MonThe Organization of Goal-Directed Behaviour in the Brain17:30 · Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusef Hamied Department of Chemistry, (entrance to lecture theatre, adjacent to the Scott Polar Research Institute)Free
Tuesday27
Tuesday, 27 October
1 event27OctEvent · TueSpooky Crafts at Barnwell Road Library10:30 · Barnwell Road LibraryFree
Wednesday28
Wednesday, 28 October
1 event
28OctTech & AI · WedWex Sessions Cambridge In-Store Print Day with Canon10:00 · Wex Photo Video CambridgeFree
Thursday29
Thursday, 29 October
4 events
29OctTech & AI · ThuDigital Photography After AI17:00 · GR06/07 Faculty of EnglishFree
29OctEvent · ThuQueer research sharing17:00 · Black Box Theatre, Fitzpatrick Hall, Queens' CollegeFree
29OctBusiness · ThuUnequal Pasts Shared Futures17:30 · Lee HallFree
29OctTheatre & Arts · ThuOur Cities: Improving Urban Futures Through Innovation17:30 · 74 Eden StFree
Friday30
Friday, 30 October
2 events
30OctConferences & Expos · FriLadies Connect 2nd Annual Conference 202618:00 · Novotel Cambridge NorthFree
30OctEvent · FriMen's Blues vs. Saracens19:30 · Grange Road StadiumFree
Saturday31
Saturday, 31 October
4 events
31OctWorkshops & Talks · SatGhusl Workshop10:00 · Cambridge Central MosqueFree
31OctEvent · SatSchubert Trout Quintet13:10 · St Botolph's Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UKFree
31OctFood & Drink · SatBorshch Time (31 October) Food Culture & Community15:00 · Downing Place United Reformed ChurchFree
31OctEvent · SatOktay üst Folk Songs of the Black Sea and Turkish Anatolia19:30 · Clare Hall Dining Hall, University of CambridgeFree
Monday2
Monday, 2 November
1 event
2NovTech & AI · MonMapping Historical Networks13:00 · Cambridge Digital Humanities, 2 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, UKFree
Tuesday3
Tuesday, 3 November
4 events
3NovTech & AI · TueSensors Day 2026 - Sensors in Industry09:00 · Magdalene CollegeFree
3NovTech & AI · TueAI, Art and Morality17:30 · Rosemary Murray LibraryFree
3NovTheatre & Arts · TueNative Spirit Festival 20th Edition Indigenous Arctic Cinema & Arts18:00 · The Polar MuseumFree
3NovEvent · TueThe Fate of the World a History and Future of the Climate Crisis18:30 · Unitarian ChurchFree
Wednesday4
Wednesday, 4 November
1 event4NovTech & AI · WedInaugural Workshop Space Economy and Frontier Markets14:30 · University of Cambridge Judge Business SchoolFree
Friday6
Friday, 6 November
3 events
6NovConferences & Expos · FriCambridge Reproduction Forum Michaelmas Term15:00 · The Pitt BuildingFree
6NovWorkshops & Talks · FriRachmaninoff and the Myth of Exile a talk by Prof Marina Frolova-Walker18:30 · Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ (Entrance via St John’s Street, opposite Trinity College’s main gate)Free
6NovEvent · FriTrans & Queer Life Drawing19:00 · NCI CentreFree
Saturday7
Saturday, 7 November
3 events7NovEvent · SatMonthly Cambridge social photography meet13:00 · Cambridge Central Library in the Grand ArcadeFree
7NovEvent · SatMakani Dabkeh and Drumming Circle 202614:00 · CB4 2GWFree
7NovEvent · SatRise Heart19:30 · Queens' College, ChapelFree
Monday9
Monday, 9 November
1 event9NovTech & AI · MonAI for Womens Health A Policy Event09:30 · King's CollegeFree
Tuesday10
Tuesday, 10 November
1 event10NovEvent · TueThe Changing World of Work09:00 · The Bradfield Centre,Free
Friday13
Friday, 13 November
2 events
13NovBusiness · FriCulture Unlocked: Creating a Workplace People Want to Be Part Of08:45 · The Bradfield CentreFree
13NovBusiness · FriKey ingredients for nature recovery14:00 · Cambridge Central LibraryFree
Saturday14
Saturday, 14 November
1 event14NovEvent · SatFitzwilliam String Quartet, Patrick Hemmerlé: Haydn, Osborne, Schumann19:30 · Clare Hall Dining Hall, University of CambridgeFree
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