It really is the most wonderful time of the year! Whether you are visiting the city of live here and just want to know all the things you can enjoy in Cambridge in December 2026, this guide of events will help you plan ahead for fun gigs, quality plays, and more. We try and keep the guide as up to date as possible but things change. Therefore do click through to the venues for bang up-to-date timings, dates and availability. On to the December guide.
Cambridge at Christmas: 
Cambridge is beautiful at Christmas and the perfect venue for a spot of Christmas shopping with plenty of Christmas markets to visit. The wonderful Cambridge restaurants serving Christmas dinner here. If it is a Christmas film you are seeking, visit one of the Cambridge cinemas, or for theatre, music and more on to the Cambridge in December guide…
Cambridge Corn Exchange:
Sam Campbell: Kid Giblet
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Tue 01 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £30.50
Barenaked Ladies
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Wed 02 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £44.00
Live At Christmas with Nina Conti
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Thu 03 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £30.50
Cambridge Creatives: End of Year Wrap-Up
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Fri 04 Dec 2026
- 16:30
- Tickets from £10.00
The Australian Pink Floyd – Greatest Hits Tour 2026 – The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Sat 05 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £38.50
Christmas with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Sun 06 Dec 2026
- 16:00
- Tickets from £33.00
Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple Too LIVE
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Wed 09 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £33.00
Christmas in Ireland
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Thu 10 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £23.50
The Unthanks In Winter
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Fri 11 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £38.50
Classically Kate Bush
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Sat 12 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £35.00
JAMES B PARTRIDGE – THE BIG CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY 2026
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Sun 13 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £27.50
Step into Christmas
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Mon 14 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £27.00
Greg Davies – Full Fat Legend
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Tue 15 Dec 2026 – Wed 16 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £38.00
Kate Rusby at Christmas
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Thu 17 Dec 2026
- 19:00
- Tickets from £42.35
Xmas On The Dancefloor
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Fri 18 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £38.50
Voulez-Vous: The Music Of ABBA
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Sat 19 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £35.00
Swing Into Christmas 2026 with Down for the Count Swing Orchestra
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Mon 21 Dec 2026
- 19:30
- Tickets from £28.00
The Nutcracker
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- Sun 27 Dec 2026 – Tue 29 Dec 2026
- Times vary by date
- Tickets from £24.00
Cambridge Arts Theatre
ADC Theatre
Smörgåsbord
The B-Team
CU Show Choir: And All That Jazz
Much Ado About Nothing
Chrimprov: The Improvised Panto
A Noise Annoys at Christmas
A Christmas Carol
Jude Simpson’s Poetic Christmas Cabaret
The Junction
Sham 69: Original Line-up – 50th Anniversary
Rhys James: Chop Logic
All the Small Things
Seed Talks: The Science of the Multiverse: Do parallel universes exist?
Stapleford Granary:
See events at Stapleford Granary here.
Cambridge in December:
More even more things to enjoy in Cambridge in December see these links:
More about Cambridge festivals here.
More things to do in Cambridge here.
Check out our monthly events guide here.
Wishing you a wonderful FESTIVE time all!
