Whether you are visiting the city of live here and just want to know what’s on in Cambridge in May, 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 May guide!

The Junction:

THEATRE
DANCE

KARRASEKARE

Igor x Moreno’s contemporary take on pagan carnival traditions.
MUSIC

SHOW OF HANDS

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SOLD OUT
MUSIC

THE WEDDING PRESENT

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SOLD OUT
MUSIC

ELEPHANT SESSIONS

COMEDY

CLINTON BAPTISTE: ROLLER GHOSTER!

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SOLD OUT
COMEDY

DANIEL FOXX: VILLAIN

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SOLD OUT
FAMILY
ARTIST

PLANT BY OFTHEJACKALL – WORK IN PROGRESS

FAMILY
THEATRE
ARTIST

A NOISE ANNOYS BY JUDE SIMPSON – WORK IN PROGRESS

MUSIC

MODS MAYDAY CAMBRIDGE

The Chords UK • Squire • The Killermeters • The Face • The Teazers
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JOHNNY FLYNN & ROBERT MACFARLANE

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MUSIC

BLAIR DUNLOP

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DEAN FRIEDMAN

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ANDY IRVINE

COMEDY

PAUL FOOT: DISSOLVE

MUSIC

NEWTON FAULKNER

THEATRE

COMFORT ZONE – MAY

COMEDY

LAURA SMYTH: LIVING MY BEST LIFE

JUST ANNOUNCED

MUSIC

SAMBROSO ALL STARS PERFORM THE BUENA VISTA

FAMILY
COMEDY

RUBBISH SHAKESPEARE: ROMEO AND JULIET

FAMILY

TEACH REX LIVE – VELOCIRAPTORS

Teach Rex return to Cambridge!
MUSIC

BLUE ROSE CODE

MUSIC

THE FEELING

BUY TICKETS

LAST FEW TICKETS
COMEDY

JARLATH REGAN: YER MAN

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MUSIC

TALISK

MUSIC

THE FIVER – MAY

COMEDY

FIN TAYLOR: ASK YOUR MOTHER

MUSIC

CODY PENNINGTON COUNTRY SHOW

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CODY PENNINGTON MATINEE

COMEDY

BEN MILLER: VOLCANO

FAMILY
CLUB

BIG FISH LITTLE FISH

The original family rave returns!
COMEDY

ANUVAB PAL: THE DEPARTMENT OF BRITISHNESS

MUSIC

THE PAPERBOYS

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CANAAN COX

MUSIC

SHAKATAK & RED EXPRESS

COMEDY

ANU VAIDYANATHAN: MENAGERIE

COMEDY

LAURA BELBIN: TOO MUCH

BUY TICKETS

LAST FEW TICKETS
MUSIC

NEW ROUTES – WAYWARD JANE AND CLARE HAYES

MUSIC

NUBIYAN TWIST

MUSIC

SHAM 69 ‘ORIGINAL 1977 LINEUP’ + ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE

JUST ANNOUNCED

SPOKEN
COMEDY

HARRY BAKER: WONDERFUL

Cambridge Corn Exchange:

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ADC Theatre:

Thu 30 May – Sat 8 June- Festival Players

THE PRODUCERS- Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

Cambridge Arts Theatre:

PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!

A cartoon lion with a cartoon mouse sitting on it's head

THE LION INSIDE

Fri 19 – Sun 21 April 2024

PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!

12 Men stand in a row next to headshots of the cast

TWELVE ANGRY MEN

Tue 23 – Sat 27 April 2024

The 39 Steps logo with a man holding a wheel of a car, he wears goggles and a scarf

ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S THE 39 STEPS

Tue 7 – Sat 11 May 2024

  • BSL Interpreted
A silhouette of two young boys flying a kite, a large yellow moon and the silhouette of a mountain sits behind them

THE KITE RUNNER

Tue 14 – Sat 18 May 2024

PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!

Two men in suits stand by some railings on a cobbled street

PUNT AND DENNIS: WE ARE NOT A ROBOT

Sun 19 May 2024

PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!

Mind Mangler

MIND MANGLER

Tue 21 – Sat 25 May 2024

PUBLIC BOOKING NOW OPEN!

  • Audio Described
Awful Auntie Listing

AWFUL AUNTIE

Wed 29 May – Sun 2 June 2024

  • Relaxed Performances

Stapleford Granary:Stapleford Granary

See events at Stapleford Granary here.

More about Cambridge festivals here.

More things to do in Cambridge here.

Check out our monthly events guide here.