Editing Cambridge (section)

=== Festivals and events ===
[[File:Cowboys on the field (14851514483).jpg|thumb|Festival-goers attending the 2014 [[Cambridge Folk Festival]]]]
[[File:Cmglee Cambridge Science Festival 2015 Menger sponge.jpg|thumb|[[Sierpinski tetrahedron]] and [[menger sponge]] models at the [[Cambridge Science Festival]]]]
Several fairs and festivals take place in Cambridge, mostly during the British summer. [[Midsummer Common|Midsummer Fair]] dates back to 1211, when it was granted a charter by [[John, King of England|King John]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfa/researchandarticles/cambridgefair|title=Cambridge Midsummer Fair|access-date=26 April 2016|publisher=National Fairground Archive, [[University of Sheffield]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135625/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfa/researchandarticles/cambridgefair|archive-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Today it exists primarily as an annual [[travelling funfair|funfair]] with the vestige of a market attached and is held over several days around or close to [[midsummers day]]. On the first Saturday in June Midsummer Common is the site for [[Strawberry Fair]], a free music and children's fair, with various market stalls. For one week in May, on [[Jesus Green]], the annual [[Cambridge Beer Festival]] has been held since 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridgebeerfestival.com |title=Cambridge & District CAMRA Winter Ale Festival 2010 |publisher=Cambridgebeerfestival.com |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128192625/http://cambridgebeerfestival.com/ |archive-date=28 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Cambridge Film Festival - 2022 - Triangle of Sadness.jpg|thumb|alt=a full cinema auditorium prior to a screening at Cambridge Film Festival|[[Cambridge Film Festival]] audience for a screening of [[Triangle of Sadness]]]]
Launched in 1977 [[Cambridge Film Festival]] is the third-longest-running film festival in the UK.
Presented annually each autumn by the Cambridge Film Trust, the Festival showcases a selection of around 100, predominantly independent and specialised, films and embeds them within a programme of special events, Q&As, and talks.

[[Cambridge Folk Festival]] is held annually in the grounds of [[Cherry Hinton Hall]]. The festival has been organised by the city council since its inception in 1964. The Cambridge Summer Music Festival is an annual festival of classical music, held in the university's colleges and chapels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/festivals/cambridge-summer-music-festival|title=Cambridge Summer Music Festival|publisher=The Gramophone|access-date=20 October 2010}}</ref> The [[Cambridge Shakespeare Festival]] is an eight-week season of open-air performances of the works of [[William Shakespeare]], held in the gardens of various colleges of the university.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cambridgeshakespeare.com/about/ |title= About the Festival |publisher= The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival |access-date= 27 February 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120209185139/http://www.cambridgeshakespeare.com/about/ |archive-date= 9 February 2012 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The [[Cambridge Science Festival]], typically held annually in March, is the United Kingdom's largest free [[science festival]].<ref>{{cite news|title=University of Cambridge Science Festival 2011|work=BBC News|url=http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12759607|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402222018/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12759607|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Cambridge Literary Festival, which focusses on contemporary literary fiction and non-fiction, is held bi-annually in April and November.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All about|url=https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/about/|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Cambridge Literary Festival|language=en-GB}}</ref> Between 1975 and 1985 the [[Cambridge Poetry Festival]] was held biannually.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blair-Underwood|first=Alison|year=2012|title=Open account – A memoir: the Cambridge Poetry Festival|url=http://www.manifold.group.shef.ac.uk/issue9/AlisonBlairUnderwoodPR9.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322235238/http://www.manifold.group.shef.ac.uk/issue9/AlisonBlairUnderwoodPR9.html|archive-date=22 March 2013|access-date=6 June 2013|work=Blackbox Manifold, Issue 9: Peter Robinson at Sixty|publisher=Blackbox Manifold}}</ref> Other festivals include the annual Mill Road Winter Fair, held the first Saturday of December,<ref>{{Cite news
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 |title=All you need to know about the 2017 Mill Road Winter Fair
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110082234/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/whats-on/cambridge-mill-road-fair-christmas-13958797
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|url-status=live}}</ref> the E-luminate Festival, which took place every February from 2013 to 2018,<ref>{{cite news
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 |first1=Abigail
 |title=All you need to know about Cambridge's e-Luminate festival
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 |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/eluminate-festival-cambridge-when-light-12547526
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|date=17 January 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615053551/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/eluminate-festival-cambridge-when-light-12547526
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Frame|first=Helen|date=22 May 2018|title=Why Cambridge e-Luminate festival has been put on hold|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-e-luminate-festival-lights-14693085|access-date=17 February 2021|website=CambridgeshireLive|language=en|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227094645/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-e-luminate-festival-lights-14693085|url-status=live}}</ref> and The Big Weekend, a city outdoor event organised by the City Council every July.<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Weekend |url=https://www.visitcambridge.org/whats-on/major-festivals-and-events/the-big-weekend |website=Visit Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge City Council |access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404011133/https://www.visitcambridge.org/whats-on/major-festivals-and-events/the-big-weekend |archive-date=4 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Three Cambridge Free Festivals held in 1969, 1970, and 1971 that featured artists including [[David Bowie]], [[King Crimson]], [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], [[Spontaneous Combustion (English band)|Spontaneous Combustion]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]] and others are believed by the festival organiser to have been the first free multiple-day rock music festivals held in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-1969.html |title=Description, poster, and images, 1969 Cambridge Free Festival, Midsummer Common, 8-11 June 1969. Performers: David Bowie, King Crimson, Roy Harper, and others. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219023155/http://ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-1969.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-midsummer-pop.jpg |title=Concert poster: The Cambridge Free Festival, Midsummer Common, 8-11th June 1969. Performers: David Bowie, King Crimson, Roy Harper, and others. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830220314/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-midsummer-pop.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cam-69-free-fest-blurb.jpg |title=Invitation to attend and explanation of event: The Cambridge Free Festival, Midsummer Common, 8-11th June 1969. Performers: David Bowie, King Crimson, Roy Harper, and others. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830220231/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cam-69-free-fest-blurb.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cam-69-free-fest-time-1.jpg |title=Programme of performers, 8 and 9 June 1969. The Cambridge Free Festival, Midsummer Common, 8-11th June 1969. Performers: David Bowie, King Crimson, Roy Harper, and others. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830220301/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cam-69-free-fest-time-1.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cam-69-free-fest-time-2.jpg |title=Programme of performers, 10 and 11 June 1969. The Cambridge Free Festival, Midsummer Common, 8-11th June 1969. Performers: David Bowie, King Crimson, Roy Harper, and others. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830220248/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cam-69-free-fest-time-2.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-1969.html |title=1970 Cambridge Free Festival, Coldham's Common, 5 August 1970. Edgar Broughton, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Demon Fuzz, Black Widow, Elder Kindred. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219023155/http://ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-1969.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-festival.html |title=Cambridge Free Festival, Coldham's Common, 12th/13th June 1971. Spontaneous Combustion scheduled Saturday afternoon and UFO Saturday evening, 12 June 1971, were among the 23 scheduled performers. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218015827/http://ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-festival.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-71-timeline.jpg |title=Concert line-up, Cambridge Free Festival, Coldham's Common, 12th/13th June 1971. Spontaneous Combustion scheduled Saturday afternoon and UFO Saturday evening, 12 June 1971, were among the 23 scheduled performers. Retrieved 15 July 2020. |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128173659/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-71-timeline.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-71-poster.jpg |title=Concert poster: Cambridge Free Festival, Coldham's Common, 12th/13th June 1971. Spontaneous Combustion scheduled Saturday afternoon and UFO Saturday evening, 12 June 1971, were among the 23 scheduled performers. Retrieved 15 July 2020 |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128013017/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/cambridge-free-71-poster.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref>