Find out what’s on in the area and how to book tickets for concerts and theatre productions
Spanish Music and Dance to open the 2018 Katharine of Aragon Festival at Peterborough Cathedral on January 25. Starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £18/£16 and available online at: www.peterborough-cathedral.org.Orbital Kaos at The Anchor pub, in Little Paxton, on January 27. Starts 9pm. See Facebook for more.
The Marmozets, supported by Queen Zee, at The Junction, in Cambridge, on February 6. Tickets are £14.50 online: www.junction.co.uk.
The Xcerts at The Portland Arms, in Cambridge, on February 28. Tickets £9.35 from: www.portlandarms.co.uk. Starts 7pm.
The Stranglers at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on March 30. Tickets are £37.75/£30.25 from the box office on 01223 357851 or www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk.
Nigel Kennedy at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on May 16. Tickets £32-£68 from: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk or call: 01223 357851.
Thetford Forest - acts confirmed for this summer: Gary Barlow, plus guests, on June 8; Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, supported by Billy Bragg, on June 9; The Script, plus guests, on June 7. Tickets from the Forestry Commission at: www.forestry.gov.uk/music.
Newmarket Racecourse - acts confirmed for Newmarket Nights Craig David on July 20. The Vamps have also been confirmed for Saturday Live at the venue on August 18. Tickets available from: wwwthejockeyclublive.co.uk.
Cambridge Folk Festival, at Cherry Hinton Hall park, from August 2-5, 2018. Tickets from the box office at: www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk.
THEATRE
Peppa Pig’s Adventure at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on February 3/4. Tickets from £10.75 to £20.75 from the box office on 01223 357851.
Made in Dagenham, from The Musical Theatre Company, at Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Huntingdon, February 14-17. Performances at 7.30pm with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets from the box office on 01480 223331 or online at: www.thelittleboxoffice.co.uk/swevents.
Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs 2: The Magic Cutlass at the Burgess Hall, in St Ives, on February 13. Tickets £11-£44 from the box office on 01480 388111.
Robin Hood at The Mandeville Hall, in Kimbolton, from February 23-March 3. Tickets on: 01480 861675.
Pressure at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, from February 1-10. Art, from February 14-24. Strangers on a Train from February 26-March 3. Tickets and information online: www.cambridgeartstheatre,com or call: 01223 503333.
Huntingdon Drama Club will perform The Thrill of Love at All Saints Church, in Huntingdon, from March 21-24. Tickets are £8/£10, online: www.huntingdondramaclub.org.uk.
OTHERS
Try Singing with The Mondays at the Royal Oak, in Hail Weston, on January 31, from 7pm till 9pm.
Huntingdon Drama Club’s AGM is at All Saint’s Church, in Huntingdon, on February 8, at 7pm.
Arts on Prescription workshops at The Norris Museum, in St Ives, from February to May. Wednesdays, between 1-3pm. Free.
The Poppy Trail of St Neots on February 2 with Sue Jarrett, from the St Neots Local History Society.
St Neots Museum hosts the St Neots Now and Then Photographic Exhibition from February 6 to March 6. More information at: www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk.
Potato Day at All Saints Church, in Huntingdon, on February 10, from 11am-2pm. More than 40 varieties of seed potatoes for sale. Entry is free.
St Neots Museum is hosting a ghost walk on February 21. Tickets £5 from: curators@stneotsmuseum.org.uk
Toddler Time at St Neots Museum on February 22, between 10.30am-11.30. Aimed at 2-5 year olds. £3.50 per child.
Ben Haggarty discusses the Principles of Storytelling and the Spoken Word at the Cambridge Junction on February 25. Tickets £40 from: www.junction.co.uk.
St Neots Local History Society talk on March 2. Philip Saunders will discuss The Huntingdonshire Manor and its records.
Children’s Table Top Sale at the Burleigh Hill Community Centre, in Constable Road, St Ives, on February 3, from 1.30pm till 4pm. Sellers contact Tim on: 07784673535 or email: jcmarshallusajamboree@gmail.com.
COMEDY
Katherine Ryan at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on February 1. Tickets £22.25 from www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/cornex or the box office on: 01223 357851.
Ed Byrne at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on February 14. Tickets £26.75 on 01223 357851.
Jesterlarf Comedy Club gala night at the Burgess Hall, in St Ives, on February 23. Tickets £15 on 01480 388111.
Tom Walker at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on March 17. Tickets £25.25 from www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk.
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