The Arts Area
Strawberry Fair Arts Area is a veritable cornucopia of creativity. A green and dynamic space where everyone is encouraged to participate. Strawberry Fair is now not just booze, bands and bangles.
Friday night film festival. For the fifth year, we will be holding an international local short film festival, showcasing the talents of new local and not-so-local filmmakers. Doors 6.30pm, screening 7pm. Arrive early as space is limited.
Saturday film tent, showing a program of short films, including the best of the Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival 2007.
Starving Artists' Art Gallery, showcasing the talents of rising new Cambridge artists. Visit the website for more details http://www.starvingartist.org.uk.
Freetail Free For All, a maze-based interactive art installation by members of the Castle Project.
Kinetic Sonic Cycle Sculpture, which finds new uses for traditional Cambridge transport.
Society of Xtras, for the second year running this offers the chance for everyone to be the star of the show. Get dressed up and vogue with a vengeance.
The Largest Canvas in Cambridge organized by Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University. Mainly for our younger audience participating in the creation of Cambridge's largest picture.
209 Shorts, a sonic landscape of sounds, all 2 minutes and 9 seconds long, originally created for local community radio station 209 Radio.
And finally, the programme stall to end all programme stalls, a frenzy 1940s music, performance art, and, of course, programmes.
All events are free and everyone is encouraged to participate whether they like it or not.
Contacting the Arts Area
The Arts Area needs artists and volunteers! If you’re an artist and want to realise your project in a dynamic and unpredictable open space, or you want to help out in any way, or if you just have a comment or a question, email
The Arts Area Operatives
JC, Area coordinator.
Caroline Mead, 2nd Area coordinator and Head Steward.
Simon Mullen, film festival.
