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Punt rides, live music, delicious hot food, an outdoor bar, garden games and – of course – movies galore are all on offer at this year’s River Cam Film Festival. Running from 25 to 28 July, festivities kick off with a showing of A Star is Born on the 25th. Starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, this fourth adaptation of the classic ‘ageing star meets hopeful ingenue’ story features the Oscar-winning song Shallow as part of its fantastic original soundtrack. Next up is The Favourite on the 26th. Another Oscar winner – this time for Best Actress Olivia Colman – it’s the story of the love triangle between Queen Anne and her feuding ladies in waiting, Lady Sarah and Abigail. Box-office smash Bohemian Rhapsody, the story of Freddie Mercury’s adventures with Queen, is on the 27th, and finally the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture, Green Book , gets its turn on the 28th. Punt taxis set off from Scudamore’s punt station from 6.30pm onwards, and there will be plenty of fab food and drink options to keep you amused until your film starts, as the sun sets. A range of ticket options is available, starting at £15. starandmouse.com THE RIVER CAM FILM FESTIVAL
The lawns of Cambridge become a stage this month when the annual Shakespeare Festival returns from 8 July to 24 August. Taking place in some of Cambridge University’s most beautiful college gardens, the festival has been enthralling audiences with timeless tales of romance, tragedy and farce for more than 30 years. Described by The Times as serving up a “tour de force of Elizabethan drama”, the programme sees four plays running from 8 to 27 July, before the programme switches with four new offerings during late July and August. Act one sees Cambridge Shakespeare Festival favourite A Midsummer Night’s Dream bring fairies, forests, magic and mysticism to St John’s College, while A Winter’s Tale serves a cold slice of suspicion and obsession (and a bear) at Downing College. We meet up with Falstaff and the rest of the gang in Henry IV Part 1 at Robinson College, while Hamlet’s spiral of self-torment and madness will play out against the really rather lovely backdrop of King’s College’s gardens. Up for round two will be The Tempest (Trinity College), Much Ado About Nothing (St John’s), Henry IV Part 2 (Robinson College), and As You Like It (King’s College). Adult tickets are £17. cambridgeshakespeare.com SHAKESPEARE FEST
Bringing a programme of concerts to the city’s green spaces each summer, Jazz & Brass in the Parks runs on selected Sundays until 15 September. Completely free and open to all, you can catch music from the likes of the Brass Funkeys and Cambridge Groove Orchestra, at spots including Jesus Green. Pack some snacks and a blanket, and you’ll be all set for a perfect weekend wind down. cambridgelive.org.uk J A ZZ & BR ASS IN THE PARKS
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