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EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO NEARBY
THE BACKS

Frequently asked questions about The Backs

What are the best things to do near The Backs?
Our most popular events near The Backs include:
  • Brian E Beck Memorial Lecture
  • Cancer metabolism and the tumour microenvironment - Symposium
  • Improv Comedy showcase - The Cambridge School of Improv
  • Improvised Images: Exploring the Aesthetics and Politics of Live Coding
  • Using Digitised Collections: IIIF Literacy, Methods and Tools
  • Manifestation Drawing/Manifesting 2026
  • Meet the Royal College of Art in Cambridge
  • Interfaith Connection Cambridge: Water
  • RIBA East: Building a Low-Carbon Future
  • King Street Cellar Book and Wine Club – A Drinking Club with Books!
  • Social Photography Meet-up at Cambridge Central Library
  • January in Japan with Nick Bradley at Waterstones Cambridge
  • ✨Rest and Renew ✨A candlelit Sound Bath at CamYoga in Cambridge
  • Risky Character in Crime and Writing on Crime
  • An Evening of Improvised Comedy with Lily and Jack
  • Queer Histories, Legacies and Imaginings
  • The Sleepers: Study Day
  • ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (two day workshop)
  • Curator's Tour: The Sleepers
  • Cambridge Wellness Series: The Sleep Reset
  • Our Lady of Consolation Silent Retreat Day
  • A better future for Newnham and West Cambridge
  • Continuum | British Vocal Music
  • Games Night in Cambridge
  • Bookshop event for aspiring authors
  • This Gospel I Believe: Confidence and Crisis in the Christian Academic Mind
  • Nataraja – the Lord of Dance
  • Games Night in Cambridge
  • Fitzwilliam String Quartet: Beach, Shostakovich, Beethoven
  • Faith, Refugees and Migration
  • Cowork & Collaborate
  • Research and Public Engagement Afternoon
  • Speed Dating in Cambridge Ages 40-59
  • Speed Dating in Cambridge | Ages 30-45
  • Module 10B/YL Module K- First Aid Practical Validation(Cambridge 8/1)
  • Why is loneliness so painful ?
  • Into the Wild: Photographing Reptiles, Amphibians & Tropical Worlds
  • Three Voices, One World
  • City of Cambridge Bowmen World Record Status Double 720 Tournament
  • Richard Berg Rust Lecture: Borderlands: an archaeological perspective
  • Freeze the Impact: Sports Photography Workshop at the Tommy Dann Match 2026
  • The Secret History of the String Quartet: Part III
  • Parent Connect Cambridge Natwest Petty Cury
  • Night Shift - Threshold the 'Passage between' moonlight at MODO
  • Cambridge House Collective
  • City of Cambridge Bowmen World Record Status Double 720 Tournament
  • Paint and Sip - Cherry Era | Portland Arms
  • Building Embodied Intelligence: Insights from Wayve’s Journey in Autonomous
  • Funding the Future Conference
  • Speed Dating in Cambridge | Ages 25-38
  • What else should I visit around The Backs?