Where to play in Cambridge

Cambridge offers an independent musician several routes to a date. Theatres are the most common venue type here, from the ADC Theatre to the Cambridge Arts Theatre, and they tend to programme by season rather than by week. Concert venues such as the Cambridge Corn Exchange and cultural centres like Cambridge Junction sit alongside them, hosting touring bills and local acts across rooms of very different sizes. Then come the clubs, live bars and pubs, Hank's Dirty and The Blue Moon among them, where a first Cambridge show is usually easier to secure. Each of these books in its own way, so a single pitch sent everywhere rarely lands. Our Cambridge listings give you the contact details to approach bookers directly, in your own words and on your own timing. Writing to the right person, about a room whose programme you actually understand, is what starts a real conversation.