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Show some love
Please treat your fellow Festival goers with the same respect and
consideration you'd want them to show to you.
Bring your instruments!
One of the best things about Cambridge is the music that takes place
spontaneously around the site, in the campsites and on the open stages.
Bring your acoustic instruments for sessions or to sign up for a stage.
If it is raining after performances have finished, sessions can take
place within Stage 2. Please don't start sessions near to the boundary
where they could disturb local residents. A huge thank you to all the
musicians who contribute so much to the atmosphere of the Festival.
Get involved!
There are music workshops, sessions, tai' chi and healing workshops,
plus opportunities to play onstage at both sites. Kids and young people
have even more music, craft, sessions and activities especially for
them.
Respect the musicians
Please don't sit within the marquees reading books or the papers
when artists are performing. It is disrespectful to artists and there
are many other people who would like to get closer to see an artist, if
the one performing isn't a favourite of yours. Artists choose to play
Cambridge because of the attentive audience; let's keep it that way.
Explore the Festival
Why not visit the quieter areas of Cherry Hinton Hall like the duck
pond or the nature reserve? Within the campsite you'll find free
Internet access at the Folknet Café, storytelling, a crèche and
organised play area, a playground and more.
Visit Cambridge City
Why not explore the historic City centre or do some shopping,
sometime over the four days? Buses stop right outside the Festival and
you can buy a dayrider ticket with unlimited stops for a day.
Join our online community
On the online community section of this website you can link to our
myspace page, post and view photos, read our blog, access message boards
and more.
Help make the Cambridge greener
We are committed to making the Festival more environmentally
friendly but we need your help. See the environment section of this
website for more details of what we are doing. Wherever possible, please
use public transport or www.liftshare.com to get to the Festival. Free
regular buses are provided from the City centre/bus and train stations.
Help us to keep the site tidy and recycle using the bins, skips,
recycling bags and points provided.
Don't bring glass
Glass breaks and is dangerous. There are large numbers of people
onsite and many children. Please do not bring glass. No glass is allowed
in the arena, with the exception of our Festival tankards, which are
very rarely broken.
Use space considerately
Despite rumours to the contrary, over the years we've reduced the
numbers of tickets for sale, though the site is becoming more crowded as
people bring more stuff. We used to have an outdoor stage during the day
in front of the Stage 1 marquee and the audience would fit into this
space to view performances. However, even though we have done away with
this outdoor stage and effectively doubled the space in the arena, the
arena often feels crowded and hard to move around. This is largely
because people are bringing more stuff such as chairs and blankets. We
don't want to get too prescriptive about what you can and can't bring
into the arena, where we can avoid it, so please try to minimise what
you bring and how much space you take up.
Don't bring chairs into the arena unless you really need them
We prefer the use of low folding back supports like this, which are
also allowed within marquees.
Marquees & arena
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Please do not leave chairs up if you are not using them, or put them up
in circles around blankets or place them so as to hinder people's
access. Chairs such as these pictures or other items which may cause an
obstruction in an emergency, are not allowed within marquees.
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Keep blanket sizes to a minimum in the arena
Areas becoming joined up by blankets and people marking territory causes
access problems. Please keep blankets to the size that you actually
need, don't leave them down if you are not actually using them and don't
use them to reserve space that you are not using.
Don't erect sun shades in the arena
Please don't erect sun shades in the arena which take up space or
obscure people's views. We suggest you go into the space within marquees
to seek shade where possible. If sun shades are essential, eg for young
children, please place them at the edges of the arena and don't leave
them up if they are not being used.
Quieter camping
We recommend Coldhams Common Campsite which is more peaceful,
spacious and child friendly. Ask the At Cherry Hinton Hall Campsite we
have designated the area near to the crèche, together with any area
close to the nearby houses, as family or quieter camping. Wherever you
are camping show some love to your fellow campers and keep your noise to
a reasonable level.
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