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Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June 2009, 10:00 - 6pm
The Cambridge 800 Town, Gown & Country Show
Parker's Piece, Cambridge, Gonville Place, Cambridge, CB1 1JF
The Cambridge 800 Town, Gown & Country Show
13 & 14 June 2009
Parker's Piece
This show just continues to grow and grow with attendance numbers for 2008's show topping 45,000. For those of you who don’t know it, it's a free to enter show, right in the heart of Cambridge – and as well as celebrating all that is great about the Country right in the middle of Town, 2009 sees Cambridge University celebrating it's 800th Anniversary and they are partnering us on the Show this year.
Entertainment will include birds of prey and flying displays, medieval re-enactment village plus fighting knights, The Sheep Show, the magnificent and increasingly rare Suffolk Punch horses, donkey rides, full and scale steam engines, University displays Arts, craft and gift marquees as well as lifestyle and food hall stands will give you the chance to sample and buy unique products. Children's entertainer, bouncy castles and fairground (charges apply).
Parker’s Piece is once again the setting for arguably what is Cambridge’s largest free to enter family event (2008 welcomed crowds of 45,000) – the third Cambridge 800 Town, Gown & Country Show and organisers Oakleigh Fairs are delighted to announce that this year the show is being supported as part of the University’s 800th Anniversary celebrations.
Charlie Owen, MD of Oakleigh says, ‘We are so pleased that the University is supporting us – it will bring an interesting and unusual twist to the show this year – whether it be Tudor storytellers giving the real history of the Town & Gown, the fascinating Cabinet of Curiosities or even the chance to try your hand at making your own fossil, all will add to the Town’s understanding of what goes on behind the scenes within the various Departments – but right in the heart of the City’
With something for everyone, from Horkesley Park’s Heavy Horse Demonstration Team, full size and scale Steam Engines, The Sheep Show - an educational as well as fun show, Children’s Entertainment, Donkey Rides, Swords of Chivalry battle re-enactments and medieval village and Fighting Knights, as well as hands-on Cookery demonstrations from the Cambridge Cookery School, as well as Burwash Manor and the Countryside Restoration Trust who bring the Farm to the City. On Sunday this year we also have the Companion Dog Show – so bring along a canine friend and have a go! (And all proceeds from entries will go to Marie Curie Cancer Care).
Bike Week as well as Cambridge City Council’s Sustainable City team will also be on hand.
And if that’s not all – as well as demonstrations of stick furniture making and thatching, the children can also have a go at making traditional Corn Dollies. There will also be other rural demonstration skills to enjoy and you can sample and buy in our Arts, Crafts and Gifts marquees as well as Lifestyle and Food Stalls.
So, whatever the weather there will be something for everyone at this two day event. The Mayor of Cambridge has very kindly agreed to formally open the show at 11am on Saturday.
Special Interest Groups are warmly invited to take part and we welcome enquiries from trade stands
Fully catered and there is a licensed bar.
Also at this event, we're proud to host the Companion Dog Show.
Admission: Free.
