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Cambridge Rock Festival is Cambridge’s premier music event for classic rock, blues and prog rock (with a bit of everything else thrown in). This year the festival will run over five days from the evening of Wednesday 3rd to Sunday 7th August, at Haggis Farm Polo Club, Barton, near Cambridge.

We have arranged an exclusive backstage tour for engineers on Thursday 4th August. We also have special prices on tickets, so you can stay and enjoy the music!

The festival operates on three stages. All stage and audience areas are under cover. There is a large bar selling 100 real ales and ciders, food vendors, traders and an arts and crafts marquee. The event is run on a 130 acre green field site and all services have to be set up specially, including power generation and water distribution, as well as perimeter fencing, lighting, signage, toilets and showers, road matting and sound absorbing panels, not to mention the marquees, stages, gantries, state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, bars and cellar refrigeration, an extensive backstage hospitality area for the 100 acts, and facilities for the large team of professional and volunteer technicians and stewards. As an engineering project, organising an event on this scale is a complex exercise that has to be seen to be appreciated.

Cambridge Rock Festival 2014. Copyright Trevor Cotterell, Concert Photography Plus

Date (engineers’ backstage visit): Thursday 4th August.

Time (engineers’ backstage visit): 5.30pm to 7.00pm. Music ‘til 11pm (ticket required).

Festival times: Wednesday 3rd August (Addenbrooke's Charity benefit): 5pm to 11pm.
Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th August: 11am to 11pm.

The line-up is here and stage times are here.

Venue: Cambridge Rock Festival, Haggis Farm Polo Club, Granchester Road, Barton, Cambridge CB23 7PZ (near M11 J12). Detailed directions will be provided to attendees.

All welcome, bring your friends. Booking essential. Limited places. Backstage tour is free.

Music event tickets are available to us for a limited period at a special price of £10 for a Thursday ticket (normally £25) and £90 for a 4 day ticket (normally £105). Booking fees apply. Indicate when booking (above) which ticket you require and we will contact you with details of how to purchase. Book now for tickets at this price!

Young people are very welcome, both on our visit and at the festival. U16 get cheap tickets. U10 free. On-site parking and camping for tents, caravans and motorhomes. See website for details.

Please advise us if you have any special access needs.

We are most grateful to Dave Roberts and the Cambridge Rock Festival for hosting our visit.

This visit is organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Beds and Cambs area, and supported by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Cambridge Network.