The Cambridge Club Festival 2024: prohibited items, gate times & pollen levels for this weekend

The UK summer festival season continues this weekend, with events taking place in Manchester and Cambourne as the run-up to Glastonbury Festival 2024 and Leeds and Reading 2024 continues. 

This weekend though, residents around the Childerley Orchard are expecting a flock of festival revellers to make their way to this year’s Cambridge Club Festival, with this year’s headliners including Chaka Khan, Jessie Ware and Earth, Wind and Fire Experience. 

The eclectic lineup seems to be playing to those music fans, including myself, of a certain age, with Soul II Soul, Gabrielle and Spice Girl Melanie C also on the bill, while Denise Van Outen is set to perform a DJ set for campers only during the festival.

So if you’ve gotten your tickets already, what can and can’t you bring, for those who scan the lineup for this year’s event and fancy a punt on one of the UK’s smaller festivals, are tickets still available? 

We think it’s safe to say also that a look at how bad our hayfever might be around Childerley Orchard might prove beneficial also. So NationalWorld Music has taken a look at some of the essential information ahead of this weekend’s Cambridge Club Festival 2024.

Who is performing at The Cambridge Club Festival 2024?

Information correct as of publishing (June 5 2024). After Dark indicates a performance available to those camping at the festival only.

• Chaka Khan
• Jessie Ware
• Earth, Wind & Fire Experience
• D-Train 
• Gabrielle 
• Incognito 
• Melanie C 
• Natasha Bedingfield 
• Rebecca Ferguson 
• Sister Sledge 
• Soul II Soul 
• The Family Stone
• Adam Thomas 
• Danny Toeman 
• Henry Invisible 
• Mr Griff 
• Quasar 
• Uncle Funk's Disco Inferno
• Fat Tony 

• Mousse T.
• DJ Paulette 
• Denise Van Outen (After Dark) 
• Melon Bomb (After Dark) 
• Siggy Smalls 
• Waze
• Abba Disco Wonderland 
• Bongo's Bingo (After Dark) 
• Bryan By Day 
• Banger Hour 
• Barrington (After Dark) 
• Big Jamz 
• Chris Jammer (After Dark) 
• Cryptix (After Dark) 
• DJ Chris Brown 
• Daisybelle & Carlyfoxx Ft. Tasty Lopez 
• DJ Max Galactic 
• Fever Pitch 
• Harry Pearce 
• Heavy Soul J
• Osh Lovatt 
• Kane Lacam 
• Lost In Disco (After Dark) 
• Muscle Memory 
• Harry Pearce 
• Runaway Takeover

What times do gates open for The Cambridge Club Festival 2024?

Gates open at 10am on June 7 2024 for Live-In Vehicles only, with all other camping tickets allowed entry onto the campgrounds from noon. The main arena will open at 3pm on June 7 2024, while on June 8 and June 9, the Main Arena opens at noon, closing at 10:30pm on Saturday and 9:30pm on Sunday.

The main arena will not be open at all on June 10 2024, but food and drink options will still be available on-site around the camping areas. 

What items can I not take with me to The Cambridge Club Festival 2024?

If you’re going for either a day or for the weekend, The Cambridge Club Festival will be undertaking bag checks into the main arena, with some items not permitted in the campsite grounds either. The full list, as per the terms and conditions of the festival, of items prohibited and/or banned are as follows.

• Bags larger than A4 size are not permitted into the main arena. One bag is allowed per person (unless you are camping).
• Alcohol (unless you are camping)
• Soft drinks (unless you are camping)
• Food (unless you are camping)
• Any glass containers
• Potential harmful fluids (for example paint stripper)
• Weapons – bladed or pointed
• Umbrellas
• Flags or banners
• Marker pens
• Laser pens
• Non-prescription drugs, including the previously described ‘legal highs’
• Professional photography or recording equipment sound systems
• Fireworks/Flares/Laser candle lights/Gas canisters/BBQs/Sparklers
• Any other type of explosive
• Windbreakers/tents
• Dogs (except guide/service dogs)
• Bicycles
• Aerosols, gas canisters or air horns
• Drones
• Gazebos (unless you are camping)

If you are camping, you have some specific exemptions and therefore can bring the following into the campsite (but not the main arena): 

• Alcohol (18 cans or 1 litre of spirit. No glass.)
• Soft Drinks
• Food
• Gazebos

What’s the weather forecast and pollen count for The Cambridge Club Festival 2024?

Weather Forecast

According to the Met Office, Friday will see sunny intervals, changing to cloudy by late morning, with a high of 17 and a low of 10. That forecast is the same for Saturday, dropping to a low of 7 though in the evening, while Sunday remains in the 17s in terms of temperature, with a sunny start followed once again by clouds.

Pollen Count Forecast

Stock up on hayfever pills; it’s not going to be pleasant. 

The Met Office has reported that across all three days, the pollen levels around the orchard and most of the East of England will be high, owing to the dry weather. The meteorological agency has stated that grass pollen will rise in warm, dry weather. Nettle, dock & plantain too

Are there tickets still available for The Cambridge Club Festival 2024?

If the pollen count hasn’t put you off attending The Cambridge Club Festival, then there are indeed tickets still available for this weekend’s event, both camping and day tickets. 

Those wishing to camp can check out the options at The Cambridge Club Festival website, or for those looking for day tickets, you can visit Ticketmaster instead.