The Hub

The Hub has steadily become a focal point for the younger element of the Cambridge crowd. Situated on the fringe of the site, near the hall and behind the cybercafe, the yurt that is the Hub has become a gathering point for festivalers keen to find their own Cambridge identity and to mix with others of a similar ilk.
Originally little more than a chillout zone, The Hub now boasts some really top quality workshops, that are generally delivered by people more in touch with the target audience than I, obviously am, including winners of the Young Tradition award.
The venue, for that's what it's become, was originally put together to give younger musicians a space to play. There was a feeling that they were being crowded out from the areas around the beer and Pimms tent and the area by the main market area was a little too bustling, although people do still play there, and so, the Hub was born.
A new innovation last year was the Hub Band Project. The simple premise. If you've got musicians gathering in the same place, attending the workshops, playing a chatting, why not form an ad-hoc band?
The Hub Band Project runs through the course of a weekend and culminates in a performance in THe Club Tent on the Sunday.
Although this piece may sound like an advert for a dodgy youth club, The Hub really is a lot more than that. It is a space to be creative, to chill and chat, to share Myspace pages and nip into the cybercafe to check them out.