Cambridge events

 

The BBC Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival is four days of folk music spanning across every definition and possible incarnation of the genre. The established event forms an annual crossroads where traditional and contemporary artists have met since 1965.

Cambridge’s stunning Cherry Hinton Hall provides the festival with its intimate feel, while audiences enjoy the sounds of Americana, roots and blues as well as zydeco, klezmer and cajun.

 

The festival also has craft, music and instrument stalls, campsite entertainment and a food selection as varied as the line-up. A dedicated children’s area is devoted to keeping them little ‘uns amused and the spectator interaction is encouraged with festival-goers allowed to create their own music in the bar and campsite sessions. 

 

Line-Up:

 

• Unspecified Stage
  • Three Daft Monkeys
  • Billy Bragg
  • John Hiatt
  • Judy Collins
  • Allen Toussaint
  • Seth Lakeman
  • Eric Bibb
  • Eliza Carthy
  • Martha Wainwright
  • The Waifs
  • Altan
  • Peatbog Faeries
  • Tim O'Brian
  • Karine Polwart
  • Michael McGoldrick Band
  • Laura Marling
  • Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
  • Tunng
  • Kila
  • Devon Sproule
  • Chris Wood
  • Cherryholmes
  • Brian McNeil
  • Mauvais Sort
  • Lisa Knapp
  • Hot 8 Brass Band
  • Beoga
  • Grupo Fantasma
  • Frank Turner
  • Whapweasel
  • Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson
  • Elizabeth Cook
  • The Chair
  • Noah and the Whale
  • Jeana Leslie And Siobhan Miller
  • 6 Day Riot
  • Kidsamonium
  • Megson
  • The Shivers
  • Findlay Napier and The Bar Room Mountaineers
  • The Levellers
  • Joan Armatrading
  • The Imagined Village