The Cambridge Folk Festival

The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge. It began in autumn 1964 when Cambridge City Council decided to hold a music festival the next summer.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2010

STORNOWAY, LISSIE, EZIO, PORT ISAAC'S FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS,SEASICK STEVE, THE IMAGINED VILLAGE, SETH LAKEMAN, SHARON SHANNON & IMELDA MAY,THE WONDER STUFF,THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS,BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC ORCHESTRA,BREABACH,BRIAN McNEILL,JOE PUG,THE QUEBE SISTERS BAND,MAMA ROSIN,NATALIE MERCHANT,PINK MARTINI,
KATHY MATTEA,THE UNTHANKS,SALSA CELTICA,DERVISH,JULIE FOWLIS,CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS,GRETCHEN PETERS, LÚNASA,THE HOLMES BROTHERS,THE BURNS UNIT,JACKIE OATES,JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT,SPIRO,THE QUEBE SISTERS BAND,KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN,RROKIA TRAORÉ,SHOW OF HANDS,JULIE FOWLIS,CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS,GRETCHEN PETERS,HARPER SIMON,THE JOLLY BOYS, THE BURNS UNIT, C.W.STONEKING, MEGSON

Cambridge Folk Festival 2009

LUCINDA WILLIAMS -  THE ZUTONS -  LOS LOBOS -   THE SAW DOCTORS -  BOOKER T. -  PAUL BRADY -  THE WATERSON FAMILY -  BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE -  OUMOU SANGARE -  EDDI READER -  BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN -  BELLOWHEAD -  CARA DILLON -  MARTIN SIMPSON -  SUSAN TEDESCHI -  BLAZIN’ FIDDLES -  EDWARD II -  LAU -  JIM MORAY -  IMELDA MAY -  MÁIRTIN O’CONNOR, CATHAL HAYDEN & SÉAMIE O’DOWD -  DIANA JONES -  ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS -  WATERMELON SLIM & THE WORKERS -  HAYES CARLL -  JON BODEN & THE REMNANT KINGS -  HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN -  CROOKED STILL -  BRIAN McNEILL -  ALELA DIANE -  THE DEMON BARBERS -  BELLA HARDY -  PETE MOLINARI -  GENTICORUM -  RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES -  THE TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA -  NEW ROPE STRING BAND -  MUMFORD & SONS -  THE SHEE -  MEGAN & JOE HENWOOD -  STEAMCHICKEN -  RUARIDH MACMILLAN -  CALAN -  SUNDAY DRIVER -

Cambridge Folk Festival 2008

k.d. lang · Joan Armatrading · Levellers · The Imagined Village · Billy Bragg · Richard Hawley · Judy Collins · Allen Toussaint ·Seth Lakeman · Eric Bibb · Eliza Carthy · Martha Wainwright · The Waifs · Altan · Peatbog Faeries · Tim O’Brien · Karine Polwart · Michael McGoldrick Band · Laura Marling · Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba · Tunng · Kíla · Devon Sproule · Chris Wodd · Cherryholmes · Brian McNeill · Mauvais Sort · Lisa Knapp · Hot 8 Brass Band · Beoga · Grupo Fantasma · Frank Turner · Whapweasel · Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson · Elizabeth Cook · The Chair · 3 Daft Monkeys · Noah & The Whale · Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller · 6 Day Riot · Kidsamonium · Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers · Megson · The Shivers

Cambridge Folk Festival 2007

Joan Baez · Nanci Griffith · The Waterboys · Steve Earle · Kate Rusby · Toots & The Maytals · Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder · Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra · Under One Sky · Show Of Hands · Sharon Shannon · Bellowhead · Alabama 3 unplugged · Oysterband · Bruce Cockburn · Martin Simpson · Four Men & A Dog · Fanfare Ciocǎrlia · Solas · Shooglenifty · James Hunter · C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band · Fiddlers’ Bid · Allison Moorer · Brian McNeill · The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ·  Le Vent du Nord · Kris Drever · Seasick Steve · Rachel Unthank & The Winterset · Lau · Ruthie Foster · Haugaard & Høirup · Martha Tilston Mabon Jaune · Toujours · Newton Faulkner · Breabach · Stömp · Last Orders · Mr Boom

Cambridge Folk Festival 2006

Emmylou Harris · The Chieftains · Richard Thompson · Amadou & Mariam · Cerys Matthews · Eddi Reader · Capercaillie · Marcia Ball · Dervish · Nickel Creek · Mozaik · Bettye LaVette · Los de Abajo · Chumbawamba acoustic · John Tams & Barry Coope · Cara Dillon · Seth Lakeman · Teddy Thompson · Salsa Celtica · The John Butler Trio · Tom Russell · Nizlopi · Brian McNeill · Rodrigo y Gabriela · Julie Fowlis · Tift Merritt · Ezio · The Broken Family Band · Swåp · New Rope String Band · Anna Massie Band · Van Eyken · Mauvais Sort · Croft No. 5 · Whapweasel · Lau · Bodega ·

Cambridge Folk Festival 2004

Jimmy Cliff, Beth Orton, Gillian Welch, Levellers Acoustic , The Divine Comedy, Mariza, Asleep At The Wheel, Keb’ Mo’, Oyster Ceilidh Band, Ralph Mctell, Loudon Wainwright III, Sharon Shannon, Bert Jansch, Michael Mcgoldrick Band, Kepa Junkera, Show Of Hands, Dixie Hummingbirds, Jim Moray, Susana Seivane, Tom Robinson, Thea Gilmore, Brian McNeill, Mindy Smith, Session A9, Josh Ritter, Ezio, Dhol Foundation, Amparanoia, Last Night’s Fun, Horace X, The Broken Family Band, The Chipolatas, Dr Faustus, Jarlath Henderson, Dochas, Peter Buckley Hill, Noi.D

Cambridge Folk Festival 2003

Steve Earle, The Saw Doctors, Afro Celts, Rosanne Cash, Orchestra Baobab, Julian Cope, Linda Thompson, Eliza Carthy Band, La Bottine Souriante, Dervish, Roddy Frame, Berroguetto, John McCusker & Phil Cunningham, Ron Sexsmith, Shooglenifty, John Hammind, Martin Simpson, Danu, Yonder Mountain Spring Band, Flook, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Brian McNeill, Laura Cantrell, The Waifs, Boo Hewerdine Trio, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Grada, Bob Fox & The Hush, John Spiers & Jon Boden, Oi-Va-Voi, Back Of The Moon, The Angel Brothers & Satnam Singh, Elephant Talk, The Pack, Uiscedwr, Whapweasal, The Music From Bagpuss, KilBride Brothers, The Broken Family Band, Anna Massie, Alasdair Roberts, Kirsty McGee.