Cambridge Folk Festival 2005

Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2005
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DW, England MAP
Friday £27, Sunday £37, all other days sold out - 01223 357851

Last updated: Wed 4th May 2005

This festival's prestigious reputation for quality music in intimate surroundings means tickets always sell out very quickly. The music is much more than traditional folk.

The line-up for this year is:
Christy Moore · Lucinda Williams · The Blind Boys Of Alabama · The Proclaimers · Mavis Staples · Jimmy Webb · Kate Rusby · Idlewild acoustic · Rodney Crowell · KT Tunstall · Altan · Tinariwen · The Unusual Suspects · Kathryn Tickell Band · Blazin Fiddles · Karine Polwart · Bellowhead · Lúnasa · Hayseed Dixie · Shemekia Copeland · Mary Gauthier · Peatbog Faeries · Xosé Manuel Budiño · Brian McNeill · Damien Dempsey · Martha Wainwright · Old Crow Medicine Show · The Cat Empire · The Duhks · English Acoustic Collective · The Bills · Black Umfolosi 5 · Tickled Pink · Les Chauffeurs à pieds · Johnny Dickinson · The Family Mahone · Lauren MacColl · Seth Lakeman · Julie Fowlis · Martha Tilston · The Low Country · Sleeping Dogz · Dealàn.

Music takes place as follows: Thursday 6pm-10pm; Friday 2pm-11.30pm; Saturday midday-11.30pm; Sunday midday-11pm.

The campsites (extra charge) provide their own friendly entertainment.

There is also entertainment for kids.