Cambridge Folk Festival announces Villagers, Rumer, and more

including Home Service, Peatbog Faeries, & Orkestra del Sol

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 13th Apr 2011

Cambridge Folk Festival 2011

Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2011
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DW, England MAP
£114 for full weekend - SOLD OUT

The full main line-up has been announced this year's Cambridge Folk Festival including Rumer, Villagers, and a rare appearance by Home Service plus the festival's first ever Silent Ceilidh.

New acts confirmed to appear at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, in Cambridge on the opening Thursday are Paul McKenna Band, Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, Alex Patterson, Bryony & Grace Lemon, and The Willows.

Added to Friday's line-up are Danu, Justin Townes Earle, Orkestra del Sol, Feufollet, Brian McNeill, Saltfishforty, Manran, Tickled Pink, and Bedlam.

The latest acts confirmed for Saturday are Peatbog Faeries featuring The Wayward Boys, Frankie Gavin & The New De Dannan, Spiers & Boden, Dan�, Mahala Rai Banda, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Abigail Washburn, Emily Smith, Anxo Lorenzo, Jim Moray's Silent Ceilidh, Brian McNeill, The Spooky Men's Chorale, Saltfishforty, Admiral Fallow, and Manran.

Those added to the final day's line-up include Rumer, Peatbog Faeries featuring The Wayward Boys, Frankie Gavin & The New De Dannan, Home Service, Villagers, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Caitlin Rose, Abigail Washburn, Emily Smith, Anxo Lorenzo, Katzenjammer, The Spooky Men's Chorale, Damien O'Kane, Moss, Moore, Rutter.

They join James Vincent McMorrow, The Robert Cray Band, Frank Turner, Pentangle, Penguin Cafe, Femi Kuti And The Postive force, The Fisherman's Friends, Chris Wood, The Secret Sisters, Newton Faulkner, Bellowhead, Richard Thompson, Kate Rusby, Raul Malo, Laura Marling, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, with showcases and Emerging Talent Stage details still to be announced. For the line-up details as available please click here.

The festival takes place from Thursday 28th until Sunday 31st July. Tickets are priced at £114 for a full adult festival pass (not including camping), day tickets are priced as follows - Thursday £18, Friday £39; Saturday £50; and Sunday £50. Children aged 5-15 tickets are priced at £33, and children aged 4 and under can attend for free. Camping will be available for full festival ticket holders only, priced at £35-£50 per 2-3 berth tent.

To buy tickets, click here.

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