five more for Cambridge Folk Festival

including Angelique Kidjo, Raghu Dixit, and Dry The River

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 14th Mar 2012

Cambridge Folk Festival 2012

Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th July 2012
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DW, England MAP
£120 for full weekend

Daily capacity: 10,000

Angelique Kidjo, Raghu Dixit, Dry The River, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, and The Staves have been added to this year's Cambridge Folk Festival line-up.

Dry The River, and Benjamin Francis Leftwich will appear on Thursday, Raghu Dixit the following day, The Staves will make an appearance on Struday and sunday, and Angelique Kidjo is confirmed for Sunday.

They join Clannad, Joan Armatrading, The Proclaimers, Loreena McKennitt, June Tabor & Oysterband, Roy Harper, Billy Bragg celebrates Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday, The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, Seth Lakeman, Nic Jones, Lau, Gretchen Peters, Karine Polwart, Treacherous Orchestra, Pine Leaf Boys, Jim Moray's Silent Ceilidh, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Brian McNeill, Megson, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson Band, ahab, Habadekuk, Blackbeard's Tea Party, and Ioscaid.

For the line-up details and day splits, as available, click here.

The festival takes place from Thursday 26th until Sunday 29th July. Early bird tickets are priced at £120 for a full adult festival pass (not including camping), day tickets are priced as follows - Thursday £19, Friday £41; Saturday £52; and Sunday £52. Children aged 5-13 years tickets is priced at £35, and children aged 4 and under can attend for free. Camping is available for full festival ticket holders only, priced at £36-£52 per 2-3 berth tent.

To buy tickets, click here.

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