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Cambridge Folk Festival 2023

27 July 2023 - 30 July 2023

£83

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There is no booming DJ tent, round-the-clock cinema or secret location, but the Cambridge Folk Festival still stands as the most elegant festival on the UK summer music calendar.

Set within the Edenic woodland of Cherry Hinton Park, the Cambridge Folk Festival continues to place one quality above all others: the power and authenticity of the performer and their ability to communicate with an audience.

This year’s line-up is typically strong featuring: Angelique Kidjo, Arrested Development, Imelda May and the Proclaimers.

 

 

One of the true pleasures of the festival is walking from stage to stage, from the Club Tent to Stage Two to The Den … and being blown away by an act you’ve never heard of

Lucinda WIlliams
Lucinda Williams headlined the Cambridge Folk Festival 2019

“For me one of the true pleasures of the festival is walking from stage to stage, from the Club Tent to Stage Two to The Den – which is our emerging talent stage – and being blown away by an act you’ve never heard of,” says says Cambridge Folk Festival Operations Manager, Becky Stewart.

“An artist might be unknown and playing to a handful of people one year, then on a big stage few years on. Jake Bugg headlined a couple of year’s ago but when he first played Cambridge we payed him £50 and he turned up late because his car had broken down.”

One off the joys of Cambridge is the way established names and lesser-knowns jostle together.

“There’s no feeling of hierarchy,” says Neil. “We’re also one of the few festivals that encourages the audience to make music. We put on sessions in the evening, we say bring your guitar, it’s a safe environment. That’s very much within the tradition.”


Cambridge Folk Festival lineup

Cambridge Folk Festival

For a full lineup, click here.

Cambridge Folk Festival Campsite

The festival campsite is a short stroll from the main arena.  It has all the necessary facilities including a bar, creche and paddling pool. There is a secondary campsite 1.5 miles away. For further details, click here.

Cambridge Folk Festival Tickets

Tickets vary in price depending upon whether you are attending for one day or the whole festival. The full-festival ticket costs £205. A standard Friday to Sunday ticket costs £83. Click here for more information on pricing, and here to buy tickets.


Words by Robert Spellman and Mark Bibby Jackson.


Details

Start:
27 July 2023
End:
30 July 2023
Cost:
£83
Website:
https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/folk-festival

Venue

Cambridge Folk Festival
Cherry Hinton Park
Cambridge,United Kingdom
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A former Fleet Street music journalist, Robert’s love of jazz spurs him around the globe in search of it and any related or indigenous sounds. More likely to be scribbling about Herbie Hancock in the southern Med than held aloft at a Taylor Swift gig – although you never know. His stories can also be found in France Today and Reach titles such as the Daily Mirror. London based, Robert is a subeditor at News UK and the Guardian.

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