Full Line-Up Announced for Cambridge Folk Festival in July

The latest names, to complete this year’s line­up, have been revealed by Europe’s most acclaimed folk festival: ground breaking Malian husband­and­wife duo Amadou & Mariam, acclaimed worldwide for their songcraft, interplay and thrilling electric blues sound; exquisite songwriting and sublime harmonies from sibling trio The Staves, whom the Festival has nurtured from their 2011 debut in The Den through the Club Tent and Stage 2 to Main Stage 1 this year; Tommy Emmanuel, regarded as the world’s most exciting country­folk acoustic guitarist; Thea Gilmore, described by Mojo magazine as “the most coherent, literate and charged British singer­so songwriter of her generation”; The Rambling Boys of Pleasure, boasting some of the finest musicians on the Irish traditional music scene: Bernard O’Neill, Gino Lupari, Alan Burke, David Munnelly and Sean Regan; American singer, writer and guitarist Darrell Scott, one of the most in­demand sidemen, as well as a highly­regarded musician in his own right; compelling, Bafta­winning songwriter Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, from Western Austra Jamie Smith’s Mabon, an irresistible blend of world music, Celtic roots and rabble­rousing funk folk; rural Indiana’s finest finger­pickin’ country blues trio The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band; a stunningly emotive mix of blues, folk, gospel, soul, Appalachian and bluegrass from hotly tipped newcomer Valerie June.

The festival runs July 25-28 and more info can be found HERE. You can see the full line-up below.

THURSDAY 25TH JULY
Lucy Rose
Willy Mason
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Larkin Poe
The Willows
Rusty Shackle
The Brass Funkeys
Jamie Smith’s Mabon
Marika Hackman

FRIDAY 26TH JULY
Bellowhead
Levellers
Liam O’Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin & Dónal Lunny aka LAPD
Sam Lee & Friends
The Bombay Royale
Frigg
Brian McNeill
Larkin Poe
Patty Griffin
Korrontzi
English String Band
Monster Ceilidh Band
Amadou & Mariam
Darrell Scott
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
Ross Couper & Tom Oakes
Hudson Taylor
Common Tongues

SATURDAY 27TH JULY
The Mavericks
KT Tunstall
Heritage Blues Orchestra
Martin Simpson
Le Vent Du Nord
Heidi Talbot
The Chair
Mokoomba
Bella Hardy & the Midnight Watch
Frigg
Jim Moray’s Silent Ceilidh
Brian McNeill
We Banjo 3
Shelby Lynne
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Breabach
Korrontzi
State Of The Union
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Tommy Emmanuel
Thea Gilmore
The Rambling Boys of Pleasure
Blair Dunlop
Ewan McLennan
Blue Rose Code

SUNDAY 28TH JULY
The Waterboys
Capercaillie
Martin Simpson
Le Vent du Nord
Mud Morganfield Band
Heidi Talbot
The Chair
We Banjo 3
BeauSoleil avec Michael DoucetBreabach
John Hegley
Sketch
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Peter Buckley Hill
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
The Staves
The Rambling Boys of Pleasure
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Valerie June
Nick Mulvey
Emma Sweeney
Rae Morris

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