Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2010

An annual well attended festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy, and run by Fairport Convention. This year's 30th anniversary of the festival will take place from Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th August 2010.

Line-up

The full line-up of acts at Fairport's Cropredy Convention include Status Quo who will headline Thursday, with Bellowhead, Little Feat, Pauline Black, and Rick Wakeman also confirmed and Fairport Convention themselves headlining, as is traditional, on the Saturday. Other announced acts include Easy Star All Stars, 3 Daft Monkeys, Mabon, The Dixie Bee-Liners, Thea Gilmore, Martyn Joseph, The Martin Taylor Quartet, Breabach, Little Johnny England, Leatherat, and The Tindalls.

To see the full line-up and day splits for this year's 30th anniversary of the festival which will take place from Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th August 2010 please click here.

Tickets

Early bird tickets are available until 1st June, priced as follows:
An adult weekend ticket £85 (full price £95)
A weekend camping ticket £30
Adult Friday, and Saturday ticket £75 (full price £85)
Adult Friday/Saturday camping ticket (for 13th & 14th August only) £25
Saturday only day ticket £55 (full price £65)
Tickets for children under 12 years of age, are free. Children must be accompanied by an adult purchasing a ticket.

To buy tickets, click here.

Times

The festival runs from 4pm - 11pm Thursday, Noon - midnight Friday and Saturday. Camp sites open 9am Thursday.

It's a very friendly festival with great ales, no sell-out out to rampant commercialism, and no huge ticket prices.

Getting there

There is a regular service to and from the festival from both the bus and train stations.

Unlike many other festivals, here you can park your vehicle next to your tent. You MUST have a concert ticket for the day you arrive to camp or caravan. Space on the campsites is for concert goers only. If you wish to camp with friends or family you must meet up somewhere off-site and arrive together as spaces cannot be saved.

Please note Chinese Lanterns are banned at Cropredy.

There'll be more information when available.

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