Newton Faulkner to headline Thursday at Cambridge Folk Festival

plus Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Skinny Lister, Hat Fitz & Cara, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 5th Mar 2014

Cambridge Folk Festival 2014

Thursday 31st July to Sunday 3rd August 2014
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DW, England MAP
only Friday day ticket available £50

Daily capacity: 10,000

Newton Faulkner will headline the opening night of the 50th Cambridge Folk Festival which will be taking place from Thursday 31st July until Sunday 3rd August 2014, at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, in Cambridge.

Also confirmed for that day are Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, Skinny Lister, Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson, Pokey LaFarge, and Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.

Van Morrison, and Sinead O' Connor will headline, plus Ladysmith Black Mambazo, former member of Drive By Truckers Jason Isbell, Lunasa, and Sarah Jarosz. Also making her festival debut is Sinead O' Connor, who will be headlining Friday's line-up with Richard Thompson, Afro Celt Sound System, Cara Dillon, Pokey LaFarge, Peggy Seeger, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Rosanne Cash, Loudon Wainwright III, and The Full English featuring Fay Hield, Seth Lakeman, Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr, Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron and Ben Nicholls performing seminal early 20th century folksong.

More names for Thursday and the rest of the weekend to be announced.

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Tickets are priced at £138 for a full adult festival pass (not including camping), and a concession full festival pass is priced at £104. Children aged 5-15 years tickets is priced at £39, and children aged 4 and under can attend for free.

Day tickets are priced as follows - Thursday £21, Friday £50; Saturday £60; and Sunday £60.

Camping is available for full festival ticket holders only, priced at £38-£56 per 2-3 berth tent. A mini van (upto 4.5m x 3.5m) pass is £38, and a caravan pass is £76.

Prices do not include booking fees.

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