Cambridge Folk Festival adds Baaba Maal, KT Tunstall, and Chris Wood

plus John McCusker, Nancy Kerr, Applewood Road, Sam Outlaw, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 7th Apr 2016

Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 - Baaba Maal
Photo credit: Phil Bull

Cambridge Folk Festival 2016

Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2016
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DW, England MAP
£159 for a festival pass - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 10,000

Baaba Maal, KT Tunstall, Chris Wood, John McCusker, Nancy Kerr and the Sweet Visitor Band, Applewood Road, Sam Outlaw, Della Mae, Belinda O'Hooley & Heidi Tidow, Leyla McCalla, Darlingside, Blind Boy Paxton, Varldens Band, Megson, Lady Maisery, and Georgia Shackleton Trio are the latest acts confirmed for this year's 52nd Cambridge Folk Festival which will be taking place from Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2016, at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, in Cambridge.

They join a bill that will feature Christy Moore, Gogol Bordello, and Imelda May are the headliners. They top a bill that will feature Glen Hansard, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Afro Celt Sound System, Kate Rusby, Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires, Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band, Jon Boden, Songs of Separation, Sam Lee & Friends, The Michael McGoldrick Band, Blazin' Fiddles, Solas, Edward II, Le Vent du Nord, Duncan Chisholm, Kila, Breabach, Hot 8 Brass Band, Cash Box Kings, This Is The Kit, Stick in the Wheel, Seafret, Mike & Ruthy, Will Varley, Lisa O'Neill, Brian McNeill, The Dovetail Trio, Imar, Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys, and Flats & Sharps, p;lud Ceilidhs from Glorystrokes, Steamchicken, and Silent Ceilidh, children's concerts from Funbox, and The Barrow Band, Club Tent showcases from The Rheingans Sisters, Hattie Briggs, and Kelly Oliver, with Anna & Elizabeth, and Ceilidh Liberation Front making appearances in The Den.

Saturday day tickets already sold out.

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Tickets last year sold out. The year's full festival prices are:
Adult: £159
Adult (18-21): £125
Teen (16-17): £95.50
Child (5-15): £44.50
Infant (0-4): free
City resident: £133
Concession (PIP): £122
Registered carer: £34

Thursday day ticket £26.50
Concession (PIP): £20.50
Registered carer: £6

Friday day ticket £57.50
Concession (PIP): £44.50
Registered carer: £13
City resident: £47.50
City resident (PIP): £36.50
Registered carer for city resident (PIP): £11

Sunday day ticket £67.50
Concession (PIP): £51.50
Registered carer: £16
Cherry Hinton Hall Tents: £63.50
Cherry Hinton Hall Caravan: £123.50
Cherry Hinton Hall Caravan (PIP): £93.50

Coldhams Common Tent: £43.50
Coldhams Common Minivan: £43.50
Coldhams Common Caravan: £83.50




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