full line-up announced for The Den at Cambridge Folk Festival 2018

featuring Sam Green & The Midnight Heist, Hazy Jane, Still House, Sivu, O&O, & more

By Mike Marshall | Published: Wed 23rd May 2018

Cambridge Folk Festival 2018 - Sam Green & The Midnight Heist
Photo credit: Karen Williams

Cambridge Folk Festival 2018

Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th August 2018
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8DW, England MAP
£175.50 for the weekend
Daily capacity: 10,000

The line-up has been revealed for The Den at the 54th Cambridge Folk Festival, which take place from Thursday 2nd until Sunday 5th August 2018, at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, in Cambridge.

The Den is the festival's stage for the country's rising stars in folk music. It will feature, by day:

Thursday:- Sam Green & The Midnight Heist (pictured above), Hot Rock Pilgrims, Dan Bettridge
Friday:- Stillhouse, Carousel, Kate Griffin & Ford Collier, Meaghan Blanchard, Bennett Wilson & Poole, Bella Collins, Alice Phelps, Georgie, Ellie Dixon
Saturday:- Hazey Jane, Amy & The Calamities, Kiol, Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton, Zoe Wren, Ben Smith and Jimmy Brewer, Ian George, LOZT, Jack Parker, Alden, Patterson & Dashwood 
Sunday:- The Orange Circus Band, Sivu, Ferris & Sylvester, August And After, Mera Royle, Fellow Pynins, O&O, Sarah Munro

Previously confirmed acts include:- Patti Smith & her band, John Prine, First Aid Kit, Janis Ian, Rosanne Cash, Songhoy Blues, Kate Rusby & Friends, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band, Eric Bibb, Rhiannon Giddens, Elephant Sessions, John Smith, St Paul and The Broken Bones, Marlon Williams, and more.

For all the details so far including day and stage splits please see the line-up page.

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Tickets are on sale, priced as follows:-

Standard: £175.50
18-21 year old: £123.50
16-17 year old: £98.50
Child 5-15 year old: £46.50
Child 0-4 year old: free

Thursday: Standard: £29; aged 5-21 year old: £18
Friday: Standard: £62; aged 5-21 year old: £36.50 (SOLD OUT)
Saturday: Standard: £72.50; aged 5-21 year old: £41.50 (SOLD OUT)




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