1970-1979

Cambridge Folk Festival 1979

Alex Campbell, Anni Chester, The Boys of the Lough, Dan Ar Bras, Dave Cousins, Doc Watson and Friends, Earl Okin, Harvey Andrews, Jim Page, Joe Stead, Julie Mairs and Chris Stowell, Loudon Wainwright III, Louis Killen, Maddy Prior, Neil Lewis, The New Victory Band, Noel Murphy, Orrin Star & Gary Mehalick, Plexus, Richard Digance, Rockin’ Dopsie and the Cajun Twisters, Ry Cooder, The Tannahill Weavers, Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators, Warren Wyse, Woodstock Mountains Revue. 

Cambridge Folk Festival 1978

Alex Atterson, Billy Connolly, Brian Cookman, Chuck Brunicardi, Clannad, Dan Crary, Dave Swarbrick & Friends, Dave Treharne, Diz Disley, Five Hand Reel, Fred Wedlock, Hamish Imlach, Happy Traum, Hot Vultures, Jake Walton, John Foreman, John the Fish, The McCalmans, Muckram Wakes, Na Fili, New Victory Band, Ougenweide, Packie Byrne & Bonnie Shaljean, Paul Williams, Pete & Chris Coe, Red Clay Ramblers, Richie Havens, Shirley & Dolly Collins, Silkie Miller & J..J, Dion, Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn, Tom Paxton.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1977

The Albion Dance Band, Alex Campbell, Andy Irvine and Paul Brady, Bernard Wrigley, Bert Jansch, Bill Caddick, Bill Keith, The Boys of the Lough, Brian Cookman, Cousin Joe from New Orleans, The David Bromberg Band, David Grisman & Tony Rice, Dick Fegy, Don McLean, Flakey Pastry, Frances Gilvray and Mick Burke, Fred Wedlock, Holly Tannen, Hunters’ Moon, Jean Redpath, Jim Page, Joanne Carlin, Johnny Morris, Johnny Silvo, Magna Carta, Martin Carthy, Mike Elliot, Ralph McTell, Saffron Summerfield, Stephen Wade, The Tannahill Weavers, Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators, Vin Garbutt.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1976

Alex Atterson, Artie Traum, The Battlefield Band, The Bothy Band, Brenda Wootton, Brillo, Bryan Bowers, The Bushwackers, Cajun Moon, The City Waites, Dave Burland, Derek Brimstone, Gerry Lockrun, The High Level Ranters with caller Hugh Rippon, Holly Tannen, Jeremy Taylor, John Hartford, John Scott Cree, London Wainwright III, Martin Simpson, The McCalmans, Michael Chapman, Mike Elliot, Pumpkinhead, Scafell Pike, Steve Goodman, Wizz Jones.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1975

Al Schmidt & Graeme Turner, Anne Baker & Nick Barraclough, Bert Jansch, Brillo, Bryan Bowers, Chris Rohmann, Country Gazette, The Crofters, David Bromberg Band, Five Hand Reel, Frogmorton, Häns’che Weiss Quintett, Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper, Jack the Lad, Leo Kottke, Malicorne, Marc Ellington, Michael Moore, Mick Flynn, Miriam Backhouse, Nic Jones, Noel Murphy, Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Digance, Robin & Barry Dransfield, Spud, Stefan Grossman, Tam Linn, Tom Rush, Tony Rose, Vin Garbutt 

Cambridge Folk Festival 1974

Alan Stivell, Alex Atterson, Alex Campbell, Allan Taylor, Anne and Nick Barraclough, Archie Fisher, Arlo Guthrie & John Pilla, Betsy Jefferson & The Ridgerunners, Bill Clifton, The Boys of the Lough, Bully Wee, The City Waites, The Crofters, Decameron, Dick Gaughan, Diz Disley, Echo Mountain Band, English Tapestry, George Deacon, Gordon Giltrap, Ian Anderson, Isaac Guillory, John D. Bryant, John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee, Jon Betmead, Loudon Wainwright III, Martin Carthy, Mickey Baker, Paddy Gray, Pete Sayers, Pete Stanley & Roger Knowles, Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, Planxty, The Radio Cowboys, Richard Digance, Rosemary Hardman. 

Cambridge Folk Festival 1973

The Albion Country Band, Alan Stivell, Baby Whale, Bob Davenport, Brian Golbey, Chris Rohmann, Dave Cartwright, Davey Graham, Derek Brimstone, Dick Gaughan, The Dransfields, Every Day Dirt, Fine City, Fiona Stuart and Chris Newman, Harvey Andrews and Graham Cooper, Jim Croce, John Prine, Orange Blossom Sound, Pete Sayers, Pete Stanley and Roger Knowles, Planxty, The Radio Cowboys, Ragged Robin, Rum, Shades of MacMurrough, The Southern Ramblers, Steeleye Span, Stefan Grossman, Stephane Grappelli with Diz Disley, Steve Goodman, Stock Room Brawl, Temporary Ferret, Tony Capstick, The Tumbleweeds.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1972

Allan Taylor, Alex Atterson, Alex Campbell, Artie and Happy Traum, Barry Dransfield, Bryan Chalker’s New Frontier, Brian Golbey, C.O.B, Decameron, Derroll Adams, George Deacon & Marion Ross, Gillian McPherson, Jasper Carrott, John James, Mike Cooper’s Machine Gun Co., Oak, Pete Sayers, Pete Stanley & Roger Knowles, Peter Bellamy, Ralph McTell, Steve Tilston, The Boys of the Lough, Down County Boys, The Dubliners, The Radio Cowboys, The Southern Ramblers, Totem, Wizz Jones.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1971

Al Stewart, Anne Briggs, Bill Clifton, Colin Scott, Derek Brimstone, Diz Disley, Gillian McPherson, Harvey Andrews, Jean Ritchie, Joe Locker, Jon Betmead, John James, Mimi Fariña and Tom Jans, Mr. Fox, Pete Sayers, Peter Bellamy, Pisces, Rev. Gary Davis, Robin & Barry Dransfield, Steeleye Span, Therapy, Tudor Lodge, Western Echoes. 

Cambridge Folk Festival 1970

Bert Jansch, Bob Roberts, Bridget St John, The Chieftains, Colin Scott, Danny Thompson, Diz Disley, Fred Jordan, Hamish Imlach, Jacqui McShee, Jo Ann Kelly, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, Mike Seeger, The Pentangle, Ralph McTell, Stefan Grossman, Terry Cox, Third Ear Band, Tony Foxworthy, Watt Nicoll & Whisky Fizz.

 

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