2000 - 2009

Above: Cambridge Folk Festival 2004

The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival 2009

Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds, Alela Diane, Bella Hardy, Bellowhead, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Blazin’ Fiddles, Booker T. Jones, Brian McNeill, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Calan, Cara Dillon, Crooked Still, The Demon Barbers, Diana Jones, Eddi Reader, Edward II, Genticorum, Hayes Carll, Hot Club of Cowtown, Imelda May, Jim Moray, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Lau, Los Lobos, Lucinda Williams, Máirtin O’Connor, Cathal Hayden & Séamie O’Dowd, Martin Simpson, Megan & Joe Henwood, Mumford & Sons, New Rope String Band, Oumou Sangaré, Paul Brady, Pete Molinari, Ruairidh MacMillan, Rupa & the April Fishes, The Saw Doctors, The Shee, Steamchicken, Sunday Driver, Susan Tedeschi, Treacherous Orchestra, Watermelon Slim & The Workers, The Waterson Family, The Zutons.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2008

3 Daft Monkeys, 6 Day Riot, Allen Toussaint, Altan, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Beoga, Billy Bragg, Brian McNeill, The Chair, Cherryholmes, Chris Wood, Devon Sproule, Eliza Carthy, Elizabeth Cook, Eric Bibb, Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers, Frank Turner, Grupo Fantasma, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Imagined Village, Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller, Joan Armatrading, John Hiatt, Judy Collins, k.d. lang, Karine Polwart, Kidsamonium, Kíla, Laura Marling, Levellers, Lisa Knapp, Martha Wainwright, Mauvais Sort , Megson, Michael McGoldrick Band, Noah and the Whale, Peatbog Faeries, Richard Hawley, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, Seth Lakeman, The Shivers, Tim O’Brien, Tunng, The Waifs, Whapweasel.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2007

Alabama 3 unplugged, Allison Moorer, Bellowhead, Breabach, Brian McNeill, Bruce Cockburn, C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band, Fanfare Ciocărlia, Fiddlers’ Bid, Four Men and a Dog, Haugaard & Høirup, James Hunter, Jaune Toujours, Joan Baez, Kate Rusby, Kris Drever, Last Orders, Lau, Le Vent du Nord, Mabon, Martha Tilston, Martin Simpson, Nanci Griffith, Newton Faulkner, Oysterband, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Ruthie Foster, Seasick Steve, Sharon Shannon, Shooglenifty, Show of Hands, Solas, Steve Earle, Stömp, Toots & The Maytals, Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Under One Sky, The Waterboys.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2006

Amadou & Mariam, Anna Massie Band, Bettye LaVette, Bodega, Brian McNeill, The Broken Family Band, Capercaillie, Cara Dillon, Cerys Matthews, The Chieftains, Chumbawamba acoustic, Croft No. 5, Dervish, Eddi Reader, Emmylou Harris, Ezio, The John Butler Trio, John Tams & Barry Coope, Julie Fowlis, Lau, Los de Abajo, Marcia Ball, Mauvais Sort, Mozaik, New Rope String Band, Nickel Creek, Nizlopi, Richard Thompson, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Salsa Celtica, Seth Lakeman, Swåp, Teddy Thompson, Tift Merritt, Tom Russell, Van Eyken, Whapweasel.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2005

Altan, Bellowhead, The Bills, The Black Umfolosi 5, Blazin’ Fiddles, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Brian McNeill, The Cat Empire, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, The Duhks, English Acoustic Collective, The Family Mahone, Hayseed Dixie, Idlewild acoustic, Jimmy Webb, Johnny Dickinson, Karine Polwart, Kate Rusby, Kathryn Tickell Band, KT Tunstall, Lauren MacColl, Les Chauffeurs à Pieds, Lucinda Williams, Lúnasa, Martha Wainwright, Mary Gauthier, Mavis Staples, Old Crow Medicine Show, Peatbog Faeries, The Proclaimers, Rodney Crowell, Shemekia Copeland, Tickled Pink, Tinariwen, The Unusual Suspects, Xosé Manuel Budiño. 

Cambridge Folk Festival 2004

Amparanoia, Asleep at the Wheel, Bert Jansch, Beth Orton, Brian McNeill, The Broken Family Band, The Chipolatas, Dhol Foundation, The Divine Comedy, Dixie Hummingbirds, Dochas, Dr. Faustus, Ezio, Gillian Welch, Horace X, Jarlath Henderson, Jim Moray, Jimmy Cliff, Josh Ritter, Keb’ Mo’, Kepa Junkera, Last Night’s Fun, Levellers acoustic, Loudon Wainwright III, Mariza, Michael McGoldrick Band, Mindy Smith, Noi.D, Oyster Ceilidh Band, Peter Buckley Hill, Ralph McTell, Session A9, Sharon Shannon, Show of Hands, Susana Seivane, Thea Gilmore, Tom Robinson.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2003

Afro Celts, The Angel Brothers and Satnam Singh, Back of the Moon, Berrogüetto, Bob Fox & The Hush, Boo Hewerdine Trio, Brian McNeill, Danú, Dervish, Elephant Talk, Eliza Carthy Band, Flook, Gráda, John Hammond, John McCusker & Phil Cunningham, John Spiers & Jon Boden, Julian Cope, La Bottine Souriante, Laura Cantrell, Linda Thompson, Martin Simpson, The Music From Bagpuss, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Oi Va Voi, Orchestra Baobab, The Pack, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Roddy Frame, Ron Sexsmith, Rosanne Cash, The Saw Doctors, Shooglenifty, Steve Earle, Uiscedwr, The Waifs, Whapweasel, Yonder Mountain String Band.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2002

Alison Brown Quartet, Altan, The Be Good Tanyas, Ben Waters Band, Billy Bragg, Blue Murder, Brian McNeill, Cara Dillon, Chip Taylor with Carrie Rodriguez & John Platania, The Chipolatas, Chumbawamba, Coope Boyes and Simpson, The Dubliners, Eliza Carthy & Martin Green, Eric Bibb, Ezio, Fiddlers’ Bid, Filska, Give Way, The Holmes Brothers, Horace X, Indigo Girls, Iris DeMent, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, John Prine, Kate Rusby Band, La Volee d’Castors, Malinky, Oysterband, Rory McLeod, Salsa Celtica, Slide, Taraf de Haidouks, Token Women, The Waterboys acoustic.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2001

Bill Jones, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Black Umfolosi, The Black Cat Theory, Brian Kennedy, Brian McNeill, The Bush The Tree and Me, The Campbell Brothers, Capercaillie, Carlos Nunez, Colin Reid, Heaton & Rotheray, Horace X, John Prine, The John Tams Band, Kathryn Williams, Levellers, Michael McGoldrick Band, North Cregg, North Mississippi Allstars, Peatbog Faeries, The Posh Band, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Richard Thompson Band, Rock Salt & Nails, Sharon Shannon & The Woodchoppers, Show of Hands, Slaid Cleaves, Slainte Mhath, Suzanne Vega, Telephone Bill & The Smooth Operators, Wood.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2000

422, The Afro-Cuban All Stars, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Blazin’ Fiddles, The Cambridge Crofters, Corey Harris & The 5×5, De Dannan, Dick Gaughan, Dr. John, Eddi Reader & Boo Hewerdine, Eliza Carthy, Ezio, Glenn Tilbrook, Guy Clark, Heaton & Rotheray, Horace X, The Hot Club of Cowtown, Joan Baez, John McCusker & Friends with special guest Kate Rusby, Kepa Junkera, Lonesome River Band, Martyn Bennett’s Hardland, Odetta, Priory of Brion, Roy Bailey & Tony Benn MP, Short & Curlies, Sin É, Solas, Tarras, Tickled Pink.

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