1986 - 1990

Cambridge Folk Festival 1986

Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Lindisfarne, Home Service, Neil Innes, Bo Diddley, De Danann, Flaco Jimenez and His San Antonio Tex Mex Band, Martin Carthy, Redgum, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Whippersnaper, The Balham Alligators, Capercaillie, Jim Page, Mike Whellans, Evesdropper, Grant Baynham, Musselwhite Peabody and Hall, Hans Theessink, Issac Guillory, Mike Silver

Cambridge Folk Festival 1987

Richard Thompson Band, Ted Hawkins, Le Rue, Brendan Croker & The 5 o’clock Shadows, Paul Brady, The Albion Band, Holly Near, Magna Carta, Jullian Dawson, Dick Gaughan, Beau Soleil. Clive Gregson & Christine Collister Collaboration, Mary Coughlan, Andy White, Maire ni Chatasaigh & Chris Newman, Alex Atterson

Cambridge Folk Festival 1988

Nick Lowe, Martin Carthy, Louvin & Whistein, Edward II & The Red Hot Polkas with The Mad Professor, 10,000 Maniacs, John Hammond, Kathryn Tickell, Tanita Tikaram, Jim Couza, Dave Cartwright, Christy Moore, The Blues Band, Patrick Street, The Oyster Band, Dave Kelly, Steve Phillips, Tom Robinson, Guy Clark, Brendan Croker & The 5 o’ clock Shadows, The Dinner Ladies, David Rudder & Charlie’s Roots, Alistaire Anderson with Joe Hutton & Willy Taylor & Will Atkinson

Cambridge Folk Festival 1989

Al Stewart, Nanci Griffith, Boys of the Lough, Lyle Lovett, The Watersons, The Washington Squares, Otis Grand & The Dance Kings, Ali Farka Toure, Peter Case, The Cambridge Crofters, Brian Cookman, James Varda, The Barley Works, Fairground Attraction, The Dillards, Ralph McTell, The Davy Spillane Band, Martin Stephenson & The Daintees, Whippersnapper, S E Rogie, Rory McLeod, Isaac Guillory, The Light Blues Band, The Kursaal Flyers, Shep Woolley

Cambridge Folk Festival 1990

Geno Washington and Dr Feelgood, Bert Jansch, Jo Ann & Dave Kelly, The Albion Band, God’s Little Monkeys, Ben Okafor, Lynn Tocker, Jay Turner, Johnny Creschendo, Michelle Shocked, Joe Ely, The Oyster Band & June Tabor, Ian Matthews, Juan Martin, The Kathryn Tickell Band, Altan, John James & Eddie Walker, Don Mclean, Vin Garbutt, The Whisky Priests, The Four Brothers, Tom Pacheco, The Texana Dames, The Liberties, Maggie Boyle & Steve Tilston, Ellen McGann

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