1996 - 2000

Cambridge Folk Festival 1996

Ray Davies, The Saw Doctors, Billy Bragg, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Penguin Café Orchestra, The Rankin Family, Altan, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Luka Bloom, Waterson: Carthy, Towns Van Zandt, Sherman Robertson, Eileen Ivers, Peter Rowan & Jerry Douglas, Eliza Carthy, Larry Garner Band, Sinead Lohan, Anders Osborne,  Chris Smither, The John Kirkpatrick Band, The Occasionals, Barry Dransfield, Rock Salt & Nails, Loyko, Kings of Calicutt, The Chipolata

Cambridge Folk Festival 1997

Jackson Browne, Hothouse Flowers, Richard Thompson, Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Steve Earle, Boys Of the Lough, Sharon Shannon, La Bottine Souriante, Afro Celt Sound System, Dervish, Beth Orton, Eddie LeJeune & The Morse Playboys, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Laurie Lewis, London Community Gospel Choir, John Primer, Dave Kelly, Flook!, Kate Rusby, Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Eric Bibb, Kate Campbell, Great Big Sea, Tartan Amoebas, The Cock & Bull Band, The Old Rope String Band, Drop The Box, Peter Buckley Hill.

Cambridge Folk Festival 1998

Levellers, Taj Maha & The Phantom Blues Band, Kathy Mattea, Nick Lowe, Capercaillie, Donal Lunny & Band, The Dillards, Cherish The Ladies, Dougie Maclean, Show of Hands, Wolfstone, Eliza Carthy Band, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Natalie Macmaster Band, The Poozies, Kelly Joe Phelps, Chip Taylor, Deaf Shepherd, Martyn Bennett & Cuillin Music, Lunasa, The Kippers, Klezmer Festival band, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Stom

Cambridge Folk Festival 1999

James Taylor, Nick Cave, The Saw Doctors, Loudon Wainwright III, Suzy Bogguss, Oysterband, Hal Ketchum, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Altan, Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy, Battlefield Band, Edward II, Eric Bibb, Dolores & Sean Keane, Kate Rusby, Bernard Allison, Shooglenifty, The John Tams Band, Peatbog Faeries, Christine Collister, Old Blind Dogs, Barachois, Salsa Celtica, Stacey Earle, Danú, Tim Van Eyken Quartet, The Committee Band, Steáfán Hannigan & Colleagues, Snakes in Exile, Alias Grace, Big Foot.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2000

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

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