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Cambridge Folk Festival

Cherry Hinton Hall
Thursday 31 July 2008

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Cambridge Folk Festival

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k.d. lang, Laura Marling, Martha Wainwright, Noah and the Whale and 40 more

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32 attending | Lineup (44 artists) | 6 shouts | Added by JackW

Thursday 31 July 2008 – Sunday 3 August 2008

Cherry Hinton Hall

Cherry Hinton Road
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Web: www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.…

Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the longest running and most famous folk festivals in the world. It is renowned for its intimate atmosphere and wide definition of what might be considered folk.

You can hear highlights from the event on BBC Radio 2 and find out more about the festival on the BBC Cambridge Folk Festival website.

There’s more information about the event on the Official Cambridge Folk Festival website.

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Lineup

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

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bbcradio2 wrote:
August 2008

Watch performance video from Joan Armatrading, Martha Wainwright, The Imagined Village and Devon Sproule at the Cambridge Folk Festival at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/cambridgefolkfestival/2008/video/

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Sum0 wrote:
July 2008

In case anyone's interested, I will be attempting to keep a regular blog from the frontlines... http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/blogs/NowtSoQueerAs.aspx

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bbcradio2 wrote:
July 2008

Get a free download of Mike Harding's Cambridge preview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/harding/

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bbcradio2 wrote:
July 2008

Watch Radio 2's Mike Harding and Mark Radcliffe reveal their ones to watch at this year's Cambridge Folk Festival: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/cambridgefolkfestival/2008/presenterschoice/

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DoMakeSayThink_ wrote:
July 2008

Fulbourn Road? I think you'll find Cherry Hinton Hall is on Cherry Hinton Road...

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Tracks from the Lineup

	Tunng - Band Stand full track	3:03
	Billy Bragg - Mansion on the Hill full track	4:20
	Noah and the Whale - 2 Atoms in a… full track	2:04
	Laura Marling - Cross Your Fingers full track	2:23
	Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen full track	3:25

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