Cambridge Folk Festival – Englandby Christine Johnstone |
The Cambridge Folk Festival will be held from August 1st to 4th in Cherry Hinton Hall Park, Cambridge, England. The festival is one of the longest running folk festivals in the world. Held each year since 1965 it attracts around fourteen thousand people (many of whom return year after year) and is renowned for its unique atmosphere and its eclectic mix of music. Accordion entertainment will be provided by a number of groups including “Fisherman’s Friends” (picture below), “Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening” (which includes accordionist Amy Thatcher), Scottish three-piece band “Talisk” (accordionist Mohsen Amini), Yorkshire's comedy band “The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican”, “Holy Moly & The Crackers” (Rosie Bristow on accordion), Will Pound (harmonica) and Eddy Jay (accordion), “Bedlam” dance band (Will Hampson on melodeon), and 6 piece Ceilidh band from Cambridgeshire “Frog on a Bike” (Tom on melodeon and concertina). For further festival information email: hello@cambridgelive.org.uk |