Cambridge Folk Festival 2022

The annual Cambridge Folk Festival was on hiatus thanks to the pandemic and so a lot of people had missed out on their musical fix at Cherry Hinton Hall for three years…us? Full Fest wrist band Mrs Sciencebase and myself had not been back since 1991 having attended three years on the trot from 1989 when I first went up to Cambridge (working, not as a student, haha). Mrs Sciencebase wasn’t Mrs at the time, and Sciencebase itself was still a few years away yet. Suzanne Vega had hardly changed in 31 years We were excited to see all the new bands and performers and checked the lineup: Clannad and Suzanne Vega among others…interesting…they were on last time we attended too! Both gave ripping performances this time around. The Young’uns on the main stage at Cambridge Folk Festival 2022 As did (in no particular order): The Young’uns, Spiers and Boden, Show of Hands, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Magpie Arc, Billy Bragg, The Gipsy Kings, Seasick Steve, Findlay, Passenger, Afro Celt Sound System, O’Hooley and Tidow, Chico Trujillo, Brooks Williams, Davina and The Vagabonds, N’Famady Kouyate, The Copper Family, VRï, Beans on Toast, Black Fen Folk Club, the “Irish pub”, Orchestra Baobab, Janice Burns & Jon Duran, Tapestri, Mishra…I may have missed a few of the acts we saw, will fill the gaps as and when. So many acts we missed…always the way with festivals. David Eagle from The Y...
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