Fairport's Cropredy Convention
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| Location(s) | Cropredy, England |
| Years active | 1970s - present |
| Founded by | Fairport Convention |
| Date(s) | Second full weekend in August |
| Genre(s) | Folk |
| Website | Official website |
Fairport's Cropredy Convention which used to be called Cropredy Festival is an annual festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, England. It has taken place in August since the 1970s.
Fairport's Cropredy Convention attracts approximately 20,000 people each year. The festival features a single stage at the lower end of the sloping arena field. There are also ancillary events, such as morris dancing in the streets and live music at the village's two pubs.
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[edit] History
The festival grew from one-day reunion events staged by the electric folk band Fairport Convention. Members of Fairport still organise it and the band gives the closing concert, a marathon performance which lasts up to four hours.
The original one-day festival was extended to two days and, from 2000, to three days. It now takes place on the second full weekend in August and since 2005 has been retitled Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
On the Monday and Tuesday before the festival each year, fans get a foretaste of what's to come at the festival when Fairport Convention stage "warm-up" gigs at The Mill, an arts centre venue in the nearby town of Banbury. The warm-ups are concerts in their own right and also provide Fairport Convention with the chance to rehearse their set for the following Saturday as well as giving an opportunity to renew acquaintances with friends they might not have seen since the previous year.
The majority of attendees camp for the duration of Cropredy Festival. There are seven separate camping fields adjacent to the main field, one of which is reserved for family parties. Cropredy festival is aimed at all ages with an emphasis on families and has developed a reputation as a particularly friendly and safe festival.
As well as a wide range of live music, the event features three dozen stalls selling clothing, books, CDs and food. Cropredy boasts a very large bar which specialises in cask ale which is provided by Wadworth, a brewery based in Devizes, Wiltshire. The bar is used by festival-goers and performers alike (there is no back-stage bar) making Cropredy one of the few major festivals where the public can mingle with the musicians playing there.
Well-known acts appearing in recent years include Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin fame), Lonnie Donegan, Procol Harum, Steeleye Span, Eliza Carthy, and Oysterband (see below for others).
[edit] Appearances
These are generally listed with the headline act last.
[edit] 2008
- Thursday August 7
- Anthony John Clarke
- Whapweasel
- The Gathering
- John Tams and Barry Coope
- Supergrass
- Friday August 8
- 3 Daft Monkeys
- Peggy & PJ Wright
- The Family Mahone
- BBC Radio 2 Yfa Winners: Siobhan Miller & Jeana Leslie
- Stackridge
- Paul Brady & His Band
- Joe Brown & His Band Featuring Special Guest - Dave Edmunds
- The Levellers
- Saturday August 9
- Richard Digance
- Lark Rise to Candleford
- Legend (Bob Marley Tribute)
- The Muffinmen Featuring Jimmy Carl Black
- The Julie Fowlis Band
- Midge Ure
- Fairport Convention
[edit] 2007
- Thursday August 9
- Anthony John Clarke
- Kerfuffle
- Wishbone Ash
- Seth Lakeman
- The Jools Holland Rhythm 'n' Blues Orchestra
- Friday August 10
- Hummingbird
- Mad Agnes
- The Demon Barbers Roadshow
- Last Orders
- Viva Santana
- Show of Hands
- Fairport 1969 perform Liege and Lief
- The Richard Thompson Band
- Saturday August 11
- Richard Digance
- Give Way
- The Bucket Boys
- Iain Matthews
- Strawbs
- Billy Mitchell and Bob Fox
- Fairport Convention and friends
[edit] 2006
- Thursday August 10
- wRants
- PJ Wright
- Feast of Fiddles
- Chris Newman & Maire Ni Chathasaigh
- Steeleye Span
- Friday August 11
- Shameless Quo
- Bodega (Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner)
- Then Came The Wheel
- Ashley Hutchings Rainbow Chasers
- The Deborah Bonham Band
- Flook
- John Martyn Band
- 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and friends
- Saturday August 12
- Richard Digance
- Sam Holmes
- Swarb's Lazarus
- King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
- Dervish
- Glenn Tilbrook
- Fairport Convention and friends
Appearances prior to 2006 have been moved to Fairport's Cropredy Convention Appearances
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