Merry Christmas from Cambridge Folk Festival...

And here's to another great year in 2009!

The 45th Cambridge Folk Festival will be held on 30 July - 3 August 2009. Don't forget to keep checking this blog and our website (www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk) for further details.

Hope to see you all next year!!

So...who sold the most CDs then?

Now that the Festival has finished for 2008 we've amassed various bits of info which you may find interesting.

For example, if you were a gambling man or woman...who would you put a fiver on as to the 2008 Festival artist that sold the most CDs at the Festival stall this year...well read on as we have the results in the order of the most sales...drum roll please:

1. Peatbog Faeries - What Men Deserve To Lose (Peatbog Records)
2. Karine Polwart - This Earthly Spell (Hegri Music)
3. The Chair - Hiunka (Folky Gibbon Records)
4. Imagined Village - Various Artists (Real World)
5. The Waifs - The Sundirtwater (Jarrah Records)
6. Mauvais Sort - Mauvais Sort (Mauvais Sort)
7. Chris Wood - Trespasser (R.U.F. Records)
8. Seth Lakeman- Poor Mans Heaven (Relentless)
9. Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes II Black And White (Skaggs Family Records)
10. Eric Bibb - Eric Get Onboard (Telarc)
11. The Waifs - The Brief History... (Jarrah Records)
12. Eliza Carthy- Dreams Of Breathing Under (Topic Records)
13. Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes (Skaggs Family Records)
14. Chris Wood - The Lark Descending (R.U.F. Records)
15. Kouyate,Bassekou & Ngoni Ba - Segu Blue (Out Here Records)
16. Joan Armatrading - Into The Blues Deluxe Edition (Hypertensio Music)
17. Elizabeth Cook- Balls (31 Tigers Records)
18. Cara Dillon- The Redcastle Sessions (Proper Films)
19. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim (EMI)
20.Tim O'Brien - Chameleon (Proper American)

How the site looks on Tuesday 26 August 2008.

We came, we saw...we folked!

These pics were taken on Tuesday 26 August, just a few weeks after the Festival had happened.

This picture is looking into where the arena was from the entrance. Stage 2 would be on your right and the traders' marquee on your left.

How the site looks on Tuesday 26 August 2008.

This show is the view looking directly at Stage 1. Minus the stage. And people. And traders. And...er anything really! We love Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds...what a beautiful space, do visit it if you are in the area.

How the site looks on Tuesday 26 August 2008.

Some small areas of the site had poor grass coverage before the Festival and other small areas were damaged as a result of the event. All of these have been aerated and re-seeded by specialist contractors. Here you can see the new grass coming through nicely.

Thank you, good night and see you next year!

...that's all folks! If you were at the Festival, we hope you had a great time. If you weren't we hope you enjoyed reading this blog and seeing the pics and videos of the weekend.

A massive THANK YOU to everyone involved in making the 44th Festival one to remember, from all the hard working staff both front of house and behind the scenes, the artists who provided some wonderful music....and of course, the Festival go-ers who truly make the event what it is.

Thanks...and see you same time next year!

Kila bring the Festival to rip roaring close.

Having played a set on stage 2 yesterday, Kila close Stage 1 tonight and bring the curtain down on what we're sure you'll agree has been a fantastic festival.