Cambridge Folk Festival to be held for extra day

Cambridge Folk Festival will be extended to three days next year, having previously been scaled back due to big financial losses.

Early bird tickets are due to go on sale this Friday for the 2027 event, which will run from Friday, 30 July to Sunday, 1 August.

The annual festival used to run over four days, but a £320,000 loss in 2024 led to it being cancelled the following year, before it returned last month for a two-day run.

Mike Todd-Jones, Labour cabinet member for communities at Cambridge City Council, said: "We've listened closely to our audiences, and the message was clear – they loved the festival and the weekend in Cherry Hinton, and want the Friday evening back."

He added the extra day would "give us the opportunity to build" on the success of 2026, while the "Cambridge Folk Festival Presents programme will continue to bring fantastic folk and roots music to venues across the city throughout the year".

The folk festival began life in 1965 and in the past has hosted performances from international stars such as Van Morrison, Billy Bragg and Sinead O'Connor.

Among the line-up at this year's event was American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, punk and folk guitarist Frank Turner and veteran songwriter Richard Thompson.

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