Fairport's Cropredy Convention appearances

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The stage at Fairport's Cropredy Convention

This is a list of the artists who have played at the various Fairport Convention Fairport's Cropredy Convention over the years.

Appearances since 2016 can be found in the article Fairport's Cropredy Convention.

2016[]

Thursday 11 August 2016
  • Fairport Acoustic Convention
  • Gryphon
  • CoCo and the Butterfields
  • Hayseed Dixie
  • Madness
Friday 12 August 2016
Saturday 13 August 2016

2015[]

Thursday 13 August 2015
Friday 14 August 2015
Saturday 15 August 2015

2014[]

Thursday 7 August 2014
  • Fairport Acoustic Convention
  • Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
  • Capercaillie
  • Steve Hackett – Genesis Extended
  • The Waterboys
Friday 8 August 2014
Saturday 9 August 2014

2013[]

Thursday 8 August 2013
Friday 9 August 2013
Saturday 10 August 2013

2012[]

Thursday 9 August 2012
Friday 10 August 2012
Saturday 11 August 2012

2011[]

Thursday 11 August 2011
Friday 12 August 2011
Saturday 13 August 2011

2010[]

Thursday August 12
Friday August 13
Saturday August 14

2009[]

Thursday August 13
Friday August 14
Saturday August 15

2008[]

Thursday August 7
Friday August 8
Saturday August 9

2007[]

40th Anniversary Year

Thursday August 9
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

2006[]

Thursday August 10
  • wRants
  • Feast of Fiddles
  • Chris Newman & Maire Ni Chathasaigh
  • Steeleye Span
Friday August 11
Saturday August 12

2005[]

Thursday August 11
Friday August 12
Saturday August 13

2004[]

Thursday 12 August
Friday 13 August
  • Earl Okin
  • Andy Guttridge Band
  • Family Mahone
  • Anna Ryder/Steve Tilston Band with Maart Allcock and Clive Bunker
  • Jerry Donahue Band
  • Show of Hands
  • Jethro Tull
Saturday 14 August

2003[]

Thursday 7 August
  • Colvin Quarmby
  • Meet on the Ledge
  • Trevor Burton Band
  • Lindisfarne
Friday 8 August
  • Mark Gillespie
  • Keith Donnelly
  • Equation
  • David Hughes
  • Bucket Boys
  • Blue Tapestry
  • Procol Harum
Saturday 9 August

2002[]

The 35th anniversary event.

Thursday 8 August
Friday 9 August
  • Mundy-Turner
  • Sarah Jory
  • Magna Carta
  • Oysterband
  • Broderick
  • Richard Thompson
  • Fairport Convention "The Early Years"
Saturday 10 August

2001[]

Thursday 9 August
Friday 10 August
  • Sandwitch
  • Whirligig
  • Keith Donnelly & Guests
  • Chris While & Julie Matthews
  • Sugarland Slim
  • The Eliza Carthy Band
  • Musafir
  • De Dannan
Saturday 11 August
  • Chuckletruck
  • Vikki Clayton & Friends
  • Five Furious Fish
  • Francis Dunnery & The Grass Virgins
  • Amos Garrett
  • Brass Monkey
  • Fairport Convention & Friends

2000[]

Thursday 10 August
Friday 11 August
Saturday 12 August
  • The Unprofessionals
  • Bob Fox
  • Stackridge
  • The Hamsters
  • Show of Hands
  • Fairport Convention & Friends

1999[]

Friday 13 August
  • Blazing Homesteads
  • Chris While & Julie Maththews
  • Jacqui McShee's Pentangle
  • Kevin Dempsey & Dave Swarbrick
  • The Dylan Project
  • The Richard Thompson Band
  • Barrage
Saturday 14 August
  • Barrage
  • Anna Ryder
  • The Paul Mitchell Band
  • Ralph McTell
  • The Robbie McIntosh Band
  • Maddy Prior and Friends
  • Fairport Convention and Friends

1998[]

Friday 14 August
Saturday 15 August
  • The Tabs
  • Waz
  • Cat Scratch Fever
  • Rory McLeod
  • Hank Wangford and the Lost Cowboys
  • Loudon Wainwright III
  • Fairport Convention & Friends

1997[]

Friday 8 August
Saturday 9 August

1996[]

Friday 9 August
  • Superjam
  • Clarion
  • Chris Leslie and Beryl Marriott
  • Edward II
  • The Richard Thompson Band
Saturday 10 August
  • Superjam
  • The King Earl Boogie Band
  • David Hughes and Gerry Conway
  • The Atlantic Wave Band
  • The Hellecasters
  • Show of Hands
  • Joe Brown and His Band
  • Fairport Convention & Friends

1995[]

Friday 11 August
Saturday 12 August

1994[]

Friday 12 August
  • Tower Struck Down
  • Roy Harper
  • Lindisfarne
Saturday 13 August

1993[]

Friday 13 August
Saturday 14 August

1992[]

Friday 14 August
  • The Wright Brothers
  • Richard Thompson
  • Fairport Convention & Friends
Saturday 15 August
  • Skin The Peeler
  • The Backroom Boys
  • Four Men And A Dog
  • Wolfstone
  • Swarbrick And Carthy
  • Fairport Convention & Friends

1991[]

Friday 16 August
  • Freeway Jam
  • Eugene Wallace
  • Storm
  • The Richard Thompson Band
Saturday 17 August

1990[]

Friday 17 August
Saturday 18 August
  • The Banana Band
  • Kieran Halpin
  • The Julian Dawson Band
  • The Albion Band
  • Blues n Trouble
  • The Fureys & Davey Arthur
  • Richard Thompson
  • Fairport Convention & Friends

1989[]

Friday 18 August
  • The Breakers
  • Zumzeaux
  • Steeleye Span
Saturday 19 August

1988[]

Friday 12 August
  • Collaboration
  • Mike Silver
  • The Richard Thompson Band
Saturday 13 August

1987[]

Friday 7 August
Saturday 8 August

1986[]

Friday 8 August
Saturday 9 August

1985[]

Friday 9 August
  • No Right Turn
  • Neil Innes
  • Fairport Convention (Full House lineup)
Saturday 10 August

1984[]

Friday 10 August
Saturday 11 August

1983[]

Friday 12 August
  • Easvesdropper
  • Jon Benns
  • Richard Thompson Big Band
Saturday 13 August

1982[]

The Fairport "Nine" line-up, performing at Cropredy 1982
Friday 13 August
Saturday 14 August

1981[]

Note: this festival was held at Broughton Castle.[9]

Friday 14 August
Saturday 15 August

1980[]

Note: this was the first official Reunion Festival.[11]

Friday 30 August
  • Captains Coco's Country Dance Band
  • John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
  • Richard & Linda Thompson
  • Fairport Convention & Friends: Ralph McTell, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Robert Jordan[12]

1979[]

Note: this was the official "Farewell" concert.[13]

Saturday 4 August
  • Bag O'Nails
  • The Kitchen Band
  • The Rollright Stones
  • Graham Smiths Greek Section
  • The Tanglefoot Band
  • Simon & Andrew Loake
  • Steve Ashley & Chris Leslie
  • Earl Okin
  • Tony O'Leary
  • Fairport Convention with special guest: Ralph McTell[14]

1976 to 1978[]

The first Fairport Convention concert held in Cropredy was in the back garden of a friend's house, on Saturday 17 July 1976. Although it was a private concert, there was an attendance of 750. It then became established as an annual event; from 1977, tickets were sold; in 1978, a larger site was used.[15]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.123
  2. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.115
  3. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.114
  4. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.113
  5. ^ 6th Annual Reunion Programme
  6. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.112
  7. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.111
  8. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.110
  9. ^ a b Humphries, p.103
  10. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.109
  11. ^ Humphries, p.102
  12. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.108
  13. ^ Humphries, p.101
  14. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.107
  15. ^ Redwood & Woodward, p.76

References[]

  • Humphries, Patrick (1982). Meet on the Ledge - a history of Fairport Convention. London: Eel Pie. ISBN 0-906008-46-8.
  • Redwood, Fred; Woodward, Martin (1995). The Woodworm Era: The story of today's Fairport Convention. Thatcham: Jeneva. ISBN 0-9525860-0-2.
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