This is a list of artists who have played at the various Fairport Convention Fairport's Cropredy Convention over the years.
Appearances after 2016 can be found in the article Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
2025
Thursday 7 August 2025
Friday 8 August 2025
Saturday 9 August 2025
2024
Thursday 8 August 2024
Friday 9 August 2024
Saturday 10 August 2024
2023
Thursday 10 August 2023
Friday 11 August 2023
Saturday 12 August 2023
2022
Thursday 11 August 2022
- Fairport Convention Acoustic
- Thumping Tommys
- Edward II
- Clannad
- The Trevor Horn Band
Friday 12 August 2022
- Maddie Morris
- Emily Barker
- Home Service
- Martyn Joseph
- Slambovian Circus of Dreams
- Sharon Shannon
- Turin Brakes
- Steve Hackett-Genesis Revisited
Saturday 13 August 2022
2021
Cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic
2020
Cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic
2016
Thursday 11 August 2016
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
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
- Richard Digance
- Churchfitters
- Feast of Fiddles
- Dreadzone
- Nik Kershaw
- Ralph McTell
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Sid Kipper (Chris Sugden), Tommy Connolly Dancers, Mike Rowbottom, Maartin Allcock, Mick & Jane Toole, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Alun Davies, Richard Thompson, Kamil Thompson, The GP's, Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks
2008
Thursday August 7
Friday August 8
Saturday August 9
- Richard Digance
- Lark Rise to Candleford featuring Ashley Hutchings
- Legend (Bob Marley tribute)
- The Muffinmen featuring Jimmy Carl Black
- The Julie Fowlis Band
- Midge Ure
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Midge Ure, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Vikki Clayton, Maartin Allcock, Edmund Whitcombe, Julie Fowlis, Ashley Hutchings, Chris While, Jerry Donahue, Kellie While, Robert Plant, Kristina Donahue, Simon Care, Nigel Schofield, Geoffrey Hughes.
2007
40th Anniversary Year
Thursday August 9
Friday August 10
Saturday August 11
- Richard Digance
- Give Way
- The Bucket Boys
- Iain Matthews
- Strawbs
- Billy Mitchell and Bob Fox
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Richard Thompson, Maartin Allcock, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Dave Mattacks, Iain Matthews, Judy Dyble, Dave Swarbrick, Vikki Clayton, Ashley Hutchings, Vo Fletcher, Beth Gibbins
2006
Thursday August 10
Friday August 11
Saturday August 12
2005
Thursday August 11
Friday August 12
Saturday August 13
- Richard Digance
- T & Latouche
- Uiscedwr
- The Hamsters
- Beth Nielsen Chapman
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Anna Ryder, Vo Fletcher, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Maartin Allcock, Edmund Whitcombe, Richard Thompson, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Pete Zorn, Christine Collister, Jacqui McShee, Ashley Hutchings
2004
Thursday 12 August
Friday 13 August
Saturday 14 August
- Richard Digance
- Tiny Tin Lady
- The Mighty Firebirds
- Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies
- Ashley Hutchings Morris On
- Nick Harper
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Jerry Donahue, Maartin Allcock, Ralph McTell, Ashley Hutchings, Jacqui McShee, Steve Tilston, Anna Ryder, Simon Care, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Jay Turner, Cath Mundy, Martin Barre, Ben Bennion, Mick Bullard, Bruce Lacey, Edmund Whitcombe
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
- Richard Digance
- Al Hodge and The Mechanics
- The Hush
- Old Blind Dogs
- Albert Lee
- Dennis Locorriere
- Paul Mitchell singing Sinatra Songbook
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Andy Guttridge, Steve Gibbons, P.J. Wright, Martin Carthy, Maartin Allcock, Dave Swarbrick, Meg Burnham, Mike Burnham, Kevin Dempsey, Beryl Marriott, John Kirkpatrick, Jacqui McShee, Anna Ryder, David Hughes, Ralph McTell, Norma Waterson, Tommy Connolly Dancers
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" featuring: Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Jerry Donahue, Iain Matthews & guests: Vikki Clayton, George Galt, Anna Ryder, Marc Ellington, Joe Boyd
Saturday 10 August
- Richard Digance
- Little Johnny England
- Eddi Reader
- Deborah Bonham
- The Alison Brown Quartet
- Fairport Convention featuring: Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Iain Matthews, Jerry Donahue, Maartin Allcock; & Friends: Anna Ryder, Andrew Cronshaw, Neil Wayne, Ian Blake, Fraser Spiers, Tom Farnell, Roger Hill, Marc Ellington, Eddi Reader, Vikki Clayton, Ralph McTell, Chris Parkinson, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Terry Paine, Geoffrey Hughes, Blair Dunlop, Bob Fox, Kristina Donahue, John Jones
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: Maartin Allcock, Vikki Clayton, Ashley Hutchings, Steve Tilston, Anna Ryder, Chris Knibbs, Chas McDevitt, Kate Luxmoore, Chris While, Julie Matthews, Beryl & Roger Marriott, Dave Swarbrick, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Ian Anderson, Geoffrey Hughes, Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Jacqui McShee, David Hughes, Fraser Nimmo, Paul Kovits, Keith Donnelly.
2000
Thursday 10 August
Friday 11 August
Saturday 12 August
- The Unprofessionals
- Bob Fox
- Stackridge
- The Hamsters
- Show of Hands
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Geoffrey Hughes, Maartin Allcock, Jerry Donahue, Kristina Donahue, Ashley Hutchings, Iain Matthews, Eddi Reader, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy, Bob Fox, Roger Hodgson, Alan Simon, Alan Thomson, Steve Gibbons, Jacqui McShee, Beryl Marriott
1999
Friday 13 August
Saturday 14 August
- Barrage
- Anna Ryder
- The Paul Mitchell Band
- Ralph McTell
- The Robbie McIntosh Band
- Maddy Prior and Friends
- Fairport Convention and Friends: Steve Ashley, Tom Leary, Gareth Turner, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Anna Ryder, Jerry Donahue, Maartin Allcock, Kristina Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, Maddy Prior, Jacqui McShee, Richard Thompson, David Hughes, Eddi Reader
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: Loudon Wainwright III, Pete Zorn, Tommy Connolly Dancers, Anna Ryder, Rabbit Bundrick, David Hughes, Jacqui McShee, Matt Pegg, Maartin Allcock, Dave Cousins, Chris While, P.J. Wright, Steve Gibbons
1997
Friday 8 August
Saturday 9 August
1996
Friday 9 August
Saturday 10 August
1995
Friday 11 August
Saturday 12 August
1994
Friday 12 August
Saturday 13 August
1993
Friday 13 August
Saturday 14 August
- The Buttermountain Boys
- Robin Williamson
- The Martin Barre Band
- Stockton's Wing
- Fallen Angels
- Fairport Convention & Guests: Roy Wood, Robert Plant, Vikki Clayton, Heather Wood, Everything but the Girl, Matt Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Bryn Haworth, Chris Leslie, Ashley Reed, Ian Cutler, Tom Leary, Ben Bennion
1992
Friday 14 August
Saturday 15 August
- Skin The Peeler
- The Backroom Boys
- Four Men And A Dog
- Wolfstone
- Swarbrick And Carthy
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Ralph McTell, Julianne Regan, Bruce Rowland, Dave Swarbrick, Vikki Clayton, Gerry Conway, Heather Wood, Geoff Hughes, Bryn Haworth, Richard Thompson, Jerry Donahue, Billy Bragg, Ashley Hutchings
1991
Friday 16 August
Saturday 17 August
- Blinder
- Jay Turner
- The Poor Mouth
- The Steve Gibbons Band
- Whippersnapper
- Alias Ron Kavana
- Dan Ar Braz
- Fairport Convention & Friends: Andy Fairweather Low, Richard Thompson, Julianne Regan, Vikki Clayton, Chris Leslie, Dan Ar Braz, Beryl And Roger Marriott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Gerry Conway, Jerry Donahue, The Cropredy Horns!
1990
Friday 17 August
Saturday 18 August
1989
Friday 18 August
Saturday 19 August
- The Elaine Morgan Band
- After Hours
- Climax Blues Band
- Sally Barker
- All About Eve
- Richard Thompson
- Fairport Convention & Friends; Ian Anderson, Steve Harley, Gary Brooker, Julianne Regan, Mike Read, Richard Thompson, Bruce Rowland, Sheila And Sheryl Parker, Chris Leslie, Fergus Feely, Dave Swarbrick, Gerry Conway, Martin Barre, Mark Tucker, Nigel Seymour, Tim Bricheno, Danny Thompson, Jerry Donahue.
1988
Friday 12 August
Saturday 13 August
1987
Friday 7 August
Saturday 8 August
1986
Friday 8 August
Saturday 9 August
1985
Friday 9 August
Saturday 10 August
1984
Friday 10 August
Saturday 11 August
1983
Friday 12 August
Saturday 13 August
1982
Friday 13 August
Saturday 14 August
1981
Note: this festival was held at Broughton Castle.
Friday 14 August
Saturday 15 August
1980
Note: this was the first official Reunion Festival.
Friday 30 August
1979
Note: this was the official "Farewell" concert.
Saturday 4 August
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.
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