Fairport's Cropredy Convention appearances

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 2012 can be found in the article Fairport's Cropredy Convention.

2012

Thursday 9 August 2012

• Fairport Acoustic Convention
• Kieran Goss
• Legend
• Bellowhead
• Squeeze

Friday 10 August 2012

• BBC YFA Winners – Ioscaid
• Ellen & The Escapades
• Dead Flamingoes (feat. Kami Thompson & James Walbourne)
• Tarras
• Larkin Poe
• Saw Doctors
• Richard Thompson
• Joan Armatrading

Saturday 11 August 2012

• Richard Digance
• Morris On
• Brother & Bones
• Calan
• Big Country as "Special Guests"
• Dennis Locorriere
• Fairport Convention & Friends

2011

Thursday 11 August 2011

• Fairport Acoustic Convention
• Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
• Blair Dunlop
• Home Service
• Hayseed Dixie
• UB40

Friday 12 August 2011

• BBC YFA Winners - Moore, Moss, Rutter
• The Travelling Band
• Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles
• Charlie Dore
• The Dylan Project
• The Urban Folk Quartet
• The Coral
• Seasick Steve

Saturday 13 August 2011

• Richard Digance
• The Shee
• The Blockheads
• Lau
• Horslips as "Very Special Guests"
• Badly Drawn Boy
• Fairport Convention & Friends

2010

Thursday August 12

• Keith Donnelly & Flossie Malavialle
• Leatherat
• Thea Gilmore
• Pauline Black of The Selecter
• Status Quo

Friday August 13

• The Tindalls
• Martin Taylor’s Spirit of Django
• Mabon
• 3 Daft Monkeys
• Little Johnny England
• The Dixie Bee-Liners
• Little Feat
• Bellowhead

Saturday August 14

• Richard Digance
• Breabach
• ahab
• Easy Star All Stars
• Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble
• Martyn Joseph
• Fairport Convention & Friends (including excerpts from the Rock Opera Excalibur)

2009

Thursday August 13

• Harlequinn
• 4 Square
• Nicol & Cool
• Buzzcocks
• Steve Winwood

Friday August 14

• ColvinQuarmby
• Megan & Joe Henwood
• Scott Matthews
• Ade Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds
• John Jorgensen Band
• The Dodge Brothers
• Richard Thompson
• Seth Lakeman

Saturday August 15

• Richard Digance
• Churchfitters
• Feast of Fiddles
• Dreadzone
• Nik Kershaw
• Ralph McTell
• Fairport Convention & Friends (including special guest Yusuf)

2008

Thursday August 7

• Whapweasel
• Anthony John Clarke
• The Gathering
• John Tams and Barry Coope
• Supergrass

Friday August 8

• The Family Mahone
• Peggy & PJ Wright
• 3 Daft Monkeys
• Siobhan Miller & Jeana Leslie (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winners)
• Stackridge
• Paul Brady and his band
• Joe Brown and his band featuring special guest Dave Edmunds
• Levellers

Saturday August 9

• Richard Digance
• Lark Rise to Candleford featuring Ashley Hutchings
• Legend (Bob Marley tribute)
• The Muffinmen
• The Julie Fowlis Band
• Midge Ure
• Fairport Convention & Friends (including special guest Robert Plant)

2007

40th Anniversary Year

Thursday August 9

• Anthony John Clarke
• Kerfuffle
• Wishbone Ash
• Seth Lakeman
• The Jools Holland's Rhythm and 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 & Friends

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 & Friends

2005

Thursday August 11

• Tickled Pink
• Simon Mayor and Hilary James
• Jah Wobble
• Country Joe McDonald and his band

Friday August 12

• Big Eyed Fish
• Bob Fox performs solo
• Stuey Mutch with Henry Nicol
• Edwina Hayes
• Chris While and Julie Matthews
• The Muffin Men with Jimmy Carl Black
• The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
• Richard Thompson
• The Dylan Project

Saturday August 13

• Richard Digance
• T & Latouche
• Uiscedwr
• The Hamsters
• Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Fairport Convention & Friends

2004

Thursday 12 August

• Blue Meanies
• Mostly Autumn
• Jackie Leven and Michael Cosgrove
• Oysterband

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

• Richard Digance
• Tiny Tin Lady
• The Mighty Firebirds
• Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies
• Ashley Hutchings Morris On
• Nick Harper
• Fairport Convention & Friends

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

2002

The 35th anniversary event.

Thursday 8 August

• Freeway Jam
• The Joyce Gang
• The Dubliners
• e2K

Friday 9 August

• Mundy-Turner
• Sarah Jory
• Magna Carta
• Oysterband
• Broderick
• Richard Thompson
• Fairport Convention "The Early Years"

Saturday 10 August

• Richard Digance
• Little Johnny England
• Eddi Reader
• Deborah Bonham
• The Alison Brown Quartet
• Fairport Convention & Friends

2001

Thursday 9 August

• Tarras
• Steve Ashley & Friends
• The Dylan Project
• Lonnie Donegan

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

• Spank the Monkey
• Incredible String Band
• All About Eve

Friday 11 August

• Keith Donnelly
• Little Johnny England
• Iain Matthews & Andy Roberts
• The Backroom Boys
• The Albion Band
• Priory of Brion

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

• Anna Ryder
• Stringthing
• Solstice
• Vikki Clayton Band
• Fling
• Edward II
• Rory McLeod
• Roy Wood's Army

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

• Pressgang
• Kristina Olsen
• The Julian Dawson Band
• Osibisa
• Fairport Convention
• The Saw Doctors

Saturday 9 August

• Tempest
• Huw and Tony Williams
• Eliza Carthy with the Kings of Calicutt
• John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett
• Fairport Convention & Friends

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

• Eden Burning
• The Kathryn Tickell Band
• Procol Harum

Saturday 12 August

• Waulk Elektrik
• Huw and Tony Williams
• The Poozies
• The Nerve
• Wild Willy Barrett
• The Hamsters
• Richard Thompson with Danny Thompson
• Fairport Convention & Friends: The Roy Wood Big Band.^[1]

1994

Friday 12 August

• Tower Struck Down
• Roy Harper
• Lindisfarne

Saturday 13 August

• Too Cool For Shorts
• Shave The Monkey
• Man
• Horch
• Blodwyn Pig
• The Vin Garbutt Band
• Fairport Convention & Friends

1993

Friday 13 August

• Clarion
• Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
• The Leningrad Cowboys

Saturday 14 August

• The Buttermountain Boys
• Robin Williamson
• The Martin Barre Band
• Stockton's Wing
• Fallen Angels
• Fairport Convention & Guests

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 9 August

• Freeway Jam
• Eugene Wallace
• Storm
• The Richard Thompson Band

Saturday 10 August

• Blinder
• Jay Turner
• The Poor Mouth
• The Steve Gibbons Band
• Whippersnapper
• Alias Ron Kavana
• Dan Ar Braz
• Fairport Convention & Friends

1990

Friday 10 August

• Avalon
• Ralph McTell
• The Bootleg Beatles

Saturday 11 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 11 August

• The Breakers
• Zumzeaux
• Steeleye Span

Saturday 12 August

• The Elaine Morgan Band
• After Hours
• Climax Blues Band
• Sally Barker
• All About Eve (band)
• Richard Thompson
• Fairport Convention & Friends

1988

Friday 12 August

• Collaboration
• Mike Silver
• The Richard Thompson Band

Saturday 13 August

• The Kursaal Flyers
• Sally Barker
• Filarfolket
• The Steve Gibbons Band
• Dan Ar Bras' Electric Band
• Fairport Convention & Friends

1987

Friday 7 August

• Le Rue
• Gordon Giltrap
• John Martyn & Danny Thompson

Saturday 8 August

• The Steve Ashley Band
• Mara!
• Chicken Shack
• Muzsikas
• Whippersnapper
• Richard Thompson
• Fairport Convention & Friends: June Tabor, Cathy LeSurf, Ian Anderson, Martin Barre^[2]

1986

Friday 8 August

• Kieran Halpin with Martin Allcock & Manus Lunny
• Mike Elliott
• The Richard Thompson Band

Saturday 9 August

• The Electric Bluebirds
• The Jon Strong Band
• The Sutherland Brothers
• Brass Monkey
• Dick Gaughan
• Fairport Convention & Friends: Ian Matthews, Robert Plant, Cathy LeSurf, Richard Thompson, Clive Gregson, Christine Collister, Mike Silver, Jerry Donahue, Bill Zorn^[3]

1985

Friday 9 August

• No Right Turn
• Neil Innes
• Fairport Convention (Full House lineup)

Saturday 10 August

• Jon Benns
• John James Band with Dick Heckstall-Smith
• Mosaic
• Balham Alligators
• Whippersnapper
• The Home Service
• Robin Williamson
• Fairport Convention & Friends: Billy Connolly, Richard Thompson, Cathy LeSurf, Ralph McTell, Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue^[4][5]

1984

Friday 10 August

• Ragged Heroes
• Bob Davenport
• Adrian Legg
• Steeleye Span

Saturday 11 August

• The Oyster Band with Cathy LeSurf
• Ian Campbell
• Garsters Dream Band
• Allan Taylor
• Pyewackett
• Ian Campbell
• Whippersnapper
• The Battlefield Band
• Richard Digance
• Fairport Convention & Friends: Cathy LeSurf, Wally Whyton, Matt Pegg, Ian & Lorna Campbell, Bob Davenport^[6]

1983

Friday 12 August

• Easvesdropper
• Jon Benns
• Richard Thompson Big Band

Saturday 13 August

• Blowzabella
• Jon Benns
• Eclipse
• Carrig
• Arizona Smoke Review
• Maxi & Mitch
• Albion Band
• Vin Garbutt
• Fairport Convention & Friends: Cathy LeSurf, Dave Mattacks, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Paul Mitchell (harmonica), Linda Thompson, Alastair Anderson, Andy (of the Marksmen), Dave Whetstone^[7]

1982

Friday 13 August

• Knacker's Yard
• Dan Ar Bras
• Fairport Convention Performing "Babbacombe Lee"
• The Home Service

Saturday 14 August

• Captains Coco's Country Dance Band
• Bob Fox & Stu Luckley
• Dan Ar Bras
• Professor Bruce Lacey
• Maddy Prior Band
• Fairport Convention & Friends: Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue, Dave Mattacks, Linda Thompson^[8]

1981

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

Friday 14 August

• The Sussex Trug Band
• Simon & Andrew Loake
• Ralph McTell, Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg & Dave Mattacks - The GPs

Saturday 15 August

• Captains Coco's Country Dance Band
• Steve Ashley & Chris Leslie
• Earl Okin
• The Bert Jansch Group
• Martin Carthy & John Kirkpatrick
• Fairport Convention & Friends: Richard Thompson, Judy Dyble^[9][10]

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. 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.