Fairport's Cropredy Convention
Cropredy is a pretty village five miles north of Banbury in Oxfordshire (see the location map on this website). Every August, its inhabitants welcome an invasion of up to 20,000 music-lovers for Fairport's Cropredy Convention. The event is held over the second full weekend of August, from Thursday afternoon to midnight on Saturday.
Organised by Fairport Convention itself, this outdoor extravaganza has been held annually since the 1970s so the audience includes children (and even grandchildren) of festival-goers who've been coming back year after year. There is also a strong contingent of younger newcomers each year. This gives the event a uniquely 'family-friendly' atmosphere and a real sense of tradition.
What's more, first-timers – 'Cropredy virgins' – are given an especially warm welcome.
| The Waterboys | unknown stage |
| Steve Hackett | unknown stage |
| Capercaillie | unknown stage |
| Conservatoire Folk Ensemble | unknown stage |
| Fairport Convention | unknown stage |
| The Australian Pink Floyd Show | main stage |
| Chas 'n' Dave | main stage |
| The Wonder Stuff | unknown stage |
| The Travelling Band | unknown stage |
| Churchfitters | unknown stage |
| Benjamin Folke Thomas | unknown stage |
| Edwina Hayes | unknown stage |
| Deborah Rose | unknown stage |
| Fairport Convention | main stage |
| Al Stewart | main stage |
| Marillion | main stage |
| Cara Dillon | unknown stage |
| Treetop Flyers | unknown stage |
| Reg Meuross | unknown stage |
| Blackbeard's Tea Party | unknown stage |
| Richard Digance | unknown stage |
| Artist | Stage | Day |
| Al Stewart | main stage | Sat 9th |
| Benjamin Folke Thomas | unknown stage | Fri 8th |
| Blackbeard's Tea Party | unknown stage | Sat 9th |
| Capercaillie | unknown stage | Thu 7th |
| Cara Dillon | unknown stage | Sat 9th |
| Chas 'n' Dave | main stage | Fri 8th |
| Churchfitters | unknown stage | Fri 8th |
| Conservatoire Folk Ensemble | unknown stage | Thu 7th |
| Deborah Rose | unknown stage | Fri 8th |
| Edwina Hayes | unknown stage | Fri 8th |
| Fairport Convention | unknown stage | Thu 7th |
| Fairport Convention | main stage | Sat 9th |
| Marillion | main stage | Sat 9th |
| Reg Meuross | unknown stage | Sat 9th |
| Richard Digance | unknown stage | Sat 9th |
| Steve Hackett | unknown stage | Thu 7th |
| The Australian Pink Floyd Show | main stage | Fri 8th |
| The Travelling Band | unknown stage | Fri 8th |
| The Waterboys | unknown stage | Thu 7th |
| The Wonder Stuff | unknown stage | Fri 8th |
| Treetop Flyers | unknown stage | Sat 9th |
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| The Bowling Green Steakhouse Hotel | 1.2 ml | £85.00 | Book | |
| Dashwood Apartments | 2.6 ml | £72.00 | Book | |
| The Lismore Hotel | 2.7 ml | £45.00 | Book | |
| BEST WESTERN Banbury House Hotel | 2.7 ml | £46.87 | Book | |
| BEST WESTERN PLUS Wroxton House Hotel | 4.8 ml | £62.10 | Book | |
| The Studio Apartments | 5.0 ml | £70.00 | Book | |
| CARTWRIGHT HOTEL | 5.3 ml | £95.00 | Book | |
| THE DEDDINGTON ARMS HOTEL | 6.3 ml | £85.00 | Book | |
| Crown Hotel Brackley | 6.3 ml | £40.00 | Book |
Cropredy, Banbury, Cropredy, Oxfordshire., OX171OO
