What to know ahead of the Ely Folk Festival

Three days of music is back as the Ely Folk Festival returns to the cathedral city.

The festival takes place from Friday 12 July to Sunday 14 July 2024, with a packed schedule of live performances on the Stuntney Estate, next to Ben's Yard.

Some of the major performers this year include Eddi Reader, who had the 1994 hit Patience of Angels, Breabach, and winners of the 2024 Band Competition, Thomas Bradley Project.

The organisers call the festival "one of the UK’s top weekend folk events" which also includes a ceilidh, Morris dancing, musical workshops, a real ale bar and activities for kids.

Photo credit: Ely Folk Festival

See the full programme of events here.

Friday Evening:

• Breabach
• Barefoot Doctors
• Kitewing
• Frog On A Bike
• The Larks
• The Lost Hobos
• Faradena Afifi
• ROME
• Thomas Bradley Project
• Lizzie J Taylor & Friends
• Simon George-Kelso
• Andy Wall

Saturday Afternoon:

• Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
• Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
• John Kirkpatrick
• The Shackleton Trio
• KEGS
• Guise
• Liz Simmons & Flynn Cohen
• Kelly & Woolley

Saturday Evening:

• Peatbog Faeries
• O'Hooley & Tidow
• Rory McLeod
• Morganway
• Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
• Guise
• Wilswood Buoys

Sunday Afternoon:

• Jez Lowe
• Festival Patrons Concert
• KEGS
• Nick Parker
• David Gibb Family Show
• Stumpy Oak
• David Gibb Duo

Sunday Evening:

• Eddi Reader
• Rusty Shackle
• Jez Lowe
• Rory McLeod
• The Fugitives
• Ian A Anderson
• Lightning Jack
• Anna Dames & Matthew Talbot
• Orphean Sprig
• Cambridge & Walker