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Fairport's Cropredy Convention
13 Aug - 15 Aug 2026
21 Days to go

July 21, 2026

Message From Simon

Our latest e-newsletter with a message from Simon.

Banbury/Cropredy Stagecoach Timetable.

Cropredy 2026 SOLD OUT!

🎶 🎸 No stranger to Cropredy! Founding Fair

🎶 🎸 No stranger to Cropredy!

Founding Fairport Convention member Richard Thompson is back at #cropredy2026 joined on stage by vocalist Zara Phillips and former Fairport bandmates Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks, and Dave Pegg. #cropredycountdown #fairportscropredyconvetion2026

✨ NEW TO CROPS! ✨ Winner of the Grand Prize in

✨ NEW TO CROPS! ✨
Winner of the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, we welcome Danny Bradley to #cropredy2026
Danny Bradley is a Folk musician and fingerstyle-guitarist who has toured the U.K opening for Richard Thompson, and Fairport Convention. #cropredycountdown #fairportscropredyconvetion2026

🌒 On Wednesday, 12 August 2026 — the day befo

🌒 On Wednesday, 12 August 2026 — the day before #cropredy2026 begins, the skies will be transformed by a spectacular solar eclipse.
The eclipse will last 1 hour and 52 minutes, peaking at 13 minutes past 7 when 92% of the sun will be obscured.

🎶 A Fairport Lunar Playlist made by Nigel Schofield🎶
- Rising for the Moon - from 1975
- The fossil hunter – perfect for the sense of place in time you will experience
- Full Moon – Sandy Denny track with Acker Bilk or Dave Swarbrick
- The Year of fifty nine – from Shuffle and Go
- The moon and St Christopher – from Simon Nicol’s Consonant Please Carol
- Over the next hill – for career cosmic reflection
- PDC – Ric’s electric fiddle extravaganza
- Westward – a reminder courtesy of Julie Matthews of which way not to look (as you will be tempted)
- Farewell farewell – in all cultures, hymns were sung for the sun’s departure and hoped for return. Hence this and
- Now be thankful – a hymn to creation, once a lost single but oft revisited
- Galileo’s Apology – P J Wright’s reminder that in matters cosmic theologians peddle superstition not science
- One Star Awake – Plumhall with Ric on fiddle
- Weightless / The Gravity Reel – in the year Science Fiction once more evolved into Science Fact
- Moondust and Solitude – goes without saying
- Who knows where the time goes – as many versions as you like so long as you include Sandy in ‘69
- Rising for the Moon - from 2010
And, should you need space fillers….
- Dark Side of The Moon – Pink Floyd
- Pink Moon – Nick Drake
- Total Eclipse of the Heart =Bonnie Tyler & Jim Steinman
To read more from Nigel head to our Facebook page
#solareclipse #fairportscropredyconvetion

🎩🎶 They’re back…hats at the ready! They

🎩🎶 They’re back…hats at the ready!

They emerged blithering and blinking-eyed from the Blue Mountains of NSW in 2001, and armed with no more than their voices, a nice line in deadpan and an ill-matched set of hats, have been gleefully disturbing audiences everywhere since.
and we couldn’t be happier to have them return to the Cropredy Stage! Welcome back, mates!

#cropredycountdown #cropredy2026 #fairportscropredyconvention #spookymenschorale

🎉 SOLD OUT 🎉 #cropredy2026 is officially SO

🎉 SOLD OUT 🎉

#cropredy2026 is officially SOLD OUT!

Thank you everyone! See you in August ☀️ 🎶

https://www.fairportconvention.com/news/cropredy-2026-sold-out/

#cropredycountdown #fairportscropredyconvention

🚨 ALMOST GONE! 🚨 We’re down to the last f

🚨 ALMOST GONE! 🚨
We’re down to the last few tickets for #cropredy2026

Don’t miss out!
🎟️ Secure your tickets via the link in our bio ⬆️🎶

#cropredycountdown #fairportscropredyconvention

✨NEW TO CROPS!✨ Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth

✨NEW TO CROPS!✨
Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth
Individually, two exceptionally proficient and respected musicians. Together, a vibrant force of traditional folk. Will’s skills on harmonica and melodeon is second to none – and teamed with Jenn’s acoustic virtuosity make for a breath-taking partnership. 🎶
@willandjennmusic #cropredycountdown
#cropredy2026 #fairportscropredyconvetion #willpound #jennbutterworth

🎻 He’s back... and he’s bringing the Big Ba

🎻 He’s back... and he’s bringing the Big Band! 🎺
With a vibrant energy and humour that neatly avoids him being pigeon-holed into any particular musical category, we welcome back Gerry Colvin.
Gerry will be bringing his ‘Big Band’ for this exciting performance!
#cropredycountdown #cropredy2026 #fairportscropredyconvention
#gerrycolvinbigband @gerrycolvinband

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