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BACK TO YOUR ROOTS RED ROOSTER FESTIVAL 30 MAY TO 1 JUNE If you can’t afford a tour of the music venues of Nashville, Mississippi, Memphis and New York this summer – and who can? – then don’t worry, because Red Rooster festival is bringing all the best in contemporary American roots music to a field near you! Set in the beautiful woods and parklands of Euston Hall in Suffolk, this three-day festival is a celebration of blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country and soul, hosted by Harry, Duke of Grafton. This year’s Saturday headliners are The Budos Band all the way from Brooklyn, and other acts include Grammy-nominated Cedric Burnside, New York songstress Sunny Ozell making her Red Rooster debut, Nashville’s J.D. Wilkes and The Black Eyed Dogs featuring Ethan Johns. This really is a festival like no other, attracting a real cross-generational mix of music lovers. Kids can run free among the corn fields and families can enjoy lip-smacking ribs and corn on the cob around the campfire, while the party crowd dance until dawn to DJs at the Howlin’ Woods bar down by the lake. redrooster.org.uk Euston Hall, Suffolk: an hour from Cambridge
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Cambridge Folk Festival is not only a key part of summer in the city, but also widely regarded as the best folk festival in Europe. It’s been entertaining residents and visitors for more than 50 years in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall, just a stone’s throw from the centre of Cambridge. Over the years, the festival has a gained a well-deserved reputation for highlighting up-and-coming artists who go on to do great things. Artists who first received attention for their performances at Cambridge Folk Festival include Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, Jake Bugg and Ward Thomas. This year, the guest curator is much- loved local lad Nick Mulvey, who is selecting five of his favourite acts to enchant the Cherry Hinton crowd, as well as taking to the stage for his own set. There’s a special kids’ concert on the Sunday morning, and day tickets are available – perfect if you live in or around Cambridge, and a really good-value way to hear a huge amount of music. cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/folk-festival Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge: on your doorstep
NEW IN TOWN WE OUT HERE FEST I VAL 15-18 AUGUST If you’re still in mourning for the sadly departed Secret Garden Party, then a trip to its former site in Abbots Ripton might be just what you need to heal the pain. This summer, legendary producer and former 6 Music DJ Gilles Peterson brings the inaugural We Out Here Festival to Cambridgeshire, joining the musical dots between soul, hip-hop, house, afro, electronica, jazz and beyond. “I wanted to bring to the UK a festival that celebrates the elements of UK club culture, and the community that surrounds it,” says Gilles. The line-up is immense, with highlights including Gary Bartz featuring Dwight Tribe and Saul Williams, The Comet is Coming, Zara McFarlane and Nubya Garcia, plus DJ sets from Mr Scruff, Objekt and – of course – Gilles Peterson himself. The festival takes place over four days and nights with a variety of boutique and luxury camping options, as well as quiet and family camping areas, and aims to welcome people of all ages and walks of life.
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