One day to go!

So, here we are on site...and yes, it's raining (boooooo!). This picture was taken was at approx 4pm this afternoon (Weds), and you can see we have a stage...which is always useful. The main arena opens at midday tomorrow and you will be able to hear the first of 5 podcasts in the morning so do check back to the site then. If you are on your way to the Festival then we will see you soon.

Dont forget to join the hundreds of people who have already sign up to the Radio 2 text club as something rather special will be happening over the weekend - see here for details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/cambridgefolkfestival/2009/text-club/

Only 2 days to go!

With only 2 days to go until the Festival,the weather has been sunny for most of the day so far so fingers crossed it will be sunny for the festival! Nigel Cutting, The Head of Cambridge City Council's Arts and Entertaiments has a few words to say on how it is going and what he is looking forward to at the Festival.

Somewhere over the rainbow...

It's a little bit wet in Cambridge today, but we're hopeful the weather will brighten up in time for the weekend (the five-day forecast is looking OK at the moment - fingers crossed it stay that way!)

Everything's a bit frantic here. We're all involved in last minute preparations for the Festival, writing lists upon lists and having meeting after meeting, to make sure this year is as great as the last 44! We just can't wait for it all to kick off, it's so exciting.

Why don't you comment below and let us know what you're most looking forward to at this year's folk Fest...?

The grass is always greener...

Yes folks, this is what Cherry Hinton Hall looked like just a few days ago. The team are now busily working to get the site ready for the festival which starts in only 8 days time! Hope you are all looking forward to it.

2 weeks to go...and BBC Radio 2 new text club being launch soon

Yes folk, just 2 weeks to go til The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival. Excited? We certainly are!

Our good friends at BBC Radio 2 will shortly be launching a special Cambridge Folk Festival Text Club which will be used across the weekend. If you have a ticket for the Festival we would suggest that you sign up (details to follow soon)...as you may miss out on some rather exciting announcements if you don't!

Oooooh, mysterious!!! More info soon.

4 weeks to go!

It's not long now until The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival! As the folk festival team are busy preparing for the end of the month, we are looking forward to some of the highlights of the festival including the fantastic MOJO interviews. This year, not only will they be interviewing the Waterson Family, but they will also be interviewing Topic Records who have just won the MOJO Roots Award.

Not long to go now...

Six weeks to go!

OK, we are now starting to get a little bit excited - there's just six weeks to go til The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival opens its doors...er, OK, opens its gates for what promises to be another great year.

We are interested to know (a) what you think the highlight will be this year and (b) if you've been to any of the previous 44 years, what your personal favourite moment has been to date - why not let us know by replying/commeting on this blog.

It's a tough old year for Festivals at the moment but we are delighted to say that we have now sold approximately 97% of all available tickets for the event. There are still a few weekend tickets left, and the odd sat / Sun ticket available but they will certainly be all gone in the next few weeks so if you haven't already got a ticket or know friends that want them the advice is to get in quick.

So, 6 weeks to go...we're gonna start counting in the office now. Here goes...1, 2, 3, 4, 5...oh HURRRRRRRY UUUUUUPPPPPP!!!