Beer list available

Beer list available

For those festival visitors who like to combine listening to live music with enjoying great craft beers, ales and ciders, check out the list of beers – Festival Beers List 2026 along with tasting notes EFF Beer list 2026 – available at our festival bar...
Box Office Update

Box Office Update

Our online box office is now closed. You can still buy tickets at Visit Ely in Oliver Cromwell’s House, Ely before the festival or at the box office on the festival site from 13.00 on Friday afternoon. Note that this year we will be scanning pre-ordered tickets at the...
BBQs banned due to hot weather

BBQs banned due to hot weather

Given the high temperatures we currently enjoying in Ely and fire risk to farmland, we won’t be allowing barbecues of any type on the festival site. If you were planning to use one please make alternative arrangements for cooking. Sorry for the inconvenience but we’re...
Dog bingo cancelled

Dog bingo cancelled

The temperature is forecasted to be 30+ on Saturday so regrettably we’re going to have to cancel this year’s Dog Bingo. The dogs welfare has to come first and it’s simply not fair to have them out in that heat for that long, thanks for your understanding and hopefully...
Box Office Update

Box office arrangements

Just to let you know that our online box office will close at midnight on Wednesday 8 July. Tickets can still be purchased from Visit Ely in Oliver Cromwell’s House, Ely before the festival or at the box office on the festival site from Friday afternoon (if we...
Win a family pass to the festival

Win a family pass to the festival

Looking for the perfect summer weekend? Bens Yard has teamed up with Ely Folk Festival to give one lucky family the chance to experience one of Cambridgeshire’s most loved festivals! The competition runs from 1st July to 5th July, with the winner announced on 6th...