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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 this year. We...

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...

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...

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...

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 have...

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...

And so it begins Ely Folk! The organisers’ palatial HQ has arrived together with the first of their luxurious limousines! We're getting ready for Ely Folk Festival 2026.

We'll be running our photo competition at the festival so if you fancy bagging a pair of tickets for next year's event check out all the details here and give it a go. https://elyfolkfestival.co.uk/workshops-compettitions/ Below are last year's winners from  Rebecca...

Great news, Dog Bingo is BACK at Ely Folk Festival! We're looking for ten friendly dogs to take part in one of our most popular family activities on Festival Saturday (12 July). Here's how it works: your dog wears a bandana, children collect a bingo card and hunt down...

Today we have another podcast for you courtesy of Sue Marchant's Radio Shows, this time with the lovely Georgia Nevada, who'll be playing the festival on Friday evening. Have a listen here https://shows.acast.com/.../ely-folk-festival-meet...

Just over a month to go now and if you haven't taken the plunge yet or are not sure about committing to the whole festival why not come for an evening or a day to try it out. On Friday we have no less than eleven acts including Merry Hell Gerry Colvin Lizzy Hardingham...

We're delighted to welcome 19 fabulous morris sides to help us celebrate our 40th festival. From rapper to border to cotswold & lots more. As well as the Saturday parade through Ely our sides will be dancing on site from 4.30pm on Saturday and 3.00pm on Sunday and...