Fairport's Cropredy Convention

Fairport's Cropredy Convention is a three-day music festival in the fields beside the village of Cropredy, run by the band Fairport Convention on the second full weekend of August. The next is from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 August 2027, and the organisers bill it as part of the band's 60th anniversary. The full line-up is due at 2pm on Friday 4 December 2026, and tickets go on sale at 10am on Monday 7 December 2026. The one act named so far is the closing set: 150 minutes from Fairport, with Richard Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Iain Matthews and Kellie While as guests.

What it is like

There is one stage, so you never have to choose between acts, and the arena field slopes down towards it. Music runs from 4pm to 11pm on the Thursday and from midday to midnight on the Friday and Saturday. Chairs stay behind a marked line, and the space in front of the stage is for standing and dancing. The bill is folk rock and whatever else the band enjoys. The organisers call it family friendly, with a children's tent on the Friday and Saturday afternoons.

The organisers say capacity is now kept at around 7,000, far below the 20,000 on their older pages, and 2026 sold out. They expect 2027 to sell out too, and tickets can't be exchanged or refunded.

Tickets and prices

A three-day ticket for 2027 is £250, or £90 for ages 12 to 17, with a £2 handling charge on each order. Under 12s go free but must be ordered with a ticket-buying adult. The FAQs list only three-day tickets. Warm-up concerts are planned at The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury on 9 and 10 August 2027, sold separately.

Camping and getting there

Most people camp. It is charged per vehicle, not per person: £65 on the FAQs, an answer that still carries 2026's dates, so check it when tickets go on sale. Bikers and backpackers camp free with a concert ticket. Fields, glamping, caravans and what to bring are all in our Cropredy camping guide.

Leave the M40 at junction 11, as the organisers advise. Day parking is £15 for the weekend on Williamscot Road or Field 7c. Trains stop at Banbury station, and Stagecoach runs a festival bus to Cropredy: £6 for adults and £4 for children each way in 2026. The 2027 timetable is not out yet.

Access

A ramped viewing platform by the sound tower holds up to 18 wheelchair users with carers, and there are accessible toilets in the arena. Field 6 is kept for disabled campers. Carer tickets are for people who receive the daily living part of PIP, and the FAQs give a closing date of 31 May 2027. Dogs are allowed on a lead, though the organisers suggest leaving them at home in hot weather.