Quo, the Buzzcocks, Dreadzone and Supergrass have played at Cropredy in recent years. Among many well-known acts appearing in recent years are Robert Plant, Alice Cooper, Lonnie Donegan, Procol Harum, Steeleye Span, Eliza Carthy, Yusuf Islam and Oysterband (see below for others). The pre-Cropredy "warm-ups" On the Monday and Tuesday before the festival each year, fans get a foretaste of what is to come at the festival when Fairport Convention stage "warm-up" concerts at a local club venue. Until 2007 these concerts were held at the Mill Arts Centre in Banbury. From 2007 until 2010 the concerts were held at Woodford Halse Social Club (Woodford Halse is a village in Northamptonshire approximately nine miles northeast of Cropredy) but returned to The Mill in 2011. In 2017 the warm-ups moved from The Mill to Banbury Trades And Labour Club, following in the footsteps of P J Wright (fellow band-member with Dave Pegg in the Dylan Project) who had moved his annual TRADarrr pre-Cropredy Wednesday gig to the same venue in 2016. The warm-ups are concerts in their own right and also provide Fairport Convention with the chance to rehearse their set for the following Saturday. Appearances These performers are generally listed with the headline act last. 2023 On 12 December 2022 it was announced that the festival would be happening on 10, 11 and 12 August 2023 with headliners 10cc on the Friday and other sets by Toyah & Robert Fripp, Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri, Gilbert O’Sullivan and the UK farewell performance from Strawbs. 2022 Thursday 11 August 2022 The Trevor Horn Band Clannad Edward II Thumping Tommys Fairport Convention Acoustic Friday 12 August 2022 Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited Turin Brakes Sharon Shannon Slambovian Circus of Dreams Martyn Joseph Home Service Emily Barker Maddie Morris Saturday 13 August 2022 Fairport Convention & Friends (inc Full House) Richard Thompson The Matthews Baartmans Experience Rosalie Cunningham The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican Holy Moly & The Crackers Seth Lakeman 2021 In 2021 the festival did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 In 2020 the festival did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2019 Thursday 8 August 2019 Fairport Acoustic Lil'Jim Tors Gogol Bordello The Waterboys Friday 9 August 2019 The 4 of Us Wildwood Kin Will Pound & Eddy Jay Wilson & Wakeman Caravan Seth Lakeman Richard Thompson & Friends Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls