The first major names to be announced for The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival are:

Laura Marling, folk royalty Richard Thompson, UK chart-topper Newton Faulkner, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners Chris Wood and Bellowhead, multiple Grammy and CMA Award winner Mary Chapin Carpenter, leading light of English folk Kate Rusby, former Mavericks’ front man Raul Malo with his band and sensational singing siblings The Secret Sisters.

More major names will be announced shortly.