Old, New, Borrowed & Blue Tickets

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Quick Facts About Old, New, Borrowed & Blue

• 2025 Cropredy Festival: Fairport’s Cropredy Convention took place August 7–9, 2025 in Cropredy, England; the festival limited paid attendance to about 6,500 that year to help sustainability, and Fairport headlined as usual. ([efestivals.co.uk](https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/cropredy/2025?utm_source=openai))
• Cropredy 2025 warm-up shows: Fairport played cropredy warm-ups August 4–5, 2025 at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury (Oxfordshire). ([themillartscentre.co.uk](https://www.themillartscentre.co.uk/shows/fairport-convention-cropredy-festival-warm-up-shows-2025/?utm_source=openai))
• 2025-tour activity noted after a busy 2024–2025 period, with multiple UK dates and a return to Cropredy’s festival format; 2026 spring dates were announced to begin March 17, 2026 (for context about ongoing touring). ([fairportconvention.com](https://www.fairportconvention.com/news/cropredy-2025-ticketing-news/?utm_source=openai))
• Major awards: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award (2002); Liege & Lief named Most Influential Folk Album of All Time (audience vote, 2006). ([mainlynorfolk.info](https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/folkawards.html?utm_source=openai))
• Social media presence: Official site is fairportconvention.com; active on Facebook (facebook.com/fairporttouring) and maintains Instagram presence via its site (fairportconvention.com/instagram). ([fairportconvention.com](https://www.fairportconvention.com/?utm_source=openai))
• Genre and identity: Fairport Convention are pioneers of British folk rock, blending traditional folk with electric/modern textures; they remain active with annual Cropredy programming and ongoing studio releases. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairport_Convention?utm_source=openai))