At The Barrier and Fairport Convention join forces in the grand ‘Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 Quiz’.
NOTE: COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED
THE PRIZES
Fancy winning a pair of tickets to Britain’s friendliest and most enduring music festival? We have teamed up with Fairport Convention to offer up just that!
That’s right…by entering the Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Quiz 2024, you can win a pair of tickets to Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 (with camping…AND up to three under 12s). There will be two runners up prizes of Fairport Convention’s new live album from their 2023 UK Tour (all subject to T & C’s listed at the bottom of the article).
FAIRPORT’S CROPREDY CONVENTION 2024
The festival features prog rock royalty in the form of Rick Wakeman and his English Rock Ensemble headlining Thursday, the human jukebox that is Trevor Horn headlining the Friday night, as well as the legendary Fairport Convention opening and closing the festival with their traditional two sets. There are also the likes of Elles Bailey, Baskery, Ranagri, Eddi Reader, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Focus, Big Big Train and more, in amongst a stacked bill.
Tickets are available to buy, here.
THE QUIZ
Here’s how the quiz works and what you need to do to be in with a chance of mining the highly valued first prize.
Each of the current five members of Fairport Convention has set two questions on a Fairport/Cropredy theme.
To enter the competition, simply submit your answers using the form below, or send your answers to the ten questions by email, to atthebarrier@gmail.com, with the subject heading ‘FC Cropredy 2024 Quiz’.
NOTE: COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED
Without further ado…your first questions come from Dave Mattacks…
1
My final Cropredy appearance as a full-time member was at the 1997 festival.
In what year did I next appear on the Cropredy stage with Fairport?
2
After the sessions for his 1992 album, Yes You Can, I helped to persuade Steve Harley to pop along to Cropredy to perform the Cockney Rebel smash hit, Come Up And See Me.
Which Radio 1 DJ tagged along, to play acoustic guitar on the same song?
3
Name two performers who have made surprise appearances at Cropredy; one of whom enjoyed
breakfast in America and the other who grew up in a Greek restaurant in London.
4
What was the name of the man who helped Fairport out with his tractor by
digging the ditch from the sound tower to the stage in the early days of the festival?
He also appeared on the ‘Gladys’ Leap’ album.
5
What year did Cropredy Festival first become a two-day event?
6
What year did Cropredy become the brilliant three-day event we all know now?
7
Before Chris Leslie joined the Fairports… what pianist did
he play with as a duo at the Cropredy Festival?
8
On what song, during a Cropredy Saturday night guest spot during the
Fairport set, did Chris play a classic rock mandolin part?
9
What type of unusual electric violin was I using for my first few Cropredys?
(Clue – Queen Victoria singing ‘Dem Bones!’)
10
When was the Battle Of Cropredy Bridge?
Good luck everyone!
You can read our extensive archive of Fairport Convention content, here.
Fairport Convention: Official Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
Keep up with At The Barrier: Facebook / X (formerly Twitter) / Instagram / Spotify / YouTube
TERMS & CONDITIONS
- The quiz will run from Monday 12th February at 10:00 am until Friday 1st March at 10:00 am
- There are no restrictions on who may enter this competition
- Only one entry per person will be accepted
- A first prize of a pair of three-day adult tickets and up to three under 12 tickets plus camping for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 will be awarded to one winner drawn at random from those entrants who correctly answer all questions
- In the event of no-one correctly answering all questions, the winner will be chosen at random from those with the next highest scores
- Winners of the first prize who have already purchased tickets for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 will receive a full refund
- Two further prizes – a copy of ‘A Live Recording – UK Tour October 2023’ will be awarded to two winners drawn at random from those entrants who correctly answer all questions
- In the event of no-one correctly answering all questions, the two winners will be chosen at random from those with the next highest scores
- No correspondence will be entered into
- No alternative cash value will be offered
- Judges decision is final