Saturday
It all gets instrumental again, this time of the Galician variety with a rocket fuelled appearance from the Anxo Lorenzo Band. This is a very different way of using the pipes, sounding like a Med version of Acid Croft, let's call it Acid Villa for simplicity.
They slow it down a little for the second number, but as soon as they got the crowd providing percussion via hand claps they really start to crank it up a notch. Like a lot of people, this was my first introduction to the band, I'm now going to have to slot them into an already hectic schedule, and it's one of the great joys of the Session, discoveries like this.
Time for a bit of Danu. I've already missed one of their sets, so this is a good chance to plug a gap, so to speak. The band kicks in with a couple of dance tunes ready to build things up.
The next song is in Gaelic and would fit into the x rated folk song category if it was sang in English, basically it's a song about test driving a potential husband and an unfortunate encounter with brewer's droop. It all sounds so much nicer when you hear it in the native vernacular. It also helps that Muireann Nic Amhlaobh has such an innocent voice.
Danu are joined on stage by the massed ranks for the finale. There's always a few extra that sneak in at the end, including this year a certain Jim Moray, who will be hosting Cambridge's first ever silent ceilidh tonight, which will set a record for the latest an official event has run here.
The last thrash of the Brian McNeill Session is always manic and this year is no exception. Brian whips up the crowd one last time, does the thank yous and it's over for another year.
As per usual this has been one of my highlights, when are you ever going to see Abigail Washburn and Manran performing together again?
It's bluegrass for me next. I'm off to the Club Tent where I've been reliably informed the Carrivick Sisters are performing. After another calorie burning dash across the site I get there in time to catch their first song. They are playing an extended set as they are one of Acoustic Routes prebookings
I've said that 2011 is a vintage year for English bluegrass and The Carrivick Sisters are one of the reasons for that statement. Judging by the numbers in the Club Tent there's quite a few people that agree with me.
Somehow murder and mayhem almost seems acceptable when it's put into a folk song and delivered with such innocence. Devon has two real stars on its hands and word is really spreading rapidly.
I've had a tip off about the next act, Harpeth Rising who are joint US-Canadian band of normally classical musicians based in Nashville that all come from classical backgrounds. It sounds intriguing enough to keep me at the Club Tent.
The tip turns out to be a good one, Harpeth Rising are a really vibrant and exciting. Any band that writes a song about the demise of a Toyota Corolla has got something going for them.
The whole band has got smiles on their face and they communicate their own sense of excitement to the audience and got into one of those delectable feedback loops where crowd and band feed off one another.
I'm having a very different Cambridge to usual. I've spent more time away from Main stage than I have in a good few years and in all honesty, I'm loving it.