Richard Thompson Concert History

Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Thompson made his debut as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967.

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Richard Thompson Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 63)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 24, 2010
Richard Thompson Town Hall Theater Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Aug 22, 2010
Philadelphia Folk Festival
"Philadelphia Folk Festival" / That 1 Guy / Richard Thompson / Joel Zoss / Joe Pug / Iain Matthews / Susan Werner / Natalia Zukerman / Trina Hamlin / The Subdudes / Butch Ross / Mickey Clark / Treasa Levasseur / Nudie & The Turks / Justin Rutledge / Lee Harvey Osmond / Amelia Curran Show all bands
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Old Pool Farm Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Aug 20, 2010 –
Aug 22, 2010
Richard Thompson
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Philadelphia Folk Festival 2010 Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Aug 16, 2010
Richard Thompson Museum Of Art Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Aug 15, 2010
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
"Rocky Mountain Folks Festival" / Gregory Alan Isakov / Dala / Joy Kills Sorrow / Richard Thompson / John Prine / The Waifs / Richard Tompson / Joe Craven
Wildflower Pavilion Lyons, Colorado, United States
Aug 14, 2010
Richard Thompson / Joe Robinson The Villages At Copper Mountain Copper Mountain, Colorado, United States
Aug 13, 2010 –
Aug 15, 2010
Rocky Mountain Folks Fest 2010
Gregory Alan Isakov / Jenny Lewis / Ani DiFranco / Marc Cohn / John Prine / Richard Thompson / The Swell Season / The Waifs / Tift Merritt / Greg Brown / Jonatha Brooke / David Wilcox / Michelle Shocked / Darrell Scott / Liz Longley / Joy Kills Sorrow / Joe Craven / Dala (Canada) / Glen Hansard / Marketa Irglova Show all bands
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Rocky Mountain Folks Fest 2010 Lyons, Colorado, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 13, 2010
Jul 16, 2010
"Liverpool Summer Pops" / Richard Thompson / Diana Jones / Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou

Liverpool Summer Pops

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Jul 13, 2010
Richard Thompson The Winding Wheel Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom
Jul 02, 2010
Richard Thompson

Hop Farm Music Festival

The Hop Farm Paddock Wood, England, United Kingdom
Jul 02, 2010 –
Jul 03, 2010
The Hop Farm Music Festival 2010
Bob Dylan / Ray Davies / Mumford & Sons / Seasick Steve / Peter Doherty / Laura Marling / Johnny Flynn / The Magic Numbers / Foy Vance / The Jive Aces / Devendra Banhart / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / The Jim Jones Revue / Tunng / Villagers / Pete Molinari / Alan Pownall / Joe Allen / Kill it Kid / Janice Phayre / Ian Cognito / Suzy Bennett / Lee Nelson / MC Pam Ford / Empress / Synth Eastwood / Archie Wah Wahs / Pope Joan / Waler / The Minutes / East Park Reggae Collective / Joker & The Thief / Funeral Suits / Delta Maid / Aaron Wright & The Aprils / Stefan Galt / Lion O'Brien / Modeste / Jonathan Powell / The Bonfires / Carrie Haber / The Dunwell Brothers Band / Lee MacDougall / Van Morrison / Blondie / Dr. John and The Lower 911 / Los Lobos / Imelda May / Damien Dempsey / DJ Kormac / The London Cuban All-Stars / Afro Celt Sound System / Richard Thompson / Peter Green and Friends / Stornoway / Sweet Billy Pilgrim / Sparrow and the Workshop / The Paris Riots / Tony Moore / Skinny Machines / Jamie Lawson / The Travelling Band / Robinson / Marcus Bonfanti Show all bands
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The Hop Farm Paddock Wood, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jul 02, 2010
Jun 30, 2010
Richard Thompson
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OLT Rivierenhof Deurne, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 27, 2010
Ask That God Tour
"Glastonbury Festival" / Stevie Wonder / Kylie Minogue / Faithless / Jack Johnson / Ray Davies / Slash / Norah Jones / Paloma Faith / Orbital / LCD Soundsystem / MGMT / We Are Scientists / Grizzly Bear / The Temper Trap / The Hold Steady / Frightened Rabbit / Ash / The Voidz / Broken Social Scene / Gang Of Four / The Drums / Holy Fuck / These New Puritans / Everything Everything / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Toots & The Maytals / Quantic / Barbaro / Staff Benda Bilili / Dr. John / Tunng / The Bees / Dizraeli / Jackson Browne / David Lindley / Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright III / The Blues Band / London Community Gospel Choir / Joel Rafael / Andy Robinson / Fisherman's Friends / Mayhew / Empire of the Sun / Dirty Projectors / Archie Bronson Outfit / Portico Quartet / Fionn Regan / Here We Go Magic / The Travelling Band / Above & Beyond / Crystal Castles / Filthy Dukes / Professor Green / Crystal Fighters / Jagz Kooner / Magnetic Man / Jack Beats / Stanton Warriors / Adam F / Blasted Mechanism / Toddla T / Alex Metric / South Central / Jaguar Skills / A1 Bassline / Killaflaw / Virus Syndicate / Gomez / The Saw Doctors / Imelda May / Judy Collins / Teddy Thompson / Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds / Kirsty Almeida / Ellen and the Escapades / The Baghdaddies / Zen Elephant / Professor Nohair And The Wig Lifters / Corinne Bailey Rae / Peoples String Foundation / Foundation / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / CHIEF / I Am Kloot / Field Music / Goldhawks / The Middle East / Mountain Man / Hollywood Holt / Keane / Avi Buffalo Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 23, 2010 –
Jun 27, 2010
Glastonbury 2010
Tune-Yards / Lou Rhodes / Operation / Rob da Bank / DJ Craze / Robinson / Nouvelle Vague / South Central / Dave Seaman / PBR Streetgang / Emalkay / Sander Kleinenberg / Jakwob / Zane Lowe / Steel Harmony / Earl Brutus / The Travelling Band / The Phenomenal Handclap Band / Lady Leshurr / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Above & Beyond / Tubelord / Chipmunk / Dark Horses / Steve Knightley / Pulled Apart By Horses / Blasted Mechanism / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Kirsty Almeida / Baghdaddies / Dizraeli and the Small Gods / The Bees / Aeroplane / Hot Feat / The Cribs / Giggs / Biffy Clyro / Keane / Beach House / La Roux / Tegan and Sara / Coheed and Cambria / Jackson Browne / Jamie T / The Joy Formidable / Frightened Rabbit / Julian Casablancas / The Stranglers / We Are Scientists / Frank Turner / Gomez / Toots & The Maytals / Snap! / Orbital / Kele Okereke / Turin Brakes / Blood Red Shoes / Blonde / Avi Buffalo / Levellers / Jesca Hoop / Femi Kuti / New Model Army / Ash / Toddla T / Bo Ningen / The Theory of 6 Degrees / Dan Mangan / Adam F / Ms. Darks / Band of Skulls / Seven Summits / Chali 2na / Professor Green / Out Like A Lion / Breakage / Steve Mason / Ellen and the Escapades / Subb-An / Hybrid / Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / Inner City Unit / Broken Social Scene / Goldheart Assembly / End Of Level Baddie / Tony Allen / Futureboogie / Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / The Undercover Hippy / Lissie / Tom Williams / Ratpack / The Drums / The Hold Steady / Falling Up / Fionn Regan / Killaflaw / Fiction Plane / Al Stewart / Ben & Lex / Paul Heaton / The Saw Doctors / Riva Starr / Chew Lips / Here We Go Magic / Field Music / Scissor Sisters / The Woodentops / Breakestra / Da Mighty Elementz / Broadcast 2000 / LCD Soundsystem / Bashy / Good Shoes / P Money / Fake Blood / Banco de Gaia / Julie Feeney / Peggy Sue / The Flaming Lips / Plan B / Beans on Toast / Christophe / Back to Basics / Frankie & The Heartstrings / I Am Kloot / Fatboy Slim / The Martin Harley Band / Prof Nohair & the Wig Lifters / Mcclean / Central Spillz / Portico / We Have Band / Ska Cubano / Mik Artistiks Ego Trip / Simian Mobile Disco / Naive New Beaters / Teddy Thompson / Lou Reed / The Neville Staple Band / Julian Tulk Band / System 7 / Loudon Wainwright III / Filthy Dukes / Paloma Faith / Mix Hell / The King Blues / Federals / Hudson Mohawke / The Magic Numbers / L-VIS 1990 / Jack Beats / Tayo / Gabby Young / Dubfire / Joel Rafael Band / Reef / Newton Faulkner / The Strange Boys / The Beat / Dâm-Funk / 3 Daft Monkeys / Alan Price Set / These New Puritans / Corinne Bailey Rae / Johnno / The Correspondents / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Crazy P / Four Tet / D.I.D / The Dead Weather / Nick Lowe / Dub Boy / Nick Harper / Muse / Quantic & His Combo Barbaro / Lanterns on the Lake / Redlight & Mc Dread / N-Dubz / Yr Ods / Roger Sanchez / Foreign Beggars / Shaun Ryder / Bunny Come / Redskin / Troy Ellis & the Longshots / Delphic / Lettie / Heatwave / Tunng / Mountain Man (Vermont) / Jerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A Orchestra / Local Natives / Beardyman / Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds / Midlake / Bonobo / Empire of the Sun / Roll Deep / Attila the Stockbroker / Alex Metric / Dub Pistols / Fellow Stranger / O. Children / Staff Benda Bilili / Mayhew / The Matthew Herbert Big Band / NewIslands / Transglobal Underground / Man Without Country / Elite Force / Seth Lakeman / Beak> / Kid Adrift / Broken Bells / Christy Moore / High Contrast / Editors / The Middle East / The Unthanks / Stanton Warriors / The John E Vistic Experience / Jamie Jones / Parker / Mos Def / Boys Noize / Crystal Fighters / Detroit Social Club / Hannah Holland / Archie Bronson Outfit / Tiffany Page / Alabama 3 / Nick Warren / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Dr. John / D.M.E / Hyperdub / Hot D'Jour / Lewis Garland & The Kett Rebellion / Two in a Boat / Zambula / Napoleon In Rags / Imogen Heap / Chapel Club / Django Django / Radiohead / Richard Thompson / Seasick Steve / Mystery Jets / Judy Collins / The Big Pink / Funkineven / The Black Keys / De Staat / Ellie Goulding / Shakira / fanfarlo / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Holy Fuck / Dreadzone / Mariachi El Bronx / Horse Meat Disco / Skream / Beth Jeans Houghton / The Cheek / Yeovil Town Band / Flipron / Jon Allen / The Blues Band / I Blame Coco / Thea Gilmore / Howls / Boy 8-Bit / Celt Islam / Yasmin / Untold / Dry the River / The Leisure Society / MAY68 / Sophie Hunger / Grizzly Bear / Courteeners / Joshua Radin / Patch William / A1 Bassline / Donae'o / Shortstuff / New Forbidden / Slambovian Circus of Dreams / Billy Bragg / The Temper Trap / Villagers / The Pre New / Chiddy Bang / Megan Henwood / Devendra Banhart / Gang Of Four / Florence + The Machine / El Diablo's Social Club / Matt Tolfrey & Geddes / McIntosh Ross / Meursault / Cate Le Bon / Adam Shelton / Gorillaz / Wedge / Nneka / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / Stornoway / Kelis / Imelda May / Jaguar Skills / London Community Gospel Choir / Roska / Tinie Tempah / Virus Syndicate / Cherry Ghost / Goldhawks / Example / Louis Eliot & The Embers / Tinchy Stryder / Pet Shop Boys / Fisherman's Friend / The Orb / Magnetic Man / The Wurzels / Biggles Wartime Band / Os Mutantes / Brother Ali / Candi Staton / NERO / Danny and the Champs / MR B the Gentleman Rhymer / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Bombay Bicycle Club / Hot Chip / Groove Armada / MistaJam / CHIEF / Rusko / Cory Chisel / The Vagaband / Chase & Status / Thom Yorke / 6ixtoys / Faithless / Jack Johnson / Everything Everything / Parliament-Funkadelic / Mumford & Sons / MGMT / The xx / Vampire Weekend / Two Door Cinema Club / Phoenix / Stevie Wonder / The National / Norah Jones / Foals / Crystal Castles / Marina and the Diamonds / The Avett Brothers / Willie Nelson / Dizzee Rascal / Kate Nash / Laura Marling / Slash / Dirty Projectors / Ray Davies / Rolf Harris / Gorrilaz / David Lindley / Let's Buy Happiness / Mark E. Smith / The Lightning Seeds / Aloe Blacc / The Bootleg Beatles / Snoop Dogg / First Aid Kit Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jun 23, 2010
Jun 22, 2010
Suzanne vega / Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright Bush Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 19, 2010
Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright III

Meltdown Festival (UK)

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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 17, 2010
Meltdown festival: An Evening of Political Song
Richard Thompson / Harry Shearer / Waterson:Carthy / Boris Grebenshchikov / Tom Robinson / The Duckworth Lewis Method / neil hannon / Seasick Steve / Camille O'Sullivan / Emily Smith / Jez Lowe
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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 15, 2010
Richard Thompson / Joe Boyd Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 14, 2010
Melissa Etheridge / Martin Simpson / John Etheridge / Richard Thompson / Dennis Coffey / James Burton / Nokie Edwards
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 12, 2010
Rufus Wainwright / Martha Wainwright / Lisa Hannigan / Emmylou Harris / Lily Lanken / Sylvan Lanken / Anna McGarrigle / Jenni Muldaur / Chaim Tannenbaum / Kami Thompson / Linda Thompson / Richard Thompson / Teddy Thompson / Nick Cave / Neil Tennan...
Rufus Wainwright / Martha Wainwright / Lisa Hannigan / Emmylou Harris / Lily Lanken / Sylvan Lanken / Anna McGarrigle / Jenni Muldaur / Chaim Tannenbaum / Kami Thompson / Linda Thompson / Richard Thompson / Teddy Thompson / Nick Cave / Neil Tennant Pet Shop Boys Show all bands
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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 11, 2010
"Meltdown Festival" (UK) / Richard Thompson

Meltdown Festival (UK)

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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom

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Richard Thompson / Hamish Hawk
May 28, 2026
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 1992
Jun 26 - 28, 1992
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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My Morning Jacket / Wilco / Bob Dylan / Richard Thompson on Jul 15, 2013 [598-small]

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Jul 15, 2013
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The Hop Farm Music Festival 2010 on Jul 2, 2010 [535-small]

The Hop Farm Music Festival 2010
Jul 2 - 3, 2010
 Paddock Wood, United Kingdom
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Jun 25, 2026
 Saffron Walden, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 25, 2026
 Saffron Walden, England, United Kingdom
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Mar 8, 2006
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jun 1, 2026
 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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May 28, 2026
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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