Farm Fest 2010 kicks-off TODAY!!!!!!!

By WellieWonka | Friday, July 30, 2010, 07:01

Heralded by those who know as:

Farm Fest 2010

"One of the best bargains of the festival season"

Sunday Times, The Top 100 Festivals- 2009

"Best budget festival" London Evening Standard- 2009

“FarmFestival is a brilliant bargain” The Guardian Guide- 2009

“Kept its rural charm with free camping, fancy dress and plenty of bands” London Lite Top 10 Festivals- 2009

FARM FEST

Friday 30th & Sat 31st July 2010.

Gates open 2pm Friday 24th until Sunday afternoon.

This year the festival celebrates its 5th birthday and have themed the festival appropriately. Hats are still compulsory, with prizes still to be won for the most extravagant headgear! Get your thinking cap on…..

Run by a crack team of young locals, Farm Festival is the perfect antidote for the overloaded corporate festival calendar.

2 days, 5000 max capacity, 2 stages of live music, acoustic tent, dub & reggae tent, DJs playing into the night, local hog roast & cider, and the yearly best hat competition...what more do you want for £35?

Plus, throughout the day:

Crazy golf, Punch & Judy, skittles alley, coconut shy, arts and crafts, face painting, hat and pompom making, & Forest School (Clay modeling, 'green' woodworker, bannner painting and 'Fireside stories')

+ FREE CAMPING!!!

Event info number:

0845 838 9924

Gilcombe Farm, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0QE

Weekend tickets

£35 advanced tickets (£16 under 12-16's pass, with paying adult)

£40 on the gate

£10 Campervan pass by prior arrangement, available from the ticket hotline and quaytickets

Event info & local ticket pick-up

0845 838 9924 or

0778 721 7884

If you'd like to bring a campervan or caravan this will need to be arranged prior to the event by calling the number above.

PLEASE NOTE:

HATS & HEADGEAR ARE ALWAYS COMPULSORY THROUGHOUT THE FARM FESTIVAL WEEKEND ;)

Judged competition for best hat on Saturday afternoon at the Mad Hatters Tea Party.

Gilcombe Farm is located on the A359 between Bruton and Wanstrow, Somerset BA10 0QE.

There are also regular trains into Bruton Station which is around 1.5 miles from the farm.

There will be a taxi on standby at the station and on the site .

PLEASE DO NOT WALK FROM THE STATION OR BRUTON TO FARMFEST IT IS A FAST, BUSY AND DANGEROUS ROAD WITH BLIND BENDS AND NO VERGES . ANYONE WALKING WILL BE REFUSED ENTRY

Use these guys instead:

Dovecot Cabs

6, Higher Tolbury, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0DJ

Tel: 01749 812098

MAP

LINE UP - there are so many, you'll have to cut n paste the links into your browser!

THE ELECTRIC (DJ VADIM live band performing new album)

Vadim and co smashed it last year....only right that he headlines this year!

http://www.myspace.com/theelectricsoundcompany

http://www.reverbnation.com/theelectriconline

SMERIN'S ANTI SOCIAL CLUB

Absolutely massive 10 piece ska, funk, dub and drum&bass act. Check out their live videos on Myspace. Not to be missed.

http://www.myspace.com/smerins

http://www.antisocialclub.co.uk/

EGYPTIAN HIP HOP

Tropical Indie / Manchester

Most hyped band in the UK...and rightly so

http://www.myspace.com/egyptianhiphop

WILD PALMS

Alternative / Concrete

"Wild Palms are your masters you will obey"

Clash

"Glamorously dark debut single"

Top 3 in NME Tracks

“A new London band channeling DEVO and Gang of Four to great effect!”

Sunday Times Culture Section DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK

http://www.myspace.com/wearewildpalms

STANDARD FARE

Indie / Pop

"A riot of hormones, cut-to-the-chase lyrics, bolshie girl-boy vocals and jingle-jangle propusion...The best and most lovable aspects of indie guitar music."

The Sunday Times

"An album that is as close to perfection as you could hope for."

Artrocker

http://www.myspace.com/standardfare

PAPER TIGER

Dub/ Rap/ Synth/ Beats

What ever I write can't do their live show justice...possibly the best fun you will have all weekend

http://www.myspace.com/origamisounds

NEDRY

Live Electronics / Alternative / Electronica

65 days of static tour mates and all round trip-hop dub-step brilliance

http://www.myspace.com/nedrymakesmusic

BEARSUIT

Indie / Alternative / Pop Punk

"In an era when almost everything is quite like something else, Bearsuit are not quite like anything." John Peel

"Cinematic doodlings, screamy art punk, and many twists and turns, condensed into less than half an hour of fine, left field pop." The Independent

http://www.myspace.com/bearsuit

BOY MANDEVILLE

Amazing sun drenched indie 4 piece:

http://www.myspace.com/boymandeville

WE//ARE//ANIMAL

Alternative

"Highlife guitars meet *****-ish tendencies,

synths and swooning vocal harmonies in W//A//A"

Time Out

http://www.myspace.com/weareanimal

LIVE LIKE LIONS

Indie / Electronic / Pop

Ace London 3-piece killing it on the live circuit

http://www.myspace.com/livelikelionsband

FABLES

Power Pop/ Electronic

From the ashes of Bolt Action Five and 586, Fables are truly a perfect band with depth, hooks and style in abundance. Lost At Sea is an unbelievable single

http://www.myspace.com/fablesmyspace

RIGHT TURN LEFT

Indie/ Pop

Amazing last year just before Babyhead...so they are coming back this year and that makes me very happy

http://www.myspace.com/rightturnleft

ICE BLACK BIRDS

Indie/ Bues/ Rock

"A bright, startling and unusual sound from Brighton 4 piece Ice Black Birds".

Huw Stephens, Radio 1

http://www.myspace.com/iceblackbirdsuk

KLEZMA VILLANOVA

http://www.myspace.com/klezmavillanova

NEW ISLANDS

Synth/ Power Pop

Substance and style combining right here with this rather lovely and great 5-piece

http://www.myspace.com/newislands

O'LEANDER BROWN

Battle of the Bands winner!

http://www.myspace.com/oleanderbrown

FLETCHER

Local boys done great! Amazing last year and back in 2010...playing music well beyond thier very young years

http://www.myspace.com/fletcherofficial

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HIGH GRADE ROCKERS DUB SOUND SYSTEM TENT

The dub tent returns for it's 3rd year. A late night Farmfest institution. Join their group below for line-up details:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40876705325

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BIG TENT

SABIRA JADE

Soul

FarmFest royalty, SJ talent has to be seen to be believed. She will be singing solo, with DJ Vadim and Paper Tiger...lets call her 'The Voice'

http://www.myspace.com/sabirajade

HEADLUV + PASSMAN

Rap/ Electronica

Brilliant last year and not to be missed this year...a turn of phrase matched with an ear for a great tune. Coming from the mean streets of Redruth this duo raps about the mundane and makes it sound fantastic

http://www.myspace.com/hedluv

THE STANDARDS

Indie/ Pop

Played ever year! Always done a blinding set and we have a lot of man love for them

"Brimful of singalongs, happy-go-lucky guitar lines and, ultimately, a healthy dose of good times for those lazy summer days" Q Magazine

http://www.myspace.com/thestandardsmusic

ALPHALFA

http://www.myspace.com/alphalfamusic

TOMMY ANTONIO AND HIS BAND OF LEGENDS

Piano/ Pop

http://www.myspace.com/tommyantonio

ASIAN HAWK (UK DMC Champion)