Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to announce the addition of SASHA & THE SHADES to the line-up for this year’s event. Sasha & The Shades is a six-piece band fronted by Sasha Adamczewski on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, backed by Tom Julian Jones on lead guitar and harmonica, Sam Rutand on bass, and Paul […]
THE SPITFIRES all set to shellshock Shropshire
Farmer Phil and the team are delighted to announce THE SPITFIRES are winging their way into Ratlinghope for this year’s Farmer Phil’s Festival! Watford-based quartet The Spitfires are songwriter Billy Sullivan on lead vocals and guitar, Sam Long on bass/backing vocals, Matt Johnson on drums and George Moorhouse on keyboards. The Spitfires take in a […]
EMILY CAPELL twisting into Shropshire
Farmer Phil’s Festival is delighted to announce that EMILY CAPELL will be joining us for this year’s event. Emily Capell is a singer/songwriter from North West London with a story or ten to share. Raised on a diet of Johnny Cash, The Clash, The Smiths, Mod culture and the top 40, Emily’s approach to songwriting […]
Rejoice: OH MY GOD! IT’S THE CHURCH confirm!
Farmer Phil’s Festival is rejoicing at the news that OH MY GOD! IT’S THE CHURCH will be delivering communion to our faithful disciples this August! The Lord works in mysterious ways. Or so the saying goes, but there is nothing mysterious about the incredible buzz which surrounds one of the most acclaimed acts around, Oh […]
PRETTY BABS ready to rock Ratlinghope
Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to announce PRETTY BABS will join us in Ratlinghope this summer! Pretty Babs is a four-strong rock band from the small villages of North Nottinghamshire, combining elements of Indie, Punk and ‘Hairy Rock’. Praised for their catchy melodies, big choruses and in-yer-face approach, the band has received overwhelming feedback for […]
Farmer Phil’s Festival sticking its NECK out
Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to announce the addition of London-Irish Psycho-Ceilídh rockers NECK to the line-up for 2019’s live music extravaganza! With their heady blend of authentic uplifting Irish swirl and electric ballsy Punk swagger Neck are the cutting-edge that scythes incisively through the contemporary Celtic scene, as befits a band known as ‘The […]
CONFIRMED: the return of THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY!
Farmer Phil’s Festival are delighted to confirm the return of THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY to Ratlinghope. Billy Rowan and his merry band of groove makers delivered a star turn on our famous stage back in 2016 and we’re so excited we’ll get to dance like it’s our last chance this summer! Drum and Bass MC turned singer-songwriter […]
ONE EYED GOD strapped in for 2019
Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to announce that ONE EYED GOD will be pogoing all over the stage at this year’s extravaganza! Blasting out an infectiously raucous wall of sound, One Eyed God are a 5-piece combo and have been a regular fixture on the festival circuit since forming in 2011. Fusing punky ska, reggae […]
Fancy dress theme confirmed for 2019
Regular visitors to Farmer Phil’s Festival will know that each year we have a particularly theme, usually centred around fancy dress. In the past you’ve outdone yourselves with wacky outfits on the themes of pirates, cowboys & indians, rainbows & unicorns, fairies and all sorts in between. We love seeing what you all come up […]
THE STIFF JOINTS set to spark in Shropshire
Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to announce THE STIFF JOINTS are to play this year’s event. Describing themselves as “dangerously average”, The Stiff Joints have been lighting up faces at festivals and venues with their exuberant live show for the past decade. In the wake of the 2017 debut full length, ‘First Proper Album’, the […]