It is our distinct pleasure to announce that 3 DAFT MONKEYS will be playing Farmer Phil’s Festival 2019. With Celtic and eastern influences, the 3 Daft Monkeys’ dynamic style of world folk music reflects the global village in which we now live. Their infectious dancing rhythms lead you through a musical journey of the senses […]
The excitement keeps on building here at Near Gatten Farm, where we’re delighted to announce that GEORGIA & THE VINTAGE YOUTH will be joining us for Farmer Phil’s Festival 2019! In her own words: I’m Georgia Crandon, 22, singer/songwriter from Essex and I gig with my band The Vintage Youth. I grew up listening to soul, […]
Farmer Phil’s Festival is delighted to confirm that WORRY DOLLS will be joining us for our 21st birthday celebrations in Ratlinghope this summer! Worry Dolls are a compelling duo born out of the joint talents of multi-instrumentalists Zoe Nicol and Rosie Jones. Serendipity brought them together at an open mic night when they were 18, […]
Following their rousing performance on our second stage last year, we are pleased to announce the return of COLUMBIA for Farmer Phil’s Festival 2019. Columbia is a rock n’ roll, guts n’ glory powerhouse quintet from Liverpool, hailed by some as The Best New Band in The North™. Word is spreading and shows are selling […]
Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to announce the addition of HANG11 to the line-up for 2019. Hailing from South Wales, Hang11 is a young funk/blues rock band that takes a big old bite out of classic rock and blues, adds their own secret blend of herbs and spices before then serving it up as their […]
We are thrilled to announce that SKABURST are returning to Farmer Phil’s Festival in 2019. The party rocking sextet burst (see what we did there?) onto the Farmer Phil’s scene in 2016 with a rousing performance that got the entire field up and dancing as they rattled through hit after hit, all given the ska’d […]
We are delighted to confirm the addition of MICHAEL MESSER’S MITRA to the bill of Farmer Phil’s Festival 2019. Michael Messer’s Mitra is a unique musical trio of blues slide guitar, Hindustani slide guitar, vocals and tabla rhythms. Mitra (pronounced ‘meetra’) is a trio comprising British blues innovator and slide guitarist, Michael Messer, Hindustani slide […]
As you know, this year is the 20th anniversary of Farmer Phil’s Festival. Such an occasion demands something truly special, and we are delighted to be bringing reggae legends ASWAD to play Farmer Phil’s Festival! After fifteen albums and two decades on the music scene, Aswad remains one of Britain’s best loved reggae bands. Originally […]
We are extremely excited to announce the artists set to play our famous Parlour rotating stage this summer. And what better to melt away the blues of this wintry weekend than the prospect of the legendary ASWAD, one of the UK’s best loved reggae bands, bringing the house down with their international hits ‘Don’t Turn […]
The reaction on social media when we announced Dr & The Medics would be joining us at this year’s Farmer Phil’s Festival was overwhelming. I mean, who doesn’t love their classic number one hit ‘Spirit in the Sky’? We caught up with chief surgeon, The Rev Dr Clive Thomas Jackson, over e-mail ahead of next […]