Let’s get straight to the point: Farmer Phil’s Festival IS GOING AHEAD in 2021! It’s been a rubbish, gruelling 18 months and after having to take the difficult decision to postpone last year’s event, one of the main things keeping all of us on the festival team going has been the beacon of August 2021 […]
It is with heavy hearts that we regrettably announce Farmer Phil’s Festival 2020 will not go ahead as planned due to COVID-19. Like many other events scheduled to be hosted this summer, we have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. The safety of our festival family – the performers, traders, staff, volunteers and not least […]
Like everyone else, the Farmer Phil’s Festival team is monitoring the development of COVID-19 and following instructions from the Government and relevant authorities. While this is a fluid situation with advice being updated regularly, as things currently stand we are still planning on going ahead with our event in August, which is currently outside of […]
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 […]
We were excited to discover this week that Farmer Phil’s Festival has been named one of the finalists for the What’s On Readers Awards 2019. The What’s On Magazine Group produces an excellent arts & entertainment guide, providing up-to-the-minute information about theatre, music, film, visual arts and events across the Midlands. Over 15,000 votes were […]
On what has been a lovely day in the Shropshire Hills, we’ve welcomed our first campers of the week as keen festival goers arrived on site throughout the day. It’ll get busier and busier as the week progresses and more and more traders, entertainers and artists arrive for our special 20th anniversary weekender. It would […]
It’s full-on, straight ahead, no-messing-about graft here in Ratlinghope right now, as preparations continue for this year’s Farmer Phil’s Festival. Today we erected the beer tent that will be home to The Horny Cow real ale & cider bar AND the Pink Flamingo cocktail bar at this year’s festival. A welcome sight for many, we’re […]
Every year, Farmer Phil’s Festival opens welcomes visitors from the Monday morning before the Friday, Saturday and Sunday that form the main event. The fields buzz with activity as more and more campers arrive to secure prime tent-pitching positions and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the surrounding Shropshire Hills. As the week progresses, more and […]
Farmer Phil’s Festival is pleased to confirm that it will again be supporting the Barnabas Community Projects – home of the Shrewsbury Food Bank. What are Barnabas Community Projects Barnabas Community Projects aims to help people out of crisis and poverty whether that’s resources, relational or identity and empower clients to enable them to make […]
Farmer Phil and his daughter Jessica were interviewed this week by Thom Kennedy, editor of the relatively new Shropshire Weekly magazine, part of the Midlands News Association’s portfolio of titles which includes the Shropshire Star, Express & Star and Shrewsbury Chronicle among others. The exclusive piece is scheduled to appear in next week’s magazine alongside […]