We’re absolutely ecstatic to report that Farmer Phil’s Festival has been named ‘Best Tiny Festival’ in this year’s Festival Kidz Awards. It’s the second time Farmer Phil’s Festival has won the accolade, following success in 2015, and we couldn’t be happier! The Festival Kidz Awards are special to us because they are voted for by […]
We’re delighted to confirm that Farmer Phil’s Festival is in the running for several awards in this year’s UK Festival Awards. We love the UK Festival Awards because the awards themselves are voted for by the festival-going public, so it really reflects the collective views of the festival scene’s lifeblood – you guys! You can […]
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 […]
Some of the veteran Farmer Phil’s Festival-goers will remember the show-stopping performance given by this raucous trio the last time they were with us at Near Gatten Farm. Their infectious, groove-led blend of powerful roots rock really made an impression, with half the field getting totally lost in the music while the other half went […]
Those enjoying the balmy late afternoon sunshine on the Sunday of last year’s Farmer Phil’s Festival will almost certainly remember the rude awakening we all received when this bouncy sextet lit up the stage with their ska-fuelled energy. SkaBurst were one of the star turns of last year’s event and won so many of you […]
Less than a month to go now folks! That’s right, in exactly one month’s time, the party will have well and truly started here in Ratlinghope at the 19th Farmer Phil’s Festival, and I for one am so excited that I’m struggling to sit still as I type this. One artist making their debut in […]
You know that classic Hollywood moment? That scene in which Wesley Snipes looks at Woody Harrelson after his third failed attempt to jam out a Stevie Wonder bassline and says “Billy, listen to me. White men can’t funk!” Well, maybe it went down slightly differently in the film, but nevertheless we’re super excited about these […]
We’re so excited to have been shortlisted in this year’s Midlands What’s On Readers Awards! Farmer Phil’s Festival is one of five shortlisted in the Best Shropshire Festival category, alongside Ludlow Food Festival, Haydn Festival, Shrewsbury Folk Festival and Shrewsbury Food Festival. This is no mean feat considering over 10,000 initial votes were cast across the Midlands as a […]