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 […]
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Farmer Phil’s Got Talent, Exotic Zoo and more
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 […]
Exclusive interview and competition in next week’s Shropshire Weekly!
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 […]
Headliner profile: Aswad
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 […]
Announcing the Parlour Stage artists for 2018!
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 […]
T-shirt design competition!
As you’ll have seen on Facebook, a few artists for this year’s 20th anniversary spectacular have been announced and we want to continue building that excitement while the team works hard preparing what we hope you’ll agree will be the best Farmer Phil’s Festival yet! So we thought we’d launch a little competition. We want […]
Farmer Phil’s Festival 2018 dates announced!
What a week(end) that was! You guys all seemed to enjoy yourselves – we’ve been inundated with wonderful messages on our various social media accounts and via the website, and we can’t begin to thank you enough for all the love, memories and feedback you’ve shared with us. It really does make all the hard […]