Faversham International Hop Festival 2015

Saturday 5th to Sunday 6th September 2015
various venues, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8NS, England MAP
FREE

Last updated: Wed 19th Aug 2015

The 26th Faversham's International Hop Festival takes place over the weekend commencing Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2015. The whole town of Faversham plays host to this traditional festival set in the medieval town's square and surrounding streets and celebrating the olden days of hop picking in Kent.

In addition to the Brewer Stage run by Shepherd Neame, there are 3 stages around the town all providing a range of different music. Not to mention all the pubs in town many of whom also have live music over the weekend.

Line-up

The Caramellos & Lyn Sullivan, Pearly Kings and Queens, The Lovely Brothers, The 286, Narn, Ola Onabule, DJ Coffee & Papers set, Rough Common, Sur Les Docks, Serpentyne, Rudy Warman & The Heavy Weather, The New Inventions, Creek, Thomas Ashby, The Narratones, Baxter, Smoking Grace, Cantiana Choir, Nic Bennett, Tom Seals, Matt Appleby, Lucky Jackson, Flawless Carbon, Maker, The Rockin' Decades, Green Diesel, Blighty, Taking Care of Vegas, Under The Wood, The Angelo Tristan Band, Goosebumps, Paragraph 1, Cadbury-Hicks, Chris Care, Helen North, Emma Crouch & Ian Henderson, Martin Ledner, Porch Swing Blues, Relig Oran, Faversham Folk Club Residents, Bob Kenward, Labyrinth, Gillespie & Wolfe, Capriole, and Sally Ironmonger.

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As well as live music expect children's entertainers, professional street theatre, stilt walkers, Morris dancing, a craft fare, and ceilidh.

This festival celebrates the old days of hop picking when thousands of Londoners came down to the Kent hop gardens every September for a country holiday with pay, has attracted tens of thousands of people to Faversham's town centre since the first event was staged in 1991.

Procession

The Procession starts at the top of Preston Street. This traditional morning parade consists of morris dancers, entertainers, carnival queens and occasionally a marching band! It passes down Preston Street, into Market Street and ends at Court Street around 11:30 am. Pedestrians are asked to leave the procession via Partridge Lane

Festival goers are expected to gather on the evening of Friday, and local pubs and restaurants will play host to live music.