Hop Farm Music Festival seeks new gate

The Hop Farm Music Festival which will take place in Kent from Friday 29th June until Sunday 1st July 2012 is looking for someone to design an iconic landmark entrance to the festival site in in Paddock Wood, Kent.

The competition which organisers launched today is open to anyone (over 18) and no past design experience is necessary.

The 'Create the Gate' competition will be judged by a panel including festival organiser Vince Power, English playwright and gallery owner Polly Stenham and Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine.

The winner will be announced at a private event on 31st May. Their design will be shown alongside a special exhibition curated by Hop Farm Music Festival's artist in residence Hayden Kays.

The lucky winner will get to see their design realised and used as the official entrance gate for this year's festival. The runner up will have the opportunity to design the fronting for one of the festival bars on site.

Those wishing to enter 'Create The Gate' are asked to send their name and age to hopfarmcompetition@vpmg.net to receive further instruction and full terms and conditions. Entrants must be at least 18 years old to enter.

Festival organiser Vince Power said, "I'm very happy to announce this competition and it will be very interesting to see all the different creative ideas the entrants come up with. It will be a great addition to this year's festival and I'm sure it will be used for years to come."

Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra, and Suede have been announced as headliners. All three headliners are UK exclusives. Other acts announced for Hop Farm's four stages include Damien Rice (UK festival exclusive), Primal Scream, My Morning Jacket, Maximo Park, Bruce Forsyth & band, Patti Smith & her band, The Stranglers, Dr John & The Lower 911, Joan Armatrading, Billy Ocean, The Psychedelic Furs, Lianne La Havas, The Jezabels, Slow Club, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Frightened Rabbit, Tom Vek, White Denim, Ben Kweller, Lucy Rose, Fin, Dog Is Dead, Race Horses, Steve Smyth, Sian Sanderson, and Ligers. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Hop Farm will take place in 400 acres of unspoilt Kent countryside, and has no VIP area, so everyone has the same experience, there's no registration, no sponsorship, and no branding.

Weekend tickets are priced at £162 and children under 12 go in for free. Day Tickets are priced at £65 per day. The day tickets include parking, but does not include camping. If you wish to camp you have to purchase the weekend ticket. Camping will not be sold separately.

To buy tickets, click here.

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