Farmer Phil's Festival 2012

Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August 2012
Ratlinghope, Shropshire, SY5 0SN, England MAP
£70 weekend ticket including camping

Daily capacity: 2,000

Last updated: Tue 19th Jun 2012

Farmer Phil's Festival returns once again as a three day family friendly festival and the 15th edition takes place on Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August 2012 in Ratlinghope, Shropshire.

The festival caters for 2000 people and the organisers call it a family friendly event. There will be food and drink available on site (which caters for vegetarians too), as well as flushing toilets, licensed bars, stalls, craft and merchandise tents, woodcarving, newsagent/tobacconist on site for supplies, and quiet family area. Fireworks finale on Friday night.

Line-up

Dreadzone, Hobo Jones and The Junkyard Dogs, The Undercover Hippy, The Stumble, Imperial Leisure, The Electric Swing Circus, New Groove Formation, Rhythmites, Blackhearts, Flaming Mamies, The Willows, Ferocious Dog, Velocets, Cocksure, The Cover Up, Monkish, Booyaka, Boat to Row, BC/DC, Rodney Branigan, Weezel Diesel, Tattie Jam, Richie Syrett, Nikki Rous, and more. There's also a battle of the bands competition on Friday on the main stage. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Camping is included in the price and is available before (from Thursday 9th August) and after the festival by arrangement.

Tickets

The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £70 weekend ticket including free camping. The on the gate ticket price will be £80. A Friday or Saturday day ticket is priced at £40, and Sunday day tickets are £30. Children aged under 12 are free. To buy tickets, click here.

Entertainment

As well as the main stage, expect an acoustic stage, a cinema, variety/comedy tent, a silent disco, green workshops and discussions on green issues are running through out the weekend, and there is a Sunday farmers market. There's also fancy dress, and alternative therapies to explore in the Healing area.

Kids area

There is a dedicated area for children with circus workshops, with story tellers and craft and art work shops, circus skills and puppet shows, fancy dress competition for the little ones. Zorbs and fair ground rides. All children's entertainment is free.

Farmer Phil's also promotes sustainability and tries to raise awareness of green life style choices.

There will be more information here when available.