Midfield General and more for Lounge On The Farm

Lounge On The Farm 2008

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th July 2008
Merton Farm, Nackington Lane, Canterbury, CT4 7BA, England MAP
£85 for weekend, child weekend £40, family weekend £180

Last updated: Wed 2nd Jul 2008

Lounge on the Farm festival, which takes place at Merton Farm in Canterbury have announced more names who will be playing the farm from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th of July.

Headlining the Dance Tent will be beats and bass master Midfield General on Saturday. Before that on Friday Toddla T will get festival goers shaking their booty alongside MC Serosee and Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon.

The organisers have also announced new talent for their 'The Sheep Dip' bands tent and have New York Punk circa 1975 from Mike Strutter Group as the Saturday night headliner. With support from Los Campesinos!, Magistrates, Those Dancing Days, Johnny Foreigner, Esser, Onlookers, and local boys Underground Heroes.

Other artists confirmed for the expanded 'Sheep Dip' stage are The Loungs, Wave Machines, and Post War Years. The stage will feature Kentish talent on Sunday, Indie scene acts on Saturday and focuses on pure entertainment on Friday, including 'Fakin' It Friday', where tribute acts will predominate.

They are the latest additions to the bill for this festival with the ethos of giving local bands and musicians a platform upon which to perform alongside established acts from around the country.

The bands who have been confirmed already include The Bees, Findlay Brown, The Shortwave Set, Art Brut, Black Kids, Pete Molinari, Sonny J, Sargasso Trio, Lightspeed Champion, The Bookhouse Boys, Cagedbaby, Filthy Dukes, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Wild Billy Childish & The MBE, Holly Golightly & The Broke Offs, and Underground Heroes. For the line-up details as available please click here.

There are also some DJs confirmed DJ Jon Carter, Dub Pistols Sound System, Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners), and Aba Shanti Soundsystem with more to be announced.

Tickets are on sale at earlybird prices, ticket costs are: adult (16+) weekend tickets £65, child (6-15) weekend tickets £35, family weekend tickets £140 (2 adult weekend tickets and 2 child weekend tickets), and kids aged 0-5 receive free entry. To buy tickets at these prices click here.

The full prices for tickets will be weekend ticket £85, child (6-15) weekend ticket £40, adult day ticket £35, child day ticket £20, family weekend ticket £80 limited to 200 tickets.

The site is expected to be open for campers from the Thursday at 2pm until the Monday at 5pm.

Art Brut