Lounge On The Farm announce The Coral acoustic

headlining on the Sunday, plus Larry Jon Wilson, The Draytones, and more added to the bill

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 30th May 2008

The Coral

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 from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th of July have announced the The Coral will close this year's festival.

The Coral will be performing some of the best tracks from their five albums in their new acoustic style this Summer at Merton Farm. Sometimes psychedelic, sometimes folky, and a definite Mersey 60s influence in there, The Coral have a back catalogue from the past eight years that many bands don't make in a lifetime.

Also newly added to Sunday's bill and playing the main 'Cow Shed' stage are psychedelic indie band The Draytones, and playing the Folk stage is American country 'outlaw' Larry Jon Wilson, and on the 'Sheep Dip' stage will be Micachu, Semifinalists, and We Smoke Fags.

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.

Earlybird tickets have now sold out and normal priced tickets are priced as follows: adult (16+) weekend tickets £85, child (6-15) weekend tickets £40, family weekend tickets £180 (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.

The Coral



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