Lounge On The Farm
| Location(s) | Merton Farm, Canterbury, Kent |
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| Years active | 2006-present |
| Date(s) | July |
| Genre | Indie rock, Dance, Popular Music |
| Website | http://www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk/ |
Lounge On The Farm is a music festival held annually at Merton Farm, Canterbury, Kent, which attracts thousands of visitors each year. Although there has been a vast increase in the capacity of the event, as well as the amount and quality of the performing acts, organizers insist that they keep the festival ‘non-conformist’[1], promoting bands and produce from Kent. The festival had been held five times.
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[edit] 2006
The first Lounge On The Farm festival, taking place on Saturday Sunday 15-16 July with three stages; the DJ tent, the acoustic tent, and the main stage, (now the Cow Shed). Around 80 acts performed.
Notable Acts
- Vincent Vincent and the Villains
- The Egg
- Nizlopi
- The View
- Kitty Daisy & Lewis
- The Buff Medways
- Syd Arthur
[edit] 2007
Second Lounge On The Farm festival, held over three days, with almost double the amount of acts as the last. The Acoustic Tent from WSSL ,the Arabesque tent, the DJ tent was renamed the Hoedown, and the main stage renamed the Arabesque stage cover. New additions included the Sheep Dip, The Furthur Tent and The Festival Folly stage.
Notable Acts
- Super Furry Animals
- Alabama 3
- Dub Pistols
- The Bees
- Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire
- The Noisettes
- Terry Hall
- Kitty Daisy & Lewis
- Sonny J
- Syd Arthur
[edit] 2008
The third Lounge On The Farm, with 7 stages over 3 days. 150 acts performed in total, attracting the biggest attendance of the festival yet, 4000.
Notable Acts
- The New York Dolls
- Mystery Jets
- Art Brut
- The Coral
- Lightspeed Champion
- The Bees
- Black Kids
- Holy Fuck
- Los Campesinos!
- Sonny J
- Those Dancing Days
- Natty
- Johnny Foreigner
- The Draytones
- The Shortwave Set
- Kevin Rowland
- DJ Format
- Terry Hall
- Midfield General
- Zoo for You
- Syd Arthur
[edit] 2009
The 2009 Lounge On The Farm took place on the 10-12 July. The Horrors and Edwyn Collins have been announced to headline the Cow Shed on Friday and Sunday respectively but, as of May, no Saturday headliner has been revealed. Additions this year include the Sunday night Rockaoke[2] where festival-goers will be able to grace the stage with a full backing band and The Meadow, a new area which aims to take festivals back to the era where festivals were all about being chilled out. The Meadow will include an open-air theatre and a petting zoo.
Notable acts
- The XX
- Roots Manuva[3]
- The Horrors
- Edwyn Collins
- The King Blues
- Dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip
- Gong
- Golden Silvers
- Portico Quartet
- Mr. Scruff
- Casiokids
- Zoo for You
- Syd Arthur
- The Temper Trap
- S.C.U.M
- Kid Harpoon
- Toddla T
- Los Salvadores
- Krafty Kuts
- James Taylor Quartet
- DJ Food & DK
- Wild Beasts
[edit] 2010
- Toro Y Moi
- Courtney Pine
- Bad Manners
- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
- Example
- Hercules and Love Affair
- Jah Wobble
- Toots & the Maytals
- Martha and the Vandellas
- Tunng
- Smugglers Records
- DJ Yoda
- The Glimmers
- Beardyman
- Phill Jupitus
- Hot Club de Paris
- Kitty Daisy & Lewis
- Los Salvadores
- Syd Arthur
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Interview with organizer". KM Online. http://www.kmonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=32478. Retrieved 2008-07-14.[dead link]
- ^ Rockaoke - LOTF, LOTF News section 2009-05-23
- ^ "theDISH Roots Manuva to Headline LOTF". the-dish.co.uk. http://www.the-dish.co.uk/2009/06/18/roots-manuva-to-headline-lotf. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
