Lounge On The Farm '10

A festival which gives local bands and musicians a platform upon which to perform alongside established acts from round the country. There are seven stages in total including a moving tractor stage.

The dates for the fifth Lounge on the Farm music festival, which takes place at Merton Farm in Canterbury, are confirmed as Friday 9th to Sunday 11th of July 2010.

Line-up

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas headline Saturday, and Toots & The Maytals have been announced as Sunday headliners with Tunng, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, These New Puritans, Slow Club, Silver Columns, Hot Club De Paris, Erland and the Carnival, and DJ Yoda also confirmed. The five thousand capacity festival, features seven stages with over 160 bands playing over three days.

For the full line-up details to-date, see here.

Tickets

Adult weekend tickets are priced at £95, youth tickets (aged 13-17 on 09/07/2010) are priced at £75, child ticket (aged between 6-12 on 09/07/2010) are priced at £45, family tickets which allow entrance of 2 x adults and 2 x kids (aged 6 - 12 years) are priced at £210. Family (2 Adults and up to 4 children aged 13 or under) non-camping tickets are available for either Friday, Saturday or Sunday, priced at £80. Kids aged 5 or under go for a nominal fee of £1. Day tickets are on sale priced at £40 for adults, £30 for youths, and £20 for kids.

To buy tickets, click here.

The site should be open for campers from Friday 9am until the Monday at 1pm. Aside from the music, there will be plenty of amazing attractions including The Village Green with ciders, beers and food concessions where all the goods are sourced from within a 20 mile radius of the site, a solar cinema, there will also be the Little Lounge and Red Tent to keep the younger crowd occupied and the School Of Rock that will be unearthing Kent's future stars. The charity Strummerville will be on site, holding one of their infamous campfires in celebration of the late great Joe Strummer.

The Playhouse the theatre & performance stage will be hosted by local artists Lucy & Lizzie by day. Based on a theme of Found and Framed, a variety of artists, both performance and visual, will explore the regeneration of ideas and forms, objects and materials. There will also be wandering performance artists, plus a Panto-themed dress-up & workshops organised by Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. By night The Playhouse will become Lounge On The Farm's comedy stage, with local talent taking over the Friday, and internationally-renowned side-splitters programmed by Underbelly for the Saturday & Sunday nights.

Lounge On The Farm also has The Meadow field (moving location this year) which is an extension of everything Lounge On The Farm stands for. From an open air theatre stage to a petting zoo, via pottery classes and foraging the Kentish countryside this is a slice of festival action with out the music.

More information will be here when available.