Guillemots for The Hop Farm Festival

plus My Morning Jacket, and more join Neil Young in Kent

By Scott Williams | Published: Sat 19th Apr 2008

The Hop Farm Festival 2008

Sunday 6th July 2008
The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6PY, England MAP
£49.50

Daily capacity: 30,000

Eccentric live indie pop act Guillemots, Kentucky's alt-country five piece My Morning Jacket, and Revered singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright are the latest acts confirmed to play Vince Power's Hop Farm Festival and appearing alongside Neil Young, Primal Scream, and Supergrass at this one day festival happening at Hop Farm Country Park, Kent on Sunday 6th July.

Hop Farm is set in 400 acres of unspoilt Kent countryside, and was once a working and now one of Kent's most popular tourist attractions in the Garden of England. The gates for this 30,000 capacity one day event open at 12pm, and there is no VIP area, so everyone has the same experience, there's no registration, no sponsorship, and no branding. The aim of of the event is to be a festival for festival goers, returning live music to its roots, where you turn up with your ticket and enjoy the same experience as every other ticket holder.

Festival organiser Vince Power said of these latest additions to The Hop Farm Festival bill, "It is great to have these amazing artists performing at the Hop Farm. This great day is a perfect opportunity for the UK to experience and celebrate spectacular live performances in a festival that puts the music lover at the centre of the event itself."

There will probably be eight acts playing in total at this event that Neil Young is headlining as his only UK summer appearance. Tickets are on sale priced at £49.50, to buy tickets click here.

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