The Hop Farm Festival 2008 July 5, 2008

Headline Act: NEIL YOUNG

Supporting line-up:
PRIMAL SCREAM
SUPERGRASS
MY MORNING JACKET
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (SOLO)
GUILLEMOTS
LAURA MARLING
EVEREST

This year will be ‘A Day at The Hop Farm’ a 1 day festival with 1 stage, featuring 7 of the finest acts in music, with the legendary Neil Young topping off an amazing bill.

Based at The Hop Farm in Kent - A Day at The Hop Farm is a truly unique experience, with the event being totally unbranded, no sponsorship, free of registration and without any VIP areas – with the aim of being a festival for the ticket paying, festival goer, returning live music to its roots, where you turn up with your ticket and enjoy the same experience as every other ticket holder.

The Hop Farm Festival’s aim is to take the festival experience back to basics with everyone who attends getting exactly the same experience, enjoying great music in a great setting.
Vince Power, the man behind The Hop Farm Festival, recently commented ‘I’ve been watching the festival market for the last couple of years and I just felt that it was frustrating for the punter that there was such a big emphasis on sponsorship, VIP and upgrading your ticket to get into a special area.
We did an online survey and the feedback was among young fans that often the person buying the ticket ended up feeling the lowest on the pecking order. I thought it was time to go back to basics and let it be about the punter and the music. I think you will see a change in festivals completely in the next two or three years.

Bands rely on live performances much more than they did in previous years, the market is changing and I think the bigger bands will have a lot more input into the festivals because it is clear that they could do their own festivals if they want to. I am getting really good feedback from the artists and the agents it’s about having a good festival, happy customers and happy artists’

* No Sponsorship
* No Branding
* No Registration
* 30,000 capacity
* Children 12 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult
* Food and Bottled Water allowed on site
* No Glass Bottles or Cans
* Gates open at 11.30am
* No Camping
* One day, one stage

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Official Website: http://www.hopfarmfestival.com