The Big Mid-Summer Music Festival in West Sussex
"The Friendliest Festival in the U.K." … Sunday Times
Welcome to Blues on the Farm 2010 ... Another terrific festival is fast approaching so please place this year’s dates into your diary!
- Thursday 17th June 6.30 pm to 12 midnight
- Friday 18th June 6.30 pm to 12 midnight
- Saturday 19th June 12 noon to 12 midnight
- Sunday 20th June 11.30am to 10pm
Staged in a 40 acre setting on the Sussex Coastal plain a couple of miles south of Chichester, Blues on the Farm has a big reputation as a family friendly, safe and relaxed festival. The festival is privately run so the primary objective is to stage high quality music from world-class musicians, in a warm and friendly festival atmosphere.
It’s not overly commercialised and there’s no huge ticket prices … Just great music, great food and drink, and a great atmosphere!
A couple of years ago the festival was featured in The Sunday Times who dubbed it “The friendliest festival in the UK”; while The Independent has also reported very favourably on the festival, highlighting in particular the “astounding precision” of the event’s organization!
The full programme of bands will be announced on this website soon, but to whet your appetite here’s news of some of the acts confirmed so far.
We’re really excited to be flying the virtuoso blues guitarist Popa Chubby back into the UK! Last here in 2006, Popa will be wowing you with his exhilarating performance on the Friday evening.
A band not seen at Blues on the Farm since 1997 is The Hoax. Back together for their 20th anniversary, the Hoax were five times voted Best British Blues Band during the 1990s, and we can’t wait to see the full original band topping our Saturday night line-up!
Also back in the UK in 2010 is Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers. They went down a storm in 2007 with their blues-soul fusion, so we can expect another top set in 2010. Sam Kelly’s Primo Blue will be on stage on Saturday together with Connie Lush who is also making a welcome return to the Farm, bringing her captivating presence to Saturday night.
As for the rest? … So far we’ve got Hokie Joint supporting Popa Chubby on Friday, The Stumble on Sunday, and we're working on something very special for Thursday evening. Most importantly, we can assure you there’ll be something for everyone on all four days!
Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bluesonthefarm for regular news.
This new website will be regularly updated, but already contains loads of useful information about accommodation, travel, camping, food and drink and everything you need to know to make sure you have a great festival!
Make sure you don’t miss out! … Tickets for each night and full weekend tickets are available … Be sure to get your Early Bird tickets before 31st March, or take advantage of our ‘Discount Dozen’ which gives you 12 adult tickets for the price of 10. Please click HERE to buy your tickets now!
We look forward to seeing you at Blues on the Farm 2010!
