The Hop Farm

Taking live music back its essential and pure core, The Hop Farm festival has no sponsorship, no branding and no VIP area. It’s all about the music, man. And with its base among the rolling fields of the garden of England, it’s a genuinely lovely bash that has been extended to a weekend for this year.

Last year’s headliner Neil Young is a pretty tough prospect to follow but they’ve lined up Paul Weller, Echo and the Bunnymen and Super Furry Animals in attempts to provide similarly reputable kudos. Fight Like Apes, Dananananaykroyd and Stolen Recordings’ youthful protégés Lets Wrestle are other desirable prospects.