Lounge on the Farm Festival 6th – 8th July 2012 Merton Farm, Canterbury, Kent

Lounge on the Farm announces new additions including Dexys, Ghostpoet, Summer Camp, Slow Club, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Theme Park and more. 

The Playhouse Comedy Stage announces initial line up. 

Boutique festival Lounge on the Farm is excited to announce new additions to the 2012 line-up, including legendary British 80s pop super group Dexys, who will be making only one other festival appearance this summer. The band will be playing new hits from their highly anticipated fourth studio album One Day I’m Going to Soar which is the first set for release on 4th June as well as old classics such as ‘Come On Eileen’. 

Indie alt-pop duo Summer Camp will be coming down to the farm armed with tunes from their critically acclaimed debut album “Welcome To Condale”. Fellow Moshi Moshi signing Slow Club and London four-piece Theme Park have also been added to the bill. Mercury Prize nominee Ghostpoet will be bringing his eclectic sound to the farm along with electronic hip hop act Sam Sure & Giacomo and multi-instrument playing siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis. 

Other new additions to the line-up include solo guitarist Beans On Toast, The Wildes, Rae Morris, Karima Francis, Fountains, Murray James, Kito, yOb, Syd Arthur, The Pantomime Villians, Greater Varsa, Vadoinmessico and Scott McFarnon. 

These exciting new additions join previously announced headliners The Charlatans, Brits Critics Choice award winner Emeli Sande and pop rockers The Wombats. 

Lounge on the Farm is also thrilled to announce the initial line up for the Playhouse Comedy Stage which includes Andrew Maxwell, Paul Ince, Phil Kay and Terry Alderton. More names to follow soon. 

Complete Line Up 

Aluna George, Bastille, Beans On Toast, Caspa, Cave Painting, Charli XCX, Chic, Clean Bandit, Dani Groombridge, David Rodigan, Dexys,

Disclosure, Dismantle, Dub Pistols, Emeli Sandé, Escapist, Fake Blood, Fountains, Gemini, Ghostpoet, Goldie, Greater Varsa, Herve, Jagga,

Jake Bugg, Jaymo and Andy George, Jess Mills, Karima Francis, Kito, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Man Like Me, Murray James, Mystery Jets, Niki and the Dove, Pale Seas, Pantomime Villains, Peace, Rae Morris, Roni Size, Roots Manuva, Roska and Jamie George, Rudimental, Sam Sure & Giacomo, Scott McFarnon, Scratch Perverts, Seye, Slow Club, Sound of Guns, Spector, Stay+, Swiss Lips, Syd Arthur, The Charlatans, The Good Natured, The Heatwave, The Jacobs, The Milk, The Other Tribe, The Wombats, The Wildes, Theme Park, Toddla T, Troumaca, Vadoinmessico, Various Cruelties, yOB, Zinc. 

Lounge on the Farm was born in 2006 out of the desire to bring a unique slant to the UK summer festival market, and provide an event that promoted Kent and its many performers, musicians, traders and creative talents. It has been going from strength to strength ever since, winning “Best Line Up” at the 2009 UK Festival Awards and the “Sustainability” award in both 2008 and again in 2011 at the Greener Festival Awards. The gorgeous landscape of Merton Farm on which the festival is situated combines the very best elements for the ultimate British Summertime. 

What’s new for 2012? 

Lounge on the Farm prides itself on having a carefully selected array of food & drink options that go above and beyond the usual culinary offerings found at festivals. All food and drink on site is 100% locally sourced: the cows are raised all year on Merton Farm to become the superb burgers and steaks served on site and all the traditional ciders and ales served at the Meadows Bar are locally brewed. The award winning food market is set to return, featuring staple Lounge classics such as Al’s Hog Roast, Easy Nuh Caribbean Cuisine, MUU sushi, plus the acclaimed Farmhouse Restaurant will once again be relocating from its Canterbury HQ over to Merton Farm especially for the occasion. 

The much loved Meadows Area will once again be transformed into a magical wonderland of pop up stalls, pieces and features from local students and Kent creatives, and a new forest pathway between the Main Arena and The Meadows will be constructed. Exciting plans are already in place for large scale art installations – more details of which to come.   

Bigger for 2012, the Boutique on the Farm premiere camping area is set to include more pitches for Yurts, Bell Tents and Teepee’s, luxury toilets and showers, plus an appointed Boutique area manager to personally deal with all campers. Suppliers Sleeping Bells, Camping Under the Stars and Tommy’s Teepees will all be providing their beautiful structures to the farm – all all of which will be located in a totally new space on the site that is closer to the main action. Prices start at £395 for a 4 person Bell Tent. 

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