Move over Hipsters, it's time for Hopsters! Celebrate the weekend with some Hop Farm merch. http://hopfarmmusicfestival.bigcartel.com/ It's all the rage...Hop Farm Music Festival — Homehopfarmmusicfestival.bigcartel.comOfficial Hop Farm Music Festival merchandise

We only have one medium of the following t-shirts left... get in there quickly if you want it...

You can purchase HFMF 2012 merchandise from here; http://hopfarmmusicfestival.bigcartel.com/ and you can also buy our lovely t-shirts and both bits and bobs straight from here, our Facebook page. Just click on the 'Hop Shop' icon underneath our cover photo and voilà!Hop Farm Music Festival — Homehopfarmmusicfestival.bigcartel.comOfficial Hop Farm Music Festival merchandise

The online Hop Shop is now open!

http://hopfarmmusicfestival.bigcartel.com/

Make a cuppa, put your feet up and head over to our shop to peruse the rails of the official Hop Farm Music Festival Shop,Hop Farm Music Festival — Homehopfarmmusicfestival.bigcartel.comOfficial Hop Farm Music Festival merchandise

Good news Hop Farmers, we have organised our leftover stock from Hop Farm 2012 and will be putting it on sale tomorrow afternoon. So if you were unable to, forgot to or simply need more Hop Farm merchandise in your life, do not fear.

All prices and how to purchase this limited stock will be published tomorrow. Oh and we have some of our lovely line-up cups available too! Yay!

Happy Birthday *Jarvis Cocker*!!

42 years ago today the world lost the greatest electric guitarist in music history, Jimi Hendrix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7alzhFMVqE&feature=related

What's your favourite Jimi song?Jimi Hendrix Live : The Wind cries Marylyrics: After all the jacks are in their boxes, and the clowns have all gone to bed, you can hear happiness staggering on down the street, footprints dress i...

Congratulations on reaching number two with your new album 'Tempest' Bob Dylan!

So what are your thoughts on the Mercury Prize nominations this year? Great to see Ben Howard in there, he played Hop Farm in 2011. Lianne La Havas was incredible at Hop Farm this year as was Field Music! Congratulations and good luck!!! http://www.mercuryprize.com/

#MusicalFact, on this day in 1997, Over 2000 fans watched Pete Townshend unveil a English Heritage Blue Plaque at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair London, to mark where Jimi Hendrix had lived in 1968-69. Hendrix was the first pop star to be awarded with the plaque.

#MusicalFact, on this day in 1997, The Verve scored their first and only UK No.1 single with 'The Drugs Don't Work', taken from their third album, Urban Hymns. The track became the band's most successful single in the United Kingdom.

#MusicalFact, On this day in 1970, Bob Dylan joined Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.

We're featured in NME Magazine's Festival Survey, why not vote for us;

https://www.demographix.com/surveys/V6RF-XHDX/ANVKER9L/index.html

What does everyone think of Bob Dylan's new album "Tempest" ??

http://open.spotify.com/album/3uIkl8RFCDyYAJKF5X46XK

Like us on Facebook? Don't forget to follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/HopFarmFestival and Instagram too 'HOPFARMFESTIVAL'

#MusicalFact On This Day in 1964, The Kinks third single 'You Really Got Me', was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. Future Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page played tambourine on the track.

We've stuck up some pics of some of the acts from this years festival - have a sneaky peek when you get 5 mins!

On This Day in 1946 Freddie Mercury was born. The Amazing vocalist has been recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time. He was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in 2001.

#FreddieFact-Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love in a bath tub. He was in the tub at a hotel and got inspired for the song, it is said that he even had the piano brought tubside to allow him to compose

Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury!

We are loving Cat Power Sun new album - you have to check it out...it's available now.

#OnThisDay in 1965, The Who had their van stolen containing over £5000 worth of equipment outside the Battersea Dogs Home. The band were inside the home at the time buying a guard dog. The van was later recovered.

Happy Birthday Van Morrison (Official)!

The Paralympics started today and already Team GB’s Hannah Russell and Jonathan Fox have broken world records in the pool #congrats.......We wanted to know Hop Farmers from all of the Hop Farm Festivals which artists would get your Gold, Silver and Bronze medals?

On This Day in 1987, Los Lobos started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'La Bamba', also a No.1 hit in the UK.
Can anybody think of any other Grammy award winning artists that have played Hop Farm?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz2dajJsd1oLos Lobos - La Bamba (Live)Live on 1988 Grammy Awards doing the song made famous by Richie Valens.

On This day in 1970, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performed together for the last time at the New York Club 'Max's Kansas City'. Who was there when Lou Reed played in Hop Farm Festival 2011 ?

Born on this day in 1949- the legendary Irish singer, songwriter, bass player and Thin Lizzy front man Phil Lynott. What is your favouirte Thin Lizzy song?

Musical Fact - On this day in 1975, Peter Gabriel announced that he was leaving Genesis. The group auditioned more than 400 singers during the next 18 months before deciding that Phil Collins, who had been the drummer for Genesis since 1970, could front the band.

If you won millions on the Lottery, which band would you fund to reunite? This man wants Axl and Slash to get back together... http://www.gigwise.com/news/75495/lot

Over the past two weeks, whilst London hosted the Olympic games, people travelled from all over the world to get a piece of the action. We were also lucky enough to have lots of international Hop Farmers this year. Here is a fantastic video blog by Larissa Figueiredo from Brazil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsonH3Ygzi0&feature=plcpLarissa Figueiredo :: no HOP FARM FESTIVAL 2012/UKLarissa Figueiredo entrou com uma mala de 30kg no metrô, perdeu a mochila, pegou um trem, um ônibus e foi para o Hop Farm se divertir! @larifigueiredo www.mu...

Howdy Hop Farmers! We hope you're all enjoying the sun. It's glorious!

Anyone travelling to the Hop Farm in September for A Day At The Hop Farm, additional train services have been added on both Saturday and Sunday night;

· 23:55 Paddock Wood to London Victoria
· 00:25 Paddock Wood to London Charing Cross,

No need to rush to the train station now :-)

Cheeky Sods using our festival to shoot an advert for another festival...easy target I suppose with our No Branding and No Sponsorship - Appalling behaviour!V Festival 2009 AdvertThe V Festival 2009 Advert that aired on Channel 4/ E4. Sorry for the random pixelation, can blame the official V website for that. The song is Sweet Disposi...

One HFMF HQ's favourite bands Thin Lizzy play 2 very intimate shows at The London Irish Village 2012 at Under the Bridge this Tuesday and Wednesday night, there are very limited tickets left from ticketweb.co.uk. Lizzy in a 500 cap venue - lovely!

Vince would like to say a big thanks for all your input into the 'which days to run the festival' question. We will be gauging your opinion on some other key issues to do with the festival too, it's important for you to have your say. And the verdict - Fri, Sat, Sun. We take onboard the comments on having more stuff to do on the Thursday for those coming in early. Thanks Hop Farmers.

We'd like your input please. At HFMF HQ we have discussed this topic a few times, so we thought the best people to ask was you, it is your festival after all.
Which would work better for you: a 3 day festival running Thurs, Fri, Sat. Or sticking with the usual Fri, Sat, Sun?
Let us know what you think...

What a great opening to the Olympics! Nice to see that the focus wasn't just all London, London, London...our green and pleasant land was very well represented, as was our fabulous musical heritage. Makes you proud to be British and a music lover.

Hop Farmers - Sat 8th Sept Leonard Cohen show has Sold Out. Tickets are still available for the Sun 9th Sept, but are selling fast, available through Eventim UK

Here is a Spotify playlist containing the "Top Of The Hops" chart in order. It features Suede, Richard Ashcroft, Ray Davies, Patti Smith, Lianne La Havas, King Charles, Jose Gonzalez and many more. Enjoy! http://open.spotify.com/user/hopfarmfestival/playlist/1NjHLWsB8r812Tr8BcqTOhTop of the Hopsopen.spotify.comTop of the Hops, a playlist by hopfarmfestival on Spotify.

You have decided that the official "Top Of The Hops" best song of Hop Farm Music Festival 2012 is.......... Animal Nitrate by Suede !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7mEB2wnDLQSuede - Animal NitrateAll Suede iTunes LPs / Deluxe Editions are available to pre-order from iTunes now! Suede: http://bit.ly/mzr84r Dog Man Star: http://bit.ly/kquuN6 Coming Up: ...

The voting for "Top of the Hops" ends today at 5pm and there is only 70 votes between Suede and Richard Ashcroft. Make sure you get your vote in Hop Farmers!!
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=500937efe4b0026fdd123df5Poll - EasyPolls.netwww.easypolls.net

Suede's "Animal Nitrate" currently has the most votes. Do you agree that was the best song of festival??? The voting for "Top of the Hops" will end tomorrow at 5pm. Make sure you get your vote in Hop Farmers!!
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=500937efe4b0026fdd123df5Poll - EasyPolls.netwww.easypolls.net

Its voting time Hop Farmers ! We have narrowed it down to 22 songs from your hundreds of suggestions!! Who will hit the top spot in our "Top of the Hops" Chart . http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=500937efe4b0026fdd123df5Poll - EasyPolls.netwww.easypolls.net

It’s almost the weekend which means it’s time for #FunFriday. The song is from an artist who played at this year’s Hop Farm Festival. Which song is this?????Photos

Here's a video from this years Hop Farm Festival by Virtual Festivals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnve0wf5hn8Highlights from Hop Farm Festival 2012Arielle talks to festival-goers, artists and organiser Vince Power at Hop Farm Festival 2012.

Go check out our updated timeline Hop Farmers . We have put up all the past years line ups so everyone can get a bit nostalgic.

Hop Farm Music Festival 2010 with Van Morrison (Official), Bob Dylan, Mumford and Sons, Ray Davies, Blondie, Dr. John, Laura Marling and Peter Doherty

Hop Farm Music Festival 2009 with The Fratellis, Paul Weller, Florence and the Machine, Editors, The Courteeners, Echo and the Bunnymen, Super Furry Animals and The View

Hop Farm Music Festival 2008 with Neil Young, Primal Scream, Supergrass,My Morning Jacket, Rufus Wainwright, Guillemots and Laura Marling

Last chance to get your suggestions in! PhotosGood Morning Hop Farmers. We want to find out what was your favourite song preformed by an artists at this year’s Hop Farm Festival. Which song got you dancing, made you smile or gave you that festival feeling. We will collect the most popular suggestions and make a poll so you can vote to make the ultimate TOP OF THE HOPS playlist!!!

Good Morning Hop Farmers. We want to find out what was your favourite song preformed by an artists at this year’s Hop Farm Festival. Which song got you dancing, made you smile or gave you that festival feeling. We will collect the most popular suggestions and make a poll so you can vote to make the ultimate TOP OF THE HOPS playlist!!!Photos

Just think, this time next year will be Hop Farm 2013...scary thought for us, thumbs up for you! Better get cracking on those headliners!

It’s Friday and we have been missing #funfriday (and hopefully you have too) so we have brought it back!!!!!! It’s the same rules as before, the song is from an artist who played at this year’s Hop Farm Festival. Which song is this?????

Liked Billy Ocean's set at Hop Farm? well he's playing a teenie tiny, intimate show at Under The Bridge 21st July, tickets available through underthebridge.co.uk

Thank You from Vince:

Hello and thank you for coming to Hop Farm this year.

I feel that this was the best line up we’ve had so far over the 5 years, even with last years line up, I feel the array of artists Bev and myself put together for 2012 was incredible. There were so many great performances over the weekend I couldn’t start to pick a special one.

The weather was amazing, we were very lucky to have the best weather so far in this festival season. Unfortunately I ended up getting burnt and resembling a lobster! I felt very sad leaving the site on Sunday and here in the office there is a bit of a slump, being as it’s all over. It has been an incredibly tough year and it took a long time to get the bill together, a lot of sleepless nights but I think we pulled another great, unique bill out of the hat again this year.

I was humbled by Patti Smith’s comments on stage and by other acts when I saw them. I think this year our no sponsorship, branding, non corporate message hit home even more with artists, fans and media, in Patti’s own words ‘It’s a very special festival.’

Thank you for all the lovely comments I’ve seen on here and we always benefit from constructive comments too, this is your festival too and we aim to improve every year.

I hope to see you next year, we’ll back on the 1st weekend of July 2013, I’ve a number of early bird weekend tickets on sale at the moment.

I would like to see some suggestions for Sir Bruce’s afternoon slot for 2013, but no rude suggestions!

The very best wishes and best regards,

Vince

Leonard Cohen at the Hop Farm 8th and 9th September. For more information and to get tickets go to http://adayatthehopfarm.com/ or visit the facebook page A Day At The Hop Farm.

Artist liaison had a bit of a chuckle when George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic and Dr. John arrived on site, wearing matching suits! They looked Smashing! Wall PhotosDr. John & @[107384845950969:274:George Clinton] at @[192485407438901:274:Hop Farm Music Festival].

Have you recovered from your festival-lag?...here at HFMF HQ the office looked like it had been taken over by zombies yesterday, we were cream crackered. But onto the next show - Leonard Cohen 8th/9th September - who's in?

Thank you so much for all the feedback so far. 2013 Weekend Early Bird tickets are now on sale through Eventim UK

http://www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?fun=evdetail&doc=evdetailb&key=799270$2228266&affiliate=EUKHop Farm Music Festival - Tickets for KENT - Sat, 06.07.2013www.eventim.co.ukWelcome to the profile for Hop Farm Music Festival at eventim.co.uk. This page will provide news, performance and tour announcements, photo galleries and biographies. Sign up to Eventim’s Ticket Alarm for Hop Farm Music Festival and we will keep you up to date with all the latest news and informat...

Morning Hop Farmers . We will be putting up all the pictures that were on the big screens over the weekend. If you managed to spot yourself or someone you know find the photo and get tagging!!!!!