Forty Hall Farm Festival

Saturday 15th June 2013, noon ‘til late

With even more local bands and activities for all the family, this year’s Big Lunch promises to be even bigger and better than last year!

The day will begin with a big picnic, followed by children’s fancy dress parade, farm tours and the (in)famous Enfield’s Got Talent contest.

Fancy yourself as a future Bake Off contestant? Then bring along your cakes to enter in the cake competition.

From 5pm, a host of local bands will take to the stage, as rock and roll, blues and pitch-perfect harmonies fill the Farm’s farmyard. Featuring: The Hollywood Assassins (Brighton-based four-piece specialising in good ol’ rip-roaring rock and roll); Professor Redhair (New Orleans blue and boogie); The Haunting (rock and roll double act with soulful vocals and virtuoso guitar playing); The Blue Patch (covering everything from Tom Waits to Dusty Springfield); Eden Billy Simpson (check out his new single on Youtube); and The Red Indians (close harmony and fun from four of your local friends).

Feeling yellow? Don’t miss the special headline act Coldplace, the world’s greatest Coldplay tribute band!

Hot and cold drinks, beers and wines available all day. Bring your own food and drink or enjoy the hot and cold food (including vegetarian and vegan) available from 5pm.

Tickets are now on sale in person from the Farm or the Village Wholefood Shop in Forty Hill. Alternatively, call Kate on 07713 488501 to reserve your tickets. All day adult ticket – £8; evening only – £7. Children under 15 – £3.

For more information, call Leon on 07590 681945 or email fortyhallfarm@capel.ac.uk

Festival tickets now on sale

Tickets for the first Forty Hall Farm Festival, taking place on Saturday 15th June, are now on sale from the Farm and the Village Wholefood Shop in Forty Hill.

With even more local bands and activities for all the family, this year’s day of festivities promises to be even bigger and better than last year!

The day will begin with a big picnic, followed by children’s fancy dress parade, farm tours and the (in)famous Enfield’s Got Talent contest.

Fancy yourself as a future Bake Off contestant? Then bring along your cakes to enter in the cake competition.

From 5pm, a host of local bands will take to the stage, as rock and roll, blues and pitch-perfect harmonies fill the Farm’s farmyard. Featuring: The Hollywood Assassins (Brighton-based four-piece specialising in good ol’ rip-roaring rock and roll); Professor Redhair (New Orleans blue and boogie); The Haunting (rock and roll double act with soulful vocals and virtuoso guitar playing); The Blue Patch (covering everything from Tom Waits to Dusty Springfield); Eden Billy Simpson (check out his new single on Youtube); and The Red Indians (close harmony and fun from four of your local friends).

Feeling yellow? Don’t miss the special headline act Coldplace, the world’s greatest Coldplay tribute band!

Hot and cold drinks, beers and wines available all day. Bring your own food and drink or enjoy the hot and cold food (including vegetarian and vegan) available from 5pm.

Tickets are now on sale in person from the Farm or the Village Wholefood Shop in Forty Hill. Alternatively, call Kate on 07713 488501 to reserve your tickets. All day adult ticket – £8; evening only – £7. Children under 15 – £3.

For more information, call Leon on 07590 681945 or email fortyhallfarm@capel.ac.uk

Help us advertise the Festival by downloading and displaying the poster.

Give and Gain

Friday 17th May saw around 40 volunteers from the company Dunnhumby descend on to the Farm.

The group worked on both the Vineyard and the Orchard as part of ‘Give and Gain day 2013’, a nationwide event organised by Business in the Community. They spent the morning working hard in the Vineyard, helping to mulch the hungry vines ready for a summer of grape growth (we hope!)

With all that work in the morning, and with the ground being especially hard, we wondered just how much work would be completed in the Orchard. Volunteers dug turf, moved soil, shifted wheel barrows of stones and fixed planks of wood. Team work was in evidence and the group were determined to succeed. By the end of the afternoon, the Orchard’s footpath had been extended to its full length.

We are very grateful to everyone from Dunnhumby for giving their time and effort so cheerfully and helping our projects. Their work would have taken our volunteers months to complete. We also learnt from watching them organise themselves, seeing how a business responds to a challenge.

A final thank you also goes to Paul at the Farm whose dumper trucks of gravel saved many wheelbarrow trips!