Faversham Hop Festival takes place this weekend!

The 2017 Festival takes place on 2nd & 3rd September 

Book your camping pitch online at www.favershamhopfestival.org. 

This lively and popular event, set in the beautiful medieval heart of Faversham, recalls the traditional festivities associated with the hop harvest and celebrates the town’s unrivalled hop heritage. Now one of the largest free street festivals in the south east, the event boasts plenty to see and do throughout the weekend with entertainment including live music on 5 stages, arts & crafts, Morris Dancers, street performers and processions. 

In addition, there are special tours of Shepherd Neame - Britain’s oldest brewer, a home of the hop exhibition in The Old Brewery Store, a traditional funfair and family area plus a street market and a fantastic array of Kentish food and drink – including beer produced in the town, local cider and Kentish apple juice. 

 Come down to the hop festival and experience the many different stages, beers, entertainment and family fun!  

 

The Spitfire Stage– Market Place 

Saturday 

10:00 – 10:15	Hopping Down in Kent
10:15 – 11:00	TBC
11:00 – 11:45	Hopping Down in Kent
11:30 – 12:00	Procession/Opening Ceremony
12:00 – 12:30	TBC
12:30 – 12:45	Hopping Down in Kent
13:30 – 13:50	Hopping Down in Kent
14:35 – 14:55	Hopping Down in Kent
14:55 – 15:40	Joanna McGowan
15:40 – 16:00	Hopping Down in Kent
16:00 – 16:45	Sarah McQuaid

 

Sunday 

10:00 – 11:00	TBC
10:30 – 11:00	Procession
11:00 – 11:30	TBC
11:45 – 12:30	TBC
13:00 – 13:45	Invicta Jazz Orchestra
14:15 – 15:00	Invicta Jazz Orchestra
15:05 – 15:40	Forged Steal
15:45 – 16:30	TBC

 

The Preston Street Stage- Master Brew Stage

Saturday

 

10:45 – 11:30	New Old World
11:30 – 11:50	Parade
11:50 – 12:35	Curb Pilots
12:55 – 13:40	Thomas Ashby
14:00 – 14:45	Emma King
15:05 – 15:50	TBC
16:10 – 16:55	Creek

 

Sunday 

10:40 – 11:25	Cantiana Choir
11:40 – 12:25	TBC
12:50 – 13:25	TBC
13:55 – 14:40	Estelle Mey
15:05 – 15:50	Feral Ghost
16:15 – 17:00	Maker

 

The Brewery Stage- Court Street 

Saturday

 

10:45 – 11:30	Little Fishes
11:45 – 12:40	The Kickbacks
12:55 – 13:40	Flawless Carbon
14:00 – 15:00	Paragraph 1
15:15 – 16:15	TBC
16:30 – 17:20	UNDER the WOOD

 

Sunday  

10:45 – 11:00	Hop Blessing / Hop Pocket
11:10 – 12:10	Captain Patch and the Mermaid Mollies
12:25 – 13:25	Green Diesel
13:45 – 14:45	Loose Change
15:05 – 16:05	Skatonics
16:20 – 17:20	Goosebumps

 

West Street Folk Stage 

Saturday 

 

11:00-11:45	Sarah McQuaid
12:00-12:45	TBC
13:00-13:45	TBC
14:00-14:45	Faran Flad
15:00-15:45	TBC
16:00-16:45	Tim Edey

 

Sunday 

11:00-11:45	TBC
12:00-12:45	TBC
13:00-13:45	Mockingbird Band
14:00-14:45	Helen North
15:00-15:45	Hannah Scott
16:00-16:45	Apples I’m Home

 

The Hoppers Market Stage 

Saturday

 

11:00-11:45	John Doe Trio
12:00-12:45	TBC
13:00-13:45	TBC
14:00-14:45	Blighty*
15:00-15:45	Ricky Fleming
16:00-16:45	Labyrinth

 

Sunday  

11:00-11:45	The O.G.’s
12:00-12:45	Jazz FM Showcase
13:00-13:45	Blue Soul Tree
14:00-14:45	Sur Les Docks
15:00-15:45	Ben Russell and The Charmers
16:00-16:45	Project F

 

Harry The Hop’s Family Fun Area 

 

Enjoy some great family entertainment in this area, including the fun fair, Punch and Judy, magic shows & workshops!    Then you can spend a little time in Harry’s fun tent and do some drawing and colouring; and maybe even meet Harry himself!    The family fun area is located in the Central Car Park - just look for the big wheel.

Activities
10:00 – 11:00		Juggle-It-All Circus Workshop
12:15 – 12:45		Punch & Judy Show
12:30 – 13:30		Juggle-It-All Stilt Walking in the town
12:45 – 14:00		Circus workshop in the Family Fun Area
14:00 – 14:45		Juggle-It-All Magic & Giant Balloon Show
14:45 – 15:15		Punch & Judy Show
15:15 – 16:15		Juggle-It-All Stilt Walking in the Town
15:15 – 16:15		Circus workshop in the Family Fun Area
16:30 – 17:00		Juggle-It-All Magic and Juggling Show

Activities
11:00 – 12:00		Juggle-It-All Stilt Walking in the Town
11:00 – 12:15		Circus Workshop in the Family Fun Area
12:15 – 12:45		Punch & Judy Show
12:30 – 13:30		Juggle-It-All Stilt Walking in the Town
14:00 – 14:45		Juggle-It-All Magic & Giant Balloon Show
14:45 – 15:15		Punch & Judy Show
15:15 – 16:15		Juggle-It-All Stilt Walking in the Town
15:15 – 16:15		Circus workshop in the Family Fun Area
16:30 – 17:00		Juggle-It-All Magic and Juggling Show

 

Morris & Dance 

Be sure to catch the dance displays which will be happening around the town over the weekend.  

Many will be similar to those listed below from last year! 

Saturday 2nd September
Dance Schedule – Post Office, East Street
12pm to 1pm		1.30pm to 2:30pm		2.45pm to 3:30pm		3.45pm to 4.30pm
Bows ‘n’ Belles Royal Liberty Morris Anaconda Dance Group Dead Horse Morris Balaton Hungarian Dancers The Broomdashers		Dead Horse Morris Creekside Cloggers Royal Liberty Morris Oyster Morris (Men) Balaton Hungarian Dancers Oyster Morris (Women) The Broomdashers		Creekside Cloggers Oyster Morris (Men) Bows ‘n’ Belles Wicked Belly Morris Anaconda Dance Group Oyster Morris (Women) Balaton Hungarian Dancers		The Drumskullz Bows ‘n’ Belles Marlings Clog Dead Horse Morris Tribal Banshees Balaton Hungarian Dancers The Broomdashers
Dance Schedule – Stone Street
12pm to 1pm		1.30pm to 2.30pm		2.45pm to 3.30pm		3.45pm to 4.30pm
The Drumskullz Creekside Cloggers Oyster Morris (Men) Marlings Clog Wicked Belly Morris Tribal Banshees Oyster Morris (Women)		The Drumskullz Marlings Clog Tribal Banshees Wicked Belly Morris Anaconda Dance Group Bows ‘n’ Belles		The Drumskullz Marlings Clog Dead Horse Morris Royal Liberty Morris Tribal Banshees The Broomdashers		Royal Liberty Morris Oyster Morris (Men) Wicked Belly Morris Anaconda Dance Group Creekside Cloggers Oyster Morris (Women)
Sunday 3rd September
Dance Schedule – Post Office, East Street
12pm to 1pm		1.30pm to 2.30pm		2.45pm to 3.30pm
The Drumskullz Dead Horse Morris Tribal Banshees The Broomdashers		Dead Horse Morris Alive and Kicking Morris Clog The Broomdashers Boughton Monchelsea Morris		Alive and Kicking Morris Clog Tribal Banshees The Drumskullz Boughton Monchelsea Morris
Dance Schedule – Stone Street
12pm to 1pm		1.30pm to 2.30pm		2.45pm to 3.30pm
Alive and Kicking Morris Clog Boughton Monchelsea Morris Wicked Belly Morris Royal Liberty Morris		Royal Liberty Morris Tribal Banshees Wicked Belly Morris The Drumskullz		Royal Liberty Morris The Broomdashers Wicked Belly Morris Dead Horse Morris

 

Volunteers ~ Positions Vacant 

There are many tasks involved in delivering this major event safely each year, and below we list those we currently need some help with (if something appears to be missing it means that at this stage THAT role is filled but may appear again later should the position become vacant once more). 

The roles themselves break down into the following basic categories:- 

Runners 

These vital roles within the machine just keep everything oiled and running smoothly. Without them, there is no one to re-stock the merchandisers, take water out to the teams on the ground, check on and re-supply the stewards with information leaflets and other materials, manage rotation of the cash donation buckets and carry non-urgent messages back and forth to control. 

Ground Crew 

These helpers are primarily responsible for setup and take down tasks at the start and end of the festival, and start and end of each day. Roles include helping the security teams site stall holders, accepting and siting toilet units, ensure signs are delivered and erected correctly around the town and the stages (and taken down and collected again), setup and take down of the information / merchandising stands each day and help with cash collection from the merchandising stalls at the entrance points to the festival. 

 Stage Helpers 

Stage helper roles range from assisting access for performers and VIP guests around the stage, set up / take down of bands (under the direction of the Stage Manager), selling merchandise front of stage, crowd monitoring and distributing water in hot weather. 

 Festival Hosts 

Stewards are there to keep people happy and keep them smiling, giving out directions, answering questions and generally helping things along. They are never to be considered replacements to police or event security. They are given T-Shirts to help identify them to the visiting public (which they get to keep). 

 Marshals 

Marshals are there to control and “marshal” the crowd and make sure they go where-ever event control need them to go, for whatever reason (for instance helping direct traffic flow safely into and out of the road closure area). To help them stand out they have hi-vis vests, and are primarily the eyes and ears of event control on the ground. 

 For more information visit www.favershamhopfestival.org

Faversham Hop Festival

PO Box 266

Faversham, Kent

ME13 3AW

01795 700132