Brand new Gloucester festival Barn On The Farm (www.barnonthefarm.moonfruit.com) launches this week, and its folk-filled lineup is sure to offer the kind of ramshackle hoedown to be remembered and talked about for a long time to come. The festival will be taking place in the grounds of Over Farm in Gloucester next month – see www.overfarmmarket.co.uk – from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th July.

This ultra-intimate festival is limited to just 200 tickets, and they’re selling fast! Priced at just £30 for the whole weekend, all profits from the festival go to two very important charities – Global Footsteps (www.global-footsteps.org) and Friends of Nowder (www.friendsofnowder.org), both of which support social, economic and environmental sustainability projects globally.

The festival will be headlined by Communion’s Matthew & The Atlas, with the rest of the lineup looking just as stunning:
MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS – www.myspace.com/matthewandtheatlas
FRANK HAMILTON – www.myspace.com/frankhamiltonband
ADELAIDE’S CAPE – www.myspace.com/adelaidescape
THOM STONE – www.myspace.com/superthom
SPINDLE & WIT – www.myspace.com/spindleandwit
LINDSAY WEST – www.myspace.com/lindsaywest
D-FINITIVE – www.myspace.com/dfinitive
JASPER – www.myspace.com/jaspertunes
LOVE.STOP.REPEAT – www.myspace.com/lovestoprepeat
AIMEE BEA – www.myspace.com/aimeebeanice
JON FAZAL – www.myspace.com/jonfazal
NEW FOLK UNIT – www.youtube.com/user/BetweenYouandMeMusic#p/u/1/I0wS4t6etIw

Tickets are available now via www.skiddle.com/events/11375316 and are priced at just £30 for the weekend including camping, or just £15 for a Saturday day ticket. There is a Facebook Event here: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128354000509605&ref=ts.