page_title: Farmer Phil's Festival
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Farmer Phil's Festival / History
caption_attribution_description: Ferocious Dog playing on the Main Stage of Farmer Phil's Festival, 13/8/17
context_page_description: Farmer Phil's Festival is a music festival that takes place in early August at Near Gatten Farm, near Ratlinghope, Shropshire. The festival was founded by, and is managed by the eponymous Philip Harding and was first held in 1998.
context_section_description: Early festivals were simply a marquee in a corner of one of the farm's fields.  The festival has since grown to its current capacity of around 2,000, and expanded from a two to three-day festival in 2009. The festival proper takes place from Friday to Sunday, although the festival is unusual in that it allows festival-goers to camp for the entire week before, from Monday onwards, with occasional musical acts events during that time.
caption: Main Stage in 2017 - Ferocious Dog on stage
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