31-528: Hop Farm Music Festival was an annual music festival at The Hop Farm Country Park in Paddock Wood , Kent , England, first created by John Vincent Power of Festival Republic . After its first year it was nominated at the UK Festival Awards with "Best New Festival". It came about after a survey was conducted among festival fans with the general feeling revealed to be that they always felt
62-472: A five-year slide in visitor numbers, however in 2013 the company went into liquidation. It was rescued by another company from within The Hop Farm group. The main event was the annual War and Peace Show . First put on in 1982, it had grown to be the largest military vehicle show in the world, with 10,000 enthusiasts and over 3,500 vehicles attending. It moved to Folkestone Race Course in 2012, after
93-630: A television show by the same name on Sky History in 2023. Kane was born to David and Julie Grineau in Enfield , North London and brought up in Essex , where he still lives. He studied English at Middlesex University and graduated with a degree in Media Writing. Kane's father had worked as an extra, and he himself took on a couple of youthful acting roles in the early 90s, under the name Russell Grineaux. Turning to comedy, in 2004, Kane won
124-405: A water supply. The main line-up for 2010 was as follows: Others who performed through the event included Pete Doherty , The Magic Numbers , Imelda May , Damien Dempsey , Laura Marling , Foy Vance , Johnny Flynn and many others. The year also saw the introduction of a camp stage within the campsite, free for those who had bought weekend camping tickets, but only one day entrance ticket to
155-692: The Laughing Horse New Act of the Year , and in the same year he was runner-up to Nick Sun in So You Think You're Funny . In 2005, he joined Ray Peacock , Russell Howard and Reginald D. Hunter on the national Paramount Edinburgh and Beyond tour. He was a roving reporter alongside Annie Mac , for the live music event Guerrilla Gig , which aired on BBC Three in March 2006. In July 2006, he wrote and presented travelogues for
186-737: The Tunbridge Wells SpaFest , to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of the town but it was called off due to local complaints, and a substitute concert was staged at The Hop Farm. That year also saw Terry Wogan's Summer Proms staged there. Over the first weekend of July between 2008 and 2012, the Hop Farm Festival was held at the park. Starting in 2008, the festival grew to a capacity of over 50,000 people, playing host to many internationally artists including Bob Dylan , Prince , The Eagles , Blondie , Neil Young , Primal Scream , The Fratellis and Florence and
217-516: The BBC Radio 4 series Evil Genius . This programme is an exploration of famous people in contemporary history. Kane married fellow comedian Sadie Hasler in 2010. They met while studying at Middlesex University . They divorced nine months later. He married hair and makeup artist and model, Lindsey Cole in 2014. They had met when Cole had attended one of his shows and later connected through social media. They have one daughter. Kane mentions he
248-584: The BBC's Live at the Apollo . In 2009, Kane returned to Edinburgh with a stand-up show entitled Human Dressage , which was nominated for 2009 Best Comedy Show Edinburgh Comedy Award for the second time. Kane appeared on the presenting team of the 2009 ITV2 spin-off show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here – Now , which he co-hosted with Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash . Two contestants that year were Gino D'Acampo and Katie Price . He returned to Australia for
279-609: The Best Comedy Show award in 2010. Although known mainly for stand-up comedy, for television, he has presented Big Brother's Big Mouth (2007), I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here - Now (2009-2011), Freak Like Me (2010), Geordie Shore: The Reunion and Britain Unzipped (2012), Live at the Electric (2013), Stupid Man, Smart Phone (2016), and hosted the BBC Radio 4 series Evil Genius in 2018 as well as
310-573: The Hop Farm hosted an all-new Hop Farm Music Festival 2014 which featured headline artists including Brian Wilson, Ray Davies, James Blunt and Grace Jones. Subsequent festivals planned by a new organisation no longer related to John Vincent Power did not take place, and the Hop Farm Festival Company entered liquidation in 2014. The first ever Hop Farm Music Festival was just a one-day event on 6 July with only one stage. The day
341-542: The Machine among others, but after making a loss in 2012, the festival was cancelled in 2013 due to poor ticket sales. Since 2015 the park has been the location of Chilled in a Field Festival . Russell Kane Russell Kane (born Russell David Anthony Grineau ; 19 August 1975) is an English writer, comedian, and actor. He has four times been nominated at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards , winning
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#1732787864650372-450: The arena. Marcus Bonfanti and Robinson were among those who performed. The years celebrity football tournament participants included the return of the former Big Brother contestants along with the cast of Waterloo Road , Mumford and Sons and Johnny Flynn among others. The 2011 event returned during its normal two-day slot in the first weekend of July. 6 weeks prior to the opening date of the festival, organisers announced an extra date to
403-458: The brewery opened it up to visitors as early as the 1930s. As Whitbread were seeking to move out of the brewing trade, they began looking for new owners in the 1990s. In 1997, Mohamed Al-Fayed wanted to buy The Hop Farm to stable his shire horses , and another rival wanted it for a rare breeds centre, but Brent and Fiona Pollard were successful in their purchase, at a cost of 2 million pounds, beating their nearest rival by £5,000. Unfortunately
434-576: The business was in trouble; turnover was around £700,000 a year and in 1995 losses were £1.5 million. In their first year the Pollands reduced staff from 50 to 14 and suffered a drought, floods, a gas pipeline installation and the outbreak of foot and mouth disease . However they broke even, and in subsequent years their profits grew. In 2006, The Hop Farm was sold to Kent Attractions Ltd and in 2007 sold again to Peter Bull. In 2012, The Hop Farm underwent radical management restructure in an effort to halt
465-409: The festival participated by, among many others, some former Big Brother contestants. The 2010 festival was held on the weekend of 2–3 July over 3 stages and proved to a controversial year. Before the festival had even started people complained of misleading ticket sales. Originally marketed as once again, a one-day festival, tickets went on sale for a second date much later, one month to the event, to
496-525: The festival to be headlined by Prince . The addition of an extra date 3 months after the initial tickets were put on sale created much anger towards the festival for misleading ticket buyers yet again, after a similar incident the previous year. 2011 saw the return of the well received Camp Acoustic stage. Brother and Bones, Tankus the Henge , Never the Bride and Nathan Mercado, among others, all performed during
527-550: The largest collection of oast houses in the world. Hops have been grown on the farm since at least the 16th century. It was purchased in 1574 by William Lambarde who transferred the farm's ownership the following year to the Worshipful Company of Drapers , with the intention that the rental from the farm should be used to help fund a set of almshouses in Greenwich which he had established. The farm remained in
558-453: The lowest in priority and importance. The survey resulted in the first Hop Farm Festival in 2008, as a 30,000 crowd capacity festival centered on folk and independent music, with a specific aim of a return to "back to basics" organisation with a no sponsorship, no branding, no VIP attitude. Children under twelve, since the festival's inception, have had free entry. In May 2013 it was announced the sixth festival had been cancelled. On 4–6 July 2014
589-537: The newly launched Five US . In August 2006, Kane performed his debut comedy show The Theory of Pretension at the Edinburgh Fringe , where he was nominated for a best newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Award . He presented Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4 and Channel 4 in June 2007. In 2008, Kane was the host of BBC Radio 2 's Out to Lunch from series 4 onwards. He presented a Sunday afternoon show on
620-558: The organiser became unhappy with the Hop Farm owners. The show has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. In addition to this, the park hosts a number of events such as European Championship Monster Truck Racing, The Kent County Fair, and Paws in the Park (It has since moved to the Kent Showground Detling). The Hop Farm is also an outdoor music venue. In 2006 a concert starring Craig David should have launched
651-538: The ownership of the Drapers' Company for over 300 years and became a major producer of hops for the brewing industry, in particular supplying Whitbread . During the late 19th century the farm was rented by Edward White , described as the "father of the hop industry" and as a "legend" in the industry. He expanded the farm and was influential in developing new varieties of hop, including the White Golding which
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#1732787864650682-550: The relaunched Q Radio digital radio station. Later the same year, he took his stand-up show Gaping Flaws to Glasgow and the Edinburgh Festival, earning 2008 Best Comedy Show Nominee at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards . He also wrote an hour-long play, The Lamentable Tragedie of Yates's Wine Lodge based on his own creation of Fakespeare. On 20 November 2008, Kane performed at the Hammersmith Apollo for
713-593: The show in 2010 and 2011. In April 2010, while appearing on the Australian TV show Good News Week , Kane made a joke centred on autistic children, prompting an apology from the network and criticism from the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities . Later that year, Kane appeared live in Cardiff, along with his impressionist and comedienne wife Sadie Hasler, who preceded his act. Kane
744-403: The surprise and annoyance of many who had already bought a ticket. The organisation of the festival has been subject to much criticism, this included the long queues, poor sound system and a water pressure malfunction. It was during the late afternoon of Saturday, that the only water pump supplying the camp of 20,000 with water suffered a pressure malfunction and subsequently left the camp bereft of
775-523: The three days, and there was also the new Busker's Boulevard, in which artists performed all along the main path between the campsite and the arena, to accompany the attendees and make the long walk shorter. The Hop Farm Country Park The Hop Farm is a 400-acre (1.6 km ) Country Park in Beltring , near East Peckham in the English county of Kent . The farm is over 450 years old and has
806-473: The weekend. Hop Farm Festival returned in 2012 during its usual date of the first weekend of July. Despite much time taken by the organisers to release the line up, which indeed led to speculation that it had actually been cancelled, the line up was released in March. The main line up can be seen below. 2012 saw the return of the comedy stage where comedians such as Russell Kane , Stephen K Amos , Patrick Monahan, Ant Dewson and Jollyboat performed. As well as
837-475: The welcomed return of the comedy stage was the Camp Acoustic where Jamie Abbott, Ilona and Marcus Bonfanti (amongst others) performed. Younger soloists like Mary Epworth also made their first appearance in 2012. In addition to this was the introduction of two new locations for musicians to perform. Located adjacent the bars was the new Power's Bar Stage which played host to many independent artists over
868-421: Was headlined by Neil Young with Primal Scream , Guillemots , Supergrass , Laura Marling , Rufus Wainwright , My Morning Jacket and Everest also playing. The 2009 festival was scheduled for 3–5 July, a now 2 day festival with a capacity increased to 53,000 and an extra 2 stages introduced. The main acts over the event period are shown below. 2009 marked the first year of a celebrity football tournament at
899-606: Was narrator and presenter Freak Like Me on BBC Three during the winter of 2010. In August 2011, he appeared for the first time on the BBC Radio Four comedy panel game Just a Minute , which he won. In November 2011, he won a Children in Need edition of Celebrity Mastermind , with the specialist subject "The Life and Novels of Evelyn Waugh ". On 5 July 2011 and 27 March 2012, he presented Geordie Shore: The Reunion for MTV . His debut novel, The Humorist ,
930-775: Was published by Simon & Schuster in April 2012. In 2012, he co-presented Britain Unzipped with Greg James on BBC Three , which was renamed Unzipped for series 2. He was the presenter of the BBC Three show Live at the Electric , which ran for three series, and co-hosted the 2013 chat show Staying In with Greg James . In 2016, Kane presented the BBC Three travel series Stupid Man, Smart Phone . In January 2018, Kane participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief . In March 2018, Kane started hosting
961-467: Was used extensively by Whitbread. When White retired in 1920 the farm was sold to the brewery, the first time it had changed ownership in more than 300 years. It was managed by John Waghorn, described as "as much a legend as the master before him". The farm remained in Whitbread's ownership until 1997, gradually becoming known The Whitbread Hop Farm . It originally remained as a working farm, although