Playing on the Farm

10/07/2024

Looking forward to ale on tap this year from the brilliant Stroud Brewery, just down the road. Dunkertons cider too, another neighbour. £2 for a POTF reusable cup and a memory for years to come! All bar profits to Medicins Sans Frontieres.

06/07/2024

*** Last TEN tickets for Playing on the Farm 2024 ***

Grab em while you can, it’s going to be a memorable weekend 😍

Hi Deadheads and lovers of the vibe here is the info you’ve been waiting for. Ticket numbers are limited to 300 so don’t miss out !

24/06/2024

ON THE BUS WITH ROBERT HUNTER A MILE FROM POTF....

Tales of the Great Rum Runners was a great listen on the latest Deadcast . If you’re coming to Playing on the Farm you might be interested in the little tale below....

June 1981 Glastonbury CND Festival - had offered to do a few hours at the performers entrance onto the farm . Just a field gate in a narrow lane with high hedges . Very quiet and then an old car pulls up and who should be at the wheel not Cowboy Neal but Robert Hunter . Holy Baloney ! Said something cool like " Hey its Robert Hunter " to which he replied " How come you know who I am ? " Told him we were having a little festival in the Cotswolds in August and would love him to play and he suggested coming to see him after his gig at Trinity Hall in Bristol and we could chat then . He played his set on the huge newly built metal monster pyramid stage in front of a few folk and remember thinking it was way too impersonal and he should have been in a cosy tent somewhere else on site . Don't remember much about Trinity Hall except we met for a chat in his dressing room afterwards and he said he would come and play for £100 - the contract was a pipe of hash and a handshake . Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T.Barnum and Charlie Chan …... Yes and true to his word he did come on August 15th and played to a small chilled out crowd in the sun in the magic valley. Not sure many folk new who he was but he got a polite round of applause . Only embarrassment was one of our local cider drinkers climbed onto the stage mid set and embraced him in a loving bear hug - we had to prise him off Hunter and trouper that he was he carried on playing . Had a laugh about it afterwards and he drove off into the sunset with his guitar case . Seems like a dream now.

Check out the link to a very rough and ready audience tape the only record of his set .

https://archive.org/details/rh1981-08-15.aud.83464

01/06/2024

5 of the limited edition of 25 Playing On The Farm tees.
Handtied for us on the farm by Leah who will joining us in the field with her family and a small selection of childrens tiedyes .

Ever checked out Oakland 2/17/79 ? pretty awesome show
Donna’s last and like POTF a benefit gig .
Drums into the The Wheel whoaaa …….###

17/05/2024

If you’re interested in the Neolithic period we will have a visit to the farm museum midmorning on Sunday July 14th where you can see and handle our collection of worked flints collected on the farm .

DON'T LEAVE BOOKING TOO LATE, OVER 3/4 OF OUR 300 TICKETS HAVE SOLD AREADY !!!

https://www.theorganicfarmshop.co.uk/whats-on/playing-on-the-farm/

09/05/2024

28/04/2024

Delighted to say we have Andy Roberts deadhead and renowned author joining us at POTF on the evening of Friday July 12th.

He will be talking on UK PSYCHEDELIC HISTORY & ITS TRANSATLANTIC LINKS, followed by a Q&A .

This one off opportunity will take the place of a Grateful Dead film originally planned.

https://www.theorganicfarmshop.co.uk/whats-on/playing-on-the-farm/

14/04/2024

Found in long grass at Playing on the Farm campsite . If you lost this little tin last year let us know ! See you in July .

Love and light POTF crew

06/03/2024

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard - March 2024

BEWARE DANCERS IN GARISH T SHIRTS !

Local parents have been warned to keep their children away from a Gloshire organic farm this summer following reports that followers of an American cult known as Deadheads are gathering at Abbey Home Farmover the weekend of July 12-14 “ To Celebrate The Music Of The Grateful Dead “ . Footage of similar
gatherings in the USA show scenes of devotees of all ages dressed in garishly coloured teeshirts and indulging in ecstatic dancing to bands playing Grateful Dead music . Disturbing tales of brainwashing and lifechanging experiences have been widely reported in the press .

To date Abbey Home Farm have declined to comment ....

23/01/2024

This year the bar will have Stroud Brewery on tap. Delish local brews from our friends just up the road.

There will also be food served on the Friday night for those coming for the whole shebang. More choice this year and some exciting breakfast additions....

23/01/2024

Excited to have some very limited edition POTF 2024 tees. Tie dyed right here on the farm! Will be available online soon.

18/10/2023

GREAT NEWS PLAYING ON THE FARM 2024 TICKETS NOW ON SALE !

Hi Deadheads and lovers of the vibe here is the info you’ve been waiting for. Ticket numbers are limited to 300 so don’t miss out !

16/12/2022

ROBERT HUNTER BACK IN THE DAY

June 1981 Glastonbury CND Festival - I had offered to do a few hours at the performers entrance into the farm . Just a field gate in a narrow lane . Very quiet and then an old car pulls up and who should be at the wheel not Cowboy Neal but Robert Hunter . Holy Baloney ! I said something cool like " Hey its Robert Hunter " to which he replied " How come you know who I am ? " Told him we were having a little festival in the Cotswolds in August and would love him to play and he suggested to come and see him after his gig at Trinity Hall in Bristol and we could chat then . He played his set on the huge newly built metal monster pyramid stage in front of a few folk and remember thinking it was way too impersonal and he should have been in a cosy tent somewhere else on site .

Don't remember much about Trinity Hall except we met for a chat in his dressing room afterwards and he said he would come and play for us for £100 - the contract a pipe of hash and a handshake . Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T.Barnum and Charlie Chan …... Yes and true to his word he did come on August 15th and played to our small chilled out crowd in the sun in the magic Roughhill valley - not sure many knew who he was but he got a big hand . Only embarrassment was one of our local ciderheads climbed onto the stage mid set and embraced Hunter in a loving bear hug - we had to prise him off and trouper that he was he carried on playing . Had a laugh about it afterwards and he drove off into the sunset with his guitar case .

Roughhill valley is on our neighbour’s farm a mile away as a crow flys from POTF - its a beaut walk across the fields .

04/12/2022

Hi Deadheads and heads that arent Dead

We've set up a page for POTF for news and interactions .
Hope it will be helpful .
Oh and only a dozen Earlybird tickets left !

Bye for now Will