On the 5th and 6th of August, Electric Gardens will be hosting a brand new and intimate music festival at the beautiful Mount Ephraim Gardens in Kent.

A boutique festival with a very current musical head, an ear for a hot band, a good pair of dancing feet and ? just as importantly ? a taste for top flight grub, Electric Gardens brings together some of the best bands around including The Charlatans, The Automatic, Larrikin Love, The Long Blondes, Scully and The Fratellis with an impressive roster of alternative dance acts including Cassius, Caged Baby, Layo & Bushwacka and Audio Bullys. Not to mention serving up a very nice bacon sarnie.

With many festivals growing to a size that can compromise both their charm and their structure, here at Electric Gardens HQ we?ve chosen to plan a more intimate event. This scale provides the potential to create the event around our headline artists, the emphasis being on getting the right mix of bands and DJs, and promoting the event together and providing an all round quality festival experience.

And Electric Gardens doesn?t believe in overcharging the punter like so many other festivals. Without any reductions on quality, you can have the best weekend of the year for the ridiculous price of just ?20 per day! (more details below)

Founded by promoter Marcus Wallis, Electric Gardens is a distinctly personal project. He says: ?The name first came to me when I was walking through the gardens at this fantastic stately home near Canterbury – Mount Ephraim – and we were thinking of putting on the festival. As a massive Pink Floyd fan I remembered an event that Floyd had performed at, called the ?Electric Garden? in the early 1970?s in Glasgow, and, having always liked the name, decided on it there and then. And with our event being set amongst the most beautiful landscaped gardens in the heart of England, and with the emphasis firmly on live forward-thinking as well as electronic music, the name ?Electric Gardens? suddenly seemed very apt.?

And Reading or Chelmsford this ain?t. Mount Ephraim is a family owned stately home steeped in over three hundred years of history. The house and beautifully landscaped gardens are set amongst eight hundred acres of orchard, fields and woodland. The sloping nature of the site offers a perfect natural amphitheatre to the main stage, which is further enhanced by the stunning natural backdrop www.mountephraimgardens.co.uk

And, being a perfectly-formed boutique festival, did we mention that the food doesn?t take a back seat either? Pre- and post-dancing sustenance will be provided by local Kent-based company CBH (who?ve served the ladies and gents at British Grand Prix, Chelsea Flower Show, and the Epsom Derby no less) who are sourcing only local ingredients to provide freshly prepared dishes, including such delights as a hog roast with crackling and apple sauce, as well as their own versions of staple festival fare such as Thai Green Chicken Curry, Bangers & Mash, and stir fries.

And, finally, at Electric Gardens you can say goodbye to overpriced warm cans of lager and cheap spirits in dingy measures. The bars will be stocked with only premium spirits, top brand lager and award winning cask conditioned ale, all served to the optimum drinking temperatures and with the minimum of fuss (ie nice and cold and by friendly bar staff!)

www.electricgardensfestival.com

USEFUL INFORMATION

TICKET PRICE

Electric Gardens believes in keeping costs as low as possible without compromising on the quality of acts, facilities, or any other amenities, and we are therefore delighted to announce that ticket pricing starts at ?20 per day. That goes for early birds only and prices will rise to ?30 closer to the event.

The Box office opens at 9am Thurs 11 May www.ticketmaster.co.uk

LINE-UPS

SATURDAY AUGUST 5

ARMAND VAN HELDEN
AUDIO BULLYS
CASSIUS
LAYO & BUSHWACKA
PLUMP DJ?S
STANTON WARRIORS
CAGEDBABY
GRANDADBOB
PAUL ARNOLD
NATHAN DETROIT
WARREN SUICIDE
SUICIDE SPORTS CLUB
TOUCHE

SUNDAY AUGUST 6

THE CHARLATANS
THE AUTOMATIC
MORNING RUNNER
THE YOUNG KNIVES
THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO
THE LONG BLONDES
THE FRATELLIS
LARRIKIN LOVE
MOHAIR
THE HOT PUPPIES
THE EARLIES
ADEM
MCRAFT
THE BOYFRIENDS
SCULLY
ABSENTEE

TRAVEL DETAILS

The site is located 7 miles from the university town of Canterbury and is easily accessible from major towns such as Ashford and Maidstone, which are both around a 25 minute drive away. Faversham is 10mins away, Canterbury 15mins away and Whitstable 10 mins away.

Electric Gardens offers easy access to both the A2/M2, which is less than a mile away from the site.

The local train stations are Canterbury and Faversham, which are easily accessed via London Victoria, Waterloo and Charing Cross.

ROAD:

If you are travelling by road, there is ample parking available at the event. Car parking is free of charge and will be sign posted from the various routes. From the M25, take the junction 2 exit onto the A2 heading south east. Follow the A2/M2 until you reach junction 7, where the road becomes the A299. At the next roundabout follow the signs to the Electric Gardens site.

If traveling via another route, head for junction 7 on the M2 as above, for entrance.

RAIL:

RAIL: A pre booked bus service will be in operation from Faversham railway station, which can be reached via London Victoria (for a full timetable of connecting trains visit www.setrains.co.uk).

To book your seat on the bus service and ensure availability please contact the Electric Gardens team at Info@electricgardensfestival.com

We are planning a bus service from Faversham station. Please contact the Electric Gardens team via this LINK () if you require the bus service from the train station to the event.

Trains run from London Victoria, Waterloo and Charing Cross to Canterbury and Faversham roughly every half hour. For a full timetable go to www.setrains.co.uk

If travelling on the Eurostar, there is a frequent train service between Ashford International and Canterbury West. For timetable visit www.eurostar.com

ACCOMODATION

There are no camping or accommodation facilities on site and for this reason we would advise for any people wishing to stay in the locality on either night to make prior reservations for accommodation. For information regarding local B & B?s, Hotels and Camp sites please go to www.kenttourism.co.uk and follow the ?where to stay? link.

Alternatively, all inclusive festival tickets and accommodation packages can be booked via www.lastminute.com

OPENING TIMES

Gates will open midday on both the 5th & 6th August and the event closes at 23.00hrs on the Saturday and 22.00hrs on the Sunday.