Forfey Festival

{{infobox music festival |

| music_festival_name = Forfey Festival

| image = File:Forfey_Festival_Logo.png

| caption =

| location = Forfey Farm
Lisnaskea
County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland

| years_active= 2006–2014

| founders = Matt Minford

| dates = Vary

| genre = Folk, rock, pop

| website =[http://forfeyfestival.co.uk forfeyfestival.co.uk]

}}

Forfey Festival was an annual music festival held on Forfey Farm near Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The festival was last held in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|title=Login • Instagram|website=Instagram.com|accessdate=9 January 2021}} Each year's memorabilia (posters, flyers, social media and merchandise) featured a different animal as its theme, predominantly drawn by Neil Gillespie. 2014 was subtitled "Anno Rex", in memory of the farm's sole permanent resident, Rex.

History

Forfey Festival was founded in 2006 by Matt Minford, bassist and vocalist of SixStarHotel.{{cite news

| last=McBride

| first=Sam

| title=New arts festival kicks off in Enniskillen

| newspaper=Belfast Telegraph

| publisher=Independent News and Media

| date=24 August 2006

| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10735585.html

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120051749/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10735585.html

| url-status=dead

| archive-date=20 November 2018

| accessdate=19 May 2012

}} His family (still) own Forfey Farm, and for a number of years it had lain largely unused.{{cite web

| title=An introduction to: Forfey Festival

| work=thisfestivalfeeling.com

| date=27 January 2010

| url=http://www.thisfestivalfeeling.com/feature/introduction-forfey-festival-0

| accessdate=19 May 2012

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216225403/http://www.thisfestivalfeeling.com/feature/introduction-forfey-festival-0

| archive-date=16 December 2012

| url-status=dead

}} For the first two years of the festival's existence, Minford was unable to obtain an entertainments licence for the farm, and so musical performances were held at other locations in Fermanagh, while the farm hosted arts exhibitions and camping. From 2008, the whole festival was held on Forfey Farm.

Location

Forfey was held on a small family farm. While the festival was in progress, one field hosted camping and one field, car parking. Music venues included three sheds (known as the Hayshed, Lie-To, and The Pit) and a cottage attic (known as "The 1951"). Various outbuildings hosted mixed-media visual art exhibitions and film screenings.{{cite web

| title=BBC – Across the Line: Forfey Festival 2010

| last=McGarrigle

| first=Amy

| work=bbc.co.uk

| publisher=BBC Online

| date=9 August 2010

| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/acrosstheline/2010/08/forfey_2010_-_round_up.html

| accessdate=19 May 2012

}}

Lineups

2006{{cite news \| last=McBride \| first=Sam \| title=Arts festival plans to get bigger \| newspaper=Belfast Telegraph \| publisher=Independent News and Media \| date=31 August 2006 \| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10735727.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222163547/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10735727.html \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=22 February 2016 \| accessdate=11 July 2012 }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 24–26 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Enniskillen \| valign="top" \| Foy Vance Sixstarhotel \| valign="top" \| Mojo Fury \| valign="top" \| We Are Knives Heeltap
class="wikitable" \|+ Forfey Festival featured artists/bands ! Year ! Dates ! Location ! colspan="3" \| Artists / Bands
2007{{cite web \| title=Forfey Festival \| work=fermanagh.gov.uk \| publisher=Fermanagh District Council \| url=http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk/Events/EventPage_view.cfm?action=update&Events_Id=1697&EventsType_Id=&Events_date=04%20Aug%202007\| accessdate=19 May 2012}} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 2–5 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Enniskillen \| valign="top" \| \| valign="top" \| \| valign="top" \|
2008{{cite web \| title=Forfey Festival 8th – 10th August 2008 \| work=fermanagh.gov.uk \| publisher=Fermanagh District Council \| date=23 July 2008 \| url=http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk/News.cfm?year=2008&month=7&action=detail&newsid=1080&website_key=47&Category_Key=167 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223172519/http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk/News.cfm?year=2008&month=7&action=detail&newsid=1080&website_key=47&Category_Key=167 \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 December 2012 \| accessdate=19 May 2012 }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 8–10 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \| And So I Watch You From Afar The Benjamins Andrew Briggs Checquerboard Elliott from the West Kowalski \| valign="top" \| Kyron and the Strangels LaFaro Lowly Knights Lee Mitchell Panama Kings The Rumplestiltskins \| valign="top" \| SixStarHotel Strait Laces Sully Micah Vincent
2009{{cite web \| title=Forfey Line-Up Announced \| work=iheartau.com \| publisher=AU Magazine \| date=2 July 2009 \| url=http://iheartau.com/2009/07/forfey-line-up-announced/ \| accessdate=19 May 2012 }}{{cite news \| title=Hundreds camp out at the family-run Forfey Festival \| last=Saunderson \| first=Sarah \| newspaper=Impartial Reporter \| date=13 August 2009 \| url=http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/08/13/389517-hundreds-camp-out-at-the-familyrun-forfey-festival- \| accessdate=19 May 2012 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126141624/http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/08/13/389517-hundreds-camp-out-at-the-familyrun-forfey-festival- \| archive-date=26 January 2013 \| url-status=dead }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 7–9 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \| Adebesi Shank And So I Watch You From Afar Bad Operator (DJ) Cardigan Drive The Continuous Battle of Order Filaria The Good Fight (acoustic) Grand Pocket Orchestra \| valign="top" \| Kinnego Flux Kowalski (DJ) Lowly Knights Maguire and I David McNair Mojo Fury Napoleon Not Squares \| valign="top" \| Panama Kings Push Borders (acoustic) SixStarHotel Sully (DJ) Mel Wiggins Jamie Woon
2010{{cite web \| title=Adabesi Shank, LaFaro, Iain Archer & more for Forfey Festival \| work=hotpress.ie \| publisher=Hot Press \| date=14 June 2010 \| url=http://www.hotpress.ie/archive/6593540.html \| accessdate=19 May 2012 }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 6–8 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \| Adebesi Shank Axis Of Iain Archer Bad Operator Captain Cameron Clown Parlour Gareth Dunlop Feet for Wings \| valign="top" \| Laura Hunter Katie and the Carnival LaFaro Lowly Knights Maguire & I More than Conquerors Napoleon Not Squares \| valign="top" \| Rams' Pocket Radio Silhouette SixStarHotel Skibunny Strait Laces Sully Tea Party Urban Tramper
2011{{cite web \| title=Forfey Festival \| last=McMorran \| first=Carys \| work=bbc.co.uk \| publisher=BBC Online \| date=8 August 2011 \| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/acrosstheline/2011/08/forfey_festival.html \| accessdate=19 May 2012 }}{{cite web \| title=Forfey Festival \| last=Lennox \| first=Steve \| work=iheartau.com \| publisher=AU Magazine \| date=August 2011 \| url=http://iheartau.com/2011/08/forfey-festival-2/ \| accessdate=19 May 2012 }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 5–7 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \| Amidships Before Machines Captain Kennedy Duke Special Event Horses Farriers \| valign="top" \| Feldberg Kasper Rosa Kowalski Master and Dog Mojo Fury More than Conquerors \| valign="top" \| Daithi O'Dronai A Plastic Rose Phoenix Fire Rams' Pocket Radio Silhouette The Wonder Villains
2012{{cite web \| title=Music – Forfey Festival \| work=forfey.co.uk \| url=http://forfey.co.uk/festival/?page_id=48 \| accessdate=1 June 2012 }}{{Dead link\|date=December 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web \| title=Deadline Extension! \| work=forfey.co.uk \| date=31 May 2012 \| url=http://forfey.co.uk/festival/?p=775 \| accessdate=1 June 2012 }}{{Dead link\|date=December 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 3-5 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \| Axis Of Bad Operator Before Machines David C. Clements Clown Parlour Colly Strings Farriers Feet for Wings Fred \| valign="top" \| Go Wolf Havana House Party In Case of Fire The Jepettos Katie and the Carnival The Lowly Knights Master & Dog More Than Conquerors Morning Claws \| valign="top" \| Not Squares Katharine Philippa Runaway Go Sons of Caliber Strait Laces Sullivan and Gold Window Seats Wonder Villains
2013{{cite web \|title = Music – Forfey Festival \|work = forfeyfestival.co.uk \|url = http://forfeyfestival.co.uk \|accessdate = 1 June 2013 \|url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130618112331/http://www.forfeyfestival.co.uk/ \|archivedate = 18 June 2013 \|df = dmy-all }} \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 9-11 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \| Alana Henderson Amidships Arborist Axis Of BeeMickSee Beulah Kim Craig McConkey Daithi O'Dronai Ed Zealous Enemies \| valign="top" \| Feet For Wings Go Wolf Hannah McPhillimy Hologram Jamie Neish Joshua Burnside Kasper Rosa Katharine Philippa Katie & The Carnival Little Rivers \| valign="top" \| Mojo Fury Patrick Gardiner PigsAsPeople Seven Summits Skeletons Sons of Burlap Sons of Caliber The 1930s The Emerald Armada The King Said
2014 \| align="center" valign="middle" \| 1-3 August \| align="center" valign="middle" \| Forfey Farm \| valign="top" \|

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130618112331/http://www.forfeyfestival.co.uk/ Official Website]
[http://vimeo.com/6705711 Video documentary (Babysweet Sessions 2009)]

Category:Music festivals in Northern Ireland

Category:Recurring events established in 2006

Category:County Fermanagh

Category:2006 establishments in Northern Ireland

Category:Summer in Northern Ireland