| Chilled in a Field Festival | |
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 Sunday afternoon at the festival | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | Dance, folk, rock, indie |
| Frequency | Annual (Last weekend July) |
| Location(s) | Bentley, Sussex, England |
| Years active | 14 |
| Inaugurated | 2010 |
| Most recent | 26 July 2019 – 28 July 2019 |
| Attendance | 1,500 (2015) |
| Website | www |
Chilled in a Field Festival is a small, family-friendly [1] music festival in the United Kingdom. First run in 2010, [2] in 2014 it was listed by The Guardian as one of their "Top 25 summer festivals for music and arts lovers, foodies and families", [3] and given a Gold Award by the family festival review website Festival Kidz. [4] The festival now draws an attendance of 1,500+, [5] having grown from an attendance of only 120 people in its first year. [2]
The festival was first held in Hawkhurst, Kent, [2] and has also been held at The Hop Farm Country Park in Paddock Wood. [6] and at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum in Sussex. Bands headlining the festival have included The Egg, Cocos Lovers, She Drew The Gun, and Tankus the Henge. [7] The festival was most recently held in 2019. As of 2022 [update] it is on indefinite hiatus as the result of financial difficulties arising from missing 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8]
