Adults - £13
Kids under 12 - 16 - £6.50
Kids 11 and under - £3.50
Family tickets - 2 adults, unlimited kids - £26
Join us for our final event of 2019 our Samhain celebration. Delicious homemade vegan stew made with love in our outdoor field kitchen is included in the price of entry. Plus lots more vegan food and mulled cider available for purchase. There will be music, a fire sculpture, carved pumpkins, a very sc-a-a-a-a-ry cake competition, a guided tour, music, atmospheric lighting and more…
Kid-friendly fancy dress is optional, and don’t forget your warm and weather proof clothing, and wellies!!!
Join us for a a relaxing afternoon and an opportunity to get to know our residents.
Quality time with the animals
Vegan picnic food and cakes for sale
PLEASE donate vegan cakes to help us fundraise :)
Friend merch available
We encourage you ideally and where possible to come by public transport and there will be ongoing lifts to and from Paddock Wood station at the start and end of the day. Lifts will be from the side of the station where trains come in from London.
If you come by car we request that when parking you remain mindful of our neighbours. Please don’t park outside our neighbour’s properties and make sure you don’t park in/or block anyone’s driveways. Also please park on the actual road rather than up on the grass verges. Thank you
For more information on getting here visit our VISIT page
Adults £7
Kids 11 and under £3
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary is located on a beautiful 10 acre site in rural Kent. We were established in 1994 and have given sanctuary to upward of 2000 animals in the following 25 years. We currently have approximately 200 non human animal residents including pigs, goats, sheep, cows, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys and more.
Each year our annual vegan music festival gets bigger and better! Please join us this year for our 25th year celebratory 2 day festival with live music, amazing vegan food, awesome company, outdoor camping, and glorious summer vibes.
All proceeds after costs come to Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary
Sorry no dogs allowed (except for guide dogs) to prioritise the safety of our free range rescued animals.
This is vegan festival, please fully respect these principles by not bringing any meat, eggs or dairy onsite.
Our animals are our number 1 priority. FRIEND is a large 10 acre site and the music is contained centrally away from the animals who are free-roaming as much as possible. They are able to keep a very comfortable distance throughout the weekend and remain in very peaceful areas of the sanctuary with little impact on their day to day business. The volunteers see FRIEND as the animals' home first and foremost, and a space for the musical festival second and we manage the event with their well-being prioritised
7pm- 8.20pm:
(with full light sound and trance effects )
8.30pm- 9.00pm:
9.10pm - 10pm:
10pm -11pm:
2pm - 12.30pm
6.45- 7.00
(sanctuary owner will give a talk)
7.00-7.40pm
12.35-12.55pm
3.15pm-3.45pm
4:15 - 4:45 pm
5.30pm-6.00pm
11.00pm-00.00
12.00pm-12.35om
6.30-7.30
12.35pm-1pm
1.30pm-2.10pm
2.35pm-3.10pm
3.50-4.30
5.20pm-6.20pm
Adults £40 online / £50 on the gate
Kids 12-16 £20
Kids 11 and under donation only
Adults £20 online / £25 on the gate
Kids 12-16 £10
Adults £12 online / £15 on the gate
Kids 12-16 £6
Please join us for a magical, midsummer gathering at Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary.
Put the birds to bed
Cosy and intimate party round the fire pit
Fire sculpture
Bring your own bottle
Smokey vegan barbecue
Drumming and music round the fire pit (if you play please bring your instruments with you).
Camping (we have rustic compost toilet facilities on site)
Watching the sunrise
Sunrise yoga and meditation
Letting the birds out and feed the animals
Breakfast and lunch included
Vegan donuts, teas, cakes, soft drinks, and juices for sale
Guided tour
Mini raffle
Friend Sanctuary merchandise for sale
Veggie bags to feed the animals
Feeding the pigs
Resting and relaxing
Spending time with the animals
And more…
You will be able to park on site. For information on getting here visit our VISIT page
Adults £10 (£15 on the gate)
Kids 16 and under £5
Please join us for a special spring open day celebrating 25 years of animal rescue
Friend Farm Animal Sanctuary was established in 1994 and this year we have very proudly achieved our 25th year. In our lifetime we have been able to offer a loving, caring, lifelong, no-kill, free-roaming, safe-haven to almost 2000 abandoned, abused and neglected non-human animals including a large number rescued from the meat and dairy industries.
We will be celebrating with a big open day with guided tours, a 25 prize raffle, vegan food, vegan cakes, feeding the animals, live music and lots more...
We will also unveil our new goat paddock in the afternoon and Hella, Amma, Astrid and Freya our 4 new baby goats will be graduating out the paddock on that day too to become free roaming with the big goats.
Please help us celebrate our 25th Anniversary at our first open day of the year
We encourage you ideally and where possible to come by public transport and there will be ongoing lifts to and from Paddock Wood station at the start and end of the day. Lifts will be from the side of the station where trains come in from London.
If you come by car we request that when parking you remain mindful of our neighbours. Please don’t park outside our neighbour’s properties and make sure you don’t park in/or block anyone’s driveways. Also please park on the actual road rather than up on the grass verges. Thank you
For more information on getting here visit our VISIT page
Set vegan lunch included
Guided tour
Raffle with 25 prizes
Vegan cakes for sale
New anniversary merchandise for sale
Hand feed some of the animals (we provide bags of food)
Watch the pigs being fed
Goat paddock unveiling and letting the baby goats out the paddock
Live music
Opportunities to donate to the sanctuary
and more…
THERE WILL BE SOME £5 TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY ON THE GATE
Over the cold winter months the cows live indoors, this protects them from the harshness of winter but also allows the land to rest and replenish itself. They then spend most of the spring, summer and autumn months enjoying the enriched grazing.
Once upon a time when the cows were young they would leap and bound when they were let out the barn giving our special work parties the joy and thrill of seeing them frolic with delight. Of course we now have a wonderful herd of grand, aged cows. Rosie will be 21 this year and the rest of the herd will all be turning 20. These days it can be a bit of an anti climax, we open the barn door and the cows amble out and start grazing, the end. It is a funny contrast to the olden days of leaping and bounding but also a wonderful reminder that we have given these amazing beings 20 years of sanctuary to grow old and live out their lives as naturally as is possible.
We encourage you ideally and where possible to come by public transport and there will be ongoing lifts to and from Paddock Wood station at the start and end of the day. Lifts will be from the side of the station where trains come in from London.
If you come by car we request that when parking you remain mindful of our neighbours. Please don’t park outside our neighbour’s properties and make sure you don’t park in/or block anyone’s driveways. Also please park on the actual road rather than up on the grass verges. Thank you
For more information on getting here visit our VISIT page
Volunteer opportunities to help around the sanctuary
Lunch, tea and cakes for sale
Kids for free
Donation opportunities
Merchandise for sale
Lifts available from the station
Everyone is welcome
Wear your wellies and warm clothing
Join us for an afternoon and evening of spooooky sanctuary shenanigans. Picture this, dusk at the sanctuary, fairy lights, the warmth of a roaring fire on the pit, delicious vegan food, mulled wine/cider, the snoring sound of the pigs in the background, Daniel and Tomato.
This is what we plan:
A guided tour
Put the birds to bed
Feed the pigs
Penny-for-the-guy
Bonfire and fairy lights
Fire sculpture
Kid friendly fancy dress optional
£10 on the door, (includes food and a drink)
Free entry for kids
Bring a bottle/donate cakes
Wear wellies and warm clothing
Lifts will run to and from Paddock Wood station between 1-3pm and from 7pm
Donations accepted
*Taking votes now for who you'd like our penny-for-the-guy to be? Teresa May, Boris Johnson, Tony Blair, Ronald Mcdonald, Donald Trump, other suggestions?
Summer, Spring and Autumn you are welcome to come along for a visit to the sanctuary anytime on a Wednesday or Sunday between 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
You will be shown round with a small guided tour a great chance to meet all the animals we have a small kitchen with snacks and a picnic area where you can relax
We close in winter so don't miss out!!!
SORRY THS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER FORECAST
You are welcome to come along for a visit to the sanctuary anytime on a Wednesday or Sunday between 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Live Music, vegan catering onsite, free Camping from Friday, live Art with CROM
You are welcome to come along for a visit to the sanctuary anytime on a Wednesday or Sunday between 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Please come along to Friend Sanctuary on Sunday 20th for our annual open day and Rosie's special 20th birthday celebrations!
Inviting all volunteers. Please join us for a special work party day…
We’ll be having a stall at the Animal Aid Christmas Fayre! You can meet some of the people who work for FRIEND and have a chat with us, as well as get some merch.
September family open day!
Come down to the sanctuary to visit the cows, chickens, pigs, sheep, goats, ducks, turkeys and Tommy and Daniel the dogs, as well as hang out with a bunch of vegans.
We’ll be having a stall at the fundraiser music and film all-dayer. You can meet some of the people who work for FRIEND and have a chat with us, as well as get some merch.
FRIEND will have a stall at the Cheltenham Vegan Fair. You can meet some of the people who work for FRIEND and have a chat with us, as well as get some merch.
Tickets: On the door
Entry: £2
Concessions: £1
Under 16's: Free
FRIEND will have a stall at the Maidstone Vegan Festival.
Entry is £3 on the door, and under 16s are free. Whether you're vegan, vegetarian, or simply looking to find out more about this compassionate lifestyle, join us for a fun-filled day out.
All proceeds after costs go to F.R.I.E.N.D Farmed Animal Sanctuary. This entire event is run by volunteers including equipment supplied.
Check the Facebook event for more updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1705095583116059/
TICKETS
£25
Kids are FREE (under 16)
Pay on the gate atm watch this space.
INFO
Vegan catering onsite
Free Camping from Friday
This is a meat and dairy free festival,
please respect these principles.
Sorry no dogs allowed due to there being free range animals onsite
(guide dogs exempt)
SCHEDULE
Friday
Almost Acoustic Stage
18.00 Noname Trio
18.45 The Faux Pas
19.30 Illias Lintzos
20.15 O Erdboen
21.15 The Ten Bags
22.15 The Pagans
Saturday
Main Stage
12.00 DJ/Intro
12.40 The Salt Demons
13.50 The Cosmic Jerks
14.20 The Marching Skaletons
15.30 T-Bitch
16.40 Eastfield
17.50 Platypus
18.30 The Marching Skelatons
19.00 Dissident Noize Factory
20.10 Dirty Fairies
21.20 Johnny Kowalski & the Sexy Weirdos
22.40 Malarkey
Almost Acoustic Stage
16.10 JC
17.20 The Daylight Robberies
19.40 Winter
20.50 Perkie
22.10 DJ Tomana Dub
Sunday
Main Stage
11.50 The Squiffers
12.50 The Fifty-Four Plates
13.50 Rudy Warman & the Heavy Weather
15.00 Dr Zod
16.10 The Pukes
17.20 Holler For Mary
Check the Facebook event for more updates.
An open day with vegan scones and tea served.
Message from Mark:
Looking forward to this open day :) We will this time hopefully be giving tours of the rescue for we really want to tell everyone our thoughts and hopes for the future of FRIEND :) It has been a eventful year for different reasons so now i would like to make a new start for the animals and the way things are done. We do have some exciting projects in the pipeline, i will want to share some of these ideas with everybody in the hope we can become even more inclusive to the idea of sanctuary and forwarding the compassionate message, I hope you can all come along, it will be an simple informal day with teas, cakes and light snacks. This will be the last open day of the year so it is a good time to come along if you have not been before, look forward to seeing you :) xxxxx
We'll have a stall at Hastings Vegan Fayre:
A wide range of stalls, gifts, food, films, cookery demonstrations, speakers, cruelty free products and music.
Come along and support your favourite charity and get to know others in this area.
Pop in for lunch, a treat and meet friends.
Vegan for the animals, the Planet, for health, for life.
For the month of August, you can get 10% off your order at jadegreenvegan.com/shop when they enter the code 'FRIEND10' at checkout.
Furthermore, Jade has very generously made FRIEND charity of the month: for every clothing item Jade Green Vegan sells this month, £1 will be donated to FRIEND (50p donated for kids range and tote bags).
Fifth Dimension Tattoo & Piercing will be creating walk-in tattoos based on vegan-themed flash drawings that Yuki, Sooz, and Miran have created. Whether you want a small "V" for Vegan, a vegetable, or a cuddly creature, 100% of your donations will go to FRIEND!
There's no need to book! Just show up! It will be a fun day to create a cycle of giving and receiving in the name of protecting and cherishing the species who share this beautiful earth with us.
We'll have a stall at the Maidstone Vegan Festival, see you there!
2 days of live music, vegan food and hangs with the animal residents :)
