Forfey Festival was an annual music festival held on Forfey Farm near Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The festival was last held in 2014. 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. His family (still) own Forfey Farm, and for a number of years it had lain largely unused. 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.
Lineups
+ Forfey Festival featured artists/bands Year Dates Location Artists / Bands 2006 24–26 August EnniskillenFoy Vance SixstarhotelMojo FuryWe Are Knives Heeltap 2007 2–5 August Enniskillen 2008 8–10 August Forfey FarmAnd So I Watch You From Afar The Benjamins Andrew Briggs Checquerboard Elliott from the West KowalskiKyron and the Strangels LaFaro Lowly Knights Lee Mitchell Panama Kings The RumplestiltskinsSixStarHotel Strait Laces Sully Micah Vincent 2009 7–9 August Forfey FarmAdebesi 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 OrchestraKinnego Flux Kowalski (DJ) Lowly Knights Maguire and I David McNair Mojo Fury Napoleon Not SquaresPanama Kings Push Borders (acoustic) SixStarHotel Sully (DJ) Mel Wiggins Jamie Woon 2010 6–8 August Forfey FarmAdebesi Shank Axis Of Iain Archer Bad Operator Captain Cameron Clown Parlour Gareth Dunlop Feet for WingsLaura Hunter Katie and the Carnival LaFaro Lowly Knights Maguire & I More than Conquerors Napoleon Not SquaresRams' Pocket Radio Silhouette SixStarHotel Skibunny Strait Laces Sully Tea Party Urban Tramper 2011 5–7 August Forfey FarmAmidships Before Machines Captain Kennedy Duke Special Event Horses FarriersFeldberg Kasper Rosa Kowalski Master and Dog Mojo Fury More than ConquerorsDaithi O'Dronai A Plastic Rose Phoenix Fire Rams' Pocket Radio Silhouette The Wonder Villains 2012 3-5 August Forfey Farm Axis Of Bad Operator Before Machines David C. Clements Clown Parlour Colly Strings Farriers Feet for Wings Fred 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 Not Squares Katharine Philippa Runaway Go Sons of Caliber Strait Laces Sullivan and Gold Window Seats Wonder Villains 2013 9-11 August Forfey Farm Alana Henderson Amidships Arborist Axis Of BeeMickSee Beulah Kim Craig McConkey Daithi O'Dronai Ed Zealous Enemies Feet For Wings Go Wolf Hannah McPhillimy Hologram Jamie Neish Joshua Burnside Kasper Rosa Katharine Philippa Katie & The Carnival Little Rivers Mojo Fury Patrick Gardiner PigsAsPeople Seven Summits Skeletons Sons of Burlap Sons of Caliber The 1930s The Emerald Armada The King Said 2014 1-3 August Forfey Farm
References
External links Official Website Video documentary (Babysweet Sessions 2009)