The Farmer’s Bash is pleased to announce its official charity partner for the 2025 event is Rural Support, the Northern Ireland based charity is crucial in supporting farming families through various challenges by providing high quality programmes and services which offer a holistic and tailored approach to complex and diverse issues affecting farming families and their businesses. They work in partnership with a range of organisations across the agri, public, private and community and voluntary sectors to deliver their services and programmes and rely on charitable donations to support as many farmers and farm families within the NI farming community as possible.
Kevin Doherty, CEO of Rural Support said,
“We are delighted to be the nominated charity for this year’s Farmer’s Bash. It’s always a great event for those of us who love live music, so we all look forward to enjoying this fantastic star-studded line-up! We are very grateful to the organisers for choosing Rural Support; it’s a great opportunity to raise the profile of the organisation as well as some much-needed funds in support of the business and personal wellbeing of our farming families across Northern Ireland. The team will be there in force so if you are going and see us around, please say hello!”
Nigel Campbell, Promoter of the Farmers Bash Said,
“We are delighted to welcome Rural Support as the official charity partner of the Farmers Bash Weekender. Farming is the backbone of our communities, and the incredible work that Rural Support does in providing vital assistance to farmers and their families aligns perfectly with the spirit of our event. Together, we want to celebrate the agricultural community while also raising awareness and support for those who need it most.”
Rural Support is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee established in 2002 due to the foot and mouth pandemic. They provide a range of programmes and services for farmers and farm family members in support of their farm business and personal wellbeing, all accessible via a confidential Support Line which is open Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm. (Freephone 0800 138 1678).
These include:
On-farm Business Support
Farm Business Programmes
General Mental Health Counselling
Bereavement Counselling
Support for Older Farmers
Social Farming Support Service
Agri Sector Training
The agri sector continues to experience unprecedented challenges and by supporting their work you are helping them to deliver and develop proactive, innovative, evidence- based programmes and services, delivered by professionals who care, responding to what the farming community needs and supporting to secure the sustainability and resilience of the industry.
To find out more about the work of Rural Support visit www.ruralsupport.org.uk or Freephone 0800 138 1678.
The Farmer’s Bash is back in 2025 & due to phenomenal demand, the event will now be hosted across two days and 4 stages at Boucher Playing Fields – Northern Ireland’s largest concert venue!
The inaugural outdoor edition of The Farmer’s Bash at Belsonic in 2024 sold out in record time, leaving a lot of fans unable to get tickets. The Farmer’s Bash Weekender comes to Boucher Playing Fields on August 9/10, with headline acts KAISER CHIEFS & THE 2 JOHNNIES, alongside a full festival lineup across 4 stages, including performances from THE CORONAS, NATHAN CARTER, B*WITCHED, DEREK RYAN, BINGO LOCO, 30+ CLUB, along with a broad range of activities including The Big Tractor Showdown, Husband Calling Championships and Piggy 500 Pig Racing, with many more to be announced!
Since its introduction in 2017, the Farmer’s Bash has blossomed into one of Ireland’s biggest music events, consistently drawing capacity crowds at the SSE Arena Belfast, and growing into a multi stage outdoor event for 2025.
LINEUP UP IN FULL:
KAISER CHIEFS | THE 2 JOHNNIES
THE CORONAS
B*WITCHED | MARK MCCABE | BOYZLIFE | GARRON NOONE
THE WHISTLIN’ DONKEYS | THE TUMBLING PADDIES
ALLIE SHERLOCK | ALL FOLK’D UP | LUKE COMBS UK
DEREK RYAN | NATHAN CARTER
FOLK THAT ROCK | MIKE DENVER | JIMMY BUCKLEY | LISA MCHUGH | ROBERT MIZZELL
JOHNNY BRADY | DAVID JAMES | OLIVIA DOUGLAS | CLAUDIA BUCKLEY | CLODAGH LAWLOR
BINGO LOCO COUNTRY | THE 30+ CLUB DJ SET | SHEEP SHEARING DISCO | FARMERS BASH BANGERTHON | SHREK RAVE | BINGO LOCO ‘TAYLORS VERSION’
PLUS….THE BIG TRACTOR SHOWDOWN | HUSBAND CALLING CHAMPIONSHIPS | PIANO SMASHING COMPETITION | PIGGY 500 ‘PIG RACING’
& MUCH MORE STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Nigel Campbell creator and promoter of the Farmers Bash said;
We’ve listened to our audience, and after a hugely successful few years, including a rapid sell out success at Belsonic in 2024, we’ve made the decision to go big! Boucher Fields is the biggest concert site in Northern Ireland, and has hosted some incredible international acts. We’re delighted to be bringing The Farmer’s Bash Weekender there for the first time, and can’t wait to show the fans the scale and ambition of this new annual event!
Alan Simms, event co-promoter from Belsonic / Shine commented:
Nigel and his team have done incredible work with The Farmer’s Bash, and we’re looking forward to continuing to work with him to scale up this incredible event. Our plans for 2025 are far in exception of 2024’s Belsonic event, and it’s helpful having the additional space at this venue to work with and ensure the highest level of customer experience.
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