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 Festival Facts We've also introduced a new quiet camping area, for those more early bird than nightowl (or with tiny mouths to feed!). We source our food & drink as locally and organically as we can. In 2011, our ale, cider and lager are all made less than 30 miles from the festival site! Charities Arcane Festival is dedicated in perpetuity to festival co-founder Dan Lewis, aka Halfcut Art. In 2010 we raised £1117.34 for The Art Room, nominated by Dan's family to receive donations in his memory.
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About Arcane FestivalRoll up, Roll up, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Past has come back to the Present - the secret is yours to discover! Tired of overcrowded, unaffordable corporate festivals with a mile-long loo queue?! Long for the good old days when the acts were up close and personal, and the audience was part of the show? Open the door to Arcane: a secret pleasure garden springing up once a year in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside, less than 10 miles from the city! How does every festival begin? With a celebration! In 2004, a group of Oxford mates decided to organise a birthday party in a local farmer's field. They came up with the basic ingredients, a great time was had by all and they couldn't wait to do it all over again next year - with a few live bands thrown in for good measure. A few years of summer parties, gigs, club nights, cabarets & festival slots later - and here's the Arcane you see today. We've found a happy home at the wonderful City Farm and we're starting to find our feet as one of the UK's newest 'boutique' festivals. In 2011, you'll still be sitting on straw bales to drink your scrumpy and eating your breakfast off tables hired from the village hall - because some things in life are best kept simple! :) We'll still be offering you top national bands alongside Oxford's finest local treasures. Arcane has a growing reputation for friendliness and a good-time, relaxed party vibe. Our punters make it that way - as well as being top-class recyclers (making the post-festival litter-pick easier!) and very discerning, they're also darn good at enjoying a party! Our hardworking and generous musicians, artists, DJs and crew are the fine icing on what's becoming a very tasty little cake of a festie. 
© Arcane Festival 2011
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   About City Farm "Oxford City Corporation bought an estate at Eynsham in 1611 with the proceeds of the sale of what became the site of Wadham College, Oxford University. The estate was enlarged over the years and in 1802, made up a farm of 160 acres, and a farmhouse that was built at the same time. The farm was 'City Farm' as it was owned by Oxford City Corporation. The estate continued to grow, by the purchase of adjacent fields, to 258 acres. The current family have been at City Farm since 1921 and have seen a great many changes: most recently, approval to the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme which aims to deliver significant environmental benefits, for example, to encourage wildlife conservation, and to maintain and enhance the landscape. In addition the farm is currently converting to organic farming." Arcane Festival is small, cute, grassroots, friendly and on a gorgeous farm only 15 mins from central Oxford. Two insane girls run it. One is a ginger; the other is a speccy four-eyes. Go figure! ;) |
