Farr Festival 2018 is a scorcher in the Hertfordshire countryside

Thousands of festival-goers converged on woodland between Baldock and Royston for a four-day electronic music extravaganza.

The Farr Festival returned to Bygrave Woods in the Hertfordshire countryside on the edge of Newnham from Thursday to Sunday.

Photographer Kevin Richards joined the ravers over the weekend. Can you spot yourself in Kevin’s pictures of Farr Festival 2018?

The electronic dance music event’s ninth edition was bathed in glorious sunshine over the weekend – with the scorching weather even forcing organisers to cancel a planned ‘Midnight Runners Rave Run’ on Saturday afternoon due to the heat.

Among the multitude of DJs appearing over the weekend was Shy FX on the Friday night, before multi-instrumentalist Tom Misch joined proceedings with a live performance in The Factory.

Mount Kimbie also performed in the festival’s main arena, which comprised of 52 shipping containers arranged into a rectangle and accommodating 2,500 revellers.

Maribou State and Benji B played sets in The Factory on the Saturday – after fans had watched England beat Sweden in the World Cup quarter-finals.

A post on the festival’s Facebook page read: “Saturday at Farr Festival 2018 was our most euphoric yet – special shouts to Dixon and Gerd Janson at The Shack, Maribou State and Benji B at the Factory, Roman Flugel and Lena Willikens in the woods and Galcher Lustwerk, Claro Intelecto, DJ Richard, Ramjac Corporation at Campfire Headphase.”

Hunee and Antal were among Sunday’s main acts.

Royston Crow: Festival goers in the woods at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Festival goers in the woods at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Organisers later posted a statement on the Farr Festival website saying: “Wow! What a scorcher! After months of hard work, we are in total awe of what went down at Farr Festival 2018 in Bygrave Woods.

“Thank you all so much for making this edition our best yet!

“Farr Festival 2018 was a truly remarkable weekend in every sense.

“Our five stunning stages looked and sounded incredible featuring some of the world’s finest exponents of electronic music.

Royston Crow: Over looking the campsite at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Over looking the campsite at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

“Highlights include Gerd Janson and Dixon’s mesmeric masterclass at The Shack, Maribou State, Mount Kimbie and Tom Misch’ sublime live shows at The Factory, Optimo and Young Marco’s sublime back-to-back odyssey at Adventures In Success, plus Rezzett, Claro Intelecto and Ramjac Corportation’s hypnotic live sets at Campfire Headphase and Zip’s extended set at Ma Dahu’s.

“Plus let’s not forget England won, the weather was exceptional and everyone brought their A-game to the festival.”

The Farr Festival statement added: “We’ve now taken time to reflect on one of the most intense and magical weekends of our lives.

“And we want to say a huge thank you for making Farr Festival one of the leading electronic music festivals in the UK.

“We cannot wait to start planning for Farr Festival 2019 and our 10th anniversary!

“Big love to all of those that helped make the festival happen, especially all of you who came and partied with us from across the country and beyond.

“And also lots of love to all of the artists, stage hosts, stage managers, traders, activities, yogis, security, medics, designers, builders, hard grafters, toilet cleaners and everyone else who joined together into one brilliant team.”

Royston Crow: Festival goers at The Factory Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Festival goers at The Factory Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

• For more on the festival, visit www.farrfestival.co.uk

Royston Crow: Party time at the Ma Dahu's stage with Mr G at the deck at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Party time at the Ma Dahu's stage with Mr G at the deck at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Ma Dahu's stage with Mr G at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Ma Dahu's stage with Mr G at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: A novel way to have a game of chess at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS A novel way to have a game of chess at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Chilling in the woods at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Chilling in the woods at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Festival goers at The Shack at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Festival goers at The Shack at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Fun with water pistols at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Fun with water pistols at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Not sure he wants to go that way? Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Not sure he wants to go that way? Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Relaxing place to be at Campfire Headphase at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Relaxing place to be at Campfire Headphase at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Locals Eve, Josh, Ethan & Kate enjoying their first Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Locals Eve, Josh, Ethan & Kate enjoying their first Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: These young ladies travelled from Ireland to enjoy what's on offer at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS These young ladies travelled from Ireland to enjoy what's on offer at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Festival goers at The Factory at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Festival goers at The Factory at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dynamite MC (front) takes the stage as Shy FX gets the crowd going at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dynamite MC (front) takes the stage as Shy FX gets the crowd going at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dynamite MC and Shy FX gets the crowd going at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dynamite MC and Shy FX gets the crowd going at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dynamite MC on The Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dynamite MC on The Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Festival goers inside The Factory at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Festival goers inside The Factory at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Kicking up a dust at The Factory Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Kicking up a dust at The Factory Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: DJ Eclair Fifi on the Adventures In Success stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS DJ Eclair Fifi on the Adventures In Success stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Tom Misch about to go live at The Factory to a full crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Tom Misch about to go live at The Factory to a full crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Tom Misch at the end of his great set at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Tom Misch at the end of his great set at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Entrance to the Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Entrance to the Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Loads to do and sample at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Loads to do and sample at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Part of the The Shack. A great build at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Part of the The Shack. A great build at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Looking out from the Campfire Headphase at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Looking out from the Campfire Headphase at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Superb food always available at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Superb food always available at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Clothes vendor Narlaka with their kissing booth at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Clothes vendor Narlaka with their kissing booth at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: More vendors selling their wares at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS More vendors selling their wares at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Deeper into the woods of rThe Ma Dahu's stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Deeper into the woods of rThe Ma Dahu's stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dancing going on at Ma Dahu's stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dancing going on at Ma Dahu's stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Zip plays for the Ma Dahu's crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Zip plays for the Ma Dahu's crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dancing at the Ma Dahu's crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dancing at the Ma Dahu's crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Waiting for Hunee at The Faculty Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Waiting for Hunee at The Faculty Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Antal plays as the crowd dance at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Antal plays as the crowd dance at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Antal plays his DJ set at The Factory Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Antal plays his DJ set at The Factory Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Heading into The Factory at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Heading into The Factory at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dancing inside The Factory Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dancing inside The Factory Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Hunee starts his set on The Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Hunee starts his set on The Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Hunee plays to the large Sunday crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Hunee plays to the large Sunday crowd at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dancing as Hunee plays at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dancing as Hunee plays at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Dancing inside The Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Dancing inside The Factory Stage at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Revellers at The Factory Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Revellers at The Factory Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Hunee plays to the huge crowd at The Factory Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Hunee plays to the huge crowd at The Factory Stage Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

Royston Crow: Sunset after a day's work serving coffees. Time to party at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS Sunset after a day's work serving coffees. Time to party at Farr Festival 2018. Picture: KEVIN RICHARDS (Image: ©2018 Kevin Richards - all rights reserved)

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