The team behind this summer’s Lounge On The Farm music festival are celebrating scooping a national award.

The three-day event at Merton Farm last July was voted Best Line-Up at the UK Festival Awards, held at London’s IndigO2 last Thursday.

Promoter Matt Gough was overwhelmed to pick up the title.

He said: “This is amazing recognition for everyone involved and it’s one for all the festival team, and all the wonderful Kentish musicians who’ve chipped in to make the festival so special.”

This year’s line-up boasted acts including Roots Manuva, Edwyn Collins and The James Taylor Quartet and saw record ticket sales. The award was one of the few categories on the night decided by industry insiders, who judged the line-up ahead of other major summer festivals such as Glastonbury, Bestival and T In The Park.

“It’s incredible to think that we can pluck an award like this from under the noses of the bigger events,” added Matt.

“The amount of money we spend on our whole line-up probably equates to less than the VAT bill for one of the headliners playing at the bigger festivals across the UK, and it always takes us over six months to get it together, but this is a really positive sign that what we’re doing here in Kent is proving a force to be reckoned with.”

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for next year’s festival, which takes place from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 11.