The Village

The guitar festival is held in Great Bardfield, winner of the 2009 Essex Best Village competition and one of four winners of the 2009 National Best Village competition. It is home of High Barn** - one of the UK's finest music venues, two public houses, a town hall and various other locations which will all be used in housing the event.

It is 20 minutes drive from Stansted Airport and approximately an hour's drive from London along the M25 and M11.

High Barn, The Bardfield Centre, Gt. Bardfield, Braintree, Essex, CM7 4SL




High Barn

High Barn is a stunning grade II listed barn. Renovated in 2001, it is now a spectacular music venue and has played host to some of the biggest names in music.

Musicians who have performed all over the world consistently have nothing but praise for the superb acoustics - it must be those 800 year old beams!

A purpose built, professionally designed recording studio lies alongside the barn itself, allowing the vaulted space to become a live room, the size of which rivals that at Abbey Road studios. Live in concert DVDs are often filmed on stage and the acoustics lend themself perfectly to a live album.