Ramblin Man Fair returns in 2017 after its successful debut in July 2015 and its follow-up weekend in July 2016. Ramblin Man Fair 2017 takes place on Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th July 2017 in the beautiful surroundings of Mote Park,  Mote Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7SU, United Kingdom. The 2015 weekend featured The Classic Rock stage (Main Stage), The Prog Stage, The Outlaw Country Stage and The Blues Magazine Stage and showcased the talents of The Temperance Movement, Danny Bryant, Rival Sons, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Blue Oyster Cult, Toseland, Bernie Marsden, Aaron Keylock, Jess and The Bandits, JD and The Straight Shot and others as well as the headliners Scorpions and Gregg Allman. In 2016 we were treated to sets by Headspace, Procol Harum, The Cadillac Three, Airbourne, The Kentucky Headhunters, Inglorious, The Answer, Thunder, Europe, Family, Uriah Heep, Purson. Hayseed Dixie, Bob Wayne, Whiskey Myers, IO Earth,, Thin Lizzy, Hogjaw, Leogun, Tax The Heat, Terrorvision The Zombies and headline sets from Whitesnake and Black Stone Cherry. You can read our full review of Ramblin Man Fair 2015 with a photo gallery by John Bull at Rockrpix and Kieran White at KW Media here: http://bit.ly/1ZSleRG  You can read our full review of Ramblin Man Fair 2016 with a photo gallery by John Bull at Rockrpix and Kieran White at KW Media here: http://bit.ly/2aaEqnq Next year’s Ramblin Man Fair is presented by Spirit of Rock and sponsored by Planet Rock and they have announced the first wave of artists. The first lineup announcement is as follows:

• ZZ Top (Main Stage Headliner and UK Festival Exclusive) You can read our exclusive interview with Billy F. Gibbons here: http://bit.ly/2blHNqH
• Monster Truck (Main Stage) You can read our articles on Monster Truck here: http://bit.ly/2gUNtP6
• Jared James Nichols (Main Stage) You can read our articles on Jared James Nichols including our exclusive ’20 Questions With Jared James Nichols’ here: http://bit.ly/2g7nxyk
• Kansas (Prog In The Park Stage Headliners)
• Magnum (Prog In The Park Stage)
• Joanne Shaw Taylor (Blues Stage Headliner) You can read our articles on Joanne Shaw Taylor including our exclusive ‘Key To My Highway’ article here: http://bit.ly/2g7ouXA
• The Quireboys (Exclusive Blues Set on Blues Stage)
• Big Boy Bloater (Blues Stage) Read our articles on Big Boy Bloater here: http://bit.ly/2dK3AfD
• Dan Baird and Homemade Sin (Outlaw Country Stage)

Festival Director Chris Ingham says, “Last year’s Ramblin Man Fair was a huge success in all areas. We were overwhelmed by the great spirit and general bonhomie of the crowd as the sun shone brightly, the ale poured freely and the bands played on. We welcome all the past ramblers back to Mote Park for 2017 as much as we look forward to welcoming the new friends who have heard just how much fun our special little festival has become. We promised that we would up the ante for 2017 and the team at RMF HQ can guarantee that the bill that has been assembled will hit every lifelong rock fan’s sweet spot! This is but the first round of announcements – stay tuned for more transmissions.” Glenn Sargeant