festival. Without their efforts, the Pig Pen Festival would never have begun:

John & Mary Morris, Cliff Walker, Christine Stevens, Ian Snowball,

Mark Hand, Nathan Stephenson, Darren Butters, Kris Heslop,

Jamie & Nicky Campbell, Ann-Marie Boyes, Dave Robinson,

Andy Tayler, Doreen Bellars, John Smith, Bob Fischer,

Robert Nichols, Billy Ryan, Paul Burns, Denis Riley, Peter Leeds,

John Gregory, A-Plant Power Generation, Sedgefield Borough Council,

Elwick Post Office, The Other Record Shop and Hartlepool Borough Council.

The first Pig/Pen/Music/Festival took place on Saturday/3rd/September/2005. This event was intended to be a trial run in order to gauge the feasibility of holding it on an annual basis and as such, there was only a small number of tickets on sale. In all, 150 people attended the event throughout the day. We received a massive amount of encouragement and positive feedback following this event which fuelled the decision to hold it every year. 2005 LINE-UP: - Blue Ryan, Blackbird State, Skelter, God, Stolen Sun, In A Furious Deathbed, Whalter, Exit By Name.

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	photo courtesy of One Louder Radio	photo courtesy of Whalter

We'd like to thank the following people and organisations for their help with the 2005/festival. Without their efforts, the Pig Pen Festival would never have begun: John & Mary Morris, Cliff Walker, Christine Stevens, Ian Snowball, Mark Hand, Nathan Stephenson, Darren Butters, Kris Heslop, Jamie & Nicky Campbell, Ann-Marie Boyes, Dave Robinson, Andy Tayler, Doreen Bellars, John Smith, Bob Fischer, Robert Nichols, Billy Ryan, Paul Burns, Denis Riley, Peter Leeds, John Gregory, A-Plant Power Generation, Sedgefield Borough Council, Elwick Post Office, The Other Record Shop and Hartlepool Borough Council.