The Pig Pen Music Festival 2009

Pig Pen · **Joined:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:05 pm **Posts:** 9

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If you would like to pig out in a field on over 25 acts playing 11 hours of live music, then come to the Pig Pen Music Festival and bring the piglets along too!

As the festival season draws to a close, there’s still ample time for one last shimmy in the sunshine as the region’s own independent open-air music festival prepares to open its gates once again.

Your local mini Glastonbury is confirmed for Saturday 5th September 2009 at the usual venue of High Farm in Elwick near Hartlepool.

There'll be free camping, a ‘very’ late bar and for the first time, the festival will feature a second stage – the Acoustic Stage in ‘The Trough’ (the beer tent). The Trough will play host throughout the day to a very wide array of both established and fresh talent in relaxed & ‘undercover’ surroundings. Combined with a great variety of hot & cold food and extra attractions, Pig Pen 2009 looks set to be a beauty!

Tickets are currently on sale priced at £20.00 and are available from numerous outlets across Teesside.

See the Pig Pen website http://www.pigpenfestivals.co.uk for further information.

Please support your local festival!

grabec · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:30 pm

That's a bit of a drag...it's the same week-end as the Sedgefield Festival. Decisions, decisions....

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:33 pm

Are the legendary White Negroes playing?

grabec · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:36 pm

Don't think so. But the legendary Mr Salt is at Pigpen and the legendary Acoustic Strawbs are at Sedgefield.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:13 pm

chip fireball wrote:

is this the most ridiculously over priced music festival in britain ?

Is that a rhetorical question, Chip?

Jonny · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:45 pm

it's not just live music - it is probably shite live music....!!! bbolt

Pig Pen · **Joined:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:05 pm **Posts:** 9

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dockfest, boro music live, and the stockton fringe festival were all free

All three of which are heavily funded!

We organise this event in our spare time AND, as well as the odd very kind donation, we put our own dosh into it. None of us get paid for doing any of it. We need some help towards the costs and unfortunately, it has to come from ticket sales.

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Spender · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:40 am

Yeah but Chip thinks everything should be at the price he says it should be 'cos he's skint. :grin:

Mind, he's not that skint that he's not always in the bookies or on the poker table. rolfl

Spender · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:55 am

Get a guestie off one of the bands who're playing?? :wink:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:05 am

Grabec wrote:

Don't think so. But the legendary Mr Salt is at Pigpen and the legendary Acoustic Strawbs are at Sedgefield.

Think I'd prefer to pay the £12 and go and see the (Partial) Strawbs.

Not to mention taking the mother-in-law to Sedgefield on the morning for a free hours lesson on how to play her recent birthday present Ukulele.

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:48 am

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

Grabec wrote:

Don't think so. But the legendary Mr Salt is at Pigpen and the legendary Acoustic Strawbs are at Sedgefield.

Think I'd prefer to pay the £12 and go and see the (Partial) Strawbs.

Not to mention taking the mother-in-law to Sedgefield on the morning for a free hours lesson on how to play her recent birthday present Ukulele.

Apparently that concert is fully booked, BP. I wish I'd found out about it sooner. The ukelele lessons should still be available tho!

You can get your name on a list for the concert, in case of cancellations, by ringing 01740 621 347.

Pig Pen · **Joined:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:05 pm **Posts:** 9

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if they can get a load of people to pay £20 to go and see a load of bands...

It's not just bands, there's other stuff as well and there's free camping.

grabec · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:30 pm

Pig Pen wrote:

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if they can get a load of people to pay £20 to go and see a load of bands...

It's not just bands, there's other stuff as well and there's free camping.

Just a minute...there's a catch here. I detect marketing speak. Is camping one of the 'other stuff' you get for £20, and if so it's not free, is it?

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

isn't all camping free at festivals?

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:35 pm

No,there are several festivals that charge extra to camp.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6476

Spender would be well knackered at them festivals then, he puts the camp into camping bbolt

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:13 am

Fensy wrote:

Spender would be well knackered at them festivals then, he puts the camp into camping bbolt

Shut yer face Penfold or I'll knack yer!! taz

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:44 am

Spender wrote:

Fensy wrote:

Spender would be well knackered at them festivals then, he puts the camp into camping bbolt

Shut yer face Penfold or I'll knack yer!! taz

Have to say Kev is a legend at festivals he sorted us out in the aftershock tent at leads good lad clappp

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:08 pm

Sorted you out in the aftershock tent?? confised

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:14 pm

Grabec wrote:

Sorted you out in the aftershock tent?? confised

At leads?

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:16 pm

I was leaving the deliberate mistakes to you, Talbot, knowing how you enjoy them......

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:33 pm

Compo wrote:

Spender wrote:

Fensy wrote:

Spender would be well knackered at them festivals then, he puts the camp into camping bbolt

Shut yer face Penfold or I'll knack yer!! taz

Have to say Kev is a legend at festivals he sorted us out in the aftershock tent at leads good lad clappp

sorry I ment Leeds (what an idiot)

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:38 pm

Never mind Leeds, Compo, what's an aftershock tent??

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:50 pm

Grabec wrote:

Never mind Leeds, Compo, what's an aftershock tent??

its a tent that serves aftershock

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:07 am

Compo wrote:

Grabec wrote:

Never mind Leeds, Compo, what's an aftershock tent??

its a tent that serves aftershock

Blue or Red?

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:50 am

All 4 flavours. :wink:

I think the lads got rather hammered watching the pole dancers. :grin:

Compo · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:19 am

Spender wrote:

All 4 flavours. :wink:

I think the lads got rather hammered watching the pole dancers. :grin:

Very true was a brilliant night from what I can remember

Pig Pen · **Joined:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:05 pm **Posts:** 9

There's less than two weeks to go until Pig Pen. Tickets are starting to sell quickly.

There will be over eleven hours of live music across two stages. The band/act line-up includes (in no particular order):

21 Reasons – http://www.myspace.com/21reasonsmusic
The Vanity Rules - http://www.myspace.com/thevanityrules
The Gares - http://www.myspace.com/thegares
The Purnells - http://www.myspace.com/thepurnells
Squarewave – http://www.myspace.com/squarewaveband
Pretty Hickeys – http://www.myspace.com/prettyhickeys
Our Secret Sins – http://www.myspace.com/oursecretsins
The Digital – http://www.myspace.com/thedigitalmusic
Kate Williams – http://www.myspace.com/katewilliamsukonline
Lee Dali – http://www.myspace.com/leedali
Bob Fischer – http://www.myspace.com/bobfischer
Lee Maddison – http://www.myspace.com/leemaddison

The licensed bar will be open from around 10am on Saturday 5th until the early hours of Sunday morning.

For full line-up details and list of ticket outlets, see: http://www.pigpenfestivals.co.uk

Jonny · **Posted:** Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:44 am

Pig Pen wrote:

There's less than two weeks to go until Pig Pen. Tickets are starting to sell quickly.

There will be over eleven hours of live music across two stages. The band/act line-up includes (in no particular order):

21 Reasons – http://www.myspace.com/21reasonsmusic
The Vanity Rules - http://www.myspace.com/thevanityrules
The Gares - http://www.myspace.com/thegares
The Purnells - http://www.myspace.com/thepurnells
Squarewave – http://www.myspace.com/squarewaveband
Pretty Hickeys – http://www.myspace.com/prettyhickeys
Our Secret Sins – http://www.myspace.com/oursecretsins
The Digital – http://www.myspace.com/thedigitalmusic
Kate Williams – http://www.myspace.com/katewilliamsukonline
Lee Dali – http://www.myspace.com/leedali
Bob Fischer – http://www.myspace.com/bobfischer
Lee Maddison – http://www.myspace.com/leemaddison

The licensed bar will be open from around 10am on Saturday 5th until the early hours of Sunday morning.

For full line-up details and list of ticket outlets, see: [urlhttp://www.pigpenfestivals.co.uk[/url]

Leaving links directly to some of the artists probably isn't the best idea if you actually want people to turn up
confised

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