The Masterpeace Festival
A celebration of music and arts in the Yorkshire Dales
19th -21st August 2005.

...well that was the plan anyway! In reality it was a shambles; the majority of people who had turned up as punters didn't actually get to see many of the acts that had been advertised to perform.

It was largely down to the fact that the organiser had taken on way too much responsibility to ensure that everyting ran smoothly - a classic case of attempting to run before mastering the art of walking in a straight line.

Having said all of that, I had an absolutely belting time! It was actually quite nice going to an event where I didn't really have any responsibilities - after all, my set got cancelled due to the sound systems being taken away on the Saturday night (I was due to play on the Sunday)

In some respects, not having any music as a distraction turned out ot be a good thing - people were more chatty and there was a really nice communal, old-skool vibe about the place. I'd say that there were no more than 700 people there in all; on the Sunday a group of people got together a generator and some speakers and there were some improv sets played - I managed about 40 minutes worth, sitting on the floor in a tea tent.

It were right good, and here's some pictorial evidence to back up that statement.

The Main Stage, before it got taken away

The Site

Saturday evening at the Baked Potato Stall

Me and DPM

The Main Stage, after it got taken away

Ed and Kirsten

Home Sweet Home

Cal, Patrick and Jake

Chilling to the sounds of alucidnation

The view from the 'stage'!

Two thirds of Digitonal

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