T in the Park 2005 T in the Park 2005 T in the Park 2005 is a weekend music festival which took place from 9–10 July 2005 in Balado, Kinross. Tickets for the 2005 event sold out in record time, just four days after going on sale, five months in advance of the festival. The event saw around 69,000 people a day watching more than 170 bands over 10 stages. It was named best festival in that year's UK Festival Awards, beating the Glastonbury Festival for the first time. Some of the bands performing included Green Day, who headlined Sunday night, Travis, The Killers, Keane,
Staxtonbury Music Festival Staxtonbury Music Festival The Staxtonbury Family Music Festival, commonly abbreviated to Staxtonbury, is a local British music festival, held every year at Staxton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, best known for its break through local music acts. The festival has run since 2009, and has been very successful, not just with local people but a wider audience. The size and nature of the festival, held over three or four days in the open air, with performers, crew and paying festival goers staying in tents, caravans and motorhomes, has meant that the weather is significant. It is now attended by around 10,000