Feeling disillusioned with the state of UK rock festivals, a group of six music-loving friends took matters into their own hands and started their own. A decade on, 2000 Trees, has become a mainstay of the summer calendar, welcoming the likes of Frank Turner, Bombay Bicycle Club and Metronomy, to name but a few.

“We were very dissatisfied with the state of the festivals we were going to,” recalls co-founder and booker James Scarlett. “They just seemed to be getting ...