[1] Each year's memorabilia (posters, flyers, social media and merchandise) featured a different animal as its theme, predominantly drawn by Neil Gillespie.

Forfey Festival was founded in 2006 by Matt Minford, bassist and vocalist of SixStarHotel.

[2] His family (still) own Forfey Farm, and for a number of years it had lain largely unused.

Music venues included three sheds (known as the Hayshed, Lie-To, and The Pit) and a cottage attic (known as "The 1951").

Various outbuildings hosted mixed-media visual art exhibitions and film screenings.