A raver spent £6k putting on a festival for 200 people in his parents' back garden - complete with a party bus and chocolate waterfall. Jack Hodgson, 23, decided to throw "the mother of all festivals" to celebrate the end of the pandemic - after missing out on socialising with his friends due to covid restrictions. He persuaded his parents - Rosie, 53, and Stewart Hodgson, 54 - to host the gathering in their two-and-a-half acre back garden at the family home in Darlington, County Durham. Jack and a team of mates set about throwing a party before the idea escalated and they started organising a one-day music festival - which they named 'Rush'. Jack started organising it in January 2021 - with the main event taking place in August 2021. He managed to secure a collaboration with record label After Hours who were DJing and sold t-shirts for £20 to cover the cost of the event - with 200 people turning up to let their hair down. After the success of the festival, Jack said the plan is to hold the festival annually to see where it can go. Jack, a video creator, from Darlington, County Durham, said: "In lockdown, I didn't see my friends for a long time because my parents were deemed high risk as they both had a kidney transplant a few years ago. "My mum, Rosie, gave my dad, Stewart, a kidney. “We had some old stables at the bottom of the garden, I had friends round and we thought we could do something there. “I wanted everyone to have a good time after covid, it had been a pretty sh*t time and the goal was for everyone to have the best time possible – we just went above and beyond."