Free festival has busiest weekend, says organiser

The organiser of a free festival has credited good weather and a strong line up for the large crowds attending the event's first weekend.

Festival Too, which runs until 21 July, has been held in King's Lynn, Norfolk, for the past 40 years.

The event costs about £250,000 to put on and is paid for by business sponsorship, a council grant and a year-round fundraising effort, its organisers said.

Abbie Panks, one of the festival's directors, said: "It was by far and away our busiest opening weekend ever."

"I think actually it was the sweet spot of having a Taylor Swift and a Oasis tribute band because they're two acts that are very current at the moment, very well loved and obviously we also have our annual fireworks," she added.

King's Lynn based indie group Modern Haze said it was "blown away" by the crowd when it performed at the festival.

Writing on Facebook the band said: "We've been dreaming of getting on that stage since we formed the band and it was our largest hometown show to date!"

Headlining this year's event are indie band Ash and singer Ella Henderson.

There are also street performances and stage slots for local acts and school bands.

Festival Too welcomes about 60,000 people for the three weekends it runs, its organisers said.

"I think this year's line-up is a celebration of our 40 years. So it's those four decades of types and genres of music," Ms Panks said.

"We do have a strong audience base of 40 to 50-year-olds, but it doesn't matter really what your age is or what your musical style is.

"People are just up for coming out and having a dance," she added.

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