REDDITCH'S first big arts AIR Festival kicked off with a massive fanfare at the weekend as townsfolk hit the streets in their thousands to enjoy a host of entertainment and displays.

Saturday's main event saw youngsters enjoying the sunshine and proceeding through town with their very own colourful butterfly and bug sculptures.

On Sunday and Monday, there was an extraordinary inflatable Architects of Air display in Arrow Valley Park where people could lose themselves in a blaze of colour, light and sound.