YOUNG musicians wowed visitors at a music festival.

Severn Sounds, on organisation which provides a platform for young talent, helped ensure young people performed throughout the Mello Festival in Upton, last weekend.

Friday night’s opening act at the festival was a band from Tudor Grange Academy Worcester, called Five Fold Gold, which was followed by acoustic music from Mali Elin and a band from Tewkesbury called Feed Me Milk.

A ‘silent disco’ took place, involving three DJs, including Owen Lowe, former Christopher Whitehead Language College student, who is the breakfast host on Youthcomm Radio, who played different genres of music to entertain the crowd.

Saturday saw musicians from CWLC - Mollie Llewellyn-Shone and Natalie Winwood - performing as One Eye Open, a choir from Pershore High School singing a medley from Les Miserables, and a family Clubbercise session hosted by Tina Donkin from Headlight Fitness.

Also playing were Sammy G, White Spice, The Chloe Mogg Band, Redwood UK, Social Outcasts and headlining were The Lightweights - with CWLC student Teegan White.

Sunday saw two performances from CWLC students, Caitlin Dove who played an acoustic set and Evie Cutler-Stevens singing and Tom Price on keyboards. They had who won Mello main stage performance slots, from a school Battle of the Bands event.

On the Severn Sounds stage on Sunday were Annie Callaghan and Sophie Atkins who also won performance slots from the Battle of the Bands events. And there were further performances from CWLC students, Summer-Lili Cloke, Charles Schofield, Sapphire Wilkinson, Iestyn Rose and Annie Hulbert.

They were followed by Daisy-Mae Jones from HOW College, Shiraz Hempstock band - a BBC Introducing musician, Myriam Adams a band from Stratford College and headlining were The Filthy Casuals.

An art installation created by Kempsey Primary school pupils decorated the entrance to the marquee, along with artwork and images from CWLC A-level students Owen Copson, Yasmin Jones and Katie Jenkins.

Di Howland, from Severn Sounds, said: “The team were overwhelmed by the talent these young people have and feel privileged to have hosted them on their stage.”