Racecourse in Worcester set to host Wacky Weekender

Iconic bands from the 90s and 00s such as Toploader, Scouting For Girls, The Bluetones and Dodgy will be playing at Pitchcroft.

Wacky Weekender is a three-day festival which will start on Friday, July 21 with a wide variety of performances across two stages, a funfair and over 20 food stalls and bars.

Worcester Racecourse/Pitchcroft (Image: Worcester Racecourse/Pitchcroft)

Children will be able to play on inflatables, and fun fairs and even be able to watch Disney princesses and superheroes on stage.

Organiser Mark Cookson said: "The music festival is for the whole family," he added.

Mr Cookson has been organising events across the county for several years but Wacky Weekender marks his first festival in Worcester. 

"This is my first festival in Worcester, I've organised festivals in Evesham and Droitwich before.

"But I wanted to bring it to the heart of the county.

"Worcester hasn't really had a mainstream festival.

"Securing the headliners has been a lot of hard work, but it was worth it." 

On Friday, the headline act will be Dodgy, on Saturday the headline act will be The Bluetones and Sunday's headline acts will be Toploader and Scouting For Girls.

The festival will be running from 4pm to 11pm on Friday and on Saturday it will be running from 12pm to 11pm and on Sunday it will be running from 12pm to 10pm.

People were left feeling "gutted" and "devastated" after the highly anticipated hot air balloon festival had to be rescheduled to a later date due to the grounds being waterlogged.

But Mr Cookson said he is positive about the festival going ahead - particularly as it is taking place in July.

Mr Cookson said: "It has crossed my mind, I would like to think that by the time we get to July, the grounds will not be filled with water.

"We have just been so unlucky with April's weather.

"But I am positive moving forward and I don't think we would have any problems with water."