WACKY Weekender 2023 kicks off three days of festivities this week at Pitchcroft.

Ahead of the event, we have compiled all you need to know ahead of day one on Friday, July 21.

The three-day festival begins with a wide variety of performances across two stages, a fun fair and more than 20 food stalls and bars.

Who is performing?

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.

Other local acts set to perform over the weekend include:

  • Come Together
  • Chevy Chase Stole My Wife
  • Supernova
  • The Delray Rockets
  • Boom Clap
  • The Reflections
  • Living The Dream
  • Hot Climate
  • Is The Pope...
  • The Ruben Seabright Trio
  • Xoo
  • Boperator (seven-piece 1930s Boogie Band)
  • Steve Oliver
  • Chalky Martin
  • Jules Benjamin
  • The Orchard Band
  • Jamie Knight
  • Olea Faith

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What is the weather going to be like?

Opening day (Friday, July 21) is expected to remain dry according to the Met Office, with both sunny and cloudy spells, and highs of 19C.

On Saturday, The Met Office predicts a chance of rain between 1pm and 7pm, with sunny and cloudy spells. Temperatures will stay at 19C.

On Sunday, there is also a possibility of rain but temperatures will reach 20C.

Mark Cookson, organiser of Wacky Weekender, said: "Looking at the weather it is thankfully not looking too bad at the moment, but just in case it does rain a bit I would recommend bringing a pair of wellies and an umbrella to be safe.

"Festivals always work better outdoors so we are trying to keep it as such, but with a few covered areas as well.

"We are very excited for the festival and we really want the people of Worcester to get behind it and hopefully make this an annual event."

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Times and other information

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

There will also be prizes available for the 'wackiest costume' on the day, with attendees encouraged to dress up.

For more information, you can visit https://www.facebook.com/WackyWeekender.