ORGANISERS of Droitwich's annual music festival say they are delighted with how it went this year, with hundreds of people flocking to the town to watch a variety of musicians playing.

The annual event - now in its third year - started on Sunday, July 2, and ran until Saturday, with performances of everything from jazz, folk and pop to blues, church music, latin and brass. It was organised by voluntary organisation For Droitwich Spa Limited and saw a total of 42 acts perform at 20 venues along with music quizzes, dancing and sing-alongs.

Chairman of the organising committee Richard Brighton said highlights included the opening water festival at Vines Park which included canoe and duck races as well as performances from school children. Organisers had set up special stops around the town to encourage buskers to perform and on Saturday six buskers drew in a crowd of more than 100.

Mr Brighton said a couple of bands who played on a youth night at last year's festival - The Tickets and Infierno - also impressed on their return this year He added: "We've had a pretty good turnout and the weather has been excellent which has really helped.

"Two of our aims are to develop youth and keep it as a community event so it's really good to get the school children performing.

"It'll be a great platform for next year as we try different formulas each year and put all the good bits together to make a winning formula."

Organisers have already pencilled in July 1 to July 14 as the dates for next year's festival.

Anyone wanting to find out more information can call Mr O'Hara on 01905 778 308, Richard Brighton on 01905 775 395 or Joe Ling on 01386 565 355.