ORGANISERS of a two-day community festival in Cowling at the weekend say everything is in place for a show-stopping event.

The mammoth free festival for all the family will take place at Cowling Recreation Ground on Saturday and Sunday (September 7 and 8) - the first time it has been used for a large scale community event for more than two years.

Included will be a fun fair, ferret racing , terrier racing, pet show, falconry and a fell race. There will include ten live music acts - Biscuit Bros; Rebecca Lewis and Sarah; Johnny Gow; Snake Oil and Brandon Symonds.

Also on the line-up and raring to go at the event, which will run on the Saturday from 11am to 9pm and on the Sunday from 10am to 7pm, will be Katie Wilkinson, Electric neon and Old Habits and Lanterns.

Organiser Owen Lewis said: “Cowling used to host live music days like this years ago and I want to bring them back. I want to bring those shows back where there would be hundreds of people enjoying the music, fell Race having a nice, Family fun day out.

"We’re hoping for that same kind of atmosphere. Cowling Rec is a beautiful setting and it should be getting used more. Hopefully this will be the start of that. We want to grow it as big as possible and if there are any local businesses who would like to get involved from a sponsorship point of view then we would love to hear from them."