Thousands of music fans travelled to Sefton Park for the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Liverpool.
The festival brought a mix of sunshine and rain to the city.
The event also arrived during a huge weekend for Liverpool FC. The club received its Premier League trophy at Anfield.
As a result, Liverpool enjoyed a weekend full of football, music and celebrations.
Festival opening lives up to the hype
The first day featured several major performances.
Local favourites The Wombats opened the main stage. Wirral DJ James Hype also entertained the crowd.
Biffy Clyro then took over before headliner Tom Grennan closed the night.
Hype looked completely at home in front of the Liverpool crowd.
He performed popular tracks such as “Ferrari”. The DJ also spoke about his connection with the city.
He recalled how he used to “skip school and get the bus over”.
The weather changed by the time Grennan reached the stage.
Rain arrived as fans gathered for the singer’s performance. However, the crowd continued dancing in their ponchos.
Grennan also welcomed several special guests.
YouTuber KSI, Spice Girl Mel C and Liverpool band The Zutons all appeared during the set.
Mel C received a mixed response from the crowd. Some fans even booed her appearance.
Some social media users linked the reaction to her interviews with The Sun.
The newspaper remains unpopular in Liverpool because of its coverage of the Hillsborough disaster.
Secret set thrills crowds
Saturday saw the festival really ramp up the star power with a scheduled ‘secret set’ turning out to be superstar singer Ed Sheeran.
Thousands thronged the New Music tent when the announcement went out, quickly leading to maximum capacity being reached and many being left disappointed outside.
Festivalgoers complained that the “Shape of You” singer should have been on the main stage so more people could have seen his performance.
“The queues to get in were mental,” said one attendee.
The singer had the tent in the palm of his hand for 60 minutes as he sang his hits with just the help of his guitar.
Tom Odell, Sugababes, Myles Smith, Blossoms, and Wolf Alice performed on the main stage throughout the day, keeping the locals happy on a slightly grey day.
The evening was rounded out by a spectacular performance from headliner Sam Fender.
His performance contained crowd favourite hits “Seventeen Going Under” and “Hypersonic Missiles” and had fans chanting into the night.
Fireworks and confetti closed out the show.
Festival finale
Sunday then saw the park play host to headline act Mumford & Sons as well as Haim, Wet Leg, Jorja Smith, Lola Young, and Tate McRae.
Self Esteem and Jade, meanwhile, took to the New Music stage.
With strong winds forecast across the city for Sunday, festivalgoers had to keep a tight hold of those bucket hats.
Over 100,000 music fans were expected over the three-day weekend, with the usually green space being transformed into a music lover’s paradise complete with giant ferris wheel.
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