Hull's Freedom Festival starts
The three-day arts event is expected to attract more than 100,000 visitors.
More than 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on Hull this weekend as the popular Freedom Festival takes place.
Last year, over 114,000 people attended the three-day arts and cultural event, helping to generate more than £4m for the local economy.
It gets underway in the city tonight and will feature over 200 performances with both local and international artists from 30 different countries.
It'll be staged at sites across the city centre and Marina, ahead of the city’s year as UK City of Culture 2017.
Among the highlights this year will be a wired aerial display; one of the UK’s most revered live bands, British Sea Power; world-famous theatre show White Rabbit Red Rabbit starring Samuel West and a must-see from this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Hot Brown Honey.
The big event is now in its ninth year, after launching in 2007 to commemorate anti-slavery pioneer William Wilberforce.
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