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A FREE to enter live music festival will take place in Welshpool this bank holiday Sunday in aid of the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre Appeal.
Led by The Soul Jets and Colour Sunday, ‘Bockstock’ will feature nine bands and solo artists at the Raven Inn’s beer garden in a jam-packed afternoon of live music.
Bockstock co-organiser, Benny Picken, said: “There are so many great outdoor music festivals going on around Wales and we wanted to bring something similar to Welshpool. We’re starting with a day event and we’re hoping the town and surrounding area really buys into it.
“We’ve got nine excellent bands and solo artists, a bar and BBQ running throughout so it should be a really relaxed summer vibe. The Raven beer garden is the perfect setting for the inaugural Bockstock and we’re delighted they agreed to stage the event.
“We’re also absolutely thrilled to be raising money for the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre Appeal. We’re hoping people will come down, eat, drink and listen to some great live music while helping raise money for a very worthy cause.”
The Lingen Davies Cancer Centre Appeal needs to raise £3.2m to improve the facilities at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, for local people to receive their treatment and care for cancer in a more comfortable and suitable environment. Thanks to generous local support, the Appeal recently hit the £3 million mark, but still has another £200,000 to raise.
Bockstock co-organiser Aled Lloyd, added: “Although entry to Bockstock is free, we’ll be holding a raffle in the lead up to the festival as well as taking charitable donations on the day. We’ve been really fortunate in having some great prizes donated for the raffle.”
Fundraising Manager, Eryl Williams, said: “We are very grateful to the organisers of Bockstock for nominating our cause to benefit from this event, which I’m sure will be a brilliant day, and I would like to thank everyone for their kind support.”
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