As the UK's festival season drew to a close, BBC Radio 2 made its way up the M6. The journey has seen thousands of revellers descend on Moor Park in Preston for the station's annual Radio 2 in the Park weekend. And yesterday (September 7), it didn't take long for the city to get into the festival spirit.
You expect to get some wacky outfits at music festivals and the crowd in Preston proved no exception. LED light up flower crowns, neon tutus and legwarmers, tassels everywhere, Hawaiian shirts, cowboy hats in a full range of colours, and glitter, gems and sequins stuck to every spare patch of skin. Revellers walked beneath strings of fairy lights and colourful, fluttering flags, and past an enormous Ferris wheel lit up in pastel colours.
From the outset, the mood was jubilant. Spread over more than a hundred acres, there were scores of restaurants serving up every cuisine you’ve ever heard of. READ MORE: All the best outfits and atmosphere from day one of BBC Radio 2's Party in the Park The demographic ran from toddlers to pensioners; couples, whole family groups, mothers and daughters, twentysomethings.
But there was something a little different about Radio 2 in the Park that separates it from your usual festival. Most people were sitting down. Grass beyond the main stage was a sea of picnic blankets and camping chairs, where whole groups were sprawled out chatting, drinking and singing.
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