A brand new music festival is coming to the waterfront area of Barry at the end of April to raise funding for young musicians needing access to instruments and tuition.
Run by non-profit community interest company COMET - which stands for Community Organisation Mack Events Team -the Barry Waterfront Music Festival will be held over Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30, at popular venues in the town such as Goodsheds and Academy Espresso Bar.
Founded by Matt Blumberg - who is the man behind Barry's other hit festival, GlastonBarry, which has been running since 2013 - the festival will host a series of musical performances as well as a competition to find a performer to wow the 4,000 strong crowd at GlastonBarry in late July - this 'Search For A Star' competition is being run in association with local radio station Bro Radio.