A festival ideal for people who love the outdoors, camping and Volkswagens will be making a return to Northumberland during this summer's Father's Day weekend with a line-up set to cater for just about everybody else too.
The annual VW blast, which started out as a small event in 1982 and grew into the Mighty Dub Fest, has made Alnwick its home, following a stint in Newcastle, and will run there from June 17-19. Besides its highlight showcase of vehicles - from vintage Beetles and 1960s Splitty’s to the most modern T6s on the market - the festival celebrates live music, with a non-stop line-up which this time around will include The Beatles tribute band The Cavernites and New Jersey punk rock band The Scandals playing on the main stage.
What's known as the VW festival initially took shape when its organiser bought his first car. The 1972 VW Beetle, which sat on his drive for a year waiting for him to pass his test, then caught fire and burned out three years while it was being welded but by then his love for Volkswagen Campervans was born - as was the first festival, which he set up with another VW enthusiast from Newcastle.
