A city football club hopes to score with its ambitious plans for a summer music festival to raise money to support the club and its community work.
Newcastle Benfield Football Club already has tickets on sale for Benfest which will feature two days of tribute bands in its Walkergate grounds. And, with extras such as bingo events - inspired by Bongo's Bingo - added to the programme, it is hoping to deliver a much-needed boost to its funds.
It hosted a small festival last year, which meant a lot of hard work for the busy club so it has now enlisted a music promoter who is going all-out with a line-up promising the best tribute bands packed into one weekend. "So it will be bigger and better," says chariman Craig Bell.
