A WORCESTERSHIRE music festival has sold out of camping tickets with a week still to go.

Upton Folk Festival takes place from Friday, April 28 to Monday, May 1 at venues throughout the town.

The festival announced that camping tickets are now sold out, but weekend, day and part-day tickets are still available.

As well as tonnes of live music, visitors can expect Morris and other dance display teams, stalls by the waterfront, a huge Sunday procession, an acoustic talent contest and more.

Among the headliners for 2023 are Martin Carthy, who has been known as one of folk music’s great innovators for more than 50 years.

At Upton Folk Festival, fans will be able to not only see him perform but listen to him in conversation with musician and journalist Jon Wilks.

There will even be a chance for the audience to ask their own questions.

Also performing this year in Upton are Miranda Sykes and Hannah Martin, Martyn Wyndham and Iris Bishop, Jennifer Wrigley and Laurence Wilson, Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, The Wilderness Yet, The Time Bandits, Phoebe Rees, Sound Tradition, NYFTE, Malvern Hillbillies, Eskrigg, the Gloucester Diamonds and more.

Throughout the weekend, there are a number of ticketed and free events taking place at venues including the Baptist Hall, Bar 7, the Plough Inn, the Kings Head, the Boathouse and the rugby club.

A full programme of events is available on the festival website.

Additional fun on the festival Sunday comes in the form of the duck race, which will see hundreds of plastic ducks take to the River Severn.

And once again, Ledbury Morris will lead the procession through the town, supported by morris dancers from around the country.

Last year’s edition of the folk festival attacted hundreds of visitors and was blessed with sunny bank holiday weather.

Mandy Bland, who co-owns the Karma Gear stall, said: “We absolutely love it here. Upton is known for festivals across the season and we travel several times.

“The town loves it and it brings great business into the area.”