Belfast's Biggest Weekend: Day two in pictures

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Franz Ferdinand performing
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Scottish band Franz Ferdinand entertain the crowd in Belfast on the second night of the BBC's Biggest Weekend festival. The Biggest Weekend is designed as the BBC's "replacement" for Glastonbury - which is taking a fallow year in 2018.

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Edinburgh based hip-hop group, Young Fathers, who won a Mercury Prize for their debut album in 2014, performed on the main stage at the Titanic Slipway on Saturday.

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Swedish electronic band, Little Dragon, brought tonnes of colour to a cloudier second day in Belfast. The Biggest Weekend is also taking place in Swansea, Perth and Coventry over the bank holiday weekend.

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Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper, Neneh Cherry in Belfast. Other artists due to play over the various venues include Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Rita Ora, Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith, Simple Minds, Craig David, Jess Glynne and Taylor Swift.

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Downpatrick-based band, Ash, played hits such as Girl From Mars and Shining Light.

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Goldie's trademark gold teeth glimmered as the sun came back out in Belfast.

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More Swedish representation. Sister-act First Aid Kit played their folk tunes.

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As the sun went down, Underworld rocked Belfast.