Rick Astley to kick off Weston Park festival

Rick Astley will headline on the first night of the festival

Rick Astley will headline on the opening night of Camp Bestival at Weston Park this year.

He will be joined on Friday 16 August by McFly and Orbital.

Paloma Faith is due to be the headline on the Saturday, with Faithless on the Sunday night.

It will be the third time the family festival will be held at the venue on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border.

It has been running at its sister site at Lulworth Estate in Dorset since 2008.

The Friday is also due to have performances from Say She She, The Magic Numbers and The K’s.

Saturday will also see The Darkness, DJ Gok Wan and Chris Hawkins from BBC 6 Music.

The final day will have performances from BBC Radio 2’s Sara Cox and Level 42.

Paloma Faith is due to perform on the Saturday night

Mr Motivator, Mr Tumble, Dick and Dom and Mister Maker are among the non-musical acts appearing at the festival, which will have a number of shows for younger visitors.