Thousands expected at Vintage By The Sea Festival

The free Vintage By The Sea Festival is back for its 11th year

A town's seafront will provide the backdrop for a programme of art and culture - inspired by the 20th Century.

Morecambe's Vintage By The Sea Festival is back for its 11th year on Saturday and Sunday - with classic cars, craft workshops and a vintage marketplace.

Morecambe-born designer Wayne Hemingway helps to co-organise it and said 50,000 people were expected to visit over the weekend.

"It's the biggest weekend that Morecambe has every year and we're very proud we got it going all those years ago," he said.

Wayne Hemingway says he is "proud" to be involved with the festival in his hometown

"There's a number of reasons why we do it, one is to create happiness for people," he said.

"There's also the economic impact that it creates, every single bed space is fully booked out for the weekend, and then there's all the bars and the restaurants, who all put events on."

Organisers are expecting 50,000 people to visit over the weekend

The first festival took place in Morecambe in 2013 and has contributed an estimated £1.5m to the local economy.

The free event, which won Best Large Scale Event at the Marketing Lancashire awards, showcases art and culture - from the 1920s, all the way through to the 1990s.

"It brings people to a town that sometimes they may have forgotten about," Mr Hemingway said.

"And then they come back on another trip."