All-day charity music festival in honour of Ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne died in July, weeks after taking to the stage for a final Black Sabbath gig in Birmingham

Metal legend Ozzy Osbourne is to be honoured during an all-day charity music festival taking place on Sunday.

The event, which is being billed as a celebration of his life, is being held at John Marston pub in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, to raise money for Parkinson's UK.

About 40 local musicians would be performing throughout the event, collectively aiming to get through about 75 tracks, organiser and singer Rachel Shenton said.

"Whatever happens, we're going to raise a lot of money for charity, and we're going to enjoy it in the process" Ms Shenton said.

There would be about five musicians on stage at any one time, and each had been given a specific track to learn for the event, she added.

Ms Shenton will be performing at the event herself, and said she was a massive fan of Ozzy Osbourne.

The Black Sabbath vocalist was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in his later years, but despite his illness he took to the stage with his bandmates in Birmingham in July.

He died later that month, with thousands of fans turning out to lay tributes on Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham city centre.

The idea for the music event in Longton came from the pub's landlady, who is also a big fan of Osbourne.

As well as performances, there will also be memorabilia for sale and a raffle during the day.

Ms Shenton said she had even had to turn down some musicians who had shown an interest in performing due to the huge number wanting to get involved.