In pictures: Festival season kicks off at Isle of Wight
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Haneefah Armstrong, 20, from Oxford, was working for her festival ticket by "performing as a fairy". Among her duties was to get people to write down their wishes.
Jenny Buss, 43, (third from right), was with her fancy dress-clad friends from Cambridgeshire. Their costumes included "two bulls and two horses".
Abi Muir, (left) and Ellie Whitcher, both 20 and from Portsmouth, were at the event for the first time. Abi said it was "chilled out" compared to the time she went to the Reading Festival.
Sue Plummer, from Ryde Extreme Performers, was with her company which teaches disadvantaged children circus skills.
Joel Langton, dressed as a doctor, was part of stag party at this year's Isle of Wight Festival. The group adopted a Monty Python theme.
Sgt Liz Barton and PC Matt Campbell were on patrol during Saturday afternoon. They were enjoying the weather despite a blustery wind.
Nicky Daish, 32, from Southampton, was celebrating her birthday on Saturday along with her daughter Brooke who turned 13 on the same day. Her eight-year-old daughter Ellie was enjoying her first time at the event.
Vicky Wang (left), 21, from China, and Jennifer Yu, 19, from Taiwan, were enjoying their first ever festival in the UK. They said they chose the Isle of Wight so they could enjoy the seaside.
Cherry Cuel, 65, from Luccombe on the island, was at the event with her son-in-law Dan Sinclair, 35, from Hythe, Kent. The pair were celebrating after hunting out the real ale stall.