Video and pictures: Thousands enjoy Shrewsbury Folk Festival fun

The event has brought people from across the country to the West Midlands Showground, with bands from around the world entertaining festival goers until Monday.

The event kicked off with music from the likes of Amadou Diagne, Modou Cissokho and Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra.

The fun was continuing today with performances from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and The Urban Folk Quartet among others.

Organisers said they hoped to smash the £50,000 mark for money raised for Hope House at this year's event.

The festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend, with more than 240 musicians, 250 dancers and 100 workshops.

Grammy award winning American singer songwriter Rosanne Cash – the daughter of country singer Johnny Cash will also be performing at the event.

She was joining a host of acts that have been announced for the four-day festival, including folk rock band The Levellers, Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band, singer songwriter Tom Robinson, and world music star Raghu Dixit.

The festival has four music stages, a dance tent, more than 100 workshops, children and youth programmes, onsite camping, a craft fair, real ale, wine and cocktail bars, and a food village.

Spokeswoman Jo Cunningham said the organisers are expecting about 7,000 festival goers.

She said: "The weather was amazing all day Friday and we are hoping for the same today.

"We've had lots of people sitting and drinking in the sunshine, we opened at 10am in the morning for people to relax and sort themselves out.

"It's a very special event to the founders and we're just pleased to be doing the same as every year, quality music dance and looking to relax and enjoy four days of fabulous folk fun.

"We're raising money for Hope House. In eight years we've raised £43,500 for music therapy at Hope House, and this year we're hoping to top £50,000."