Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall was this afternoon confirmed as the final headline act for this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Two of the biggest names in roots music will top the bill at the 2012 Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

About 6,500 fans were due to stream away from Shrewsbury Folk Festival today following an event dubbed the biggest and best in its history.

Occasional showers failed to put a dampener on Shrewsbury Folk Festival as about 6,500 fans converged on the County Showground for the start of the four-day event.

More than 5,000 music fans were descending on Shrewsbury this afternoon to enjoy the town’s annual four-day folk festival.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival has sold out of tickets earlier than ever before, with organisers describing this year’s event as the most popular ever.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival was today on the verge of being sold out after organisers said there was an “unprecedented demand” for tickets.

About 6,000 music fans poured through the gates of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival this bank holiday weekend – one of a host of events in Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Travellers up and down the country hoping to beat bank holiday queues by leaving early today have found themselves caught in the worst of the congestion.

A series of off-site concerts, a car sharing scheme and a vast array of beers and ciders are among the newest attractions added to the line-up of Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

One of Shropshire’s biggest festivals is on course for another sell-out.

The organisers of this summer’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival today announced the headline act for the third day of the festival.

Fears that a huge Shropshire music festival for 6,000 fans would be hit by troubles facing the West Mid Show have been allayed.

The future of events at Shrewsbury’s West Mid Showground cannot be guaranteed, the estate which owns the land said today.

Big hitters in Shropshire’s business world today came forward to throw their support behind the organisers of the West Mid Show to help it through its cash flow crisis.

People from across Shropshire and Mid Wales made the most of the last Bank Holiday weekend of the summer by turning out in their droves to events across the region.

Changeable weather failed to put a damper on the Shrewsbury Folk Festival as 6,000 fans enjoyed the best of roots music from around the world.

Thousands of people from across the country were expected to flock to Shrewsbury today as the town’s sell-out Folk Festival begins.

A capacity crowd enjoyed a festival featuring the finest artists from around the world. It augers well for the forthcoming Shrewsbury Folk Festival, says Andy Richardson.

Tickets for Shropshire’s biggest music festival are on course for a sell-out, delighted organisers said today.