KESWICK Mountain Festival treated visitors to its biggest musical lineup to date at the weekend.

Headliner KT Tunstall closed a successful weekend all-round, with the live music accompanied by demonstrations, sport and public speakers.

The Scottish singer-songwriter, who had hits in the early 2000s with ‘Suddenly I see’ and ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’ was supported by a lineup which featured Liverpool indie band Cast,, along with The Christians, The Peatbog Faeries, Noasis and Absent Average as well as local acts Lee Hawker and Erin Collins.

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The acts played through on-and-off weather over the course of the festival, however things brightened up for the headline performance.

Nicola Meadley, Keswick Mountain Festival director, said: “Despite all of the challenges thrown at us by the weather, thousands of people clearly had a great time at this year’s Keswick Mountain Festival.

“There was a fantastic atmosphere in Crow Park for both nights of live music and once again we brought a large number of visitors from around the country to Keswick for the weekend.

“I want to pay tribute to all of our team and the many volunteers, who responded brilliantly in some very difficult circumstances.”

KT Tunstall got her start as part of record label and folk ensemble ‘Fence Collective’, then run by established musicians Kenny Anderson of King Creosote and Johnny Lynch, of The Pictish Trail.

A famous solo performance with a loop pedal on ‘Later... With Jools Holland’ saw her shoot to fame, on the back of which she released five studio albums.

Her latest release, ‘KIN’, peaked at number seven on the UK album charts last year, and came shortly before a live album recording of a gig at a packed-out Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.

First held in 2007, Keswick Mountain festival is hosted in the summer every year.

A festival village is set up , and as well as watching music and speakers, the outdoors play a major role in the event.