Razorlight and Feeder headline Docksfest in Cleethorpes

Thousands of music fans attended Cleethorpes’ first DocksFest music festival on Saturday.

Rock and indie bands Razorlight, Feeder and The Lottery Winners headlined the event, hosted by Grimsby actor and comedian Lloyd Griffith.

Frank Turner also joined local bands Healer and Orphan Boy at the Meridian Showground.

The team behind the festival, Docks Beers and Docks Academy, said they hope the event will become an annual fixture in the North East Lincolnshire calendar.

Event director Will Douglas said it had been four years since the idea was first mooted and 14 months of hard work had gone into putting it on stage.

“It’s a destination event,” he said.

“We’ve had people come from all over the country, Liverpool, Devon and Scotland, so it’s fantastic to see this venue on the map for the rest of the UK for live music.”

In the crowd Will Henry, 31, from Grimsby said: “It was incredible to see bands like this in Cleethorpes, it’s the best night of my life.”

Heidi McNally agreed: “We don’t normally have big events like this so we’ve been looking forward to it for months.”

Event host Lloyd Griffith said he had not seen anything like it in Cleethorpes since the Radio One show in 1999.

“It’s brilliant! I’ve been walking around and everyone is so excited and so happy these bands have come to the area, it’s on their doorstep and they haven’t had to travel to Doncaster or Sheffield – it’s here!”