FAMILIES come together for a mini-festival.

Hundreds of people enjoyed warm and sunny weather at the second Great Family Hoedown on Saturday, run by Romney Voices.

The event – held in Romney Walk in Blackburn - featured music including doll drums, punk and majorettes.

There were also several stalls selling a variety of food, such as Indian and burgers.

Fun for the family included a bouncy castle, face painting, tattoos and a tombola.

Romney Voices vice-chairman Cally Kershaw, 55, who is running the event, said the event is about 'celebrating differences and coming together and having a good time.'

He said: "It's about people from different cultural backgrounds all coming together and enjoying themselves.

"We've got people from different estates in Blackburn and even people from outside of Blackburn have come together.

"This is what we want, we want everyone to come here and get involved and feel part of the community."

Elaine Samson, of Romney Voices, said on Saturday: "The turnout is great.

"When the bands start playing properly, we're here to half past nine at night, there will be more people later.

"We had about 250 people last year and hopefully it will be about the same this year.

"We started the event last year and it's in its second year now and we're going to continue it now as a yearly thing."

Bands and artists, including Diamond Dac, BackBeat, Stove Pipe and Clash tribute band On Parole, performed on a stage which was donated by scaffolding company, JP Hall.

Some of the money raised from the event will be donated to the Jo Cox foundation, which helps tackle community isolation and promote togetherness.

The rest of the money will go towards Romney Voices.

The event was held during the Great Get Together Weekend - in memory of the life of the murdered Batley MP Jo Cox.

A series of events have taken place across the country.