Royston Arts Festival is officially launching this week with an opening night concert.

The concert, by English folk duo Megson, will be held at Royston Parish Church at 7pm on Friday, September 20.

Tickets and information are available at www.creativeroyston.org.

Creative Royston, which organises the festival, will have a stall at Royston Market on Saturday morning, where you can pick up a programme of events.

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Artist Stacey Leigh-Ross has created art for the front cover of the programme inspired by Royston children's drawings.

Royston Arts Society also submitted paintings on the festival's theme of 'Arts in Motion', and the winning entry was a portrait of singer Claudia McKenzie by Vivienne Machell, who won £50.

The festival runs until Saturday, October 5.