Ledbury town centre will be filled with music and entertainment for all ages when the annual carnival takes place this August Bank Holiday Monday.

The day kicks off with the carnival procession, which will start at Ledbury Rugby Football Club at noon and then wind its way to Ledbury Primary School via New Street, High Street, Homend and Orchard Lane.

This year the theme will be A Country Carnival.

Crowds will then be entertained by bands The Yetties (1pm and 3.30pm) and That Shallot (11.30am and 2.30pm) in the High Street.

That Shallot will also be in St Katherine's car park at 4.30pm.

The Yetties are four musicians from Dorset who are one of the country's most popular folk groups and have played all over Europe.

That Shallot are a Worcester-based group who play traditional dance tunes.

Visitors may then move on to see the Welsh Piping Society Marching Band at 2.30pm in St Katherine's car park and 3.30pm in New Street. They can also try out the various stalls and games in St Katherine's car park, where Hereford Hospital Radio, a bouncy castle, train rides, donkey rides and a Punch and Judy show will be sited.

Carnival-goers can also choose from a car boot sale in Bridge Street car park, Morris dancing and a craft exhibition and horticultural flower show, the latter in the Community Hall.

A beer festival will be held at the Royal Oak, Southend, between Saturday, August 23, and Monday, August 25.

Food is an important part of the day and everything from a traditional pig roast to oriental cuisine will be available.

Ledbury has a long tradition of markets and fairs.

The first of the current Bank Holiday carnivals took place in 1975 in the field where Countrywide store now stands.

With many of the town's car parking spaces lost, there will be parking at Ledbury RFC, in the A449 Ross Road, and a free park and ride service will operate between the club and the Ring 'o' Bells pub, New Street.