BUMPER crowds gathered for the 30th Beverley Folk Festival, which was held, for the first time, at the town's racecourse.
The three-day event attracted about 5,000 visitors, with a line-up including The Proclaimers, Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes and Ian Rankin.
Director James Pybus said: "The atmosphere has been tremendous.
"Beverley Racecourse has been a great place to be this weekend.
"A lot of performances had sell-out crowds and the response we have had from visitors has been phenomenal.
"People have really enjoyed themselves. There has been a charge of energy here in Beverley and the beer has also been flowing well."
Although the festival was primarily aimed at folk music fans, there was plenty of entertainment for the whole family.
As well as free parking for visitors on the Westwood, the festival also put on a shuttle bus to and from Beverley, so crowds could take advantage of everything the folk festival had to offer.
Mr Pybus said: "We had numerous attractions throughout Beverley, with folk acts performing at the Sun Inn in Flemingate, The Tiger in Lairgate and Hodgson's pub in Flemingate."
As well as headline artists including The Proclaimers and the Oysterband, the festival welcomed comics John Shuttleworth and Irish/Iranian stand-up Patrick Monahan.
The whole event was such a success, organisers of the Beverley Folk Festival have already booked the racecourse to stage next year's event.
Sally Iggulden, chief executive of the Beverley Race Company, said: "The folk festival is a very popular and well- respected Beverley institution.
"We hope our partnership will bring something new to the racecourse and events centre and provide a long-term home for the festival, which, like us, helps to attract visitors from all over the country and beyond to our historic market town."
The festival is expected to have been a boost to other businesses in the town, as well as the pubs. Estimates suggest the event generates about £250,000 a year for the local economy, with shops, hotels, cafés and restaurants all benefiting.
Mayor of Beverley, Martin Cox, was thrilled with the success of the festival.
He said: "The number of people attending seems to have been as strong as ever.
"Originally, there were some concerns about the festival moving away from the centre of Beverley but when I went into town there were folk entertainers in the pubs and cafés, as well as singers entertaining passers-by.
"Having the event at the racecourse has enabled much more flexibility for the organisers.
"Even the bad weather hasn't dampened people's spirits. It's been a great weekend for the town."
Have you seen our new homepage?Bookmark hulldailymail.co.uk for the very best and exclusive local content.
