Cirencester’s Phoenix Festival has been running since 2013.

The free-to-enter festival was founded by local youth club Ozone, as part of a social enterprise initiative.

And what was meant to be a one-off event has grown into one of the town’s most popular, with close to 15,000 visitors each year.

This year’s festival runs on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August, and the Sunday night headliner has been announced as ‘Michael starring Ben’, one of the most popular tributes to Michael Jackson in the world.

‘Michael starring Ben’ features lifelong Jackson fan Ben Bowman who has recently been touring Europe and the UK.

A spokesperson from Michael starring Ben said: “We are so happy to be special guests at this years’ Phoenix Festival and can't wait to give everyone a great show and celebrate the King of Pop with you!

“Ben’s mesmerising, energetic and dynamic performance, will give you a taste of what it was like to see Michael Jackson live in concert.”

Phoenix Festival organisers will be announcing other special guests in the coming weeks.

Any artists, bands, dance troupes, DJs or choirs etc. who are located in the Cirencester area that want to perform at the 2020 Phoenix Festival should get in touch via the website www.phoenix-festival.co.uk