MUSEUM Gardens in York city centre has closed to the public ahead of a four-day festival.
Final preparations are underway for Live at York Museum Gardens - a music festival led by Futuresound Group.
Three days worth of performances will be headlined by Elbow on Thursday (July 3), Nile Rogers & CHIC on Friday, and Richard Hawley on Saturday. The fourth day - Sunday - will bring York Comedy Festival, co-hosted by Katherine Ryan and Dara O'Briain.
Last year, Shed Seven and Jack Savoretti – along with guests including Pete Doherty – played to sold out crowds at Museum Gardens for the first time since the 1970s and 80s.
Rachel Hill, a project manager at Leeds-based Futuresound Group, said the gigs will build on the success of those shows.
"We are absolutely thrilled to be working with the York Museum Gardens team once more for another great event," she told The Press earlier this year.
"Witnessing how incredibly important it is to the people of York, their support and how it was received is so heart warming.
"Seeing the city come to light and witnessing the benefits of the economic impact was a wonderful thing."
After headlining the 2024 show, Shed Seven's front man said he thought the festival "worked really well over the two days".
He added: "People were really well behaved, everyone looked like they were having a great time. The revenue that it must have brought into the city is a brilliant thing."
Gates open for each day of the music festival at 5pm with a curfew at 10.30pm. The venue will have a stage, a bar, food vendors such as YUZU, a premium area and a merchandise stand.
York Comedy Festival - also run by Futuresound Group - will follow. It will open at 2:30pm on the Sunday and the show is expected to end at 9:30pm, Futuresound said. Final entry is at 7.45pm.
The line-up features performances from Angelos Epithemiou of Shooting Stars fame, Joel Dommett, and rising Irish-Italian comedian Vittorio Angelone.
Both the comedy and music festival will provide accessible areas. However, Futuresound Group warn that the greenfield site could become muddy in the event of rain, and urged those with accessibility requirements to prepare in the event of such weather.
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