Later this month, the City of Birmingham will get in on the festival act with the launch of a brand new event.

The Sound Station Festival takes place on Sunday 28th May from 2pm to 11pm. It will be held at Eastside Park, Birmingham.

The line-up is already looking strong.

The one day event has a live stage where the likes of Graham Coxon, Orson, The Crimea and Boy Kill Boy will be performing. Meanwhile Bacardi will be bringing their Live arena to play host to Mr Scruff, Kenny Dope and Bugz in the Attic.

The event which mixes dance and rock is Birmingham's first city center festival, and will take place at the newly created Eastside Park – a major part of the second city's ongoing urban renaissance, and only minutes from New Street station and the new Bullring.

Adam Regan of Leftfoot fame, co-festival organiser and Dance Arena programmer said:

"Expect to hear anything from New York hip-hop and house, Ska and reggae to broken beats, soul and jazz. The overarching theme of the BACARDI B-Live Arena is credible, leftfield and quirky – a real antidote to commercial dance music."

Sound Station Festival tickets are priced at £25 plus booking fee.