A LARGE crowd gathered in the town centre as the Hexham Carnival rolled in to great success.

With musical entertainment from Callum Tordoff, Ben Blance, Bucklefoot and Barley Human, the audience were constantly on their feet dancing.

There were dance performances from Hexham-based group Splitz and Newcastle cheerleader group FallenAngels, while locally based The Affleck Academy of Ballet produced one of the highlights with their performance of A Midsummer's Night Dream .

A full report of the carnival will appear in this week's Hexham Courant .