Lockstock festival in Willenhall is set to be firing on all barrels as tribute to Prince of Darkness planned
The brass band which led the funeral procession for Ozzy Osbourne on Broad Street will perform a tribute to him at a Willenhall festival on Sunday.
The Bostin Brass Band will appear at the eighth annual Willenhall Lock Stock festival which is taking place on Sunday and is expected to attract over 4,000 people.
Willenhall Memorial Park will host two arenas and three stages catering for soul and pop and rock music featuring mainly acts from the immediate area. Two of them are named after The Good Shepherd charity in Wolverhampton and NSPCC Childline.
The Bostin Brass Band will play a tribute to Ozzy at 2.45pm at one of the arenas and 3pm at the other with bucket collection for both organisations being held at the time.
Last year over 3,000 people attended to see 24 acts with headliners Rolling Clones celebrating the 60th anniversary of their Willenhall gig.
In March organisers held a special awards and black tie event celebrating the performers at the Willows, Bath Street Willenhall and a pop up festival has visited VE day street parties, three end of term school mini festivals and the Willenhall Transport Show amongst others.
It is organised by Willenhall Lock Stock CIC, a not for profit volunteered organisation dedicated to bring music to the town of Willenhall and surrounding areas and organiser Nigel Dutton said they are expecting this year's festival to be bigger than ever.
He said: "It started in 2017 for 300 people on a wet September Sunday and now it has grown to a full on grass roots music festival with what is expected to be over 4,000 people attending."
"We are down to the last few hundred tickets and are expecting more people than ever before. We have done a lot of events and functions based on the festival including the awards ceremony and generally promoted it as well as we can
"The ticket prices are reasonable particularly the early birds and as I always says it is cheaper than attending the Oasis reunion and also supports local talent and traders who come out to help the event go ahead.
"Last year we were celebrating the Rolling Stones, this year it will be commemorating Ozzy and I am sure we will hear some of his music during the day amongst others."
Willenhall Lock Stock Festival will take place on Sunday at Willenhall Memorial Park from 11am-9pm. Early bird tickets at £10 are available at Touchdown Vapes, 9 Clarkes Lane Willenhall or on the gate at £15.
