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Thousands enjoy UK's biggest free one-day festival

Ollie Wardin Christchurch Park
Ollie Ward/BBC The barrier in front of a music festival stage where people have lined up across to watch a performance.Ollie Ward/BBC
Many people had got good spots on the barrier at one of the stages

Thousands of people gathered in a Suffolk park on Sunday to enjoy the UK's biggest free one-day music festival.

Ipswich Music Day took place from midday to 20:00 BST, with a range of acts performing across six stages.

More than 30 performers from Ipswich and the East Anglian region were picked out from over 200 applications this year to appear.

Now in its 36th year, the festival is organised by Ipswich Borough Council and includes The Bowl Stage which is sponsored by BBC Radio Suffolk and features BBC Introducing artists.

Scroll down to see how the crowds celebrated this year's Ipswich Music Day.

Ollie Ward/BBC A band perform on a festival stage. Several members play instruments including trumpets, saxophones, guitars and drums. There is a man singing into a microphone. Ollie Ward/BBC
The Downsetters gave an electric performance on Sunday evening
Ollie Ward/BBC Hundreds of people enjoying a festival within a park on a sunny summer's day. Ollie Ward/BBC
Christchurch Park was filled with festival-goers on Sunday
Ollie Ward/BBC A man sings into a microphone on a small music festival stage. He has dark hair and is wearing an orange and black striped football shirt, black shorts and brown Timberland-style boots. There is another man at one end of the stage DJing.Ollie Ward/BBC
AYO donned a classic Ipswich Town shirt to perform on The Bowl stage
Ollie Ward/BBC A young boy and man pose together on a stage and smile at the camera. They wear matching blue Ipswich Town football shirts. The boy has an acoustic guitar around his torso and he is wearing a black cap and shorts. The man is wearing a blue hat as well as white shorts. Crowds below the stage in a park watch on.Ollie Ward/BBC
Nine-year-old Felix, who brought his own guitar, joined singer Adam Thomas on stage
Ollie Ward/BBC A woman stands on a stage speaking into a microphone. She wears a long white and black top with white trousers, sunglasses and a white and black head cover.Ollie Ward/BBC
The new mayor of Ipswich, Pat Bruce Browne, spoke to the crowd in front of The Bowl stage
Ollie Ward/BBC A woman wearing a denim cap and pink and orange dress smiles at the camera. There is a small white bird perched on her cap while a small green bird rests on her shoulder.Ollie Ward/BBC
This lady brought her birds along to the event and when she was asked why, she responded with: "Why not?"
Ollie Ward/BBC A band performs on a small stage at a music festival. Three men play guitars while there is also a woman in front of a microphone. Another man is at the back playing the drums.Ollie Ward/BBC
Jax & Co Does Country got the crowds going early on Sunday afternoon
Ollie Ward/BBC A person dressed in a large yellow Pikachu Pokemon costume in a park. Crowds of people are behind them.Ollie Ward/BBC
Pokémon's very own Pikachu made a rare appearance at the event

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