A FAMILY festival in Overton is celebrating after being nominated for two awards at a nationwide competition. 

CarFest, which is held every summer at Laverstoke Park, was nominated for the Best Medium-Sized Festival Award and the Best Festival for Families Award at the UK Festival Awards 2024.

The event, held from August 23 to August 25, featured a star-studded music line-up with guests including former The Smiths guitarist, Johnny Murrs, singer Olly Murrs, Sam Ryder, band Scouting for Girls and more.

A spokesperson for the family festival said they are 'very excited' about the nomination' urging visitors to vote if they 'had a blast' at the event.

They added: "Your votes mean the world to us! Let's make it happen."

The UK Festival Awards were first established in 2004 by Steve Jenner from Virtual Festivals.com.

The public-voted awards, which are sponsored by events company Ticketmaster, aim to celebrate a wide variety of festivals across the country about anything from music to comedy.

Awards include Best Large Festival, Best New Festival, Best Non-Music Festival, The Grassroots Festival Award and more. 

Festivalgoers can vote for their favourite nominee in each category before a shortlist is published on October 24.

The festivals that have made it onto the shortlist will then be judged by a panel of industry experts to decide the winners, which will be announced at the ceremony on December 3.

You can vote for CarFest, or another of your favourite festivals, at surveymonkey.com/r/UKFA24