HUGE stages are being erected in a Bingley park in preparation for arguably the biggest event on the district’s calendar.

Bingley Music Live starts tomorrow, and over three days tens of thousands of music lovers will descend on Myrtle Park to enjoy the 11th edition of the festival.

The event has so far proved to be one of the most popular in its history, with weekend and Saturday day tickets selling out earlier this month. Some tickets are currently available for Friday and Sunday.

Headlining on Friday are indie heroes and former Glastonbury headliners Manic Street Preachers, with Menston chart toppers Kaiser Chiefs expected to receive a raucous homecoming welcome when they top the bill on Saturday night.

Scouse rockers The Wombats bring the festival to a close when they headline Sunday night, and after their set the festival will close with a spectacular fireworks display.

Headliners will start at 8pm on each day.

One of the most poignant sets of the festival is likely to be by Soul II Soul. On Tuesday it was announced that former vocalist Melissa Bell had died of kidney failure. The singer, also mother of X Factor star Alexandra Burke, had joined the group in 1993, and was lead vocalist on hit single Wish. The band play the main stage on Sunday.

Other bands playing over the course of the weekend include Maximo Park, Twin Atlantic, Libertines frontman Pete Doherty, Badly Drawn Boy and Feeder.

Away from the main stage, some of the biggest up and coming acts will be playing the Discovery Stage over the three days, including Tom Grennan, The Big Moon, Orielles and Muncie Girls.

Organisers of the Bradford Council run event will be hoping for better weather than at last year, when the Saturday crowd had to face a day of torrential rain.

Early forecasts for this year show that there is a chance of rain on the Friday, but Saturday should be sunny, and Sunday cloudier with a small chance of showers.

This year will also see tighter security at the festival, following terror attacks in Manchester and London earlier this year. Revellers have been warned that security checks and searches will take longer at the site’s entrance.

Those attending on the Friday have been advised to find other options for their way home due to a rail strike - meaning there will be no trains after the Manics end their set at 9.30pm. However, trains will be running as normal on the Saturday and Sunday.

Buses will be running to and from Bingley as normal with local bus companies increasing capacity by running double decker buses in place of single decker buses.

Bradford Council has increased the capacity of the park and ride facility for the festival and have arranged for extra overspill car parks for those wanting to drive.

People who have pre-booked a taxi going towards Keighley and Skipton are advised to arrange to meet their taxi on Keighley Road outside All Saints Church. Those with a pre-booked taxi travelling towards Bradford and Leeds are advised to arrange to meet their taxi on Bradford Road outside Beckfoot School.

There will also be a taxi rank on Wellington Street outside Bingley Railway Station.