A spectacular fireworks display brought down the curtain on an action-packed weekend at Bingley Music Live.

Bradford Council said the event had been 'brilliant' and added that last night's conclusion had been a 'great evening.'

On saturday, the Kaiser Chiefs came home to the district to wow the crowd as part of the three-day event.

The Menston band rocked the thousands of fans at Myrtle Park.

Singer Ricky Wilson won over the crowd immediately with a “Hello Bingley” and “Welcome home Kaiser Chiefs”. He added: “I was born in Keighley, you know.”

The band’s music got Bingley rocking, particularly to hits Every Day I Love You Less and Less, The Angry Mob, Ruby and I Predict A Riot.

Wilson’s entertaining and energetic performance was also greeted with “Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire” chants by the partisan sell-out crowd.

He even took a break from the music to bring his nephew, Flynn, on stage to help celebrate his tenth birthday during the band’s 90-minute set.

The headliners were supported on Saturday by former Libertines frontman Peter Doherty and Sheffield Indie rock band Milburn, who both went down well with the swelling crowd in sun-kissed Bingley.

Festival-goers amused themselves between acts by stacking up empty pint cups to make an eight-foot-high tower and others took it easy by sitting on bales of hay.

The festival concluded yesterday with performances by acts including Badly Drawn Boy, Feeder, Soul II Soul and headliners The Wombats, although the weather was less favourable.

The event was capped off last night by a fireworks display.

The 11th annual festival also proved a smash hit with the audience who filled the park on Saturday, hailing its family-friendly atmosphere.

Amanda Cain came to the event with her daughter, Audra, 13, who was attending her first festival.

Mrs Cain said: “It’s quite good for children and is very family-friendly.

“It doesn’t take very long for us to come here each day as we live in Leeds.

“The locality of it is brilliant, it is very close to where we live. That was the main draw for us. We have come to see the Kaiser Chiefs.”

Meanwhile, the festival could not get any closer for Helen Earl, who lives in Bingley and was attending the event for the first time.

She was there alongside family and friends, including her husband Jonny Earl, who works as a station manager at West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service’s headquarters in Birkenshaw, She said: “I have lived here in Bingley for eight years but never come before. I usually just hear it from my garden. It is great that we can just walk home.”

Matthew Gardham, 29, and his girlfriend, Suraya Hawkins, both of Pontefract, came to Bingley after a summer packed full of music festivals. The couple had already been to Glastonbury in June and Leeds last month.

Mr Gardham said: “I’m looking forward to seeing Milburn.

“I’m also looking forward to seeing the Kaiser Chiefs, I have seen them about eight times and they never disappoint.

“Bingley is a family-friendly festival. This is the second time I have been, it’s brilliant. It’s a nice and steady event.

“I saw the Manics on Friday night and they never fail to deliver.”

Miss Hawkins said: “I have never been to Bingley before but’s brilliant. It has been good fun.”

The festival, first held in 2007, kicked off on Friday with a headline set by the Manic Street Preachers, who began their set with their hit Motorcycle Emptiness.

Newcastle-based alternative rock band Maximo Park and Glasgow rockers Twin Atlantic also took to the stage.

There was a bizarre moment during the opening set by Cabbage, when an actual cabbage was thrown into the air by an excited crowd member.

The Bradford Council-run festival was given the civic seal of approval with a backstage visit by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Abid Hussain. Volunteers went around the park with collection buckets for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal.

Other dignitaries in the crowd included former Lord Mayor of Bradford Cllr Joanne Dodds, the Council’s portfolio holder for environment, sport and culture Cllr Sarah Ferriby and Bingley Town Council leader Ros Dawson.