MARMOZETS have come home for their final festival of 2018.

Their destination was a five-minute car journey from their parents’ houses in Bingley and a stone’s throw away from where they met and regularly rehearse.

Lead singer Rebecca ‘Becca’ Macintyre and guitarist Jack Bottomley admit their first appearance in their home town is different to their normal festival set up, after they enjoyed sleeping in the homes they grew up in the night before their set and were ferried to the Myrtle Park site by Jack’s brother.

The band formed at Bingley Grammar School and signed their first record deal in 2013.  Their second album, Knowing What You Know Now, was released in January.

Bingley Music Live is a festival they know a lot about and have seen it go from strength to strength after first coming as punters with their friends.

Becca recalls how they used sneak into the venue via the skate park during the festival’s early days, and now sees it as a place for Yorkshire’s bands to show the growing crowds what they can do.

She said: “We started at Bingley Grammar School and it’s great because we can come here from down the road and it’s unique and special.

“We have seen it get bigger and bigger, and it’s a family environment.

“A lot of music festivals claim to be for families, but it’s nothing like this.”

The band, which is made up of two sets of siblings, repeatedly told the crowd how much the show meant to them, but they did not let emotions get in the way of their lively and frenetic set.

Jack added: “This feels like home.  I went home to get changed and then called my brother, who brought us down here.

 “It’s exciting for us because we always wanted to come and play here.”

This year’s line-up has been labelled better than Leeds Festival by some music fans, and Becca believes the event is only going to get bigger in years to come.

However, the 26-year-old has her own ideas for how the organisers should take it on.

“I remember the year Skindred played and that’s the time I thought this festival is going somewhere,” she recalls.

“People were moshing and I loved the mix of people.  That’s what festivals should be about.

“Where the organisers are going to go is bigger acts, but it needs to be the right acts.

“I would hate to be a part of it if it turns into a fully blown pop or dance festival, but if that’s what people want, then it will be, but we want it to be for local bands to come through.

“Hopefully we can help people dream about playing here and there will be great bands from Yorkshire coming here.”