DRIVERS are being warned of a road closure so that a popular music festival can go ahead at Weymouth Harbour this weekend.

From 7am on Saturday 28 August until 11.59pm on Sunday August 29 part of Custom House Quay on the north side of the harbour will be closed to traffic for the Quayside Music Festival.

The alternative routes for through traffic from the west will be via Commercial Road, Lower St Alban Street and St. Thomas Street to St. Edmund Street and from the east via St. Mary Street, St. Edmund Street and Lower St. Edmund Street to Commercial Road.

During the closure period, a prohibition of driving order will be lifted on Lower St Alban Street (from its junction with St Nicholas Street (opposite Tesco Metro) while six parking bays at Zone F on Custom House Quay opposite the Rendezvous will be taken out of use.

Dorset Echo: Road closures and diversions in place this weekend at Weymouth HarbourRoad closures and diversions in place this weekend at Weymouth Harbour

Pedestrian access to the area between ‘The Rendezvous’ and St. Mary Street on Custom House Quay will be restricted. Pedestrian diversion routes are: For Town Bridge, St Marys Street - St Edmund Street.

For Commercial Road, St Marys Street - St Edmund Street - Lower St Edmund Street.

As reported, the festival is to make a triumphant return - albeit with restricted numbers - after last year's event was held virtually due to lockdown restrictions.

A maximum of 500 guests at any one time will be allowed to attend this year's free event, due to large numbers of visitors in the town, organisers say.

The audience will be able to watch live acts perform on an outdoor stage outside the Rendezvous nightclub, with star of ITV's The Voice, Lauren Bannon AKA Lloren, to appear at 5pm on Saturday.

Other acts lined up for the weekend include The Leggomen, Chief Lazarus, The Brotherhood, Stereoironics, Skimmity Hitchers, Orange Street, The Undecided, Mad4Animals and King Hammond Band.

Dorset Council has said that any unauthorised person who uses or permits the use of the roads in contravention of the traffic notice could be liable to a fine of up to £1,000.

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