A NEW summer festival of fun and musical nostalgia will kick-off in Hawick next month if a football club’s £2,000 funding bid is agreed.

The application will be considered at a special meeting of Hawick Common Good Fund Sub-Committee tomorrow (Wednesday).

Hawick Youth FC currently runs four teams and use Volunteer 3G Park for their competitive matches and have recently been successful in setting up two junior pitches in Wilton Lodge Park.

The club supports youngsters who want to play football and adults who want to ‘give something back’ by volunteering as coaches.

The club is looking to hold a new local, easily accessible and affordable family friendly live music event on Saturday, August 17, titled ‘Tunes by the Teviot’.

The day at the new ‘Wee Haugh’ space will consist of four tribute bands, a 70s, 80s and 90s band with a Queen tribute band to finish.

It is hoped to attract an audience of around 500 people with side stalls, food vendors, and bouncy castles to offer something for all the family. There will be a licensed bar available with the event finishing at 9pm.

Any net proceeds from this event would be helpful in paying for the club’s pitch hire, which is an ongoing expense.

A report to the committee states: “The event will be an additional event in the Hawick calendar for summer.

"With a focus on being family friendly it will offer a local, for some new experience and look to meet the identified needs of the community in relation to more music events as highlighted in the recent draft place plan."