A popular music festival in Cardigan has reported record figures for its fifth edition.

Other Voices Cardigan 2024, which ran from October 31 to November 2, attracted 15,000 music fans.

The three-day event celebrated music, friendship, language, ideas, and culture from both sides of the Irish Sea and beyond.

Festival highlights included performances from Nadine Shah, Bill Ryder Jones, and Fabiana Palladino.

St Mary’s Church audiences were treated to an acoustic performance by Manic Street Preachers; frontman James Dean Bradfield, who performed special renditions of ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’, ‘A Design for Life’, and ‘Ready for Drowning’.

Other church performers included Charlotte Day Wilson, Melys, Victor Ray, and Georgia Ruth.

Events took place in cafes, bars, places of worship, and arts venues.

More than 42 established and emerging acts from Wales and Ireland played the Music Trail, and some 300 artists and crew worked and performed.

The festival also boosted the economy, with many businesses reporting increased foot traffic and sales during the event.

The festival's admissions saw a 36 per cent increase on 2023.

Visitors from outside Wales also increased significantly by 41 per cent, with music fans coming from Ireland, Italy, New York, Sweden, and Germany.

Dilwyn Davies, CEO of Mwldan, co-producers of Other Voices Cardigan, said: "This year has been another fantastic success.

"We’ve celebrated the vibrancy and vitality of the music scenes on both sides of the Irish Sea, and the spirit of our communities.

"The audience response has been incredibly positive and joyous, and we can't wait to bring everyone together again in 2025."

Phillip King, founder of Other Voices, said: "Cardigan/Aberteifi came alive with great music and stimulating and provocative banter when Other Voices came to town this past weekend.

"The event is growing and expanding year on year, attracting more visitors to this beautiful town.

"It's a real delight to bring Other Voices across the Irish Sea, to collapse between Ireland and Wales and to bring us together in a way that deepens and strengthens every aspect of our relationship."

Church performances were live-streamed on the Other Voices YouTube channel and to the big screen at Mwldan.

Highlights will be later broadcast on BBC Wales, BBC iPlayer, RTÉ, and RTÉ Player via media partners.

Other Voices Cardigan is staged with the support and investment of Welsh Government and Government of Ireland, The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and The Department of Foreign Affairs’ Reconciliation Fund, and is produced by South Wind Blows in partnership with Mwldan and Triongl.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, supported by Ceredigion County Council.