This year’s Black Country Festival will benefit from a major funding boost of £365,000.

The cash comes from West Midlands Combined Authority, via the Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund, and will be used to support events running throughout the festival in July. 

Commenting on the news, Councillor Patrick Harley, leader of the council, said: “This money will allow us, in difficult financial times, to continue to put on popular events like the Black Country Musicom, which celebrate who we are and where we come from. There will be further exciting announcements in due course - but it should mean that this year will be the biggest and best Black Country Festival yet.”