Yard Fest

Yard Fest takes over Chew's Yard on Saturday 8 November, an all-day music festival that brings together six emerging young acts across indie, rock and jazz-funk. It's an all-ages one, so it works as much for a family afternoon as it does for a proper day of live music. Local bands start from 2pm, and the music runs through the day.

If you haven't spent much time there, Chew's Yard is worth a bit of context. It takes its name from an 18th-century artisans' yard and historic alleyway that once linked Friargate and Market Street West. The venue itself was built out of a disused warehouse and joinery workshop, and it now works across three interconnected spaces: a food and drinks hall home to five independent traders, an events room that hosts live music, DJs, markets and arts events, and a leafy, walled garden. The traders are all local, among them Chamo, inspired by South American flavours and arepas; Trough, from the founders of Goosnargh Gin; and Where's Wala, a British-Indian street food concept rooted in the founders' Preston upbringing.

That mix of food and drink is a good thing to keep in mind for a day like this. With six acts on the bill, you can drift between the music in the events room and the food hall, and if the weather holds, the garden is there to step out into. The line-up spans indie, rock and jazz-funk, so the sound will shift as the afternoon turns into evening, and since it's all-ages, it's as easy to bring the kids along as it is to come on your own. It runs on Saturday 8 November at Chew's Yard, 111 Market Street West, PR1 2HB, with local live bands starting from 2pm.