THOUSANDS of people turned up to enjoy the warm weather at this year’s Picnic Penarth.

Around 14,000 people attended the event at its new Esplanade location.

The two day event saw traders and food vendors celebrating a sell out weekend as the community came together to enjoy a wide variety of food and entertainment.

Leader of Penarth Town Council, Cllr Rhiannon Birch said: “I’d like to thank our local community and businesses for their support in making this event a real Penarth showcase.

“Seeing local families and visitors really enjoying the weekend made all our team’s hard work worthwhile.”

Penarth Soul Club and John Lewis and his Trio were thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd and younger guests were treated to Simon Sparkles, DJ Stirling and a performance by Rubicon Dancers.

The unique view of the Volvo Ocean Race departure also kept the carnival atmosphere in full swing.

The event was delivered in conjunction with Genero, the events and media agency with offices in Penarth.

Pete Leckie, the managing director of Genero Group said: “I’m so pleased that the Picnic was such a great success – and of course my own family loved every minute of the weekend too.”

Penarth Picnic was the first event taking place under the new Memorandum of Understanding, between Penarth Town Council and Genero Productions.

The event was first set up in 2015 and has been growing in size each year since it began.

The organisers are now looking forward to delivering Penarth Festival and Downhill Derby on July 14 and 15.