Bringing Americana and Country music to Yorkshire at the first Live at Yard festival.
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00:00From Nashville to Yorkshire, yes, live at the Yard in the Carding Shed inside Rutland Mills which has the Tile Yard complex.
00:12This hub for music and entertainment held their first Americana and country musical festival.
00:20We're here at Tile Yard live and how's it going?
00:24It's going great. Last night was fantastic. We had some amazing artists on. Jane Kellywell from Wakefield, Kezia Gill.
00:31Nashville meets Yorkshire. How cool is that?
00:35He's actually from Nashville and he's come all the way.
00:39Yeah, flew overnight to get here and it was a long flight but it was worth it.
00:44And you stayed out all night.
00:45All night. The music was insane. The country music and the weather was brilliant. Absolutely amazing.
00:53And what's brought you over to Yorkshire? Has it been this event?
00:56It's just for this event. Emma Stakes and Tile Yard. Yeah, we're doing it for a long time. This is my new best friend.
01:04Yeah, so I'm actually, I'm in Nashville and so with this event coming over I wanted to celebrate country music in Britain.
01:11So, yeah, it's a hell of a day.
01:14As well as live music on an evening, on the Saturday there was a family festival of bucking broncos, traditional fair games and of course, line dancing.
01:26This really was a bit of Nashville here in Yorkshire.
01:32Sophie Malan-Malin from live at the Yard.
01:37And, as they said, everyone was scranning hog roast, as we call it in the UK, but over in Nashville, this is just a barbecue.
01:47Let's go!