Scouting For Girls left County Durham with plenty to talk about after performing at one of the North East's most unusual events recently.
The chart-topping band were among the star attractions at the annual Oyster Festival at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield on Friday (September 25).
Scouting For Girls shot to fame in the late 2000s with feel-good hits including She's So Lovely, Elvis Ain't Dead, Heartbeat, This Ain't A Love Song and Posh Girls.
Scouting For Girls.
The London-based band have released four top-10 albums and a string of hit singles since forming in 2005, becoming regulars at festivals across the UK.
The 23rd annual North East Oyster Festival attracted hundreds of guests for a day of seafood, live music, comedy and fundraising.
Hardwick Hall's annual Oyster Festival welcomed Scouting For Girls on Friday (September 25).
Organisers billed the all-inclusive event as "just like having a day at the races, but without the horses", with oyster stalls, seafood and free-flowing Guinness, wine, beer and lager.
The line-up also featured comedian and Britain's Got Talent star Cal Halbert, Emerald Thieves, Just Tina, JJ Galway Band, DJ Brandon Block and host Steve Walls.
The event at the Sedgefield hotel also raised money for Angel Trust Charity.
After the event, Scouting For Girls posted on social media: "What the hell was that!? Well that was our first ever Oyster Festival!
"If anyone ever invites you - GO!
"A cross between a wedding and a day at the races. I think we might have even done a conga."
The band are now taking a small break before heading to the Netherlands for their concerts in Amsterdam and Eindhoven.
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Launched more than two decades ago, the Oyster Festival is now one of the North East's best-known social events, attracting guests from across the region.
The festival also supported the five-year Wild Oyster Project: Tyne and Wear, which aims to restore native European oysters to North East waters.
With another successful Oyster Festival now in the books, attention will soon turn to next year's event and which big-name acts could be making their way to County Durham in 2027.