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The Larmer Tree Festival 2008, between Blandford and Shaftesbury in north Dorset, was opened by Jools Holland & his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra - and so began the festival's 18th year.

Totalling 108 hours of entertainment, including 80 bands across seven stages over five days - it was the biggest Larmer Tree Festival yet.

One of the most family-friendly festivals around, other big name acts on the bill included The Levellers and acoustic star Kate Rusby.

Sally Taylor with singer Andrea Soler

Plenty of locally-based acts were performing there too, including singer/songwriter Andrea Soler.

Festival organiser James Shepherd says: "This year's gone brilliantly. Everyone seems to be having a great time."

Someone else who has been at the festival since its beginnings in 1990 is main stage MC Pete Bettle, where he says he ran a bouncy castle at the one-day festival, as it was then.

He explains why the ground in which the festival is held is called the Larmer Tree:

The venue for the festival

"It's [named after] the legendary tree that no-one's ever seen, that's said to be on the junction of three counties - Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset. But no-one's sure which one it is!"

BBC Radio Solent's Sally Taylor programme broadcast live from the festival. Listen again to selected highlights from the programme, and click through our photo gallery.