FLIX Fun Bar and the Hamilton Arms have been granted extended hours during the Girvan Folk Festival.

The event, which was born in 1975, will run from Friday, May 4 until Sunday, May 6 and will stage The Tannahill Weavers, Adam McNaughtan, Len Graham & Jack Lynch.

Girvan Folk Festival will begin at 8pm on the Friday and will host a number of workshops throughout the weekend before live entertainment continued in the evening.

To coincide with the gig, Flix Fun Bar and the Hamilton Arms will be allowed to open until 3.30am over the weekend. The hours were agreed by the South Ayrshire Council licensing board.

Catrina Andrew, Licensing Standards Officer, said: “As the festival is an annual event and one which has caused us no previous concerns with regard to licensing, I would offer no objections in principal to the terminal hours of 3.30am and 3am.”