Held each year Peel Jam never fails to attract the most ardent fans of music and entertainment, as well as a stellar roster of superb local talent.

This year was Peel Jam's 10th anniversary, and organiser Christine Porter said the event was brimming with diversity, with alt-folk performers, a rockabilly band, soul, Motown, jazz, and grunge.

Performers were largely local, joined by others from others as far away as the Blue Mountains and Sydney.

Mrs Porter said thankfully the weather held off and the evening was great.

"I was determined it was going to be fine," she laughed.

"We got a couple of sprinkles and a bit of wind, but it fined up in the afternoon and it was beautiful."

She said numbers were down compared to previous years, and she suspected people were concerned the weather would be bad.

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"But it was a really lovely event, lots of dancing, great bands, a lot of solo acts, plus a 15-piece stage band."

"That was great because of Covid, bands haven't had much of an opportunity (to play).

"Felix Albert and the Gentlemanly Two had everyone up and dancing, it was great," she said.

She said such is the popularity of the event there is actually a waiting list of musicians to perform.

"The core is the Peel contingent who always perform, they are joined by rotating acts. We always have people contacting us to ask if they can be part of it," she said.

Mrs Porter said her band Soul Food performed Motown this year.

"We had so much fun playing fun upbeat music," she said.

Mrs Porter said feedback from people was very positive.

"We were compared to The End Festival which I thought was great, as we're just a small festival run by volunteers.

"It's very chilled," she said.

Planning for the event began six months ago, and was intense, with Covid forcing it to be postponed, but Mrs Porter said it was worth the effort saying they will be back to do it all again next year.

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