Organisers have hailed Saturday's Breakin' Out Festival at Abergavenny Leisure Centre as a 'sell-out success'.

The alcohol-free urban music festival attracted young people, aged from eleven to 25, from all over South Wales.

Headline acts performing on the main stage included rapper Chip AKA Chipmunk, Skepta, Hannah Berney from The Voice, Abyss Dance Crew from

Britain's Got Talent and Rachel Hylton from X Factor.

Other performers included Lady Leshur, Junior Brat, Alex Thompson, Reece Robertson, Beatspoke, Charlotte René and the KMT Dancers

There was also a 'local, live and open mic' stage, where local

artists and bands had a chance to show off their talents.

Elsewhere on the site there were workshops for drama, dance, DJ'ing, beatbox and graffiti. There were also sports activities including Streetwise Soccer and demonstrations of

free-running. UnLtd, funded by Comic Relief and the Steve Redgrave Foundation, provided an opportunity for people to pitch their ideas for funding for local community projects, and there was a hair and beauty section run by TSO Creative and a variety of stalls.

The festival was designed to tackle drug and alcohol abuse, acting as a launch for the beenthereb4 website which aims to support affected people. (At one point there was so much interest in the site that it crashed!)

The festival was the brainchild of events organiser and local youth mentor, Sharon Lewis, who herself is a recovered drug addict and alcoholic.

Sharon, who has worked in London clubs as well as for Abergavenny Food Festival, wanted the event to better promote support for people experiencing the same problems that she has gone through.

"The message is prevention rather than cure," she said. "We want to use artists as positive role models - to engage with young people where they're at, using language they understand."

The venue had been switched from Bailey Park to Abergavenny Leisure Centre because of concerns about the weather.

But in the end the festival was a bigger success than anyone had predicted.

"It was amazing. You could see that the young people were really enjoying themselves - and that's the main thing," said Sharon.

"There were dozens of young people involved in the volunteer teams too; they were part of making it happen.

"It would be great if it became an annual event, but that's for them to decide!"