THOUSANDS of people descended onto the usually-quiet picturesque fields of Laverstoke Farm for Chris Evans' seventh Car Fest festival.

The three-day event, described as a family-friendly village fete, brought together iconic cars and musicians with a variety of events from t-shirt printing to dance classes.

Temperatures soared to 31C making it one of the hottest festivals yet while Chris Evans was spotted mooching around the site.

Bar manager Peter Dewbry said: "I was stood next to Chris Evans on Friday night. He seemed like really nice but was clearly in a rush."

It is unsurprising the former Radio 2 Breakfast host was in a rush seeing as he had a mighty event to oversee over the course of the weekend.

An estimated 20,000 people turned out for the event, located on his friend Jody Schtenker's working farm, between Basingstoke and Whitchurch.

Molly Walker who spent the weekend working on the bar at the event said: "It's been very chilled out. Everything was very well organised."

Families had travelled as far as Cheshire to be a part of the festivities.

The Higham family, from Warrington, said: "This is our six year attending Car Fest. We go to both the north and the south festivals. It is the friendliest place to take your children."

There were also plenty of people from Basingstoke who made use of the festival on their doorstep.

IT analyst and taekwondo teacher Jon Bradburn, from Basingstoke, said one of his highlights had been the music.

One woman and her husband, both from Saint Mary Bourne, displayed their range of vintage and classic cars at the festival's 'Back In Time' paddock.

The woman said: "We like to take part each year. It's for a great cause as well as being a fun day out. My personal highlight was seeing the Bugatti cars. The beauty of them! It was their mechanics I was most interested in."

Brian Chennell, from Thatcham, attended the event with his girlfriend Clare Henshaw, from Hertfordshire. Clare said: "There is something about this festival that I really like. I've done loads of others but Car Fest has a very friendly atmosphere that is unique. Everyone helps each other, it has a nice family feel and there are lots of freebies."

Throughout the weekend revellers heard from the likes of The Jacksons, Judge Jules and Tom Odell.

While on Sunday, an iconic line-up saw the We Are Family hitmakers Sister Sledge perform their classic songs in front of a packed out audience.

Closing the festival, was Human League who took to the stage with their classic Together in Electric Dreams before finishing with their Don't You Want Me Baby mega-hit.

Boy George and the Culture Club wrapped up the festivities, as the crowds joined in to sing a long to favourites such as Karma Chameleon and Do You Want To Hurt Me.