More than 35,000 people put on their bobby socks and headed to the Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival on the weekend.
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The festival ran from Friday to Sunday and the good weather saw big crowds attend the event.
Now in its 12th year, the festival is an opportunity to enjoy classic cars, fashion and music from the 1950s and ‘60s.
It has become an iconic event for the town and brings with it an economic boost for the region.
“People really get into the swing of the festival by dressing up and dancing in the streets,” the mayor of Cessnock, Cr Bob Pynsent said.
“The weekend attracts crowds of people to Kurri Kurri, making it one of the largest festivals of its kind in Australia and a great tourist attraction for the region.”
Cr Pynsent opened the festival with Miss Cessnock City, Cassandra Battle, on Saturday.
The cars are always a massive drawcard and this year was no exception.
Stephen Stone brought his vintage vehicle over from Tanilba Bay for the day.
He said the light-blue FJ Holden was number 250 to be produced and has the original Holden colour.
The fashion brought Paige Woodcroft, from Greta, and Jess Longmore, from Rutherford, to the festival.
The women had carefully chosen their outfits for the day to match the modern pin-up style.
Pin-up was the most recent addition to the best-dressed competition, which had four categories.
Traditional Best Dressed, for those who like to be historically accurate, Junior Best Dressed, Couples Best Dressed and the pin-up section called Miss Modern Day.
Pin-up has grown in popularity within the rock ‘n’ roll scene and entrants styled themselves with reproduction clothing, tattoos and piercings.
This year’s special guest judge was Shelley Minson, winner of Pinup America magazine’s photo competition and a singer and songwriter.
Miss Veedub and Miss Dale Velvet Rose took out the best dressed in the Miss Modern Day and Traditional Vintage categories respectively.
Event organiser Lesley Morris forecast this year’s festival to bring a bigger and more varied crowd and this proved to be the case with a mix of young and old, vintage and modern festival goers.