Hull’s final festival of the summer will kick off next week with “The Almighty Fundraiser” in aid of Holy Trinity Church.

The gig, which will take place in the Church on Friday September 25, will lift the curtain on Hull Trinity Festival, a unique event which brings together the best of local bands with some national headline acts.

Top local outfit The Mighty and the Moon will be top of the bill for the Friday night show, with tickets priced at just £5 and available from Eventbrite.

On Saturday September 26 emerging festival favourites Eliza and the Bear will headline on the main stage outside Holy Trinity Church and the following night ska-pop favourites The Beat will perform their dance hits. On both Saturday and Sunday when the main stage closes the live music will continue in 12 bars around the Old Town.

Rev Matt Woodcock, pioneer minister at Holy Trinity Church, said the festival will raise money for the restoration and re-ordering project and will also welcome more people to enjoy the historic building.

He said: “We started this event as part of Hull Trinity Festival last year when HullBID were kind enough to dedicate the opening night to raise funds for the church. It was an amazing night with a great atmosphere and some amazing local talent.

“The Mighty and the Moon missed out because of family commitments but they promised they would be here this year and we are thrilled about that. They have a great local following and this is the perfect setting for their music. They are going to raise the roof!

“The festival outside is one of the highlights of the year, working with The Warren and seeing a really good mix of young and old people having such a great time. We want all the shops and the pubs to be busy. Our job is to be a blessing to everybody and this festival helps us do that.”

The line-up of local and regional bands has again been assembled by The Warren, and arts development manager Stewart Baxter said the event is building a wider profile.

He said: “The music scene has grown quite massively which is why we want to start introducing more of a regional approach and try to cement the identity of the festival. It’s quite clearly different from the other festivals and people like the fact that the main stage is contained in the square.

“In addition to local bands we’ve brought in bands of a similar level from other areas because it brings a different flavour and it helps you build a network with other cities. Bands bring their followers with them and then they go back home and tell people how good Hull is.

“A lot of Hull bands are becoming headliners further afield – some of them are international artists and they deserve to be on that pedestal. The Talks are selling out venues around the country and Life have just come back from Leeds and Reading.”

Kathryn Shillito, HullBID city centre manager, said: “Hull Trinity Festival has really made its mark since we introduced the main stage two years ago. We’ve had some fantastic shows by Dodgy and Toploader and thanks to our sponsors at Oscars Bar we’ve been able to aim even higher this year.

“The festival is part of HullBID’s work to support businesses by delivering a varied programme of exciting, free events and the feedback every year indicates it attracts a lot more people into the city centre from the afternoon into the evening.”