A festival has celebrated a mythical fearsome dog as it brought the community together for a third consecutive year.

Bungay has hosted the Black Shuck Festival again.

It celebrated the legend of Black Shuck, a ghostly dog which terrorised the town and region.

The event lasted three days and showcased music, theatre, storytelling, art, dance, and film.

The Black Shuck Festival is unique in its basis in local myth and legend The Black Shuck Festival is unique in its basis in local myth and legend (Image: Max Reeves)

Revelers enjoyed performances in St Mary’s Church and the Fisher Theatre, featuring musicians, actors, dancers and singers.

The festival also hosted a parade, a carnival at Bungay Castle and Shuck Sunday at Falcon Meadow, ensuring the event offered something for everyone.

There were musicians, performers, actors, dancers and singers in productions held in St. Mary’s Church and the Fisher Theatre as well as the big Parade There were musicians, performers, actors, dancers and singers in productions held in St. Mary’s Church and the Fisher Theatre as well as the big Parade (Image: Adam Newport)

Actors making cameo appearances included Reece Shearsmith, who performed as the Reverand Abraham Fleming.

The previous year saw comedian Stewart Lee take on the role.

Polly Wright, art director, expressed her delight at the turnout and the spirit of the festival.

She said: “We are absolutely delighted with the festival this year, it felt like a real coming together of incredible creative spirit and community and we have been hearing that the atmosphere of events felt enriching and inclusive and that they had a magical timeless feeling of the fairs and festivals which used to happen in the area in the past."

Black Shuck Festival is sponsored by Arts Council Black Shuck Festival is sponsored by Arts Council (Image: Adam Newport)

Co-producer Didy Ward said: “It would not have been possible to put this festival together without the great team we have running the festival, the local community, local organisations, local businesses, venue owners and of course the fantastic Shucketeers who helped everything run smoothly.”

The annual event is sponsored by the Arts Council.