The Isle of Wight Festival is officially underway at Seaclose Park, and the Big Top has welcomed its first act of 2023, Lottery Winners.

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Lottery Winners are a Manchester rock/pop band who have previously supported Festival favourites Starsailor.

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Festival-goers packed inside the tent to see the weekend’s first Big Top act take to the stage ahead of Groove Armada later in the evening.

The four-piece came out to a large Festival crowd at 6pm and finished their set with one of their most popular tunes, ‘Start Again’.

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The Barclaycard presents Isle of Wight Festival 2023 continues into its second day today (Friday) with the opening of the Main Stage and main arena, bringing the sounds of the Sugababes, OneRepublic, The Courteeners and Pulp to Seaclose Park.

Festival boss John Giddings included OneRepublic and The Courteeners in his ‘things to enjoy’ top five.

Meanwhile, in the Big Top, festivalgoers can look forward to Germein (4.15pm), Apollo Junction (5.30pm), Plastic Mermaids (6.40pm), Jamie Webster (7.55pm), Peter Hook & The Light (9.10pm), Sabrina Carpenter (10.25pm) and The Human League (11.55pm) who close the night.