Legendary folkrock band Fairport Convention will take part in a bid to break the world record for an unbroken string of festive bunting. The record attempt celebrates the tenth anniversary of Compton Verney, Warwickshire's leading independent fine art gallery.

Compton Verney is one of the Midlands' leading art venues. The gallery holds a nationally important collection of folk art and is Warwickshire's foremost independent art gallery.

The five members of Fairport will visit the gallery on Friday 30 May to hand-craft pennants. These will later be incorporated in a seven-mile-long string of individually-decorated bunting.

The band will also invite thousands of fans at Fairport's Cropredy Convention music festival to help break the world record. The three-day festival attracts up to 20,000 people who will be invited to contribute to the bunting world record. A team from Compton Verney will have a stall at the festival where fans can decorate blank flags with pencils, crayons and paints.

Simon Nicol from Fairport Convention said "We thought that attempting to break the world record for bunting was a great way to celebrate Compton Verney's anniversary. It is a fun way for us to support the gallery which is a local charity. So we've got our crayons and paint boxes out to decorate the flags, At Cropredy, we'll encourage everyone to part in the record bid - that includes the crew, the audience and the musicians." 

Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2014

Cropredy, nr Banbury, Oxfordshire.

Dates: 7th Aug 2014 - 9th Aug 2014

Price: Tickets for adults (without camping) from £110.00