X Factor winner Matt Terry will headline this summer’s Dartford Festival.

Matt’s debut single ‘When Christmas Comes Around’ was written by Ed Sheeran and charted at number 3, peaking at number one on iTunes download charts the week of release.

Signed to RCA (Sony), Matt is working on his first album since winning the 2016 X Factor.

He is the first headline act to be announced for this year’s free festival, which takes place in Central Park over the weekend of July 15 and 16.

Also appearing this year are The Skatonics, an eight-piece band who arrived on the scene in 2007, and since then have performed to the ever-growing enthusiastic Ska followers at venues and festivals across the UK and Europe.

Also playing this year are M.A.N.E., a new indie pop electronica artist/producer based in Liverpool. He is working with Grammy award-winning producer Steve Levine, with a debut single due out this year.

Council Leader Cllr Jeremy Kite said: “It’s always a sign that summer is not far away when we announce the first artists to appear at the free Dartford Festival.

“I’m delighted with the reputation the festival now has as a major event for the fans of great live music. There are more announcements ahead.”