At every big Bristol music event, there is the same perma-tanned man with a penchant for silver hot pants.

He was at the front for Poppy Perezz at the Jelli Records tent at the first day of Brisfest 2013, joined by a gentleman with a beard wearing a wedding dress, a woman with a moustache and a grey-haired man who looked like an accountant from the neck up but below was wearing a black and pink all-in-one lycra body suit.

It was quite a gathering, especially when they were all dancing with pregnant lead singer Poppy Villiers-Stuart to the calypso-pop rhythms of Space Antelope.

Brisfest’s second year at Ashton Court sometimes saw the music play second fiddle to all the other entertainment options and entertaining punters, but the music offered something for everyone, from songs around a campfire in the Greenfields to a rave under canvas.

If one song could sum up Dr Meaker’s triumphant performance on the main stage, it was playing Music in the Night as the sun went down, the signal for the lampposts flanking the stage to be set alight.

Their drum and bass cover of Adele’s Skyfall was also a contender for early festival highlight.

“I’ve come to have a party today,” said St Paul’s very own Buggsy over on the Recreo Weapon of Choice stage, “I’m not even going to lie with you guys.”

Bris Ting went down a treat with Buggsy’s home crowd, before he somehow had to make it up to Manchester for his second gig of the evening at the Pangea Festival.

The Recreo Woc stage is painted by Bristol graffiti artists SPZero76 and Loch Ness, and comes alive in the dark when it is lit by lights corresponding to the black and white drawings.

Soundsystems on the move were a feature of the day. This is the Arcadia bug:

This is a smaller low-tech version, Doppler:

And this is Mr Whompy, whose beats emanated from an old ice cream van:

Away from the music, glitter and body spray was very much in fashion:

It’s all about Primal Scream today, and it’s meant to be nice weather too. Bobby Gillespie and co are due on the main stage at 9.15pm.

For the full line-up, visit www.brisfest.co.uk.