More than 300 music fans will be reliving their youth this week as a reunion gig brings bands from the golden age of music back together.

Weymouth will be full of nostalgia with memories of big hair, wide flares and wailing guitar solos as the Centenary Club hosts 'The Boys Are Back in Town: A Reunion of Weymouth bands from the 60s and 70s'.

Club steward Paul Ward said: “Some of these guys haven’t played for years so it’s going to be a really unique event. I call it a mini Glastonbury."

The idea was born from nostalgic conversations between old friends Simon Breakspear, Chris Dean and Phil McDonnell.

Dorset Echo: THEY WAY WERE WERE: Blind Harvest back in 1972 and, right, as they are today, not aged one bit

WHOLE LOTTA HAIR: Blind Harvest in the 1972

Simon said: "We organised a meeting to put the feelers out and and 50 musicians turned up who wanted to play. We've whittled it down to six bands which represent bands from different times from the late 1950s to the early 1980s."

Six of Weymouth’s finest bands will be taking to the stage from 6.30pm this Thursday to showcase music through the decades.

On the bill is popular 1970s band Blind Harvest, who frequented venues like the Steering Wheel in Weymouth and the Tavern in Dorchester and supported the likes of The Sweet, Edison Lighthouse and Screaming Lord Sutch.

Also playing will be Crescendoes, Violin Shoppe/Abacus, Package Deal and Conquerors/Crystal Ship, who once graced the same bill as rock legends, T.Rex in Covent Garden.

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LOOKING BACK: Band, Crystal Ship in their heyday

Rounding off the bill and the decades will be early 1980s band Brahms & Liszt.

Simon, who will play in Violin Shoppe/Abacus and Blind Harvest on the night, said: "Back in the day, I was in the audience watching some of these bands. They sound like they did back then and it brings back all these memories of where you were and who you were with."

All proceeds from the gig will be raising funds for Weldmar Hospicecare.

"We could have chosen a music charity but everyone is touched by cancer and it’s a local charity supporting local people," Simon said.

He added he wanted to extend his thanks to the Centenary Club which had made copious cups of tea while allowing the bands to rehearse for free, and Print Shop Express who created band posters for free to be sold in aid of the charity.

The event, is sadly sold out but Simon hopes it would not be the last chance for music fans to see the bands.

“We've got queues of people wanting tickets and more bands wanting to play so I think we'll have do another and hopefully next year we can do something bigger so more people can be involved. Once we've got it started, it can be something that can go on year after year whether organised by us or not," he said.