GLASTONBURY, Reading, Leeds... Wrexham.

The music festival season should have ended months ago but when Pudsey called, Wrexham answered.

Llwyn Isaf field was the venue for 6,000 music fans and charity fundraisers on Friday as Children in Need brought stars like Bryan Adams, Lisa Stansfield and Wet Wet Wet to town to celebrate 25 years of Children in Need.

Despite the bitter cold that had brought snow and ice in the days leading up to the event, it was packed, making Wrexham's outdoor concert the biggest of the five regional gigs this year.

That was no mean feat when the other venues were Stirling Castle, Belfast, Carlisle, Gloucester and Hull.

The crowd came from Llay, Caergwrle, Rossett, Rhos and all the surrounding area to help raise more than £17 million for the charity.

From the first song by girl group Dragonheart they took part and lent their voices to choruses whenever asked.

Nadia, the winner of this year's Big Brother, was initially the biggest mystery of the night.

No-one was sure how she would perform and few had heard her single A Little Bit of Action, but her performance on stage was good and the crowd loved her.

Not the giggly raver you would expect having watched the programme, Nadia looked as if she had been performing all her life.

Her outfit left most people I spoke to wondering how she avoided hypothermia but she showed some of the star quality that could help her carve out a decent showbiz career.

'I really love Wrexham,' she said. 'Everyone has been so supportive and friendly and it's great when people recognise me and say hi.

'It is quite cold but thankfully I have my friends here to keep me warm between my stage appearances.'

Former Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee performed some dance music with the Intenso Project supporting her and engaged with the crowd on what was almost a homecoming gig for the Rhyl-born star.

Throughout the night there were presentations by local fund-raisers broadcast on BBC One Wales.

Ysgol Clywedog handed over £2,081.34 they had raised by dressing up as superheroes, a theme which many people had taken on this year.

The crowd was full of Batmen and Robins, Spidermen and other caped crusaders all carrying massive cheques with massive amounts of money on them.

Queues stretched a quarter of a mile on both sides of Llwyn Isaf before the event but despite the cold there was a definite warmth of feeling as the crowd on the night raised an extra £6,500 on top of the donations brought by many.

Opera singer Katherine Jenkins said she wasn't expecting such a reaction.

'I felt really at home and comfortable here,' she said. 'I wasn't sure how it would go down as people who usually come to see me are people who already like my work.

'The crowd was really friendly, though, and really enjoyed it. Raising money for Children in Need is fantastic and Wrexham has been amazing.'

Lisa Stansfield belted out a medley of hits before the headlining acts came onstage.

Wet Wet Wet were tight despite this being their first show together for seven years.

Marti Pellow's sing-along with the crowd drew a huge response from the audience.

Good quality performances from the artists helped keep spirits up in the cold and the feel-good factor helped keep the money flowing, which was the most important thing.

Wrexham County Borough Council, who along with Airbus were the main sponsors of the event, raised £9,000 for the charity.

Wrexham fundraiser Sandra Evans, who donated £300 she raised by wearing her pyjamas all day, said the concert proved what Wrexham could offer.

'With a permanent venue we could get big acts like this all the time,' she said.

'It is great when you see so many people come out to support a charity and everyone has been so friendly tonight.'

The evening was rounded off by a stunning performance by Bryan Adams ahead of his world tour, which started this weekend.

The 45-year-old's gravelly voice ripped through songs like Summer of 69, 18 Till I Die and The Only Thing that Looks Good On Me Is You.

Despite the huge PA system, the singer still had to fight over the screams of an excitable audience which, after four hours in the cold, three of those inside the concert area, still had bags of energy to spare.

The concert was also broadcast around the world via webcam and the Children in Need website has received messages from Italy and Argentina hailing the event and thanking them for putting it out live.

Wrexham Council launched the clear-up operation immediately after the concert to ensure that Saturday trade was not affected. Parts of Llwyn Isaf green, on which the concert was staged, will be re-seeded to ensure that it returns to top condition in time for the spring.