Island-based mobile telecoms company Sure has announced the firm's sponsorship of the Island's family music festival, The Garden Party, this summer.

Sure's marketing manager Kate Hegarty says the sponsorship will provide a range of activites and entertainment for families to enjoy for free.

One of the festival organisers, Conrad Roberts, said Sure's support will widen the event's appeal and help towards the long term ambition of building a sustainable music festival for the Isle of Man.

The event on July 6&7 will have a celebratory feel, tying-in with Tywnald celebrations, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and locally, the fifth anniversary of Sure's launch in the Island.