The second Cheeky Fest is returning to Kingston's Ram Jam Records on Thursday, 10 April.

The first festival of its kind took place at the same venue back in August.

Cheeky Fest is an arts community and festival targeted at people who struggle with their mental health and people who are struggling to find suitable and fairly paid work or who have experienced long-term unemployment.

The mastermind behind the festival is Kingston local Rupert Cheek, who was in an accident in 2011 and was rescued by a London Ambulance.

So, in 2016, Cheek started thinking about organizing an event to fundraise for London's air ambulances and to say thank you and give back.

However, Cheek later pivoted his charitable goals to helping Nordoff & Robins, the UK's largest music therapy charity, because he had music therapy as a child.

Cheek had music therapy because he hadn't spoken a word by the time he was four, and his parents found that speech therapy didn't help him.

However, music therapy did help as when his therapist opened and closed the piano, he was able to say hello and goodbye.

Since then, music has played a big part in Cheek's life; he can play the piano, guitar, and drums.

This is why he wanted to give back to Nordoff & Robins through his music festival.

Kingston resident Rupert Cheek is the creator of Cheeky Fest (Credit: Rupert Cheek)

Last time, all proceeds from ticket sales went directly to Nordoff & Robins.

However, this time round, Cheek says, the ticket money, which cost £11.55 each, will support the venue (15%), the performers (8.5% each x 9), and Cheek himself (8.5%).

The performers at this year's festival will be:

• Jessie Morrell – a singer / songwriter and pianist who performed at the first festival
• Eleanor Collides (Nick Ranga) - songwriter, singer, guitarist
• Mumnonymous (Charli Jackson) - poet
• Dead Blood Cells - electronic/dark wave duo who performed at the first festival
• Paradise Taxi (with a revised lineup) - four-piece indie pop rock band who performed at the first festival

Get your Cheeky Fest tickets here.