A COMPILATION album featuring 19 local bands is being launched today in Burnley town centre.

The Stereo Hot Pot project gets under way this afternoon with three bands playing in the bandstand between noon and 4pm.

Tonight three more acts will perform at a free concert at Burnley FC's Centre Spot.

INDIE band Polestar and Pretend Girlfriend are among a quartet of bands being filmed during a show at Accrington's King Street WMC on Friday.