Jessie J to headline new Birmingham Fusion Festival Published duration 9 April 2013

image caption Jessie J will be headlining the event on Saturday 31 August

Jessie J has been announced as the headline act of a new music festival to be held in Birmingham.

Organisers of the Fusion Festival hope to see up to 60,000 people attend the two-day event at Cofton Park.

The festival, on 31 August and 1 September, will also include Ne-Yo, JLS, McFly and The Wanted.

media caption Moseley Folk Festival is unlikely to draw a similar sized crowd to Fusion

The site, adjoining the Lickey Hills Country Park, received an international audience when it hosted Pope Benedict XVI's Mass in September 2010.

Fusion Festival organisers said it would be "a huge weekend of pop at its very best".