Liz Bray has lost her battle against cancer - just days short of a fundraiser to help the hospice looking after her.

But the show will go on and Liz's friends are determined to honour her memory by raising as much as they can for the Marie Curie Centre in Bradford.

The day-long gig at the Melborn pub, White Abbey Road starts at 2pm on Saturday - admission is £3 - and will showcase local bands.

Liz, 46, a social worker, was a gifted musician and sang and played guitar in her Irish folk band Avalon.

Younger sister Heather said: "Music was her life - it was everything to her. She was even writing a song in hospital although she was barely strong enough to hold her guitar."

The running order for the day includes The Whitfield Family, Wharferat, Jeepster, Rent (4pm), Dave Rose (5pm), Powder Monkeys, The Wild Geese, Milestone, Cajun Aces, Kind of Blue and Zico.

Melborn landlord Eamonn Halloran said: "That girl was Bradford's angel of music. Liz sang beautiful harmonies and made her guitar sing so beautifully. She had a wonderful voice for such a small girl. Everything she did, she tried to make it so good, so perfect.

"Other members of her band will be there on Saturday, but they are so heartbroken - they don't know if they will ever sing again."

Most of the organisation for the event was done by Liz from her hospital bed at the Marie Curie Centre at the former Leeds Road Hospital.

She was impressed with the care offered to her there in the final stages of her battle with breast cancer and wanted to say thanks with the concert. A similar event at the Melborn organised by her raised £3,200.

Mr Halloran said: "I warned Liz it would be difficult to organise a second concert and make the same amount of money, but she said 'you have no faith in me, have you?' People loved her. She was a character."

Liz is survived by her mother Helen, of Allerton, and siblings Neil, Sue, Heather and May.