picks from the festival calendar, Lounge On The Farm. Set on picturesque Merton Farm in the rolling Kent countryside, this hip boutique event offers a varied line-up of music, comedy and children’s events with a focus on local food and environmental

unique and mesmerising show featuring puppets created entirely from pasta. Wordless, poetic and oh-so-Italian, your children will be fascinated by a spaghetti man in love, yearning for his tomato sauce and a dramatic pasta firework finale

year since its launch, this is a leading boutique family festival with the emphasis on music and fun with some big-name musical headliners including James and The Cuban Brothers, as well as performances for children and a Comedy Club.Eden Festival

an exciting blend of music, comedy, street theatre and workshops.Musical interludes More than 100 bands and performers, including Van Morrison, Dexys, KT Tunstall, and The Beat.For the children With 150 free workshops and various children’s shows on the Garden

. The Just So Festival inCheshire, now in its third year, is definitely one of the best if you’re festivalling with babies and very young children: there’s no big name music, just lively skiffle or folksy bands and magical goings-on in the fields

comedy gala with plenty of over-the-top fun for any age.Wolf TalesJanuary 29Curious children should creep along to the Winchester Discovery Centre to meet the big bad wolf and hear the real truth about his fairytale exploits from the so-called villain

PRIDING HIMSELF IN a less than modest fashion as “smarter than the average bear”, life has always been something of a pic-a-nic for Yogi Bear and his sidekick, Boo Boo. Still wearing his signature hat and collar (the latter not apparently a sartorial statement, but actually a res...

Situated in Bordeaux's Place de la Comedie, opposite the Opera House, the Grand Hotel de Bordeaux & Spa provides an ideal base from which to explore the region. The Museum of Aquitaine and Notre Dame church are nearby, and the hotel can arrange

Saturday night comedy show (with no swearing!), comedy workshops plus James Campbell, the children’s stand-up comedian du choix. Where to stay On-site camping in tent or camper van (£15). Or stay just down the road at the very swish Crab Manor hotel in a

Why should grown-ups have all the cultural kudos? If your child enjoys taking in the arts as much as the next culture vulture,  then we have just the event for your family this February half-term.The Imagine Children’s Festival is a fun-packed, full