CAMP BESTIVAL JULY 28–31 is at Lulworth Castle, Dorset () Capacity 50,000 What’s the vibe The king of family festivals, having won the Best Family Festival prize from 2009–10, the little sister of Bestival is a rocking affair.Musical interludes

Guilty pleasures or groovy greats? Founders and curators of Camp Bestival, Rob and Josie da Banks, select their favourite summer songs:■  Over And Over by Hot Chip ■  Higher Ground  by Stevie Wonder■  (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

, and karaoke. Early bird tickets have already sold out, so get in fast for 2010. Visit www.secretgardenparty.co.uk6. JULY 23–25 Womad, Wiltshire This festival offers a world of music with performers from as far afield as Ethiopia, India and New Zealand

1. Choose your festivalIt might have been dubbed as “Three Days of Peace & Music” but turn back time to theWoodstockheyday of 1969 and you’d find the festival spirit steeped in a hazy mist of marijuana and zonked-out grown-ups. Not so the new breed

the resident peacocks and macaws), circus skills workshops, and movie clubs for all-round family entertainment.  This year look out for piano playing comedian Tim Minchin plus Jools Holland, his Blues Orchestra and some very special guests.Latitude, Henham

bands and acts like jugglers.Added extras Grown-ups can enjoy seminars, speakers, poetry and crafts. Start your day with Pilates and yoga, or chill out in the Healing Gardens with a range of holistic and massage treatments.Where to stay There’s a family

Forget them at your peril. If the past three summers are anything to go by, you can’t rule out catching the occasional downpour; the weather was gorgeous for most of Camp Bestival last year, but that didn’t stop me donning my silver Hunters and tripping

–17 Henham Park, SouthwoldDeer Shed Festival July 22–24 Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, Yorkshire Ben & Jerry's Musical Sundae July 23-23 Clapham Common, London and Heaton Park, Manchester Camp Bestival July 28–31 Lulworth Castle, Dorset  Womad July 28–31 Charlton

THE FESTIVAL SEASON is well and truly upon us. You may have got your rocks off with Primal Scream at Camp Bestival while your kids enjoyed the delights of The Zingzillas (who've been doing the rock circuit from Legoland and Glastonbury

Back in our childhoods, the homemade jams and shabby stalls of the village fête might have been a highlight of the summer, but these days there’s a host of festivals around the country, each one packed with more fun activities and music than you can