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

. Meanwhile, the World of Kids and the Children’s Parade will be one of the festival highlights. Visit www.womad.org7. JULY 30 - AUGUST 1 Camp Bestival, Dorset This baby sibling to the Isle of Wight’s Bestival takes place at the idyllic Lulworth Castle

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

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

weekend tickets £120, plus £20 camping; £55 for ages ten to 15; under-tens free. Day tickets also available.Find out more www.wychwoodfestival.comCornbury Music FestivalWhen July 5–7Where The Great Tew Park, OxfordshireCapacity 20,000What’s the vibe

to the youngest of bon viveurs. If camping is involved, that’s another great family bonding experience. If you’re a festival novice, many events offer single-day entrance to give you a taste. The ideal is sunny days and balmy evenings. The reality often involves

holiday camp atmosphere. Live music will be appropriately retro with performances from the soulful Aloe Blacc and 1950's razzamatazz from Swing Out Sister Big Band.Deer Shed, BaldersbyPark, Topcliffe, North YorkshireJuly 20–22Still relatively new (it