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Winner of the Best Family Day Out: Legoland Windsor
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 11:17:25
For thrills and spills, and more Lego bricks than you can shake a Star Wars light sabre at, head to Legoland, Windsor
-new Legoland Hotel, where you can literally eat, drink and sleep Lego. Read All about our boy-about-town Joe Bloggs' trip to Legoland WindsorFind out who all of the lucky winners are in our Travel and Days Out categories
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THE ORIGINAL CORNBURY FESTIVAL JULY 1–3 2011
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/06/2011 12:14:32
Junior's family festival guide checks out The Original Cornbury Festival 2011
food. Children under 12 stay free if sharing parents’ room. B&B prices start from £69 a night.For more fun festivals to fill your summer days, check out our Festivals Listings 2011.
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OFF THE TRACKS FESTIVAL: MAY 27–29
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/04/2011 14:00:16
Junior's guide to the best family festivals ever checks out the Off The Tracks festival
pampering after the rigours of festival life; babysitting is available. Prices from £160 B&B per night. Tel: 01572 787000.To find out about more fab family festivals, check out our Junior Festival Listings.
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Zippo's Circus Comes To Town
By Catherine O'Dolan on 09/05/2012 15:12:04
There's thrills and spills (mostly of the comic clown variety) at the brand new Zippo's Circus Gold – coming soon to a venue near you!
Glow-sticks at the ready, it's time for the lights to go down and the greatest show on Earth to begin. Yes, Zippo's Circus is rolling into town, with their new high-energy family show, GOLD. Hosted by veteran ringmaster, Norman Barrett, MBE
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BEN & JERRY'S SUNDAE MUSICAL FESTIVAL July 23-24
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/06/2011 12:14:32
Fab music, fun family entertainment – and free ice creams galore! Head to Ben & Jerry's fiesta extravaganza in London and Manchester
Fab music? Yes. Chilled-out family vibe? Yes. Free scoops of ice-cream? Yummy, yes, yes, yes. You'll find it all at the family-friendly Ben & Jerry's Sundae Musical Festival. The family-centred extravaganza, now in its seventh year, has become a
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Seven simple rules for happy festivals
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/03/2012 16:37:54
Magical fairgrounds, open fields to run and play, the chance to dress up and mess up – No wonder children love the new breed of family festivals
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
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The Family Festival Guide 2012
By Catherine O'Dolan on 04/05/2012 10:16:32
Junior's pick of the most fabulous family-friendly festivals around
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
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Healthy Eating for All the Family
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/10/2012 14:40:42
Seven days to a healthier home…
Take on one of these tips each day, and your family will have healthier eating habits within one short week! 1. Pick a ‘new food of the week’ to try out with your family, then use it in three different ways across the week, so that you really give
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WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL: JUNE 3-5
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/05/2011 15:48:33
Junior's Festival Guide checks out Wychwood 2011
background, giggle at the Comedy Club, or chill out in the Healing Gardens with reflexology, holistic palmistry and reiki. Where to stay There’s a family camping area on-site, or try the tipis and yurts. We love the sound of the SoulPad Village, where you can
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JUST SO FESTIVAL August 19–21
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/06/2011 14:07:21
Junior's Guide to the Best Family Festivals checks out the Just So Festival
of the Staffordshire Peak District in the village of Alton (and yes, if your children want still more fun take a day out at Alton Towers). From £264 for three nights.To find out more about fab summer festivals to fill your summer, check out our Junior Festivals Listing.
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