Every parent has something they are loathe to relinquish when they have children. For seasoned festivallers, Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank and his wife, Josie, it was a reluctance to give up the free spirit adventure of festivals (heck, Rob even proposed

The Park, Vicarage Farm, Woodmancott, Winchester, Hampshire  The Original Cornbury Festival July 1–3 The Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire  Larmer Tree Festival July 13–17 Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal, near Salisbury, Wiltshire Latitude July 14–17

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

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

cooking classes, and the Children’s Parade will be one of the festival highlights. And if the music and vibe isn’t enough to get you in a chilling zone, there’s even an on-site Womad Spa.Vintage At Goodwood (12–14 August 2011) is one of the newest kids

, an enchanted woodland area and campfire, entertainment and workshops for children, and the promise of a secret Victorian lido for a revitalizing dip.PlayFest, New Eccles Hall School, Quidenham, NorfolkJune 1-3 Shortlisted for Best New Festival 2011, Play