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The Family Festival Guide 2013
By Sophie Westnedge on 22/05/2013 10:30:00
Junior's pick of the most fabulous family-friendly festivals around
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
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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
Winner of Best Family Festival 2011, Beautiful Days is the Levellers festival. Celebrating its 10 anniversary, this is a family music festival with six stages, site art, a huge children’s area in the centre of the festival, co-ordinated by Majical Youth Theatre
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The best summer days out in Wales
By Fiona McKim on 19/06/2012 13:55:00
Savour the sunny season at one of these fabulous family events
Pig-ScotJune 23Children and adults alike should dig out their race day finery and head along to Cantref Aventure Farm for Wales’ premier porcine racing event! Cheer on the farm’s resident pigs as they trot around a specially built racing track
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Super Saturday on Clapham Common
By Catherine O'Dolan on 03/08/2011 14:27:40
End your festival season with a musical finale featuring The Saturdays, Ollie Murs, Sugababes, Chipmunk and more…
, Chipmunk and The Saturdays to ensure that the day lives up to it Super Saturday title! The event is taking place in support of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with Team GB athletes on hand to demonstrate Paralympic sports, such as wheelchair tennis
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Hallowe'en happenings in Northern Ireland
By Fiona McKim on 02/10/2011 11:58:26
Our pick of the most fiendishly fun family events this Hallowe'en
at Groomsport and join in with some traditional spooky fun including pony and trap rides, crafts, a creepy creatures display and local music. For more fun family days out, see our pick of the best autumn activities in Northern Ireland
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Coming this week: Lounge On The Farm 2012
By Fiona McKim on 03/07/2012 12:44:27
Modern music, children’s comedy and luxurious local eats in the Kent countryside
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
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Junior's Guide To A Summer Of Fun
By on 26/07/2011 14:00:59
Excellent events, grand days out, rocking festivals and fabulous family activities – we've got your summer sorted, come rain or shine
be sure to keep checking back.Looking for a grand day out? Then take a gander at our compendium of Best Ever Days Out. Plus, weunveil the most thrilling new rides and attractions at theme parks across the land and present our pick of urban beaches. Wellies
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May/June Half-term events for Northern Ireland
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 18/05/2011 12:49:53
Our pick of fun family activities for the half-term holidays
The Sizzle May 27–30 The twin pleasures of food and music combine in this fun festival in the Botanic Gardens, Belfast. Family Fun Day May 30 The Stormont Estate is hosting a Family Fun Day in aid of BBC Children In Need, with a sports day
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Feast on festivals this summer
By Catherine O'Dolan on 14/05/2013 15:10:47
Escape the routine of family life at a festival that celebrates music, dance, comedy and more – coming soon to a field near you...
in every medium, and the children’s programme, Hay Fever, is an integral part of the ten-day event. “It’s a golden age of children’s literature: never before have there been so many extraordinary writers across every age group and genre,” says Peter
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