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

As the festival season beckons – and it's raining, of course! – it's time to get your kids' festival kit sorted. And they don't come much cooler than these funky T-shirts, inspired by a musical miscellany of rock legends, from Jimi Hendrix

With our unpredictable British summer, there's always a chance that our fabulous array of family musical festivals can turn into something of a wash-out. Never fear, however, as we all have the Great British spirit and the motto to Keep Calm

during this brilliant (and ever-so-slightly bonkers) sporting day out.Fireman Sam LiveJune 30Fireman Sam could be the hero next door to you as he brings his own inventive style of bravery to a touring musical stage show, Pontypandy Rocks! Find out if Sam

as Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In The Willows takes to the stage for the winter season. This musical version of Alan Bennett’s well-loved stage adaptation drifts into Birmingham Repertory Theatre from November 28. For tour details, visit www

varied line-up of live music. Roald Dahl Festival 2012July 7A spectacular parade will wind through the market square in Aylesbury today featuring characters from ten of the legendary author’s best-loved stories including James And The Giant Peach

Certainly living up to it’s name, Fun & Fun blasted out the loudest catwalk music, had the biggest balloons for catwalk props and showed some of the brightest fashion we have seen yet this season.The seventies has been referenced to create fringed

with underskirts.Despite the French sticks, the occasional nautical tee and French inspired catwalk and music, the clothes looked extremely Italian and very beautiful, more than a French summer revolution.

rhythms of Africa. In fact, you don’t even have to visit London as hit musical The Lion King is touring, stopping at Bristol Hippodrome on September 6. For tour details, visit www.thelionking.co.ukRead more...Harrods' Toy Kingdom opens its doorsYour one

broad spectrum of interests including food, music, art and film. The programme is perfectly suited to children and families too: Budding explorers can dress up and make mosquitos with scientists from the London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine