Folkfest 2008 in Burnam on Sea will take place between Fri 29th and Sun 31st August 2008. This acoustic folk festival provides over 60 acts, dancers, workshops exhibitions as well as a market, refreshments and lots of other activities around Burnham on Sea. The Family/Kids entertainment is centred on...

The Newcastle Green Gathering will take place in Exhibition Park, Newastle Upon Tyne on 30 and 31 August 2008. It is billed as "Possibly the UK’s best free music, arts and environment festival" Featuring 4 stages of local and national music, arts, community groups, alternative therapies, ethical...

The Talgarth Festival of the Black Mountains celebrates it's13th year over the August Bank Holiday and offers a celebration of the life and work of an ancient town in the modern world, from food to farming and music to the crafts. The Festival provides free parking , free entry and, on the whole...

The International Beatles Week Festival is the biggest Beatles celebration in the world...and what's more, it's FREE 20-26 August 2008, Liverpool Not to be missed by Beatles fans and general music fans alike, over two hundred bands will participate, with live entertainment together with a convention...

The Sno!Zone Summer Daze Festival is a FREE two day mini-festival taking place at SNO!zone, Xscape Braehead, Glasgow on Sat 23rd and Sun 24th of August 2008. Saturday's line-up includes Vic Galloway (Radio1) DJ Set, Errors, Figure 5, Frightened Rabbit, and a local Battle of the Bands. There will...

BEACHED in Scarborough is Yorkshire coast's biggest free live music event. Now in its 8th year, BEACHED 2008 runs from 14th to 17th Aug on South Bay Beach in Scarborough. It is totally FREE to attend, and you are not required to have a ticket. Just turn up on the beach. BEACHED is a very friendly...

The Stoneleigh Park Country Festival (formerly the Town and Country Festival) returns this August Bank Holiday weekend. It has been developed from the highly successful theme of the Town and Country Festival, which was staged at the venue up to 2006 and regularly saw over 80,000 visitors. The new show...

The Warwick Folk Festival hits the grounds of Warwick school and the town itself this weekend. The main festival location and campsite are in the grounds of Warwick School, which contains the purpose-built Bridgehouse Theatre for intimate acoustic concerts, the Guy Nelson Hall for ceilidhs and workshops...

The University of Cambridge will open its doors from 22nd October to 2nd November for over 100 free events for all ages, including a family day for the kids, at the first Cambridge Festival of Ideas. The event, the first of its kind in the UK to celebrate the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, will...

The 11th Godiva Festival, the biggest and best FREE family festival, will be held in the Memorial Park in Coventry on 04-06 July 2008. The weekend will offer fun for the whole family, with a wide range of live music throughout the weekend, a human circus, comedy, kids tent, funfair and Godiva Carnival...