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| If the kids whine about having nothing to do, show them what summer holidays were originally for at Walthamstow Marshes, where Community Haystacks (Sat & Sun) offers traditional harvesting fun – although the scything is just for adults. Get hands-on in a different way by controlling giant marionette appendages at St John’s Church in Waterloo this weekend, part of the National Theatre’s summer-long Watch This Space pop-up festival, which also includes meetings with six-foot meerkats (Sat) and chucking coloured powder around (Sun). Camden Mela in Coram’s Fields (Sun) offers more South Asian celebrations, with lots of Bangladeshi food stalls and entertainment from NW1’s own Salique and the Akademi Dancers. At Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… For Kids (Thu & Fri) at the Southbank, meanwhile, the Leeds-based one-man sampler shows youngsters myriad ways to make a noise. | If the kids whine about having nothing to do, show them what summer holidays were originally for at Walthamstow Marshes, where Community Haystacks (Sat & Sun) offers traditional harvesting fun – although the scything is just for adults. Get hands-on in a different way by controlling giant marionette appendages at St John’s Church in Waterloo this weekend, part of the National Theatre’s summer-long Watch This Space pop-up festival, which also includes meetings with six-foot meerkats (Sat) and chucking coloured powder around (Sun). Camden Mela in Coram’s Fields (Sun) offers more South Asian celebrations, with lots of Bangladeshi food stalls and entertainment from NW1’s own Salique and the Akademi Dancers. At Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… For Kids (Thu & Fri) at the Southbank, meanwhile, the Leeds-based one-man sampler shows youngsters myriad ways to make a noise. |
| South and Wales | South and Wales |
| Summer means carnivals, and the granddaddy of them all – founded in 1887 – takes place at Ryde today, with everyone from carnival queens to decorated bicycles flaunting their finery. Elsewhere, the Centre For Alternative Technology near Machynlleth has its 40th Birthday Carnival (Sat), with pond-dipping, bird box-making and vegetable puppets. In Bristol, the International Balloon Fiesta (Thu to 10 Aug) lifts off, filling the skies with colour. Down in Truro, the Swamp Circus Big Top is rising up for PlayFest (Wed & Thu), with two fun-filled days of circus skills, comedy, music and fairground rides. | Summer means carnivals, and the granddaddy of them all – founded in 1887 – takes place at Ryde today, with everyone from carnival queens to decorated bicycles flaunting their finery. Elsewhere, the Centre For Alternative Technology near Machynlleth has its 40th Birthday Carnival (Sat), with pond-dipping, bird box-making and vegetable puppets. In Bristol, the International Balloon Fiesta (Thu to 10 Aug) lifts off, filling the skies with colour. Down in Truro, the Swamp Circus Big Top is rising up for PlayFest (Wed & Thu), with two fun-filled days of circus skills, comedy, music and fairground rides. |
| North and Midlands | North and Midlands |
| Mythical heroes abound this week, with Sherwood Forest’s annual Robin Hood Festival (Mon to 10 Aug) offering jousting, falconry and the requisite Merry Men, while Off The Ground’s outdoor performance of Jason And The Argonauts (Wed) at Liverpool’s Croxteth Hall sees the Greek champion contend with the Minotaur and a host of meddling deities. The North Yorkshire moors’ acres of purple heather are the stars of MoorFest at Sutton Bank (Sun), providing the backdrop to a day of crafts, history and storytelling. If you can’t get to the countryside, Manchester’s urban gardening festival Dig The City (Sat to 10 Aug) provides leafy relief, with den-building, farm animals and a wheelbarrow’s worth of other free activities. | Mythical heroes abound this week, with Sherwood Forest’s annual Robin Hood Festival (Mon to 10 Aug) offering jousting, falconry and the requisite Merry Men, while Off The Ground’s outdoor performance of Jason And The Argonauts (Wed) at Liverpool’s Croxteth Hall sees the Greek champion contend with the Minotaur and a host of meddling deities. The North Yorkshire moors’ acres of purple heather are the stars of MoorFest at Sutton Bank (Sun), providing the backdrop to a day of crafts, history and storytelling. If you can’t get to the countryside, Manchester’s urban gardening festival Dig The City (Sat to 10 Aug) provides leafy relief, with den-building, farm animals and a wheelbarrow’s worth of other free activities. |
| Scotland and Northern Ireland | Scotland and Northern Ireland |
| Edinburgh’s festival fringe caters for pint-sized audiences as well as pint-quaffing ones, and As Told By’s The Tale of the Dastardly Defrost (Sat to 24 Aug) at the Pleasance Courtyard will entertain over-threes, residents of a refrigerator battling to keep their cool. Younger punters should toddle over to the Royal Botanic Gardens, where Ipdip’s Calvinball offers a roving, game-inspired performance for curious tots. More robust thrills can be found at the city’s Royal Highland Showground, where Truckfest (Sat & Sun) unleashes growling diesel monsters. Or test your bluster at The Wickerman Gathering (Sat) at Armagh’s Navan Centre and Fort, which culminates in the burning of a pagan icon. |
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