Our Guide to Festivals

Last Updated on 23 March 2026 by Colette

Whether you’re a seasoned festival goer looking for festival dates and reviews or a total festival noob (as the kids say) – I’ve got you covered. Our guide to festivals is packed with everything we’ve written about festivals to date – and is quite frankly making me want to book in as many festivals as possible for next year! Bring on the glitter!

Girls wearing glitter roots for festival

Festival Dates

If you’re looking for festivals to attend, you’ll find some great suggestions here with dates of the best family friendly festivals in the UK, a round up of August bank holiday festivals and an up-to-date look at which festivals have been cancelled or re-scheduled.

Little girl at a festival

Festival Tips

Attending festivals with children is a very different kettle of fish to rocking up with your mates in your twenties (though beer at breakfast rules still seem to apply if you’re going to a festival with Uncle Chris! Below you’ll find posts packed with tips for taking kids to a festival!

Guide to festivals - dates, tips and everything else you need to know

Festival Reviews

Over the last five or six years, we’ve attended quite a lot of festivals – some more than once because we loved them so much, others we fell out of love with (I’m looking at you Geronimo Festival). Below you’ll find all our festival reviews – I can’t wait to be able to add more to this list!

Just So Festival 2018 - watching Professor Pumpernickel

Family Festivals Youtube Playlist

Why not head on over to youtube and check out our family friendly festivals playlist featuring vlogs from all the festivals we’ve been to!

If you think there’s something missing from our guide to festivals – something you need to know about going to a festival and want me to write about, hit me up in the comments box and I’ll see what I can do!

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  • Colette Burgess is an experienced primary school teacher and has lived in Manchester for most of her adult life. She is married to Dave and they have three children aged 12, 15, and 16.

    Colette has been writing about days out and adventures in Manchester and beyond including day trips and short breaks in the UK and holidays abroad since 2012.

    Colette and her family love festivals, camping and generally being outside.

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2 thoughts on “Our Guide to Festivals”

  1. Hello,

    I’m organising a family festival in Merseyside this year and wondering if it would be possible for it to be included on your webpage.

    Dream On Family Festival
    Culture | Creativity | Wellbeing
    Sat 8th June 2024
    Blundellsands Lawn Tennis Club, Liverpool, L23 6UF

    Many thanks,
    Naomi

    Reply

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