• Watch some magnificent men in their flying machines launching themselves off the end of Bognor pier in the annual Bognor Birdman competition . A weird and wonderful collection of home-made flying machines and customised gliders will gather at 2.30pm as they bid to make the longest flight.
• From music hall to bhangra, this year's Brick Lane Festival will celebrate the East End's varied cultural mix. The musical line-up will include salsa, samba and steel bands as well as a capella and dance group Black Umfulosi from Zimbabwe and Sister India. Admission is free and events in Brick Lane and Allen Gardens last from 1pm to 7pm.
• The adventures of Peter Pan and Captain Hook will be brought to life at Farleigh Hungerford Castle (01225 754026) in Somerset with a theatrical interpretation of the Tales from Never Never Land . Performances will take place at 12.30pm and 3pm. There will be stagefighting workshops for children. Adults £3.50; children £1.80; free for under-fives.
• Hull Marina will play host to a colourful collection of performers singing sea shanties and dancing the hornpipe on the final day of the International Sea Shanty Festival . You can also catch the North Sea Classic Boat Regatta.
• Listen to the trees in Regent's Park. Talking Trees is an interactive arts installation which takes visitors on a series of guided walks through the park armed with a cordless headset. You can listen to Old English myths, poems, wildlife sounds or writers such as Maya Angelou talking about their life and work. Walks start in the English Gardens, 11am-9pm. Adults £3.50; children £2.50.
• Take a ride on an old-fashioned steam carousel at the Great Dorset Steam Fair (01258 830847) near Blandford. As well as the funfair there will be heavy shire horses, steam engines, vintage cars, musical entertainment and beer tents, 9am-5pm. Adults £10; children £5; family ticket £25.
• Test your aim at a Robin-Hood style archery competition which takes place at Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire. Visitors can try a wand-splitting challenge which involves shooting a stick of hazel with an arrow. Events starts at noon. Adults £3; children £1.50.
• Take part in an Egyptian dance workshop , have your aura read and take an organic tea break at the Festival for Life at Blackheath Halls (020 8318 9758), London, 11am to 7pm. Practitioners will demonstrate the latest alternative therapies and you can stock up on New Age purchases. Adults £3; children free.
• Scratch and sniff recipes and noisy pop-up books are among the exhibits celebrated in Changing Pages, a new exhibition of British and American pop-up books at the Midland Arts Centre in Birmingham (0121 440 4221). Noon to 8pm, admission is free.
• Started by members of Edinburgh's Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani communities, the Mela (07799 566648) has become a multicultural annual gathering with music, dance, theatre, sporting events, Asian food stalls and a fashion show in the city's Pilrig Park, from noon to 10pm.
