On parade
Move to the sounds of steel pan, calypso, reggae, drum and bass, and house at the annual Notting Hill Carnival. Expect to see vivid costumes aplenty.
Tomorrow and Monday. Parades run from noon until 8pm. Streets around Ladbroke Grove. Nearest tube stations: Westbourne Park or Notting Hill Gate (arrival only at certain times - information at web address below). 020-8964 0544, portowebbo.co.uk.
Fishy fair
See demonstrations of seafood cookery at a festival to celebrate Cornwall's fishing industry on Monday. Boats will be open to view. Plus craft fair, entertainment.
Newlyn Harbour and Fish Market, Newlyn, near Penzance. August 27, 9am-5pm. Adults £2 (accompanied children free). 01736 366335.
All that jazz
The Forster-Hammond Trio-organ, guitar and drums - are among those scheduled to play at the Deepdale Jazz Festival on the north Norfolk coast today. Also music from Jazz Girl and the Lumière Rouge Ragtime and New York Cafe Bands.
Marsh Barn off A149, approx halfway between Hunstanton and Wells-next-the-Sea. First set starts noon, last set 8pm. £6.50. 01485 210404/ deepdalejazzfestival.co.uk.
Fat lady signs
Clarissa Dickson Wright will open the Bartholemew Fair in London's Smithfield Market and stick around to sign her cook-books. Plus horse-drawn bus rides, food stalls, live music, Punch and Judy and a tug o' war.
Tomorrow, 10am-6pm.Between Charterhouse Street and Long Lane, EC1. Nearest tube stations: Barbican, St Paul's, Farringdon. Free (proceeds to charity). 020-7332 1456/ bartsfair.com.
Sedan games
Sedan chair-carrying championships, fire-eaters, jugglers and "the magnificent pig-faced lady" will be part of Lancaster's Georgian Festival.
Monday. Fair from mid-morning, race at 5pm. Free. 01524 32878/ lancaster.gov.uk.
In Bude with music
New Orleans comes to Cornwall. That's how the annual Bude Jazz Festival bills itself. But there are also echoes of Lester Young and Benny Goodman from the line-up of musicians.
Today until September 1. "Stroller" tickets (admission to all sessions except separate evening performances: full week £59.50; Bank Holiday weekend (valid today until Monday) £34.50; five days (Tuesday-Saturday) £36; single day £12.50. 01288 356360/ budejazzfestival.co.uk.
Northern field day
Scenes from the rural life of old England: heavy horses draw ploughs will be in competition at The North of England Open Air Museum today.
Beamish, Durham. £12 adults, £ 6 children 5-16 (under5s free), £9 seniors. 0191-370 4000/beamish.org.uk.
