Stokesay Castle, Shropshire
The Blue Chicken Theatre Company brings a pair of Celtic kings to life this Bank Holiday in two plays filled with myths, magic and folklore. Cruel tyrants, mad magicians, double-crossing allies and fearsome warriors feature heavily.
Contact: 01588 672544
Open: Today and tomorrow, shows start 12noon and 3pm.
Cost: Adults £5.50, concessions £4.50, children £3
Notting Hill Carnival, London
More than a million people will join the party. Sunday is traditionally Kids' Day while the whole event culminates on Monday with the carnival floats leaving Notting Hill.
Contact: 020 8964 0544
Open: Today and tomorrow, 10am-7pm (10pm tomorrow)
Cost: Free
Working Craft Show, Keddleston Hall,Derbyshire
More than 130 exhibitors will show their work and demonstrate skills in stonecutting, spinning, felt cutting, woodcarving and beekeeping. Outside the eighteenth-century Palladian mansion you'll find marquees selling crafts, and there are special events for children.
Contact: 01332 842191
Open: today and tomorrow, 10am - 5pm
Cost: Adults £5.50, children £2.70, family £13.70
Silloth Carnival, Ashleigh, Windermere, Cumbria
Not quite Notting Hill, but there'll be floats, fancy dress, side shows, stalls and the crowning of the Carnival Queen on the village green.
Contact: 01697 331257
Open: Tomorrow
Cost: Free
Castle Park Festival, Leicester
Enjoy music, street theatre, dance, storytelling, children's activities, guided walks and other free events. Tomorrow the Time Team with Tony Robinson will be doing a mock dig at Jewry Wall Museum, showing artefacts and talking about archaeology.
Contact: 0116 253 2569
Open: Today and tomorrow
Cost: Most events free. Time Team tickets: adults £3, children £2, family £8 for shows at 12noon and 1.45pm. Evening show at 6pm costs £21 for family, £7.50 adults and £6 children
Children's festival, Witley Court, Worcestershire
See a re-enactment of Blondin's tightrope walk over the Niagara Falls, a juggling unicyclist and puppet shows and workshops in a nineteenth century garden, featuring the recently restored Perseus and Andromeda fountain.
Contact: 01299 896636
Open: Today and tomorrow 11am-5pm
Cost: Adults £5, concessions £4, children £1
Essex Military Vehicle Rally, Tilbury Fort, Essex
See wartime re-enactments by the World War II Living History Group and a display of more than 200 vehicles dating from 1936.
Contact: 01375 858489
Open: Today and tomorrow
Cost; Adults £6, concs £4, children £3
Newcastle Mela, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
The largest Asian festival in the North East offers art, cookery, drama and musical styles including Punjabi, Pakistani, Bengali and Hindi. There's a funfair, crafts and a children's area.
Contact: 0191 211 6232
Open: Today and tomorrow
Cost: Free
Cotswold Farm Park, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
Children can cuddle and feed the farm animals. There's a Tractor School on miniature tractors, a Farm Safari and milking shows.
Contact: 01451 850307
Open: Until 13 September, 10.30am-5pm
Cost: Adults £4.80, seniors £4.50, children £3.30
Elizabethan Festival, Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Cornwall
The 400th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death is marked with cooking, archery, falconry, music, dance and horsemanship.
Contact; 01566 774911
Open: Today and tomorrow
Cost: Adults £7, children £4, concs £5
