We are big fans of festivals and our children love donning their wellies, attaching their fairy-wings and having some fun for a weekend in a field somewhere in the UK. We have rounded up the best festivals with kids across the UK for 2024 and we’ve listed them by date so it’s easy to check the diary and work out which best suits you.
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The best festivals with kids across the UK – May
Shindig – Ilminster, Somerset – 23 – 26 May
Shindig is one of the festivals we’re really looking forward to this season.
There’s plenty going on musically but this is also very family friendly. With a fully programmed kids area there will be activities running from 9am – 5pm every day.
There’s also a performance show for kids to watch between 5-6pm (teatime).
Then, for the children that want to stay up, bands are on till late.
Also, films that are suitable for kids will run in the cinema till 10pm.
Shindig is a great way to start the festival season in style.
Find out more here.
The best festivals with kids across the UK – June
Wychwood – Cheltenham – 31st May – 2 June
Wychwood in Cheltenham really is a fully rounded family festival.
With everything from Sister Sledge to Texas.
There are also some great workshops including dance, musical theatre, circus, arts and crafts, magic, poetry.
Find out more here.
The best festivals with kids across the UK – July
Blissfields – Winchester – No date set
Blissfields is always a lovely festival. At the moment there are no plans for a 2024 Blissfields.
Find out more here.
Latitude Festival – Southwold, Suffolk – 20 – 23 July
We love Latitude Festival which is always so much fun. We loved Latitude as it has something for all ages including teenagers.
This year there is theatre, dance, music and crafts.
We love the Enchanted Garden area for children aged 12 and up who can delve deep into the woods. They enter another world of music, media, technology, wildlife survival skills and assault courses suspended in the trees.
There really is something for every age group though.
Find out more here.
Larmer Tree Festival – Salisbury – Not yet confirmed
We love the Larmer Tree Festival that has such a lovely family friendly feel.
This year they haven’t yet confirmed it’s going ahead for 2024. One to watch.
Find out more here.
Nozstock – Bromyard, Herefordshire – 18 – 21 July
We love the sound of the Little Wonderland at Noztock. The children’s area at this really fun festival is full of fun activities for all the family to enjoy.
From circus to theatre shows there is so much going on and the only thing that will tear you away is the line-up which is always great.
Find out more here.
Deer Shed – North Yorkshire – 26 – 29 July
Deer Shed merges music, arts and sciences to create a festival with so much going on.
There’s always plenty of wonderful music acts. With Wilderwild, fun science workshops and lots more including some special activities for under 5s this is a great family friendly festival.
Find out more here.
Womad – Malmesbury, Wiltshire – 25 – 28 July
Womad is a whole world of fun for families and we love they have different themes each year.
There are a huge number of activities and classes on offer for children. As kids under 13 go free it’s very family friendly.
There’s a great vintage steam fairground, dance and drum tents and a Taste the World stage for kids cookery sessions.
We have no doubt this will be a fantastic festival for 2024 and up there with the best festivals with kids.
Find out more here.
Standon Calling – Standon, Hertfordshire – 25 – 29 July
We are loving the look of this festival set in the Hertfordshire countryside. Not least because it’s the only one with a heated swimming pool.
We love that everyone throws themselves into the fancy dress theme each year. They also have some great acts for their line-ups (and, if you like, there’s a special kids area with a view of the main stage).
Kids are properly embraced at Standon Calling and it’s a great festival for all the family.
Find out more here.
Camp Bestival – Dorset – 26 – 28 July
Camp Bestival is the mother of the family-friendly festival and 2024 looks set to have a great line up.
The kids provisions at Camp Bestival are fantastic with their own acts who in the past have been Justin Fletcher to Dick and Dom and Mister Maker. And a whole host of activities including fairground rides, the insect circus and our favourite the Dingly Dell which is packed full of fun.
This is one festival your kids really won’t want to leave.
Find out more here.
The best festivals with kids across the UK – August
Lakefest – Herefordshire – 7 – 11 August
Lakefest is a great festival for kids with so much on offer including: watersports, kite making, clay modelling, treasure hunts and glamba drumming workshop.
Find out more here.
BoomTown – Winchester – 7 – 11 August
BoomTown is a festival for everyone, no matter what your musical leaning.
There really are so many different styles of music included in the BoomTown line-up. Kids will love all of the performers wandering the site and learning some new circus skills.
They can also take part in one of the many workshops in the dedicated KidsTown. BoomTown definitely needs to be part of the list of the best festivals with kids.
Find out more here.
Green Man – Brecon Beacons, Wales – 15 – 18 August
For a much less typical vibe, the Green Man set in the Welsh countryside is a great family friendly festival.
There is always plenty going on musically. We love the sound of the kid’s area, set against the backdrop of the green mountains where the children can run free.
This is a festival that is as chilled out as they can get.
Find out more here.
Camp Bestival – Shropshire – 15 – 18 August
Just like it’s Dorset venue the Shropshire Camp Bestival has lots going on.
Find out more here.
Beautiful Days – Exeter – 16 – 18 August
This is a great festival for families with plenty going on for children. Activities include crafts, theatre, dressing-up, circus, rides, story-telling, face painting and more.
We love that there are special storytelling and theatre performances put on for kids from early in the morning.
Find out more here.
Just So Festival – Rode Hall Estate, Cheshire – 16 – 18 August
This is a fantastic festival for families with everything from a Spellbound Forest to a Woodland Theatre.
There are circus workshops, campfire stories and the Away with the Fairies area to enchant little ones.
There’s lantern making, pirate training camp and yoga for the littlies. We absolutely love the look of Just So and it is one of the best festivals with kids.
Find out more here.
Shambala Festival – Northamptonshire – 26 – 29 August – best festivals with kids
Shambala was our first festival with kids and that was many years ago now. We loved the kid’s field then and our children had a great time.
Shambala looks even better now with a brilliant kid’s forest area and a stack of crafts. One of our favourite things was the annual Shambala fancy dress walk around the site which had us all up and dressed up as pirates. It was great fun.
Find out more here.
Solfest – nr Aspatria, Cumbria – 22 – 25 August
We love Solfest’s aim to bring different generations of a family together from Grandparents to babies.
They have plenty going on for everyone with lots of workshops and events. And there’s a specially dedicated Children’s Arena and music from all the different genres.
Find out more here.
The Big Feastival – Cotswolds – 23 – 25 August – best festivals with kids
Jamie Oliver and Blur’s Alex James are back for this really fun festival in the Cotswolds.
With an emphasis on music, food (of course) and activities it really is a feel-good weekend in the countryside. There’s sure to be a great music lineup and kids will love the ‘Little Dudes Den’ which is full of activities and workshops.
Find out more here.
The best festivals with kids across the UK – September
End of the Road Festival – Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire – 29 Aug – 1 September
As we’re heading to the end of festival season, the End of the Road Festival is the perfect antidote to the end of summer vibe everywhere else.
There is lots for children including Wonderlands, an area full of workshops including circus tricks, origami and yoga.
This is a festival dedicated to some of the best Alternative Music and Folk music. It has a chilled out vibe totally in keeping with this whimsical setting in the Larmer Tree Gardens.
Find out more here.
Festival No. 6 – Portmeirion, Wales – Not yet confirmed
Sadly at the moment it looks like this lovely festival isn’t going to be going ahead.
Set in the beautiful town of Portmeirion we love that there is always a great line up and talks and discussions too.
There’s lots for little people with Portmeirion’s Pockets of Play. A world of play, exploration and expression.
There ae also arts and crafts, lantern making, story telling and joke contests.
Find out more here.
Equinox Festival – Lincolnshire – 19 – 23 September – best festivals with kids
Closing the festival season on Globalmouse Travels in the Equinox Festival in Lincolnshire.
This is a non-sponsored and non-corporate festival. Set in a wildlife reserve it has music from all genres.
Kids will love the wandering entertainers and circus workshops.
Find out more here
