The warmer weather can only mean one thing. Festivals!
Here is my guide to all our local Cheshire Festivals, especially ones which are suitable for children and families. There isn't just live music at festivals any more but a whole host of activities and entertainment for the whole family. From crafts, shows, circus skills, watersports, kids performances and fairground rides. But lets not forget about the food. Festivals are now hosts to some amazing food vendors where you can try unusual delights while sitting in a field in the sun.
⭐Just So Festival
Location: Rode Hall Estate, Scholar Green, Cheshire
Date: 16th – 18th August 2024
Tickets are on sale now at www.justsofestival.org.uk
The award winning Just So Festival is back for another year of mischief and mayhem! From Friday 16th - Sunday 18th August, the historic Rode Hall Estate in Cheshire comes to life with a cacophony of families stepping out of their everyday into a wonderland of world class literature, arts, theatre, dance, music, and comedy.
Recently awarded ‘Small Event of the Year’ at the National Outdoor Events Association Awards, Just So is a summer adventure which families return to year on year. By day they can enjoy interactive theatre, games, crafts, silly fights, races, workshops, and music that will leave children of all ages spellbound. As night falls, the woods come alive with campfire stories, music, DJs, pop-up theatre performances and entertainment - right up until the clock strikes twelve, and it’s time for the ever-popular midnight feast.
Further programming will be announced in the coming months and will include the very best in live music, theatre, circus and dance, storytelling, author readings and poetry workshops, film classics, games and creative pursuits, wellbeing sessions, and much more.
Tatton Park Food Festival
12th, 13th & 14th July
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Join us at Tatton Park Foodies Festival 2024 for our biggest celebration yet of top chefs, tasty food, delicious drinks and live music with Example, Blue and Sister Sledge.
Watch MasterChef Champions, Michelin-starred and top local chefs cooking their signature summer recipes in the Chefs Theatre.
Learn how to make show-stopping cakes in The Cake & Bake Theatre with expert bakers. Great British Bake Off stars will share their best baking hints and tips live on stage with easy to make recipes that are as delicious to look at as they are to eat.
Sample new wines, champagnes and cocktails in The Drinks Theatre. Eat delicious street food from around the world. Taste new flavours. Meet artisan producers. Have fun all day with chilli eating competitions and food challenges! Kids join in the fun at The Kids Cookery Theatre.
ALL NEW COOK SCHOOL – Hands-on Authentic Thai Green Curry Cook School sessions with Celebrity Chef Nigel Brown. £25.00 per person (45 min sessions). Join highly acclaimed cookery school owner – celebrity chef and award-winning cookbook author Nigel Brown of the Nigel Brown Cookery Academy and get hands-on with this fabulous Thai green curry masterclass.
⭐Deva Fest
8th - 11th August
Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire
Being a family friendly festival, situated in the heart of Cheshire, getting to us with your family in tow and everything you need for the weekend its top of your priority list! To help you make the best of the weekend, we operate shuttle buses from nearby towns and cities such as Chester, Ellesmere Port, Wrexham and Tarporley so that you can get here easily, or if you want to drive car parking for the day is free.
Once you arrive our main stage is inside a huge big top, so you can enjoy your favourite act whatever the weather.
We’ve hand picked a selection of great street food vendors and our bars are provided by the company who run Liquor and Co, Craft and Company and Lockwood & Co in Chester (Lockwood is the bar in the fabulous new Market).
Your kids won’t be running up to you asking for a fiver for the fairground every ten minutes as our fairground rides are all free to use (height restrictions apply on some of them) as well as offering you a host of other activities from Kids Kingdom, on site watersports, circus shows and parades.
And the thing that gets us the most love? Our loos! We offer the sorts of loos you would find at a wedding as standard – proper flushes and mirrors. Our feedback forms frequently state that we offer the best toilets you have ever seen at a festival.
⭐The Brit Fest
5th - 7th July
Ashley Hall Showground, Cheshire
FROM FAMILY CAMPING & GLAMPING, CINEMAS TO WOODCRAFT & WHITTLING, THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT OUR FESTIVAL. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE EXPERIENCES YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO;
FAMILY CINEMAS
Bring the whole family to enjoy some classic movies in our family cinema tent. With comfortable seating and refreshments available, it’s the perfect way to relax between musical acts
WOODCRAFT & WHITTLING
Get back to nature and try your hand at woodcraft and whittling. Our experienced instructors will guide you through the process of creating your own unique wooden creation to take home as a souvenir of your festival experience.
YOGA SESSIONS
Take a break from the energy of the music stages and join our amazing Yogi for a relaxing yoga session. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, our Yogi will help you find your inner peace and recharge your batteries.
FOOD & DRINK
The Brit Fest is a celebration of all things British, and that includes our food and drink. From artisanal cheeses to locally brewed beers, there’s something to tempt every tastebud.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Get creative and make your own festival-inspired arts and crafts. From tie-dye t-shirts to psychedelic dream catchers, our arts and crafts tent is the perfect place to unleash your inner artist.
SILENT DISCO
Put on your headphones and dance like no one’s watching at our silent disco. With multiple channels to choose from, it’s a party for everyone.
⭐Gloworm at Walton Gardens
Sunday 23rd June 2024
10:30 am - 7:00 pm
Price: £ 30.25
Gloworm is a wonderful family event that has been especially created for grown ups and their little people. We invite our festival goers to come and play in a warm, welcoming and creative environment, loose their inhibitions, let their hair down and have some fun.
The team at Gloworm believe that children are the most important people in the world, which is why this event is aimed at families with Children aged 0-13, with plenty for teenagers and grown ups to enjoy too.
This year, Gloworm have teamed up with Daresbury Festival to bring an enchanting day of music, magic, and family fun at the first ever Gloworm Daresbury, coming exclusively to Walton Hall and Gardens on Sunday 23 June 2024.
⭐Rochdale Feel Good Festival
Saturday 10 August 2024, 11:30 - 22:45
A showcase of top class entertainment, food and culture. This year's headliners includes Ocean Colour Scene, Lottery Winners, Heather Small and Toucan.
It's one to add to the calendars and makes for a great family day out.
The headliners:
Ocean Colour Scene will top the bill this year. With 5 Top-10 albums, 17 Top-40 singles and a stack of awards, the much loved Britpop legends are best known for hits including the immortal 'Riverboat Song', 'The Day We Caught The Train', 'The Circle', 'Travellers Tune' and 'Hundred Mile High City'.
Lottery Winners' third album, ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’, became the band’s first number one in 2023. It was followed by a sold-out UK tour, appearances at some of the country’s biggest festivals, a huge arena tour supporting Rick Astley and a sold-out show at Manchester Apollo in January 2024.
Multi award-winning Heather Small has achieved worldwide success both as a solo artist and the voice of Brit and Mercury Award winning dance act M People, well known for a stack of hits including 'Moving On Up', 'One Night in Heaven', 'Renaissance', 'How Can I Love You More?', and 'Sight for Sore Eyes'.
Soul, pop and funk artist Toucan will be performing on the main stage at Rochdale Feel Good Festival this summer. The rapidly rising Irishman otherwise known as Conor Clancy has been added to the line-up for the festival on Saturday 10 August.
General sale tickets are released at £15 (plus an additional booking fee) and for the first time, to cut single use plastic, all tickets include a Rochdale Feel Good Festival re-usable drink cup to be collected upon arrival at the festival site.
⭐Alderfest at Alderford Lake
5th & 6th July
Friday: 5pm-11pm
Saturday gates open at 10am and entertainment starts at 12pm. Finishes around 11pm
Join us for a spectacular weekend of family fun, with a BIG line-up and UNFORGETTABLE entertainment!
The stage is set, the excitement is building, and AlderFest 2024 is proud to announce a stellar lineup that will make this year's music festival an unmissable experience.
Headlined by pop sensation, S Club, AlderFest is poised to be the ultimate summer family weekend! There is so much to do at AlderFest for all of the family, including water activities, silent disco, circus workshops and loads more!
Find out more at www.alderfest.com
⭐Macclesfield Festival
Saturday July 20th
12pm-10.30pm
Macclesfield Rugby Club
The festival really has something for everyone. Huge names have graced the Macclesfield Rocks Main Stage from the festival inception in 2017, including the Happy Mondays, the Brand New Heavies, Soul II Soul, Heather Small, The Virginmarys, and Dodgy to name a few, as well as the best of local talent. In recent years due to feedback we have put some incredible high energy tribute line ups together which cover many music genres from SKA, rock, pop, indie, and everything in between, which remains the focus of our current festival.
Featuring Live Music Stage with 10 bands Dance Tent headlined by Retros Paul Taylor, Kids Zone & Kids Stage with 11 Live Performances, Kids Entertainment throughout the day, Full Fairground and more!
VIP clubhouse tickets with private bar toilets and balcony overlooking the main stage available but limited and will sell out!
Secure your tickets here www.macclesfieldfestival.co.uk/tickets
⭐Now Northwich
Saturday 27th April 2024
Starts from 12 noon
Free Festival
Your ultimate festival of wonder, Now Northwich is back on Saturday 27th April with an eclectic and majestic explosion of international dance and street arts.
From The Plaza Northwich on Witton Street right through the Northwich Town Centre and across Barons Quay, performers will stop you in your tracks with awe inspiring spectacles for every member of the family. Filling the walkways during the day with everything from high energy hip hop to martial arts-infused dance, intricate acrobatics and aerial circus … and culminating at dusk with an entrancing procession of other-worldly figures transforming against the night sky, Now Northwich 2024 is not to be missed!
⭐Camp Bestival in Shropshire
15th - 18th August 2024
Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard, near Shifnal, Shropshire! 🌳🎪
“Dust off your dancing shoes, dig out your rave gear and prepare your finest embarrassing mum or dad singalong voice as we unveil the hot off the press lineup for Camp Bestival Shropshire 2024. Prepare to get no sleep with one of only two festival shows in 2024 for Faithless, who are back with their full live extravanganza. Give it up for Rick Astley and McFly, Paloma Faith, all the Scissor Sisters hits with Jake Shears and wheel out the air guitar for The Darkness. Oh yeah and did we tell you McFly, Level 42 and Sara Cox are there too. And for the night owls still raring to go after lights out… Gok Wan, Craig Charles and Ellie Sax will be spinning till the wee hours too. Breaking new talent and championing new bands is always top of my agenda too, so I’m very pleased to announce a rare UK show from Say She She alongside Flowerovlove, The K’s and Coach Party. And that’s just for starters! See you down the front...”
⭐Cheshire Fest
SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST 2024
Nestled within the lush countryside of Cheshire, Capesthorne Hall is home to Cheshires first boutique festival experience.
Guests will be immersed in an extensive lineup of live music, featuring performances on the main stage throughout the festival, alongside world-class DJ sets in the House & Vocal tent and acoustic sessions in our very own Live Lounge hosted by Bask.
⭐Rewind Festival
At Capesthorne Hall
2nd -4th August
Rewind Festival North returns to Capesthorne Hall in Macclesfield on Friday 2nd August to Sunday 4th August 2024. The World’s biggest 80’s festival is back with a fantastic lineup, ready to take you back to to the most fun and colourful decade of music.
Every year Rewind Festival attracts thousands of friendly festival goers sporting some of the most fabulous fancy dress costumes. The only question is, who are you going to dress up as?
In addition to the main stage line-up, REWIND will host a large Kidzone, funfairs, fireworks, inflatable spas, discos (including a silent one), and comedy. There will be food and drink choices galore with lots of posh nosh and themed bars.
The Kids area will be open from 11am until 6pm on Saturday and Sunday, with activities including tote bag decorating, scavenger hunt, costume design, Youngertones Disco, group games, and more.
⭐ KINDERFEST 24’ at Haige Woodland Park
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th May 2024.
Two Fun’n’Fab Days for Children and Families over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
In association with Santus & Co. The Home of Uncle Joes Mint Balls.
Two show events per day. 10.30am and 3pm.
Each 3 hour show includes a collection of some of the Region’s top Children’s entertainment gathered within the Walled Gardens of Haigh.
Artists and entertainment includes:
🌞 The Adrian Catch Magic Show. Dale Wingbottom Puppet Experience. The Zoo Puppets Show. Danny Zapperelli and Fun Gi Children’s Mix n Mingle. Bubble Show Artists.
🌞 The Molly Kidz TV Stage. Featuring Molly, live music, and Drago the Dragon Show.
🌞 The Inflatable Zone with loads of games and jump on attractions. The Super Pirates Lawn with activities including; Inflatable Jump and Play Ring. Barrels Full of Fun. Star Shelter (Disco and Story Telling) and Toys, Nets, Spins and Rides.
🌞 See full programme on eventbrite page.
Sandbach Transport Festival
20 Apr - 21 Apr 2024
The festival is a great family day out. They will have a children’s area and small fairground rides in the park on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Commons car park, Congleton Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1HJ
Transport
Celebrating the town's transport heritage with the main event: A variety of vehicles from classic cars to modern classics, from trucks to planes and everything in between. Browse the vehicles, chat to the owners and enjoy the show!
Live Music
Showcasing local talent in a celebration of music with a carefully curated line up of bands and acts, Saturday is live band day and we have some returning acts alongside some new talent.
Family
Lots of family friendly entertainment suitable for all ages. With Transport related attractions alongside traditional fairground, ice creams and more the younger ones will have lots to see and do.
Food
A variety of food and drink outlets will provide an array of hot/cold food & drink as well as alcoholic beverages.
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