Family Friendly Festivals
There are 100′s of family friendly festivals around the UK – trying to choose which ones to go to can be overwhelming. Use the map to find festivals in your area, the calendar to browse by date, and the A-Z list to see them in alphabetical order!
Find out more about the festivals from our reviews. If you need some help, take a look at our advice on taking kids to festivals, camping, packing, and a whole lot more.
All the festivals, listed by start date. When a festival date has passed the entry is crossed out. Festivals that have won a Festival Kidz award have a link to the award page after the festival name.
January
No festivals this month.
February
No festivals this month.
March
11th - 12th March 2017 — VegfestUK (Brighton)
April
28th April - 30th 2017 — Cosmic Puffin
28th - 30th April 2017 — Wath Festival
May
5th - 7th May 2017 — This Earth Gathering
20th - 21st May 2017 — VegfestUK (Bristol)
25th-29th May 2017 — Green Man presents Courtyard
26th - 28th May 2017 — The Shindig Weekender
27th - 28th May 2017 — Common People
27th May 2017 — Gig For Life
11th - 27th May 2018 — Norfolk and Norwich Festival
18th- 20th May 2018 — Magical Faerie Festival
18th - 20th May 2018 — Wood Festival 2014 2013
19th May 2018 — Let's Rock the Moor!
24th - 27th May 2018 — Bearded Theory 2014 2013
24th May - 3rd June 2018 — Hay Festival
24th - 27th May 2018 — Knockengorroch
25th - 27th May 2018 — Alfresco Festival
25th - 28th May 2018 — Elderflower Fields 2014
25th-28th May 2018 — Geronimo
25th - 27th May 2018 — Lechlade Music Festival
25th - 27th May 2018 — Stafford Blues Festival
June
2nd - 4th June 2017 — Asparafest
2nd - 4th June 2017 — Wychwood Festival
3rd June 2017 — Strawberry Fair
9th - 11th June 2017 — Alive and V-Dubbin
15th - 18th June 2017 — Willowman Festival
16th-18th June 2017 — Summer Solstice Festival
18th June 2017 — Funk The Family
24th - 25th June 2017 — Shrewsbury Food Festival
1st - 3rd June 2018 — Acoustic Festival of Britain
2nd June 2018 — Let's Rock Bristol
7th - 10th June 2018 — Eden Festival
15th-17th June 2018 — 3 Wishes Faery Festival 2014 2013
15th - 17th June 2018 — Beverley Folk Festival 2014
16th - 17th June 2018 — Leamington Peace Festival
22nd - 24th June 2018 — Solas Festival
27th - 28th June 2018 — Spring Fling
29th June - 1st July 2018 — Flummoxed Festival
29th June - 1st July 2018 — Love Supreme
26th - 30th June 2019 — Glastonbury 2015
July
6th - 8th July 2017 — 2000 Trees Festival
7th - 8th July 2017 — Corbridge Festival
7th - 9th July 2017 — Godiva Festival
7th - 8th July 2017 — Rock Oyster Festival
8th - 9th July 2017 — Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
12th - 16th July 2017 — Buddhafield Festival
14th - 16th July 2017 — Beat-Herder Festival
14th-16th July 2017 — Chiddfest
14th - 16th July 2017 — Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
20th - 23rd July 2017 — Hull Folk Festival
20th - 23rd July 2017 — Secret Garden Party
21st July - 28th July 2017 — AEFES Alternative Education Festival
21st - 23rd July 2017 — Festival on the Farm
21st - 23rd July 2017 — Nozstock
21st - 23rd July 2017 — Singing Sticks
22nd - 23rd July 2017 — Jimmy's Harvest Festival
22nd - 23rd July 2017 — Truck
27th - 30th July 2017 — Port Eliot Festival
27th - 30th July 2017 — WOMAD Festival 2014
27th - 30th July 2017 — Y Not Festival
28th - 30th July 2017 — CarFest (North)
28th - 30th July 2017 — Cloudspotting
28th - 29th July 2017 — Farmfest Somerset
28th - 30th July 2017 — Sunflowerfest
29th - 30th July 2017 — Marvellous Festival
30th July - 5th August 2017 — Sun and Moon Festival
5th-7th July 2018 — Blissfields 2014 2013
6th-8th July 2018 — Camper Jam
6th - 8th July 2018 — North Nibley Music Festival 2013
12th - 15th July 2018 — Latitude Festival
13th July - 15th July 2018 — Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival
13th - 15th July 2018 — Rhythmtree
15th July 2018 — Folk by the Oak 2015
20th - 22nd July 2018 — Bluedot Festival
20th - 21st July 2018 — Chagstock Festival 2015
20th - 22nd July 2018 — Deer Shed Festival 2014
20th - 22nd July 2018 — Deerstock
20th - 22nd July 2018 — Festival at the Edge
20th - 22nd July 2018 — Larmer Tree Festival 2014 2013
20th - 21st July 2018 — Penn Festival
20th - 22nd July 2018 — Rewind (Scotland)
21st July 2018 — Splendour Festival
26th July - 29th July 2018 — Camp Bestival 2015 2014
26th - 29th July 2018 — Kendal Calling
26th - 29th July 2018 — Standon Calling
27th - 29th July 2018 — Barefoot Festival
August
2nd - 6th August 2017 — Starry Skies Family Camp 2014
3rd - 6th August 2017 — Harlequin Fayre
3rd - 5th August 2017 — Hullabaloo Festival
3rd - 6th August 2017 — VW Whitenoise
3rd - 6th August 2017 — Wilderness 2014
4th - 7th August 2017 — Kaya Festival
4th - 6th August 2017 — Valley Fest
9th - 13th August 2017 — Boardmasters
10th - 13th August 2017 — Off Grid
11th - 13th August 2017 — Green Meadows
11th - 13th August 2017 — The Retro Festival
18th - 20th August 2017 — Doune the Rabbit Hole
18th - 20th August 2017 — Sunrise Celebration
18th - 20th August 2017 — Weyfest
19th - 20th August 2017 — Gloworm Festival
24th - 27th August 2017 — Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
24th - 27th August 2017 — Shambala 2014 2013
25th - 27th August 2017 — The Big Feastival
25th - 27th August 2017 — CarFest (South)
25th - 28th August 2017 — England's Medieval Festival
25th - 28th August 2017 — Shrewsbury Folk Festival
25th - 27th August 2017 — Solfest
25th - 28th August 2017 — Towersey Festival
25th - 27th August 2017 — Upton Festival
2nd - 4th August 2018 — Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
2nd - 5th August 2018 — Cambridge Folk Festival
2nd - 5th August 2018 — Green Gathering 2014
2nd - 5th August 2018 — Wickham Festival
3rd - 5th August 2018 — Rewind (North)
9th - 19th August 2018 — Boomtown
9th - 12th August 2018 — Lakefest 2015 2014 2014 2013
10th - 17th August 2018 — Broadstairs Folk Week
10th - 12th August 2018 — Farmer Phil's Music Festival 2015
10th - 12th August 2018 — Love Summer Festival
16th - 19th August 2018 — Green Man Festival 2015 2014 2013
17th - 19th August 2018 — Beautiful Days 2015
17th - 19th August 2018 — Just So Festival 2014 2013
17th - 19th August 2018 — Rewind (South)
24th - 27th August 2018 — Byline Festival
24th - 27th August 2018 — Greenbelt
24th - 27th August 2018 — Into The Wild
30th August - 2nd September 2018 — End of the Road Festival
September
1st-3rd September 2017 — Bingley Music Live
2017 event cancelled — In The Woods Festival
1st - 3rd September 2017 — Off the Tracks
1st - 3rd September 2017 — One Love Festival
2nd - 3rd September 2017 — Together the People
7th - 10th September 2017 — Bestival
7th - 10th September 2017 — Festival no 6
8th - 10th September 2017 — Busfest
8th -10th September 2017 — Goodwood Revival
9th - 10th September 2017 — In Your Space Circus Carnival of Colours
23rd - 24th September 2017 — Festival of Thrift
October
20th - 22nd October 2017 — Musicport
22nd - 23rd October 2017 — VegfestUK (London)
November
No festivals this month.
December
No festivals this month.
In alphabetical order, here are the links to all of our Festival Factsheets aimed at festival families. Festivals that have won a Festival Kidz award have a link to the award page after the festival name.
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2000 Trees Festival (6th - 8th July 2017)
3 Wishes Faery Festival (15th-17th June 2018) 2014 2013
3foot People Festival (27th-29th June)
A
Acoustic Festival of Britain (1st - 3rd June 2018)
AEFES Alternative Education Festival (21st July - 28th July 2017)
Alfresco Festival (25th - 27th May 2018)
Alive and V-Dubbin (9th - 11th June 2017)
Asparafest (2nd - 4th June 2017)
B
Barefoot Festival (27th - 29th July 2018)
Bearded Theory (24th - 27th May 2018) 2014 2013
Beat-Herder Festival (14th - 16th July 2017)
Beautiful Days (17th - 19th August 2018) 2015
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (2nd - 4th August 2018)
Bestival (7th - 10th September 2017)
Beverley Folk Festival (15th - 17th June 2018) 2014
Big Bike Bash (25th - 28th August 2017)
Big Brill Camp (No dates yet for 2017)
The Big Feastival (25th - 27th August 2017)
Bingley Music Live (1st-3rd September 2017)
Blissfields (5th-7th July 2018) 2014 2013
Bluedot Festival (20th - 22nd July 2018)
Blues On The Farm (No dates published yet for 2017)
Boardmasters (9th - 13th August 2017)
Boomtown (9th - 19th August 2018)
Bridgnorth Children`s Festival (No new dates)
Brisfest (No dates yet for 2017)
Broadstairs Folk Week (10th - 17th August 2018)
Buddhafield Festival (12th - 16th July 2017)
Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival (13th July - 15th July 2018)
Busfest (8th - 10th September 2017)
Byline Festival (24th - 27th August 2018)
C
Cambridge Folk Festival (2nd - 5th August 2018)
Camp Amazing (No dates yet for 2017)
Camp Bestival (26th July - 29th July 2018) 2015 2014
Camper Jam (6th-8th July 2018)
CarFest (North) (28th - 30th July 2017)
CarFest (South) (25th - 27th August 2017)
Chagstock Festival (20th - 21st July 2018) 2015
Chiddfest (14th-16th July 2017)
Chilled in a Field (Back in 2018) 2015 2014 2013
Cloudspotting (28th - 30th July 2017)
Common People (27th - 28th May 2017)
Corbridge Festival (7th - 8th July 2017)
Cosmic Puffin (28th April - 30th 2017)
D
Deer Shed Festival (20th - 22nd July 2018) 2014
Deerstock (20th - 22nd July 2018)
Dinefwr Literature Festival (No dates)
Doune the Rabbit Hole (18th - 20th August 2017)
Dubs at the Hall (No dates for 2017 yet)
E
Eden Festival (7th - 10th June 2018)
Elderflower Fields (25th - 28th May 2018) 2014
End of the Road Festival (30th August - 2nd September 2018)
England's Medieval Festival (25th - 28th August 2017)
F
Fairport's Cropredy Convention (No dates for 2017)
Fairyland Trust - The Real Halloween (No dates)
The Fairyland Trust Fairy Fair (No dates yet) 2015
Farmer Phil's Music Festival (10th - 12th August 2018) 2015
Farmfest Somerset (28th - 29th July 2017)
Festival at the Edge (20th - 22nd July 2018)
Festival no 6 (7th - 10th September 2017)
Festival of Thrift (23rd - 24th September 2017)
Festival on the Farm (21st - 23rd July 2017)
Fieldview Festival (No dates)
Fire in the Mountain (No dates )
Flummoxed Festival (29th June - 1st July 2018)
Folk by the Oak (15th July 2018) 2015
Funk The Family (18th June 2017)
G
Geronimo (25th-28th May 2018)
Gig For Life (27th May 2017)
Glastonbury (26th - 30th June 2019) 2015
Gloworm Festival (19th - 20th August 2017)
Godiva Festival (7th - 9th July 2017)
Goodwood Revival (8th -10th September 2017)
Green Gathering (2nd - 5th August 2018) 2014
Green Man Festival (16th - 19th August 2018) 2015 2014 2013
Green Man presents Courtyard (25th-29th May 2017)
Green Meadows (11th - 13th August 2017)
Greenbelt (24th - 27th August 2018)
Guilfest (Discontinued)
H
Harlequin Fayre (3rd - 6th August 2017)
Hay Festival (24th May - 3rd June 2018)
Hull Folk Festival (20th - 23rd July 2017)
Hullabaloo Festival (3rd - 5th August 2017)
I
In The Woods Festival (2017 event cancelled)
In Your Space Circus Carnival of Colours (9th - 10th September 2017)
Into The Wild (24th - 27th August 2018)
J
Jimmy's Harvest Festival (22nd - 23rd July 2017)
Just So Festival (17th - 19th August 2018) 2014 2013
K
Kaya Festival (4th - 7th August 2017)
Kendal Calling (26th - 29th July 2018)
Kid's Fest (No date for 2017)
Knockengorroch (24th - 27th May 2018)
L
Lakefest (9th - 12th August 2018) 2015 2014 2014 2013
Larmer Tree Festival (20th - 22nd July 2018) 2014 2013
Latitude Festival (12th - 15th July 2018)
Leamington Peace Festival (16th - 17th June 2018)
Lechlade Music Festival (25th - 27th May 2018)
Let's Rock Bristol (2nd June 2018)
Let's Rock the Moor! (19th May 2018)
LodeStar Festival (Dates tbc for 2017)
LolliBop (No date for 2017)
Love Summer Festival (10th - 12th August 2018)
Love Supreme (29th June - 1st July 2018)
Lunar Festival (Taking a year off in 2017)
M
Magical Faerie Festival (18th- 20th May 2018)
Marvellous Festival (29th - 30th July 2017)
Musicport (20th - 22nd October 2017)
N
Norfolk and Norwich Festival (11th - 27th May 2018)
North Nibley Music Festival (6th - 8th July 2018) 2013
Nozstock (21st - 23rd July 2017)
O
Off Grid (10th - 13th August 2017)
Off the Tracks (1st - 3rd September 2017)
One Love Festival (1st - 3rd September 2017)
Open East Festival (Discontinued)
P
Parklands Festival (No dates for 2017)
Penn Festival (20th - 21st July 2018)
Play Festival (No dates yet)
Port Eliot Festival (27th - 30th July 2017)
Pulse Festival (Cancelled?)
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival (24th - 27th August 2017)
R
Redefest Music Festival (No dates yet)
The Retro Festival (11th - 13th August 2017)
Rewind (North) (3rd - 5th August 2018)
Rewind (Scotland) (20th - 22nd July 2018)
Rewind (South) (17th - 19th August 2018)
Rhythms of the World (No date for 2018 yet)
Rhythmtree (13th - 15th July 2018)
Riverside Festival (No date for 2018 yet)
Rock Oyster Festival (7th - 8th July 2017)
S
Secret Garden Party (20th - 23rd July 2017)
Shambala (24th - 27th August 2017) 2014 2013
The Shindig Weekender (26th - 28th May 2017)
Shrewsbury Folk Festival (25th - 28th August 2017)
Shrewsbury Food Festival (24th - 25th June 2017)
Singing Sticks (21st - 23rd July 2017)
Solas Festival (22nd - 24th June 2018)
Solfest (25th - 27th August 2017)
Splendour Festival (21st July 2018)
Spring Fling (27th - 28th June 2018)
Stafford Blues Festival (25th - 27th May 2018)
Standon Calling (26th - 29th July 2018)
Starry Skies Family Camp (2nd - 6th August 2017) 2014
Strawberry Fair (3rd June 2017)
Strawberry Fields Festival (No date yet)
Summer Breeze Festival (No date yet)
Summer Solstice Festival (16th-18th June 2017)
Sun and Moon Festival (30th July - 5th August 2017)
Sunflowerfest (28th - 30th July 2017)
Sunrise Celebration (18th - 20th August 2017)
T
Taste of Summer (No date for 2018)
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival (8th - 9th July 2017)
This Earth Gathering (5th - 7th May 2017)
Together the People (2nd - 3rd September 2017)
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival (14th - 16th July 2017)
Towersey Festival (25th - 28th August 2017)
Truck (22nd - 23rd July 2017)
U
Upton Festival (25th - 27th August 2017)
V
Valley Fest (4th - 6th August 2017)
VegfestUK (Brighton) (11th - 12th March 2017)
VegfestUK (Bristol) (20th - 21st May 2017)
VegfestUK (London) (22nd - 23rd October 2017)
VW Whitenoise (3rd - 6th August 2017)
W
Watchet Music Festival (Taking a year off in 2017)
Wath Festival (28th - 30th April 2017)
Weyfest (18th - 20th August 2017)
Whizz Bang Pop (Cancelled)
Wickham Festival (2nd - 5th August 2018)
Wild Heart Gathering (Devon) (Back in 2018)
Wild Heart Gathering (Sussex) (No dates yet)
Wilderness (3rd - 6th August 2017) 2014
Willowman Festival (15th - 18th June 2017)
WOMAD Festival (27th - 30th July 2017) 2014
Wood Festival (18th - 20th May 2018) 2014 2013
Wychwood Festival (2nd - 4th June 2017 )
Y
Y Not Festival (27th - 30th July 2017)
Ymuno (No dates yet)