Midsummer Madness – Celebrating the Summer Solstice

camping, bonfires or amplified music is permitted at Stonehenge but there are samba bands and drummers providing atmospheric background sounds.

The 3 Wishes Faery Fest is a family-friendly festival running from 20 to 22 June at Colliford Lake Park in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Highlights include a midsummer night’s dream faery masquerade, a fantasy fairy fashion show and a lesson at fairy school as well as elfin-inspired music.

The Cork Midsummer Festival of the Senses is on from 15 June to 5 July with a mix of comedy, music, circus, dance, theatre and visual arts.

For beach babes and dudes, the Goldcoast Oceanfest is a surf and music festival based in Croyde, North Devon, running from 20 to 22 June. There will be live music and sponsored sporting events such as beach volleyball, mountain-biking and surfing.

The Herstmonceux Castle Estate in East Sussex is the venue for Global Fusion, an annual celebration of world music with family entertainment including storytelling, drumming and circus skills. This Summer’s festival takes place between Friday 20 and Sunday 22 June.

A week later, one of Britain’s most famous Summer festivals kicks off. Glastonbury takes place in Somerset between 27 and 29 June, billed this year as a ‘Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts’. Music headliners are Kings of Leon, the Verve and Jay-Z.

Further afield, the Summer Solstice Festival in the City of Yellowknife, Canada will bring together different cultures in a free music and dance event across the weekend. The family-friendly festival features workshops, interactive educational activities and entertainment in order to promote cultural awareness and raise funds for

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