Family festival round-up 2026
- Roxanne Fisher
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Festival-going may change when you have children, but there's no need to miss out. Check out our top family-friendly events coming up this summer.
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Summer is packed full of fun foodie events the whole family will love. We’ve picked out the ones most geared towards kids, but we haven’t sidelined adult indulgences either – from locally-brewed beer to a lakeside spa, there's plenty to keep everyone happy.
WOMAD 2026
23-26 July
Neston Park, North Wiltshire
A firm fixture on our festival picks list, WOMAD returns after a year away with a beautiful new home at Neston Park. The world music festival brings together artists and performers from across the globe, alongside talks, art, wellbeing experiences and more than 200 free workshops led by international musicians and dancers. Families can head to the World of Children for a packed programme of creative activities, while the new setting offers plenty of green space to explore.
The inspirational Taste the World stage, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026, sees artists step away from the main stages to cook dishes that remind them of home, sharing musical memories, personal stories and live performances as they chop, sizzle and stir. This year’s programme travels from West and South Africa to South America, India, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain and South Korea, with appearances from artists including Freshlyground, Country Gongbang, Gisela João, K.O.G, Noura Mint Seymali and the Garifuna Collective.
2026 music highlights: Daniela Mercury, Greentea Peng, Freshlyground
Adult ticket: £275 for the full four days or £250 for three
Teenager ticket (ages 14 to 17): £200 for the full four days or £175 for three; must be accompanied by an adult
Day ticket prices also available
Child ticket (ages five to 13): £32
Child ticket (four and under): free with a paying adult; a valid ticket is required
Day tickets and packages also available
Stendhal 2026
2 - 4 July
Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady, Northern Ireland
Set on Ballymully Cottage Farm on the Causeway Coastal Route, Stendhal has earned the title of Ireland's Best Family Festival through sixteen years of grassroots dedication. Eight stages spread across fields and woodland and the programme stretches across family circus shows, funfair rides, comedy, folk, art installations and late-night sessions. The family camping field has its own dedicated car park, and regulars say the warmth of the community atmosphere is unlike any other festival.
The food traders at Stendhal are carefully curated, with all traders required to offer at least one family meal deal, one vegan, one vegetarian and one gluten-free option. Highlights include The Hatch gourmet burgers, The Big Blue Bus Pizzeria, a converted double-decker with indoor seating and a wood-fired oven, Foodpath Street Food's fresh flatbread shawarma and La Tia Juana's, serving Latin American arepas and empanadas.
2026 music highlights: Cast, DJ Yoda, Kíla
Adult ticket: 3-night weekend camping £155
Child ticket (three and under): free with a paying adult
Child ticket (ages four to 12): £36.23
Day tickets and packages also available
Latitude 2026
23-26 July
Henham Park, Suffolk
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2026, Latitude is the multi-arts festival that has made a genuine case for music, comedy, literature, theatre, dance and family programming as equal pillars rather than afterthoughts. Set on the Henham Park estate in Suffolk, with a lake at its heart and beautiful countryside all around, it is one of the most committed family festivals in the UK. The dedicated Family Campsite sits next to the Enchanted Garden activity area and has its own arena entrance, meaning the daily journey from tent to festival is short.
The Hot House, a curated collection of restaurants and food experiences is the main draw, while the range of independent street food traders across the site spans wood-fired pizza, globally-inspired plates and local Suffolk produce. The Family Campsite has its own dedicated food traders too, which means even the most exhausted parents never have to drag tired children far for feeding.
2026 music highlights: David Byrne, Teddy Swims, Lewis Capaldi
Adult ticket: Full weekend ticket with camping £320
Teen ticket (ages 13 to 15): with camping: £195
Child ticket (ages 5 to 12): with camping: £28
Child ticket (four and under): free with a paying adult; a valid ticket is required
Day tickets and packages also available
Wilderness Festival 2026
30 July - 2 August
Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire
Spread across the lakes and ancient woodland of Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire, Wilderness wraps music, arts, wellbeing and chef-led banquet dining into a four-day experience that feels closer to a curated house party than a conventional festival. There is a dedicated Family Field teeming with sensory raves, family theatre, circus and clowning, a nanny service available to book in advance and wild swimming in a choice of two lakes.
The Long Table Banquets are held in woodland clearings and on riverbanks, consisting of multi-course feasts led by notable chefs. This year you’ll be salivating over dishes by Atul Kochhar, Mike Davies, Andi Oliver and Margot Henderson. In addition, the Chef's Table dinners and Fortnum & Mason picnic packages add further layers to a food programme that treats eating as an event in itself rather than mere festival fuel.
2026 music highlights: Scissor Sisters, Carl Cox, The Last Dinner Party
Book tickets to Wilderness 2026
Adult weekend ticket (including general camping): £278
Adult weekend ticket (sustainable, for coach or cycle travellers): £228
Child ticket (five and under): free with a paying adult
Junior ticket (ages six to 12): £48
Teen ticket (ages 13 to 17): £145
Day tickets and packages also available
Camp Bestival 2026
30 July - 2 August
Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth, Dorset
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Lulworth Castle on Dorset's Jurassic Coast, Camp Bestival has won Best Family Festival at the UK Festival Awards six times, and looking around the Magic Meadow on any given afternoon, it is easy to understand why. The 2026 theme is the Seaside, with revellers encouraged to give their fancy-dress boxes a dusting off. More than 100 free children's activities run throughout the weekend, covering circus skills, bushcraft, den-building, tree climbing, archery and adventure challenges, while the Slomo wellbeing field offers a restorative corner of the site for parents.
The Feast Collective food area brings together a curated selection of street food traders and live-fire cooking, with Boca Loco's Fire Feasting Stage returning as a firm favourite. Whether you want a bowl of ramen after the main stage, flatbreads from a wood-fired oven or something quick between kids' activities, there’s something for everyone. The site runs entirely cashless, so link your wristband to a payment method before you arrive.
2026 music highlights: Fatboy Slim & Friends, Bastille, Self Esteem
Adult weekend ticket with camping: £233
Teen ticket (ages 13 to 17) with camping: £145.50
Child (ages 10 to 12) with camping: £122
Child (ages 5 to 9) with camping: £103
Child (ages 2 to 4): £85.50
Day tickets and packages also available
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2026
30 July - 1 August
Belladrum Estate, Beauly, Inverness-shire
Belladrum returns to the Highlands for its 22nd edition, set on the beautiful Belladrum Estate twenty minutes from Inverness. Affectionately known as Bella, it boasts a strong community spirit and a programme that features a strong music line-up alongside comedy, wrestling, poetry, film sing-alongs and whisky tastings. The dedicated Kids' Field offers free face painting, storytelling, crafts and puppet shows, and the family camping is among the most child-friendly on the festival circuit.
The food at Belladrum is thoroughly Highland in character, with a strong commitment to independently-run traders serving organic, vegetarian and vegan options alongside more substantial plates. The festival actively seeks out sustainable and local food producers.
Book tickets to Belladrum 2026
Adult weekend ticket with camping: £236.50
Youth ticket (ages 13 to 17) with camping: £198
Child ticket (ages 3 to 12) with camping: £27.50 (+ booking fees)
Just So Festival 2026
21 - 23 August
Rode Hall, Cheshire
The grounds of Rode Hall Estate in Cheshire are transformed into a multi-layered world of circus, storytelling, music and free-roaming play, with dedicated zones for every age from babies upwards. There are no headline acts in the conventional sense; the festival is structured around experiences and places. Children can explore the Wild Woods, Peekaboo for babies and toddlers, Footlights for live music and dancing, Mind Palace for curious minds and Bumbly Boo for nonsensical fun. Adults are catered for thoughtfully, but the fundamental commitment is to children and to families who want to rediscover a screen-free weekend.
The campfire food culture makes things a little more magical. Just So does not have a chef-led programme, but communal cooking and gathering around fires at dusk is so deeply embedded in the festival's identity that it functions as one of its signature experiences. On-site traders include excellent wood-fired pizza, warming bowls and independent options that suit even the most particular young palate.
Book tickets and read more on the programme at Just So Festival 2026
Adult weekend ticket with camping: £209
Child ticket (ages three to 16) with camping: £73.66
Child ticket (three and under): £16.02
Day tickets and packages also available
The Big Feastival 2026
28-30 August
Alex James's Farm, Kingham, Oxfordshire
Held on Blur bassist Alex James's working Cotswolds farm over the August bank holiday weekend, The Big Feastival is a proper full-family weekend, with kids' cookery classes, comedy, fairground fun and acres of countryside to explore. The food programming more than keeps up, with Michelin-starred chefs sharing equal billing with the music headliners. The street food market is meticulously curated, and the whole event radiates the cheerful feeling that good food and good music are, in the end, perfect partners.
The Big Kitchen stage functions as the culinary main stage, with chefs who would usually require a reservation months in advance cooking and talking in front of a festival crowd. The 2026 headliner is Simon Rogan of three-Michelin-starred L'Enclume, joined across the weekend by Anna Haugh, Emily English, Rachel Allen, Poppy O'Toole, Tom Barnes and many more.
2026 music highlights: Basement Jaxx, The Streets, Bastille
Book tickets to The Big Feastival 2026
Full Adult weekend ticket with camping: from £288
Full Teen ticket (ages 13 and over) with camping: from £202
Child ticket (ages six to 12) with camping: £105
Day tickets and packages also available
Victorious Festival 2026
28-30 August
Southsea Common, Portsmouth
Spread across Southsea Common with the Solent glittering behind it, Victorious is a unique urban family festival, winning Major Festival of the Year at the Live Awards in 2024 and deservedly so. The setting is genuinely extraordinary: a flat, easy-to-navigate seafront site with Southsea Castle, the beach and panoramic views of the Isle of Wight as its backdrop. The accessibility of Portsmouth makes it an excellent day-trip festival (if you can't face camping), and the enormous Kids' Arena runs character meet-and-greets, circus skills, theatre, arts and crafts and games from gates-open until early evening.
The food features locally-sourced traders alongside globally-inspired street food across the site, from fresh tacos and steaming noodle bowls to excellent fish and chips by the seafront. The Real Ale Village is a particular draw for adults, and the proximity of Portsmouth's own restaurants and food scene means that a family day at Victorious can extend naturally into a very good evening in the city.
2026 music highlights: Richard Ashcroft, The Black Keys, Kasabian
Book tickets to Victorious festival
Adult weekend camping ticket (13 years+): £249
Child ticket (ages five to 12): £40
Child ticket (four and under): £4
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Do you have a favourite food festival? We'd love to hear your ideas and recommendations...
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This review was last updated in June 2026.
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