THERE’S so much more than great music to discover at the Purbeck Valley Folk festival this summer.

Families are spoilt for choice with all manner of colourful, quirky festival fun at the popular Bank Holiday event.

Over 70 folk, roots and world music acts - including festival favourites The Proclaimers - have been confirmed for this unique event on the Jurassic Coast.

And tickets are selling quickly for the festival’s annual summer outing, which takes place in the beautiful Purbeck Hills, from Friday to Sunday, August 25-28.

Festival-goers can get involved in lots of unexpected activities including kids workshops, poetry, storytelling, music and craft workshops, singing/tune sessions, a space-hopper obstacle course and the ever-popular beard competition.

Festival organiser Catherine Burke says: “Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is great for families and this year we have more kids stuff than ever. The new site has enough room and grassy areas for them to run around - we even have enough room to set up a space-hopper obstacle course!”

Striving to be more than just another music festival, the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is an unforgettable experience for the whole family.

“We have absolutely loads for kids, and unlike other festivals, all of these things are free. We believe that once you’ve paid to come into the festival, you shouldn’t have your kids pestering you for more money for this, that and the other. Since we started charging for kids (still only £20/30 for the weekend), we decided that all of the money that comes in from kids tickets would be spent on cool stuff for kids, so that’s what we do.”

n See purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk