CHILDREN can have great fun at a festival being run just for them in Glastonbury this weekend.

Charity Children's World is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the festival, held at the Abbey playground in the centre of Glastonbury, with workshops, entertainment and fun for all.

The festival is running over four days from today and youngsters can learn to play the drums, walk on stilts and juggle or be entertained by a wide range of performances and music.

There will be artistes and entertainers performing in a marquee, on an outside stage and just roaming around the grounds.

Among those due to entertain are the Blue Moon Theatre, with shows titled Rib-Tickling Tales, Some of Our Pigs are Missing and The Woodcutters Family; Tip the Wink with their puppet shows Anna and the Whale and Never Trust a Squirrel; Toni Macaroni from Tasmania, with physical comedy and the Swordbox of Death; the Party Magician; Murray Young with more hilarious Modern Cautionary Tales for Children; Rudi Wallenda with his amazing exploding Clown Car; Other Half Productions' amusing acro show The Better Halves; Haggis and Charlie, jugglers extraordinaires, with their high quality, high-in-the-air comedy show; the Children's World new Games Show and the Grand Fancy Dress Parade; the Bosco Circus, and Flamin' Samba, with great drumming workshop. Come and have a "bash"

There is also a craft marquee, make your own pottery, badge-making, music and movement, yoga, a giant slide, ball pool, inflatables and a velcro wall.

The festival will run between 11am and 5pm each day. Entry is £7 for children over five years old, £5 for children aged three and four and for adults, £3 for toddlers and £5 for a child with special needs with a carer. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Once you have paid your entry all activities are included, and you can take a picnic or there are refreshments for sale.

The money raised goes towards workshops held for special needs children throughout the year. The charity has also worked with children affected by the Tsunami disaster

  • KITES of all colours, shapes and sizes will be brightening up the Wiltshire sky this weekend. The White Horse Kite Flyers will be at Wiltshire College Lackham, on Sunday for their annual kite display.

During the day, depending on the wind, an attempt will also be made to launch and fly one of the largest kites in the UK, made by club member Neil Harvey.

Visitors can take and fly their own kites and youngsters can join in the children's kite-making workshops.

There will be plenty to do as well as kite flying, with tractor and trailer rides, a miniature train, gardens, refreshments and a woodland walk.

The event is from 10am-5pm on Sunday. Entry is £2 for adults, £1.50 for concessions and free for children.