Summer highlight 2015 - Just So Festival

I have mentioned our summer jaunt to the Just So Festival on the blog but at the end of each year I go through all my photos and reflect on the highlights of the year and realised due to being so busy over the summer with travels, adventures and a new baby that I never did a full and much deserved review post about this amazing family friendly festival.   

Over the summer we paired up with Mamas and Papas who had some super cool festival inspired clothing and accessories and they asked us which festival we would like to try, we always do one or two each year and had only heard positive things about Just So so it seemed like the obvious choice. We are so glad we picked it as even though it was further away than expected it was well worth the drive and cannot wait until August 2016 which we can go back, in fact Mr A refuses to take his wrist band off until we go again.

First of all the setting is perfect with lots of free range fun to be had running through long grass, squelching in mud, making fairy houses in the forest and listening to stories next to the camp fire. One of the highlights for Mr A was pirate training which he really enjoyed as well as learning how to balance stones and play the bongo's.

Unlike other festivals we have been to which were music based and basically adult festivals with family friendly features this was a festival for families where workshops, arts & crafts, adventures and storytelling had as much importance as the music. Baby G loved the sensory tent as well as being pampered in the baby bath tent with wonderful Weleda products provided for free. It was also Baby G's first experience of camping, well glamping in our case as we stayed in a bell tent and two out of three of the days were fairly dry except one night was a full on lighting storm which made for some exciting camping.

The festival was just the right size, not too big and not too small and plenty to do as well as catering options for all tastes, we especially liked the corn on the cob stand which provided the perfect savoury treat on the go, which we all gobbled down. When you purchase your tickets you are sent a guide and a CD before the festival, the CD contains songs from each one of the musicians performing over the weekend which is a great idea as all of us listen to the CD loads on the drive up and it got us into full festival mood.

There is something so good for the soul when sitting around a campfire with people playing the bass and banjo's, singing, dancing with the ones you love and detaching yourself from everyday stresses. We are pretty seasoned festival goers and Just So is firmly placed on our top picks for family friendly festivals and cannot wait to go in 2016.

Festival tickets have already gone on sale and good news children under 3 go free all weekend and kids are only £50. Do check out the little festival highlight vlog we put together

Thanks so Mamas and Papas and Just So Festival for inviting us