Beautiful Days 2007 - the best Grass Roots Festival in last year’s UK Festival Awards -  takes place at Escot Park on August 17-19.

Gogol Bordello and The Levellers top a stunning bill that also boasts Afro Celt Sound System, Babyhead, Bill Bailey, Back to the Planet, Dreadzone, Easy Star All Stars, Howard Marks, Mr Hudson & the Library, The Rumble Strips, Vincent Vincent and the Villians, Willy Mason and many more.

Although the tickets are sold out, you still have a chance to win a pair of them by visiting the http://www.virtualfestivals.com/win/competitions/217 website. The only thing you have to do is register with their site an you could be off to Escot Park.

Need more information? Click on www.beautifuldays.org

Another great event to-come is the ninth North Devon Festival. There is less than a month to go and a lot of people are trying to make it a huge success.

The Festival starts with a  Preservation Hall Jazz Band (1st June) at the Queen’s Theatre and then we’ll see the master of blues Eric Bibb (2nd June) and world music superstar Baaba Maal (3rd June).