Jamie Oliver's festival that has a heart

The prospect of sleeping in a tent and eating out of burger vans for a whole weekend can be off putting for many when it comes to festivals.

So health food warrior Jamie Oliver has come up with an alternative to the standard procedure.

The Big Feastival is the first of its kind: a summertime festival that combines top-class food with live music.

And in true Jamie Oliver style all profits go to The Prince's Trust and The Jamie Oliver Foundation to help disadvantaged young people.

Jamie said: "The Big Feastival is something unique that we've wanted to try for a while. A really good festival for everyone with great music and great food, all for charity plus masses of other stuff like Lucy in Disguise doing a pop-up vintage clothes store, kitchen demos from great chefs like Gennaro Contaldo, Levi Roots, Theo Randall - oh, and me. Kids under 12 go free as well and there's loads to entertain them like a funfair and brilliant kitchen garden."

Head for the Little Dudes Den where you can get your face painted and drop the kids in for some storytelling, or roll-up your sleeves and take up some arts and crafts.

Parents can also leave the festival to take the kids home and then re-enter later on to party with the bands.

Acts that are due to perform across the weekend include Norman Jay, Soul II Soul. The Charlatans, Guillemots and Roots Manuva.