WARRINGTON Music Festival this weekend marks the start of a packed events calendar in the town this summer. 

You can see full listings for this weekend here. 

And here's the dates for your diaries for the rest of this summer:

May 26-28 Warrington Music Festival, various venues, Warrington town centre

June 4 Birchwood Carnival, Birchwood Forest Park

June 10 Lymm May Queen, parade starts at 1pm, followed by events on the May Queen field

June 17 Thelwall Rose Queen, procession followed by fair on Chaigeley School field

June 17 Bawming the Thorn, Appleton Thorn

June 22 to July 2 Lymm Festival (various events and locations)

June 24 Padgate and Woolston Walking Day

June 24 Rixton-with-Glazebrook Carnival

June 29 to July 2 Stockton Heath Festival (various events and locations)

June 30 Warrington Walking Day

July 1 Croft Carnival Parade leaves the Plough followed by events on Croft Playing Fields

July 8 Stockton Heath Walking Day Service at Alexandra Park, followed by parade

July 8 Penketh Carnival Parade leaves from Penketh High School

July 15 Stretton Walking Day

July 16 Disability Awareness Day, Walton Gardens, all day