things to do in August 5

Street food and circus festival, the Big Banquet, is returning to Caldicot Castle for the August bank holiday weekend.

Big Banquet will be bringing flavours from around the world from some Wales’ best-known and up-and-coming street food chefs –all centred around a gravity-defying high-wire act.

The Big Banquet will run across the summer bank holiday weekend from Friday 25 August to Monday 28 August. As well as the street food and high-wire shows, visitors can expect walkabout circus performers, a free circus school for kids, fire shows from the Pembrokeshire Fire Spinners and live DJ sets.

The range of food on offer includes a British St Food Award Winner and a Bake Off the Professionals winner in the line up, with a diversity of cuisines represented including a Feasts from the East zone, Mexican Kitchens zone, Festival Favourites and a Dessert Island.

• Tickets are £5 plus booking fee and kids' tickets are free; thebigbanquet.uk

This summer, Wake The Tiger is welcoming all ages to bring along junk and upcycle into works of art.

The Re-Creation Station is an arts and crafts area within The Guildhall café, where visitors can get those creative minds active, using inspiration from the world of Meridia.

The Re-Creation station activity is included in the general ticket price and will be running throughout August.

• wakethetiger.com

Keep an eye out for We The Curious this month as the team pop up around the city at festivals and events, putting on a whole range of activities from exploring robots and how they interact with the world to creating your own constellations and stories.

Every weekend throughout August, We The Curious will be on Anchor Square, designing and making rolling contraptions. Experiment with wheels, weights and a big ramp and have a go at inventing your own mini rover.

• For more information, visit: wethecurious.org

Taking place from 12–13 August, the Wiltshire Game and Country Fair is set to be an unbeatable family day out in the stunning grounds of Bowood House, near Calne, Wiltshire.

This show has grown to be a favourite with locals offering excellent arena entertainment throughout the day, including falconry, horse boarding, scurry driving and more. There is also the opportunity to have a go at clay shooting, airguns and archery there is tuition and advice on hand.

The Food Glorious Food area boasts a range of selected national and local food producers and specialist street foods and drinks. Here you will find the country kitchen hosting a number of cookery demonstrations throughout the day –the perfect place to relax and unwind while listening to live jazz and folk.

• livingheritagecountryshows.com/wiltshire-game-country

The Bee and Pollination Festival returns this year on the August bank holiday weekend. This is a great place to learn about the vital role pollinators play in our lives, see demonstrations, exhibits, and talks, buy honey and see the Botanic Garden in all its September finery.

Speakers include Dr Rowena Jenkins (Sunday 2pm) from the University of Cardiff will reveal the amazing benefits of Manuka honey and its use in surgery; Dr Thomas O’Shea-Wheller (Saturday 11am) discusses the advance, behavior and threat of the Asian hornet; Dr Steve Nicholls (Saturday 2pm) gives an introduction to the world of dragonflies and how they have evolved; Monica Barlow (Sunday 3pm) for Bees for Development shows how conserving bees and making the beekeepers work economically viable can help conserve natural habitat for some of the world’s poorest communities.

• botanic-garden.bristol.ac.uk/event/bee-and-pollination-festival