It’s time to wave goodbye to those lazy Sunday afternoons. Aimed squarely at families, the Outlands Festival wants to get people out the house to enjoy outdoor entertainment while tucking into street food and listening to live music.

Taking place on the next three consecutive Sundays, the free festival is all about having fun and having a go.

There will be opportunities to try out various musical techniques with Music for Change’s free Global Sounds workshops. You can also have a go at gypsy-jazz music, African drumming, gumboot dance and Roma music.

Plus, you can get active with free running and circus skills sessions. Audiences of all ages will be encouraged to think about the world beneath their feet when Outlands gets under way this weekend with Second Hand Dance’s production Grass, which features lots of fun facts about worm, snail, slug and ant dancing.

There will be some even more bizarre creatures to discover on Sunday, August 9, when Dr Longitude’s Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie rolls into Folkestone to answer such intriguing questions as, are Bumblewasps poisonous?

What do Whistling Panks eat and what happens when you lick a Tresillian Toad?

All these queries and more will be answered with the help of puppets, music and magic in a quirkily entertaining show.

Performances by emerging Kent music acts will bring it to a close on Sunday, August 16, giving festival-goers the chance to discover local talent.

On Sunday, August 2, watch Grass by Second Hand Dance, circus skills performance and workshop from Emmanuel Okine, acapella vocals and gumboot workshop from U’Zambezi and Roma music from Tea Hodzic.

On Sunday, August 9, see Gypsy-jazz with Yiannis Zaronis, West African drumming with George Fiawoo, an acoustic performance from Kotchin, an interactive parkour (free running) workshop and Dr Longitude’s Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie.

Or, on Sunday, August 16 watch musical performances by Nina Clark, Tasha McCoy, Emily Watts, Thomas Ashby and Avi Simmons

Taking place at Payers Park, Folkestone’s new outdoor space, Outlands Festival is the town’s latest cultural celebration that will offer family entertainment across three Sundays in August from noon to 5pm.

Many of the events are free, but there will also be a “pay what you can” policy, helping to offer a budget-friendly day out for families. Booking is recommended for some events at www.quarterhouse.co.uk.